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Course objective and motivation The overarching objective of this course is to provide students with insights into the economic foundations and aspects of financial statement auditing and assurance. Auditing and assurance services are economic goods…

Course objective and motivation The course considers the use of accounting information for incentive purposes and performance evaluation in hierarchies. We will study seminal papers on incentives, performance measurement, and how incentives and performance measurement…

Designed for students with a foundational knowledge in research tools, corporate finance, and financial accounting, this course also incorporates a rigorous discussion of recent empirical tax literature. It is ideally suited for students interested in…

Course objective and motivation The course has three objectives. First, you will become familiar with some topics and paradigms in management accounting research. We will discuss a number of alternative approaches to both analytical and…

The course introduces different theoretical approaches with which the phenomenon of CSR and sustainability can be studied. After a brief introduction and overview, participants will take ownership of representative and influential studies in thematic blocks…

16th ACMAR Doctoral Colloquium Organizers: Lukas Löhlein, Marko Reimer and Utz Schäffer Institute of Management Accounting and Control (IMC), WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management In 2027, the ACMAR Doctoral Colloquium will be held…

Using published work in the areas of financial accounting, auditing and management accounting, we will discuss (1) the main rationales for choosing a qualitative research approach; (2) differences between different qualitative research designs, such as…

Machine learning (ML) has become an important methodological toolkit for empirical research in business and economics. The course provides an introduction to modern ML, emphasizing its use in empirical research. It addresses participants with heterogeneous…

The British Accounting and Finance Association is pleased to announce the 2027 Annual Conference with Doctoral Masterclasses, which will be held as an in-person basis at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Wales, on 6–8 April 2027.…

Course objective and motivation The objective of this course is to introduce PhD students to the fundamental topics and seminal studies in empirical financial accounting research. We study fundamental topics such as the valuation and…