MARKET FOR ACCOUNTING FACULTY:
DETERMINANTS OF SALARY,
PUBLICATIONS, AND
MOVEMENT
Sharad Asthana
UTSA
And
Steven Balsam
Temple University
(Very Preliminary)
April 2011
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS
What are the determinants of accounting faculty
salary?
o Quantity and quality of publications?
o Quality of the employing School
o Quality of the School from where you
obtained PhD?
o Experience?
o Faculty Rank?
What are the factors affecting faculty
publications?
What are the factors that determine faculty
longevity?
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SAMPLE SELECTION PROCEDURE
Salary Data obtained under Freedom of Information Act
Faculty details obtained from Hasselback and Official and
Personal faculty Websites (Graduating institution; year of
graduation; year of hire; faculty rank)
Publication details obtained from Proquest, Google Scholar,
Official and Personal faculty Websites
Cost of living data obtained from Government website
Ranking of Institutions obtained from Carnegie
classification and Public Accounting Report publications
Journal ranking obtained from:
“Examining Accounting Departments’ Rankings of the
Quality of Accounting Journals,” by Alan Reinstein
and Thomas Calderon,
Critical Perspectives in Accounting (2006, Vol 17):
457-490
Final Sample consists of-
o 627 accounting faculty (500 in USA and 127 in
Canada)
o That graduated from 121 Doctoral Institutions around
the world
o Employed at 47 Business Schools in USA and Canada
o Data ranges from 2008-2010 (one observation per
faculty)
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LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH
Data is available for one time period only (snap
shot) time-series data would allow for a much
richer analysis
Data on teaching performance is not available.
Trying to hand-collect this from
RateMyProfessor.Com etc. (any suggestions?)
Data on summer research grants is not available.
May add noise to the SALARY variable
Data for Private Schools is not available
Total number of moves during career not
available. Will try to collect this from Faculty
websites.
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MAJOR CONCLUSIONS
TIER 1 PUBLICATIONS ARE PRICED $1,666 MORE THAN
TIER2 PUBS ($3,553 V/S $1,887 PER PUB). IMAGINE A 25
YEAR ANNUITY PV=$29,000 @ 3%)
YOUR FIRST PUB IN TAR/JAR/JAE EARNS YOU AN
AVERAGE SALARY INCREMENT OF 8% (COMPARED TO
5.6% FOR A TIER2)
CANADA APPEARS TO PAY MORE (MAY BE A
FUNCTION OF PRIOR YEARS’ ADVERSE CURRENCY
EXCHANGE RATES)
SALARY IS A NON-LINEAR FUNCTION OF EXPERIENCE:
FACULTY HIRED IN THE 21ST CENTURY EARNING MORE
THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS FROM THE 20TH CENTURY
(AFTER CONTROLLING FOR EVERYTHING ELSE)
FACULTY MEMBERS GRADUATING FROM HIGH
QUALITY PHD PROGRAMS OR THOSE EMPLOYED AT
HIGH QUALITY SCHOOLS EARN AN AVERAGE OF
$11,000 MORE.
AVERAGE BASE SALARY GOES UP BY $25,000 FOR
EACH FACULTY RANK
HIGHER QUALITY SCHOOLS PAY HIGHER BASE
SALARY BUT SALARY INCREMENT ON GETTING A
PUBLICATION IS LOWER (WHY?)
FACULTY WITH A PHD FROM A HIGHER QUALITY
SCHOOL EARNS HIGHER BASE SALARY BUT SALARY
INCREMENT ON GETTING A PUBLICATION IS LOWER
(WHY?)
