Bill McDonald
University of Notre Dame
1 paper in the Anchorcite directory, published in 2011, cited 6,245 times in total.
Research topics
- Financial Markets and Investment Strategies · 1 paper
- Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance · 1 paper
- Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · 1 paper
Frequent co-authors
- Tim Loughran · 1 paper
Papers
- When Is a Liability Not a Liability? Textual Analysis, Dictionaries, and 10‐KsThe Journal of Finance · 2011 · 6,245 citations
ABSTRACT Previous research uses negative word counts to measure the tone of a text. We show that word lists developed for other disciplines misclassify common words in financial text. In a large sample of 10‐Ks during 1994 to 2008, almost…
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