Empirical Research in Accounting III

1 Unit · Graduate

The objective of this class is to provide you with a sound framework for understanding and evaluating empirical research in debt contracting and banking. Our focus will be on methodology and research design as well as on the underlying economic questions. The course aims to survey a wide variety of the empirical research in accounting and to touch on related research areas in corporate finance, with an emphasis on recent developments in debt contracting and banking areas.