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PREMIUMS FOR
o TAR = $5,000 JAE = $4,000 JAR = $3,000
o (NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT)
PROPENSITY TO STAY INVERSELY RELATED TO
SALARY (COUNTER-INTUITIVE?) MAYBE THE FACULTY
MOVED MORE FREQUENTLY TO INCREASE HIS
COMPENSATION
MOVEMENT LESS FREQUENT AT HIGH QUALITY
SCHOOLS
QUALITY OF PUBLICATIONS
o LOWER FOR CANADA
o INCREASES WITH SALARY
o INCREASES WITH PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE
o INCREASES WITH QUALITY OF SCHOOL
o INCREASES WITH FACULTY RANK
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TABLE 1 VARIABLE DEFINITIONS
Variable Definitions
CURRTENURE Number of years faculty member has stayed on current job
DUMCANADA
Dummy variable with value of 1 for faculty working in Canadian Schools; and
0 otherwise
EXPERIENCE Number of years experience faculty member has since obtaining PhD
LIVINGCOST Cost of living index in the city of employment (obtained from government
sources)
LOGCURRTEN Natural logarithm of CURRTENURE
LOGEXPR Natural logarithm of EXPERIENCE
LOGSALARY Natural logarithm of SALARY
LOGTIER1PUBS Natural logarithm of TIER1PUBS
LOGTIER2PUBS Natural logarithm of TIER2PUBS
LOGTIER3PUBS Natural logarithm of TIER3PUBS
LONGEVITY
Measure of longevity in career; estimated as CURRTENURE divided by
EXPERIENCE
PHDRANK
Rank of the PhD program from where the faculty member graduated, based on
Carnegie Classification of Institutions
PUBQUALITY Weighted average of publication quality (tier1=3; tier2=2; tier3=1)
SALARY Total base annual salary of faculty member in US dollars
SCHOOLRANK
Rank of the School where the faculty member is currently employed, based on
Carnegie Classification of Institutions
TIER1PUBS Number of peer reviewed publications in tier 1 journals
TIER2PUBS Number of peer reviewed publications in tier 2 journals
TIER3PUBS Number of peer reviewed publications in tier 3 journals
TOTALPUBS Number of peer reviewed publications in all journals
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TABLE 2
LIST OF SCHOOLS
S.No School State Country
1 Brock University Canada
2 Carleton University Canada
3 Lakehead University Canada
4 Laurentian University Canada
5 McMaster University Canada
6 Queen's University Canada
7 University of Ottawa Canada
8 University of Toronto Canada
9 University of Waterloo Canada
10 University of Western Ontario Canada
11 University of Windsor Canada
12 Wilfrid Laurier University Canada
13 York University Canada
14 Arizona State University Arizona USA
15 Miami University Florida USA
16 University of Illinois Illinois USA
17 Iowa State University Iowa USA
18 Michigan State University Michigan USA
19 University of Missouri, Columbia Missouri USA
20 Appalachian State University N Carolina USA
21 East Carolina University N Carolina USA
22 Fayettteville Sttate University N Carolina USA
23 North Carolina A&T State University N Carolina USA
24 North Carolina State University N Carolina USA
25 UNC Asheville N Carolina USA
26 UNC Chapel Hill N Carolina USA
27 UNC Charlotte N Carolina USA
