Talk:Accounting Research Article Summaries

Opinion 1

I think by author and date makes the most sense. The research framework made by Ted already does the research area categorization. In fact, why don't we put summaries in the framework rather than here?

The only problem I can forsee is the that the framework database is currently limited to financial and auditing research. New frameworks would need to be develop to house papers from other areas.

This is true, but those two areas cover the majority of accounting research (managerial could use a framework), maybe we start a new page to create a framework for managerial and tax to get those started.

One problem with doing this is you are preparing a "cheat sheet" for Ph.D. students. Some students may read the cliff notes which will undoubtedly not be as complete as the full article, likely have biases/inaccuracies, etc. and not read the real articles. Is this worth considering?

By limiting the extent of what is posted we could avoid providing a resource for freeloading PhD students. A limited summary would allow someone to refresh what they learned from reading an article. Also, a limited summary could provide more information than the abstract, but not enough to eliminate the need to actually read the article.

Why don't you attach, or post your idea for a limited summary so we can get an idea of what you are thinking.

Opinion 2

I think that any effort that would have been dedicated to this page should be focused on the Accounting Research Framework that Ted Christensen is in charge of.