CAPITAL MARKETS RESEARCH IN ACCOUNTING   [Archived Catalog]
2020-2021 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
   

BACC 3025 - CAPITAL MARKETS RESEARCH IN ACCOUNTING


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides students with a solid understanding of capital market research in accounting and empirical research training. The class will cover topics such as the relation between stock prices and earnings, stock market anomalies, and analyst and management forecasts. Students will also replicate some classic finance and accounting papers in order to provide them with some hands-on experience working with compustat, crsp, ibes, and sdc data using sas statistical programming. The class will help students to better evaluate research in workshops, develop new ideas and do empirical tests.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Grad LG/SU3 Basis
Course Requirements: Katz Grad School of Business students only.


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