28 UNC Greensboro N Carolina USA
29 UNC Pembroke N Carolina USA
30 UNC Wilmington N Carolina USA
31 Western Carolina University N Carolina USA
32 Winston Salem State University N Carolina USA
33 Rutgers University New Jersey USA
34 State University of New York Buffalo New York USA
35 Ohio State University Ohio USA
36 Clemson University S Carolina USA
37 Coastal Carolina University S Carolina USA
38 Francis Marion University S Carolina USA
39 University Of South Carolina S Carolina USA
40 Winthrop University S Carolina USA
41 Texas A&M University Texas USA
42 Texas State University Texas USA
43 University of Houston Texas USA
44 University of North Texas Texas USA
45 UT Arlington Texas USA
46 UT Austin Texas USA
47 UT San Antonio Texas USA
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TABLE 3
RANKING OF JOURNALS
Rank Journal
Tier 1 The Accounting Review
Tier 1 Journal of Accounting and Economics
Tier 1 Journal of Accounting Resesarch
Tier 2 Contemporary Accounting Research
Tier 2 Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory
Tier 2 Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance
Tier 2 Journal of American Taxation Association
Tier 2 Accounting, Organizations, and Society
Tier 2 Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
Tier 2 Journal of Management Accounting Research
Tier 2 Behavioral Research in Accounting
Tier 2 National Tax Journal
Tier 2 Journal of Information Systems
Tier 2 Review of Accounting Studies
Tier 2 Accounting Horizons
Tier 3 All other peer reviewed Journals
Source: “Examining Accounting Departments’ Rankings of the Quality of Accounting Journals,” by
Alan Reinstein and Thomas Calderon, Critical Perspectives in Accounting (2006, Vol 17):457-490
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TABLE 4
SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS
Panel A: Sample Distribution
(n = 627)
Variables Mean Median Std.Devn. Quartile 1 Quartile 3
SALARY $140,628 $142,200 $57,521 $109,413 $171,842
TIER1PUBS 1.0032 0.0000 2.8481 0.0000 1.0000
TIER2PUBS 1.5981 0.0000 3.3637 0.0000 2.0000
TIER3PUBS 5.4737 2.0000 8.8191 0.0000 7.0000
TOTALPUBS 8.0750 4.0000 11.9115 0.0000 11.0000
CURRTENURE 18.3238 21.0000 9.2717 10.0000 24.0000
EXPERIENCE 21.6571 22.0000 9.3706 16.0000 28.0000
LIVINGCOST 96.6045 99.9800 5.8847 91.0000 99.9800
SCHOOLRANK 0.5008 1.0000 0.5004 0.0000 1.0000
PHDRANK 0.4274 0.0000 0.4951 0.0000 1.0000
FACULTYRANK 2.7464 3.0000 1.1794 2.0000 4.0000
Panel B: Cross-Country Comparison
(n = 627)
Variables US Schools Canadian Schools t-Statistics
Observations 500 127
SALARY $133,690 $167,944 ***-6.17
TIER1PUBS 1.1360 0.4803 **2.32
TIER2PUBS 1.7020 1.1889 *1.85
TIER3PUBS 4.6520 8.7087 ***-4.71
TOTALPUBS 7.4900 10.3780 **-2.45
CURRTENURE 18.2600 18.5748 -0.34
EXPERIENCE 21.8420 20.9291 0.98
LIVINGCOST 95.9568 99.98 ***-5.60
PHDRANK 0.4600 0.2992 ***3.29
FACULTYRANK 2.6760 3.0236 ***-2.99
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TABLE 4 (Continued)
Panel C: Comparison across Quality of the US Schools Employing the Faculty
(n = 500)
