22E20700 - Research Methods in Accounting, 09.01.2019-30.01.2019

Topic outline

• Materials
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    Henry's lecture File

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    SAS intro File

    PDF document

    The Little SAS Book: A Primer, 5th ed.

    CHAPTER 1: Getting Started Using SAS Software
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    Book chapter about logistic regression File

    PDF document

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    • DATA
      • AuditAnalytics.sas7bdat
      • CEOSALARY_description.txt
      • ceosalary.xlsx
      • Compustat.sas7bdat
      • MROZ_description.txt
      • mroz.xlsx
      • STAR_description.txt
      • star.xlsx
      • WAGE_description.txt
      • wage.xlsx
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    Juhani's lecture File

    PDF document
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    Part 1: Why is the M.Sc –thesis so important? And what problems usually appear in getting started with it? URL

    Interview on Professor Juhani Vaivio, Aalto University School of Business. Password: RMA2016

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    Part 2: Writing the Introduction and the Literature Review. URL

    Interview on Professor Juhani Vaivio, Aalto University School of Business. Password: RMA2016

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    Part 3: About the Method –chapter, the Case organization/s, and the writing of the Case/s –chapter. URL

    Interview on Professor Juhani Vaivio, Aalto University School of Business. Password: RMA2016
    

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    Part 4: More about how to write the Case/s –chapter. URL

    Interview on Professor Juhani Vaivio, Aalto University School of Business. Password: RMA2016
    

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    Part 5: Writing the Theoretical Interpretation / Discussion –chapter. URL

    Interview on Professor Juhani Vaivio, Aalto University School of Business. Password: RMA2016
    

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    Part 6: How to write the Conclusions / Managerial Recommendations –chapter. URL

    Interview on Professor Juhani Vaivio, Aalto University School of Business. Password: RMA2016

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    Part 7: Fieldwork in case studies: Collecting empirical evidence – especially with field interviews. URL

    Interview on Professor Juhani Vaivio, Aalto University School of Business. Password: RMA2016

  • You need to read these articles in order to pass the qualitative exam
    

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    • Qualitative Articles
      • Ahrens Dent (1998) Accounting and organizations Realizing the richness of field research
      • McKinnon (1998) Reliability and validity in field research some strategies and tactics
      • Scapens (1990) Researching management accounting practice the role of case study methods
      • Vaivio (2008) Qualitative management accounting research rationale, pitfalls and potential
  • Here are some interesting papers. Bertrand and Mullainathan (2001, AER) discuss can we trust the survey evidence.
    

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    • Interesting articles (but not required)
      • Bertrand Mullainathan (2001) Do People Mean What They Say Implications for Subjective Survey Data.pdf
      • Bertrand, Duflo Mullainathan (2004) How Much Should We Trust Differences-in-Differences Estimates.pdf
      • Gow, Larcker Reiss (2016) Causal inference in accounting research.pdf
      • Halvorsen Palmquist (1980) The Interpretation of Dummy Variables in Semilogarithmic Equations.pdf
      • Larcker Rusticus JAE (2010) On the Use of Instrumental Variables in Accounting Research.pdf
      • Lennox, Francis Wang (2012) Selection Models in Accounting Research .pdf
      • Petersen RFS (2009) Estimating Standard Errors in Finance Panel Data Sets Comparing Approaches.pdf
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    Compustat variables URL

    This page provides Compustat's Legacy item numbers (old version). This is helpful when replicating previous studies.
    

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    SAS codes Folder