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AbdulNafeaAlZararee,AbdulrahmanAl-Azzawi
portforusingnetearningapproachtoexplainthecapitalgainratesofreturnforboth
AmericanandJapan’scompaniesduringtheperiod1981-1999and1986-1999re-
spectively.Additionallythestudyfoundstrongsupportfortherelationshipbetween
capitalgainreturnsandnetcashflowassociatedwithoperations,interestanddebt
financing.Andtheyfoundthattheaccrualaccountinginformationismoreusefulin
explainingcapitalgainratesofreturnthanfreecashflowcomponentsbecauseaccru-
alinformationtendtobemorestablethancashflowdata.
IgnacoVelez-ParejaandJoseghTham[2001]
TheyexaminedtherelationshipbetweenfirmvaluecalculatedthroughtheFCFand
CFE.TheycomparedthetraditionalM&MWACCwiththeWACCapproachpre-
sentedbyHarrisandPringle1985.Theyshowedthreeapproachestocalculatetotal
andequityvaluewithdifferentexpressionsforWACC.TheyaretheM&MWACC
(thetraditionalWACC)theHPWACCandtheTVWACC.Thefirstoneproduces
inconsistentresults.Thesecondoneisconsistentaslongastherearenolossesand/
orlossescarriedforward.Thelastone,theTVWACC,producesconsistentresult
eitherwithnolossesorlossesandlossescarriedforward.Itcanbeshownthatwhen
taxesarepaidthefollowingyearafteraccrual,theonlyonethatgivesconsistentre-
sultsisTVWACC.
Sheng-SyanChenandothers[2001]
Intheirarticle,theyexaminedtheimportanceofinvestmentopportunitiesandfree
cashflowinassessingthestockmarketreactiontoannouncementsofcross-border
investmentinChinabyTaiwanesefirms.Theanalyticalresultssupportedtheinvest-
mentopportunitieshypothesesandholdevenaftercontrollingotherpotentialexpla-
natoryfactors.Incontrasttheyfoundthatfreecashflowdidnotexplainthewealth
effectofTaiwaneseinvestmentsinChina.ThisevidencesuggeststhatJensen’s`free
cashflowtheorymaynotapplytosuchinvestments.Ourfindingaddstotheunder-
standingofthedeterminantsofthestockmarketresponsetocross-borderinvestment
decisionsintheAsia-Pacificregion.
3.FreeCashFlowtoEquityModelandComputation
ThemostimportantquestioninthispaperisiftheFCFprovidesthegaugeofcom-
panyfinancialoperationalhealth,andindicationofsharepriceperformance(market
value).
RisingFCFoftenindicatesthatincreasedearningliesahead,andwhenFCF
boomsasaresultofrevenuegrowth,costcuttinganddebtreduction,afirmisina
positiontorewarditsinvestorsimmediately.Thisiswhyanalystsgenerallyview
FCFasareliablemetricformeasuringmarketvalueoffirm.