Variables
SCHOOLRANK t-Statistics
= 0 = 1
Observations 212 288
SALARY $134,981 $132,749 0.44
TIER1PUBS 0.5094 1.5972 ***-3.93
TIER2PUBS 1.1179 2.1319 ***-3.20
TIER3PUBS 4.9717 4.4167 0.82
TOTALPUBS 6.5991 8.1458 †-1.58
CURRTENURE 19.0425 17.6840 †1.61
EXPERIENCE 23.0991 20.9167 ***2.60
LIVINGCOST 99.1624 93.5972 ***11.07
PHDRANK 0.3538 0.5382 ***-4.15
FACULTYRANK 2.9481 2.4757 ***4.35
Panel D: Comparison across Quality of the School Granting Doctorate to the Faculty
(n = 627)
Variables
PHDRANK t-Statistics
= 0 = 1
Observations 359 268
SALARY $134,271 $149,144 ***-3.23
TIER1PUBS 0.5404 1.6231 ***-4.79
TIER2PUBS 0.9972 2.4030 ***-5.29
TIER3PUBS 4.3816 6.9366 ***-3.62
TOTALPUBS 5.9192 10.9627 ***-5.36
CURRTENURE 18.6045 17.9478 0.88
EXPERIENCE 21.6825 21.6231 0.08
LIVINGCOST 96.6686 96.5187 -0.32
SCHOOLRANK 0.4123 0.6194 ***-5.23
FACULTYRANK 2.6017 2.9403 ***-3.59
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TABLE 4 (Continued)
Panel E: Sample Characteristics by Salary range
(n = 627)
Variables
Mean Values for Faculty Salary Range (in $000)
≤ 50 51-100 101-150 151-200 201-250 251-300 ≥ 301
observations 43 82 240 186 54 14 8
Percentage 6.8581% 13.0781% 38.2775% 29.6651% 8.6124% 2.2329% 1.2759%
SALARY $34,391 $73,547 $127,382 $171,289 $217,929 $268,749 $337,782
TIER1PUBS 0.0233 0.2073 0.2958 1.2204 3.0926 6.0000 7.7500
TIER2PUBS 0.0000 0.1463 0.7583 2.2903 4.7778 5.6429 5.6250
TIER3PUBS 1.0698 1.7561 5.3458 7.4032 6.0926 9.1429 15.6250
TOTALPUBS 1.0930 2.1098 6.4000 10.9140 13.9630 20.7857 29.0000
CURRTENURE 17.0000 19.5854 18.9250 18.1452 15.9444 18.7143 14.0000
EXPERIENCE 22.6512 23.4512 20.9208 21.1129 21.6481 24.3571 28.0000
LIVINGCOST 93.5740 96.0810 96.0726 96.9792 98.0619 103.6357 103.3625
SCHOOLRANK 0.6047 0.7073 0.3500 0.5376 0.5185 0.8571 0.7500
PHDRANK 0.2326 0.3415 0.4292 0.4624 0.5741 0.5000 0.3750
FACULTYRANK 1.2093 1.8171 2.8542 2.9839 3.5370 4.0000 4.2500
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TABLE 4 (Continued)
Panel F: Sample Characteristics by Faculty Experience
(n = 627)
Variables
Number of Years Experience
0-10 11-20 21-30 ≥ 31
Observations 85 131 282 129
SALARY $153,227 $143,249 $132,903 $146,552
TIER1PUBS 0.6000 0.8931 0.8333 1.7519
TIER2PUBS 0.7765 1.9924 1.3617 2.2558
TIER3PUBS 1.6353 5.5725 5.1560 8.5969
TOTALPUBS 3.0118 8.4580 7.3511 12.6047
FACULTYRANK 2.0235 2.7328 2.6241 3.5039
SCHOOLRANK 0.6235 0.4427 0.4858 0.5116
PHDRANK 0.5882 0.4504 0.3227 0.5271
Panel G: Sample Characteristics by Faculty Rank
(n = 627)
Variables
Faculty Rank
Instructor Assistant Associate Full Endowed
Observations 119 147 166 164 31
SALARY $85,760 $140,850 $136,316 $171,717 $208,824
TIER1PUBS 0.2353 0.3741 0.5181 1.6159 6.2903
TIER2PUBS 0.1933 0.5170 1.3434 3.2073 4.9677
TIER3PUBS 1.3782 1.0544 6.5120 11.1585 6.5161
TOTALPUBS 1.8067 1.9456 8.3735 15.9817 17.7742
CURRTENURE 15.8739 14.0340 19.0000 23.1524 18.9032
EXPERIENCE 20.3782 15.1361 20.8193 28.3415 26.6129
SCHOOLRANK 0.7227 0.5714 0.3675 0.3902 0.6129
PHDRANK 0.3361 0.3605 0.4518 0.5061 0.5484
See Table 1 for variable definitions.
