Bill McDonald

9.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
82 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Bill McDonald is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bill McDonald has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Accounting, 40 papers in Finance and 23 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Bill McDonald's work include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (36 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (35 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (24 papers). Bill McDonald is often cited by papers focused on Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (36 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (35 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (24 papers). Bill McDonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Argentina. Bill McDonald's co-authors include Tim Loughran, Ronald J. Balvers, Thomas F. Cosimano, Andriy Bodnaruk, J. F. Affleck‐Graves, Michael H. Morris, Hayong Yun, Priyank Gandhi, Thomas L. Keon and Robert Audi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Bill McDonald

80 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Textual Analysis in Accounting and Finance: A Survey 2011 2026 2016 2021 2016 2014 2011 2013 2015 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Textual Analysis in Accounting and Finance: A Survey
    2016 1.4k citations Tim Loughran, Bill McDonald profile →
  2. Measuring Readability in Financial Disclosures
    2014 964 citations Tim Loughran, Bill McDonald The Journal of Finance profile →
  3. When Is a Liability Not a Liability? Textual Analysis, Dictionaries, and 10‐Ks
    2011 784 citations Tim Loughran, Bill McDonald The Journal of Finance profile →
  4. IPO first-day returns, offer price revisions, volatility, and form S-1 language
    2013 368 citations Tim Loughran, Bill McDonald profile →
  5. Using 10-K Text to Gauge Financial Constraints
    2015 260 citations Tim Loughran, Bill McDonald et al. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis profile →

Peers

Bill McDonald
Robert J. Bloomfield United States
Paul C. Tetlock United States
Gerard Hoberg United States
Kevin Keasey United Kingdom
Richard Taffler United Kingdom
Pengjie Gao United States
George Foster United States
William R. Kinney United States
Zhi Da United States
James S. Ang United States
Robert J. Bloomfield United States
Bill McDonald
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Countries citing papers authored by Bill McDonald

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bill McDonald

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bill McDonald

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bill McDonald. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bill McDonald based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bill McDonald. Bill McDonald is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Battalio, Robert H., Tim Loughran, & Bill McDonald. (2024). How Managers Frame Capital Budgeting in Investor Communications. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Loughran, Tim & Bill McDonald. (2023). Management disclosure of risk factors and COVID-19. Financial Innovation. 9(1). 53–53. 19 indexed citations
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Battalio, Robert H., Robert H. Jennings, & Bill McDonald. (2020). Deviations from time priority on the NYSE. Journal of Financial Markets. 53. 100567–100567. 6 indexed citations
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Loughran, Tim & Bill McDonald. (2014). Information Decay and Financial Disclosures. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Loughran, Tim & Bill McDonald. (2014). Old Glass Ceilings are Hard to Break: Gender Usage Trends in Annual Reports. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Loughran, Tim & Bill McDonald. (2014). Measuring Readability in Financial Disclosures. The Journal of Finance. 69(4). 1643–1671. 964 indexed citations breakdown →
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Loughran, Tim & Bill McDonald. (2014). The Use of Word Lists in Textual Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Loughran, Tim & Bill McDonald. (2013). Regulation and financial disclosure: The impact of plain English. Journal of Regulatory Economics. 45(1). 94–113. 59 indexed citations
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Loughran, Tim & Bill McDonald. (2011). When Is a Liability Not a Liability? Textual Analysis, Dictionaries, and 10‐Ks. The Journal of Finance. 66(1). 35–65. 784 indexed citations breakdown →
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Loughran, Tim & Bill McDonald. (2010). Measuring Readability in Financial Text. 21 indexed citations
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Loughran, Tim, Bill McDonald, & Hayong Yun. (2008). A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: The Use of Ethics-Related Terms in 10-K Reports. Journal of Business Ethics. 89(S1). 39–49. 121 indexed citations
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White, William L., et al.. (2007). Ethical Guidelines for the Delivery of Peer- based Recovery Support Services. 10 indexed citations
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Loughran, Tim, Bill McDonald, & Hayong Yun. (2007). A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: The Use of Ethics-Related Terms in 10-K Reports. SSRN Electronic Journal. 24 indexed citations
14.
Gotsch, Audrey R., et al.. (1998). Worker health and safety training: Assessing impact among responders. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 33(3). 241–246. 16 indexed citations
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McDonald, Bill, et al.. (1988). Underpricing of New Issues and the Choice of Auditor as a Signal of Investment Banker Reputation.. The Accounting Review. 63(4). 605–622.
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McDonald, Bill. (1987). Event Studies and Systems Methods: Some Additional Evidence. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 22(4). 495–495. 9 indexed citations
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Hegde, Shantaram P. & Bill McDonald. (1986). On the informational role of treasury bill futures. Journal of Futures Markets. 6(4). 629–643. 18 indexed citations
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McDonald, Bill. (1983). Functional Forms and the Capital Asset Pricing Model. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 18(3). 319–319. 7 indexed citations
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Keon, Thomas L. & Bill McDonald. (1982). Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction: An Empirical Evaluation of Their Interrelationship. Human Relations. 35(3). 167–180. 54 indexed citations
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McDonald, Bill, et al.. (1978). Tourism Barometers: The Arizona Case. Journal of Travel Research. 17(2). 14–17. 10 indexed citations

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