The Effect Of Book Value Per Share, Dividend Per Share And Earning Per Share On Stock Volatility

CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1    Background to the StudyValue relevance of accounting information has been a primary paradigm in financial accounting research. Research on value relevance of accounting information, its historical development and its comparison among different countries has increased since the 1990s. There has been concerns as to whether financial statements are losing their value relevance due to the shift from an industrialized economy to a high-tech, service oriented economy(Dontoh., Radhakrishman., & Ronen, 2012),and as to whether cross-country differences i…