*** implies significance at 1% level (two-sided)
** implies significance at 5% level (two-sided)
* implies significance at 10% level (two-sided)
† implies significance at 10% level (one-sided
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TABLE 5
CORRELATION MATRIX
DUMCANADA LOGTIER1PUBS LOGTIER2PUBS LOGTIER3PUBS LOGCURRTEN LOGEXPR LIVINGCOST SCHOOLRANK PHDRANK FACULTYRANK
LOGSALARY 0.22738 0.35276 0.39053 0.33309 -0.01727 -0.0711 0.22532 -0.07352 0.13679 0.54158
(<0.0001) (<0.0001) (<0.0001) (<0.0001) (0.6661) (0.0752) (<0.0001) (0.0658) (0.0006) (<0.0001)
DUMCANADA -0.102 0.04941 0.21995 0.03728 -0.02799 0.21855 -0.29843 -0.13062 0.11856
(0.0106) (0.2167) (<0.0001) (0.3514) (0.4842) (<0.0001) (<0.0001) (0.001) (0.0029)
LOGTIER1PUBS 0.67456 0.32163 -0.02079 0.07178 0.20087 0.20331 0.23345 0.34501
(<0.0001) (<0.0001) (0.6034) (0.0725) (<0.0001) (<0.0001) (<0.0001) (<0.0001)
LOGTIER2PUBS 0.48893 0.00186 0.07203 0.16204 0.15651 0.24498 0.4233
(<0.0001) (0.9628) (0.0715) (<0.0001) (<0.0001) (<0.0001) (<0.0001)
LOGTIER3PUBS 0.17588 0.2069 0.18998 -0.11733 0.18664 0.54181
(<0.0001) (<0.0001) (<0.0001) (0.0033) (<0.0001) (<0.0001)
LOGCURRTEN 0.65972 0.05903 -0.07672 -0.0718 0.298
(<0.0001) (0.1398) (0.0548) (0.0724) (<0.0001)
LOGEXPR 0.10706 -0.0822 -0.06978 0.3609
(0.0073) (0.0396) (0.0808) (<0.0001)
LIVINGCOST -0.42223 -0.01261 0.22664
(<0.0001) (0.7526) (<0.0001)
SCHOOLRANK 0.20495 -0.20132
(<0.0001) (<0.0001)
PHDRANK 0.14216
(0.0004)
See Table 1 for variable definitions.
p Values in parentheses
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TABLE 6
BASE REGRESSIONS EXPLAINING FACULTY SALARY
Panel A: Using Raw Variables
Variables
Dependent Variable = SALARY (in $000)
Estimates Std. Err. t Stats p-Value Estimates Std. Err. t Stats p-Value
Intercept ***110.6588 7.4250 14.90 <0.0001 ***110.7191 7.4704 14.82 <0.0001
DUMCANADA ***18.2114 3.9351 4.63 <0.0001 ***18.2678 4.9741 3.67 0.0003
TIER1PUBS ***3.5533 0.6650 5.34 <0.0001 ***3.5452 0.6982 5.08 <0.0001
TIER2PUBS ***1.8865 0.5273 3.58 0.0004 ***1.7895 0.5764 3.10 0.0020
TIER3PUBS -0.0545 0.1789 -0.30 0.7606 0.0004 0.2306 0.00 0.9986
EXPERIENCE ***-3.9705 0.5591 -7.10 <0.0001 ***-3.9803 0.5608 -7.10 <0.0001
EXPERIENCE*EXPERIENCE ***0.0517 0.0123 4.22 <0.0001 ***0.0520 0.0123 4.23 <0.0001
SCHOOLRANK ***11.3911 3.2982 3.45 0.0006 ***11.4709 3.3233 3.45 0.0006
PHDRANK ***10.8952 3.2317 3.37 0.0008 ***10.8441 3.2802 3.31 0.0010
FACULTYRANK ***24.6750 1.5191 16.24 <0.0001 ***24.6456 1.5290 16.12 <0.0001
