Nikolaev, Valeri; Lent, Laurence van - In: European Accounting Review 14 (2005) 4, pp. 677-724
The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we provide a discussion of the problems associated with endogeneity in empirical accounting research. We emphasize problems arising when endogeneity is caused by (1) unobservable firm-specific factors and (2) omitted variables, and discuss the merits...