Table II.

Variables analyzed in this study

EquationDescription
Rt=lnPitPit-1Pit = Nominal closing price of stock i in year t (adjusted to gain);Pit−1 = Nominal closing price of stock i in year t−1 (adjusted to gain)
BMt=BVt-1MVt-1BVt−1 = book value on December 31 of year t − 1;VMt−1 = market value on December 31 of year t−1
ROEt=NPt-1BVt-1NPt−1 = company’s net profit on December 31 of year t−1;BVt−1 = book value on December 31 of year t − 1
FBMt +1 = γ0 + γ1BMtγ0 = intercept of a model to predict the B/M, estimated through a linear dynamic panel, using data from all sample companies, from 1995 to 2010;γ1 = slope coefficient of a model to predict the B/M, estimated through a linear dynamic panel, using data from all sample companies, from 1995 to 2010
FROEt+1 = λ0 + λ1ROEtλ0 = intercept of a model to predict the ROE, estimated through a linear dynamic panel, using data from all sample companies, from 1995 to 2010;λ1 = slope coefficient of a model to predict the ROE, estimated through a linear dynamic panel, using data from all sample companies, from 1995 to 2010
βtCalculated on the 60 months immediately prior the beginning of year t, in July
SIZEt = lnMVtVMt = Market value on June 30 of year t
MOMtCalculated by summing up the return of the 12 months immediately prior to the beginning of year t, in July
Trading quantityQuantity of annual trading of a stock
Traded volumeVolume of annual trading of a stock, in Brazilian Reais
Negotiability indexNegotiability=100 ×pP×nN×vV 

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