TIER1PUBS*DUMCANADA 0.4834 2.4994 0.19 0.8467
TIER2PUBS*DUMCANADA 0.4959 1.4444 0.34 0.7315
TIER3PUBS*DUMCANADA -0.1342 0.3527 -0.38 0.7037
Comparison of Coefficients Coefficient of TIER1PUBS > Coefficient of TIER2PUBS > Coefficient of TIER3PUBS
Observations 627 627
Adjusted R-Square 0.5788 0.5763
F Value 83.92 62.65
Probability > F <0.0001 <0.0001
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TABLE 6 (Continued)
Panel B: Using Log-Transformed Variables
Variables
Dependent Variable = LOGSALARY
Estimates Std. Err. t Stats p-Value Estimates Std. Err. t Stats p-Value
Intercept ***5.0039 0.0741 67.53 <0.0001 ***4.9975 0.0742 67.35 <0.0001
DUMCANADA ***0.1596 0.0333 4.79 <0.0001 ***0.2374 0.0562 4.23 <0.0001
LOGTIER1PUBS ***0.0805 0.0234 3.43 0.0006 ***0.0833 0.0256 3.25 0.0012
LOGTIER2PUBS ***0.0559 0.0210 2.66 0.0081 **0.0579 0.0237 2.45 0.0148
LOGTIER3PUBS -0.0215 0.0131 -1.64 0.1024 -0.0137 0.0147 -0.93 0.3519
LOGEXPR ***-0.2933 0.0242 -12.11 <0.0001 ***-0.2955 0.0243 -12.18 <0.0001
SCHOOLRANK 0.0445 0.0283 1.57 0.1160 *0.0471 0.0284 1.66 0.0984
PHDRANK ***0.0976 0.0274 3.56 0.0004 ***0.1057 0.0279 3.80 0.0002
FACULTYRANK ***0.2300 0.0137 16.83 <0.0001 ***0.2277 0.0137 16.59 <0.0001
LOGTIER1PUBS*DUMCANADA -0.0550 0.0661 -0.83 0.4055
LOGTIER2PUBS*DUMCANADA -0.0153 0.0498 -0.31 0.7593
LOGTIER3PUBS*DUMCANADA -0.0336 0.0293 -1.15 0.2524
Observations 627 627
Adjusted R-Square 0.5654 0.5560
F Value 89.30 65.38
Probability > F <0.0001 <0.0001
See Table 1 for variable definitions.
*** implies significance at 1% level (two-sided)
** implies significance at 5% level (two-sided)
* implies significance at 10% level (two-sided)
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TABLE 7
COMPARATIVE REGRESSIONS ACROSS DIFFERENT REGIMES
Panel A: USA versus Canada (Dependent Variable = SALARY in $ 000)
Variables
USA Canada
Estimates Std. Err. t Stats p-Value Estimates Std. Err. t Stats p-Value
Intercept ***123.7581 7.4365 16.64 <0.0001 ***94.7862 13.0784 7.25 <0.0001
TIER1PUBS ***3.3112 0.6504 5.09 <0.0001 ***4.9901 1.8084 2.76 0.0069
TIER2PUBS ***1.7451 0.5358 3.26 0.0012 *1.7056 0.9982 1.71 0.0906
TIER3PUBS 0.0893 0.2150 0.42 0.6780 -0.1301 0.2056 -0.63 0.5281
EXPERIENCE ***-5.6016 0.5561 -10.07 <0.0001 1.6142 1.0557 1.53 0.1294
EXPERIENCE*EXPERIENCE ***0.0740 0.0123 6.04 <0.0001 -0.0184 0.0228 -0.81 0.4211
SCHOOLRANK **6.9523 3.3970 2.05 0.0413
PHDRANK ***9.7322 3.5209 2.76 0.0060 **11.2932 4.8973 2.31 0.0232
FACULTYRANK ***29.0307 1.5686 18.51 <0.0001 ***6.9764 2.5476 2.74 0.0073
