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A Primer on Structural Estimation in Accounting Research

Jeremy Bertomeu et al.

Foundations and Trends in Accounting2023https://doi.org/10.1561/1400000074article
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This primer offers a hands-on accessible guide to writing and estimating structural models. We review commonly-used methodologies, including dynamic programming, maximum likelihood, generalized and simulated method of moments, conditional choice probabilities as well as tools to compute standard errors and common diagnostics and tests of economic hypotheses. Special attention is devoted to the bootstrap as a convenient toolbox to estimate complex economic interactions. The methods are illustrated with recent developments in earnings management, auditing, investment, accounting conservatism, and disclosure theory. Intuition and applications are emphasized over formalism.

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@article{jeremy2023,
  title        = {{A Primer on Structural Estimation in Accounting Research}},
  author       = {Jeremy Bertomeu et al.},
  journal      = {Foundations and Trends in Accounting},
  year         = {2023},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1561/1400000074},
}

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