Abstract:
The objectives of this research are to examine the value relevance of components of book value and earnings on foreign board in the stock exchange of Thailand and to investigate the items that are ranked in greater value-relevant among components of book value and that of earnings.The study focuses on the view of foreign investors about the usefulness of accounting information and the value relevance of conponents of book value and that of earnings.The sample consisted of 240 firm-year on foreign board except banking, financial institution, and insurance industry, from the period of 1997-2002.This study used regression techniques to scrutinize the value relevance of components of book value and earnings.In ranking the items that have greater value relevance,the study compared the coefficient of variation of each variable,book value and earning,components of book value;assets and liabilities, and components of earnings,revenue and expenses, respectively.The results show that book value has statistically significantly greater value relevance than earnings. The combined value of components of book value and that of earnings is 44.20%. For the components of book value,assets have higher value relevance than liabilities. For the components of earnings,revenue has higher value relevance than expenses.The results lend support to the previous empirical research that accounting innformation is useful for foreign investors.