Comparison of Coefficients Coefficient of TIER1PUBS > Coefficient of TIER2PUBS > Coefficient of TIER3PUBS
Observations 500 127
Adjusted R-Square 0.6814 0.6347
F Value 115.72 24.67
Probability > F <0.0001 <0.0001
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TABLE 7 (Continued)
Panel B: Comparison across School Quality (Dependent Variable = SALARY in $ 000)
Variables
SCHOOLRANK=0 SCHOOLRANK=1
Estimates Std. Err. t Stats p-Value Estimates Std. Err. t Stats p-Value
Intercept ***102.6250 9.4625 10.85 <0.0001 ***130.8716 8.5711 15.27 <0.0001
DUMCANADA **8.0643 3.3139 2.43 0.0158 ***56.3400 8.2415 6.84 <0.0001
TIER1PUBS ***5.6059 1.6049 3.49 0.0006 ***3.1469 0.7239 4.35 <0.0001
TIER2PUBS **2.9722 0.8483 3.50 0.0006 **1.5646 0.6234 2.51 0.0126
TIER3PUBS 0.2714 0.1952 1.39 0.1659 -0.1935 0.2660 -0.73 0.4675
EXPERIENCE -0.1909 0.7935 -0.24 0.8101 ***-5.3130 0.6633 -8.01 <0.0001
EXPERIENCE*EXPERIENCE 0.0079 0.0169 0.46 0.6433 ***0.0635 0.0150 4.24 <0.0001
PHDRANK **7.4708 3.3548 2.23 0.0271 7.2003 4.8441 1.49 0.1381
FACULTYRANK ***8.7057 1.8742 4.64 <0.0001 ***30.8690 1.9490 15.84 <0.0001
Comparison of Coefficients Coefficient of TIER1PUBS > Coefficient of TIER2PUBS > Coefficient of TIER3PUBS
Observations 313 314
Adjusted R-Square 0.3069 0.6927
F Value 12.46 93.98
Probability > F <0.0001 <0.0001
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TABLE 7 (Continued)
Panel C: Comparison across Quality of Ph.D. Programs (Dependent Variable = SALARY in $ 000)
Variables
PHDRANK=0 PHDRANK=1
Estimates Std. Err. t Stats p-Value Estimates Std. Err. t Stats p-Value
Intercept ***86.7139 13.9596 6.21 <0.0001 ***125.1930 8.6551 14.46 <0.0001
DUMCANADA ***26.5458 5.7344 4.63 <0.0001 ***18.2291 5.6868 3.21 0.0015
TIER1PUBS ***6.5569 1.8128 3.62 0.0004 ***2.4462 0.6273 3.90 0.0001
TIER2PUBS **3.6068 1.4259 2.53 0.0124 ***1.8553 0.5737 3.23 0.0013
TIER3PUBS 0.4167 0.4872 0.86 0.3937 -0.0268 0.1947 -0.14 0.8908
EXPERIENCE **-2.5755 1.1188 -2.30 0.0227 ***-4.5634 0.6513 -7.01 <0.0001
EXPERIENCE*EXPERIENCE **0.0491 0.0237 2.07 0.0401 ***0.0554 0.0145 3.83 0.0001
SCHOOLRANK **15.6736 6.1114 2.56 0.0113 ***11.4984 3.9990 2.88 0.0043
FACULTYRANK ***18.9747 2.5805 7.35 <0.0001 ***27.5018 1.8344 14.99 <0.0001
Comparison of Coefficients Coefficient of TIER1PUBS > Coefficient of TIER2PUBS > Coefficient of TIER3PUBS
Observations 313 314
Adjusted R-Square 0.3069 0.6927
F Value 12.46 93.98
Probability > F <0.0001 <0.0001
See Table 1 for variable definitions.
