The FASB has asserted, without proof, that information about an enterprise's earnings based on accrual accounting generally provides a better indication of a company's ability to generate favorable cash flows than information about cash flows themselves. This study tests that assertion, empirically. The test results provide empirical evidence supporting the FASB's contention.
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Greenberg et al. (1986) studied this question.
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