Instructor's note:
This course is taught in the Fall semester. The reading list is updated intermittently throughout the year as I come across new material. I also adjust the course material from year to year to meet student interests and needs. At the end of this page, I provide a list of other papers and materials used in past seminars.
Reading list
Session 1 Introduction to the course
Required reading:
Angrist and Pischke (2015) *Introduction and Chapter 1
Kinney (1986 TAR)
Angrist and Pischke (2010 JEP)
Additional reading and material:
Leamer (1983 AER)
Angrist and Roberts (2014 Econtalk)
Session 2 Research methods: Critiques and paths forward
OSC (2015 Science)
Ohlson (2022 RAST)
Breuer (2023 SSRN)
Gow (2023 SSRN)
Additional material:
Nosek and Roberts (2015 Econtalk)
Ohlson (2023 AEL)
Bertomeu (2023 SSRN)
Session 3 Causal models
Required reading:
Gow et al. (2017 JAR)
Bertomeu et al. (2016 FTA)
Additional reading and material:
Pearl (2018 CACM)
Barrett (2023 CRAN)
Session 4 Regression and matching methods
Required reading:
Angrist and Pischke (2015) *Chapter 2
Lawrence et al. (2011 TAR)
Shipman et al. (2017 TAR)
Session 5 Panel methods, difference in differences, and fixed effects
Required reading:
Angrist and Pischke (2015) *Chapter 5
Cunningham et al. (2019 TAR)
Jiang et al. (2019 TAR)
Additional reading:
Barrios (2021 SSRN)
Session 6 Instrumental variables and regression discontinuity
Required reading:
Angrist and Pischke (2015) *Chapters 3 & 4
Angrist et al. (1996 JASA)
Additional reading:
Armstrong et al. (2022 JAE)
Session 7 Path analysis and structural equation modeling
Required reading:
Bhattacharya et al. (2012 TAR)
Lennox and Payne-Mann (2023 WP)
Jollineau and Bowen (2023 JFR)
Additional reading and material:
UCLA SEM with lavaan
Sessions 8-9 Control issues and simulations
Whited et al. (2021 TAR)
deHaan et al. (2023 JFR)
Simulation in Stata
Simulation in R
Additional reading/review:
Gow et al. (2017 JAR)
Session 10 Emerging issues in accounting research
Required reading:
Chen et al. (2023 JAR)
Session 11 Career development: Workshop simulation
TBD - Student choice
Session 12 Career development: Overview of the editorial and review process
Berk et al. (2023)
TBD - Example referee report
TBD - Example review paper
Information and video on review process:
AAA Information for Scholars
Sessions 13-14 Second-year paper readings, discussion, and presentations
TBD - Student choice
Required reading:
Angrist and Pischke (2015) *Introduction and Chapter 1
Kinney (1986 TAR)
Angrist and Pischke (2010 JEP)
Additional reading and material:
Leamer (1983 AER)
Angrist and Roberts (2014 Econtalk)
Session 2 Research methods: Critiques and paths forward
OSC (2015 Science)
Ohlson (2022 RAST)
Breuer (2023 SSRN)
Gow (2023 SSRN)
Additional material:
Nosek and Roberts (2015 Econtalk)
Ohlson (2023 AEL)
Bertomeu (2023 SSRN)
Session 3 Causal models
Required reading:
Gow et al. (2017 JAR)
Bertomeu et al. (2016 FTA)
Additional reading and material:
Pearl (2018 CACM)
Barrett (2023 CRAN)
Session 4 Regression and matching methods
Required reading:
Angrist and Pischke (2015) *Chapter 2
Lawrence et al. (2011 TAR)
Shipman et al. (2017 TAR)
Session 5 Panel methods, difference in differences, and fixed effects
Required reading:
Angrist and Pischke (2015) *Chapter 5
Cunningham et al. (2019 TAR)
Jiang et al. (2019 TAR)
Additional reading:
Barrios (2021 SSRN)
Session 6 Instrumental variables and regression discontinuity
Required reading:
Angrist and Pischke (2015) *Chapters 3 & 4
Angrist et al. (1996 JASA)
Additional reading:
Armstrong et al. (2022 JAE)
Session 7 Path analysis and structural equation modeling
Required reading:
Bhattacharya et al. (2012 TAR)
Lennox and Payne-Mann (2023 WP)
Jollineau and Bowen (2023 JFR)
Additional reading and material:
UCLA SEM with lavaan
Sessions 8-9 Control issues and simulations
Whited et al. (2021 TAR)
deHaan et al. (2023 JFR)
Simulation in Stata
Simulation in R
Additional reading/review:
Gow et al. (2017 JAR)
Session 10 Emerging issues in accounting research
Required reading:
Chen et al. (2023 JAR)
Session 11 Career development: Workshop simulation
TBD - Student choice
Session 12 Career development: Overview of the editorial and review process
Berk et al. (2023)
TBD - Example referee report
TBD - Example review paper
Information and video on review process:
AAA Information for Scholars
Sessions 13-14 Second-year paper readings, discussion, and presentations
TBD - Student choice
Additional useful readings
Below are a series of readings I may use throughout the seminar or have used in past seminars.
Anand et al. (2020)
Ball and Brown (2014)
Ball and Brown (1968)
Ball and Brown (2019)
Basu (1997)
Basu (2015)
Bertrand and Mullainathan (2003)
Bhattacharya et al. (2012)
Bloomfield et al. (2016)
Botchkay et al. (2022)
Bonsall et al. (2019)
Chang et al. (2015)
Drake et al. (2020)
Dyer et al. (2017)
Friedman (1953)
Gordan et al. (2019)
Gordan et al. (2022)
Haber et al. (2021)
Haber et al. (2022)
Khan et al. (2016)
Landsman et al. (2012)
Larcker and Rusticus (2010)
Loughran and McDonald (2016)
Leone et al. (2019)
Westreich et al. (2013)
Anand et al. (2020)
Ball and Brown (2014)
Ball and Brown (1968)
Ball and Brown (2019)
Basu (1997)
Basu (2015)
Bertrand and Mullainathan (2003)
Bhattacharya et al. (2012)
Bloomfield et al. (2016)
Botchkay et al. (2022)
Bonsall et al. (2019)
Chang et al. (2015)
Drake et al. (2020)
Dyer et al. (2017)
Friedman (1953)
Gordan et al. (2019)
Gordan et al. (2022)
Haber et al. (2021)
Haber et al. (2022)
Khan et al. (2016)
Landsman et al. (2012)
Larcker and Rusticus (2010)
Loughran and McDonald (2016)
Leone et al. (2019)
Westreich et al. (2013)