compared to economics, accounting phd is less technical required, but it definitely requires good intuition about business world and good communication skills for teaching purpose. my personal experience is that research is much tougher compared to courses in whatever fields. you need many things to lift up one good paper: good model background ( math is a basic skill for theoretical expertise), good quantitative methods including econometrics/computational programming (mostly in finance), data (if no data, fancy ideas will be trash), patience and hardwork... |