Accounting Seminar: Analytical

Description from DukeHub

This course focuses on the economic models underlying information economics-based theories of the usefulness of accounting information. It will discuss a variety of models addressing the role of information in financial markets, in contracting settings, as well as their applications for accounting issues. Prerequisites: PhD level courses in microeconomics, econometrics and finance, MBA level financial accounting course, and BA 931 is required; or approval by instructor on a case-by-case basis. Strong mathematics background in calculus, statistics and algebra.

Skills

• data and statisticsdescription: "econometrics" and 1 more
• financedescription: "accounting" and 5 more

AI-resilient: 1 of 5 1/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• No: Judgment someone is accountable for
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• ✓Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 10 seats per section

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