*** implies significance at 1% level (two-sided)
** implies significance at 5% level (two-sided)
* implies significance at 10% level (two-sided)
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TABLE 8
COMPARISON OF TOP THREE JOURNALS
Variables
Dependent Variable = SALARY (in $000)
Estimates Std. Err. t Stats p-Value
Intercept ***108.0463 6.7064 16.11 <0.0001
DUMCANADA ***19.6583 3.5727 5.50 <0.0001
TAR ***4.7678 1.4252 3.35 0.0009
JAE *3.9836 2.1836 1.82 0.0687
JAR ***2.9143 1.0519 2.77 0.0058
TIER2PUBS ***1.5708 0.4827 3.25 0.0012
TIER3PUBS 0.0577 0.1604 0.36 0.7191
EXPERIENCE ***-4.1329 0.5088 -8.12 <0.0001
EXPERIENCE*EXPERIENCE ***0.0559 0.0111 5.02 <0.0001
SCHOOLRANK ***13.6449 3.0225 4.51 <0.0001
PHDRANK ***10.7285 2.9539 3.63 0.0003
FACULTYRANK ***25.0912 1.3895 18.06 <0.0001
Comparison of Coefficients Coefficient of TAR = Coefficient of JAE = Coefficient of JAR
Observations 627
Adjusted R-Square 0.6506
F Value 85.99
Probability > F <0.0001
See Table 1 for variable definitions.
*** implies significance at 1% level (two-sided)
** implies significance at 5% level (two-sided)
* implies significance at 10% level (two-sided
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TABLE 9
DETERMINANTS OF LONGEVITY
Variables
Dependent Variable = Probability (LONGEVITY)
Estimates Std. Err. Pseudo-t Stats p-Value
DUMCANADA 0.2821 0.2515 1.12 0.2625
SALARY ***-0.0060 0.0021 -2.89 0.0040
TOTALPUBS -0.0038 0.0081 -0.47 0.6352
EXPERIENCE ***-0.0666 0.0113 -5.89 <0.0001
LIVINGCOST -0.0131 0.0142 -0.92 0.3567
SCHOOLRANK *0.3811 0.2141 1.78 0.0757
PHDRANK -0.0874 0.2181 -0.40 0.6888
FACULTYRANK 0.1590 0.1329 1.20 0.2321
Observations 627
Pseudo R-Square 0.1124
Wald Chi-Square 51.4672
Prob > Chi-Square <0.0001
See Table 1 for variable definitions.
*** implies significance at 1% level (two-sided)
** implies significance at 5% level (two-sided)
* implies significance at 10% level (two-sided
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TABLE 10
DETERMINANTS OF PUBLICATION QUALITY
Variables
Dependent Variable = Probability(PUBQUALITY)
Estimates Std. Err. Pseudo-t Stats p-Value
DUMCANADA **-0.5652 0.2289 -2.47 0.0139
SALARY ***0.0080 0.0018 4.57 <0.0001
TOTALPUBS ***0.0642 0.0079 8.16 <0.0001
EXPERIENCE ***-0.0606 0.0097 -6.23 <0.0001
LIVINGCOST ***0.0415 0.0125 3.32 0.0010
SCHOOLRANK **0.4536 0.1899 2.39 0.0173
PHDRANK -0.2572 0.1858 -1.38 0.1669
FACULTYRANK ***0.5893 0.0967 6.09 <0.0001
Observations 627
Pseudo R-Square 0.4152
Wald Chi-Square 249.7474
Prob > Chi-Square <0.0001
See Table 1 for variable definitions.
*** implies significance at 1% level (two-sided)
** implies significance at 5% level (two-sided)
* implies significance at 10% level (two-sided
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FIGURE 1
ACCOUNTING FACULTY SALARY DISTRIBUTION
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FIGURE 2
PUBLICATIONS VERSUS ACCOUNTING FACULTY SALARY
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FIGURE 3
PUBLICATIONS BY ACCOUNTING FACULTY RANK
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FIGURE 4
PUBLICATION QUALITY VERSUS ACCOUNTING FACULTY RANK
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