Kit Finanzforschung

Proposal: rationale, research questions, literature summary, conceptual framework diagram, methods, analysis, ethics, timeline, budget

Registry fields, hypotheses, design, randomisation, power and MDE, outcomes, estimation, multiple testing, heterogeneity, exclusions, ethics, deviations log

Literature review: scope and questions, documented search strategy, screening counts, thematic synthesis, synthesis matrix, gaps

Sources + evaluation + use per entry

Event study write-up: event definition, date verification, confounding screen, windows, market model, AR and CAR, parametric and rank tests, cross-section, robustness

Finance manuscript: title page and abstract, disclosure page, hypotheses, data and attrition, identification, results, robustness, Internet Appendix, data and AI statement

Data and code package README: data availability per source, dataset list, software and runtime, directory tree, run steps, program-to-exhibit map, citations, licences, DCAS matrix

Peer review report: summary, assessment, numbered major and minor comments, methods and ethics checks, recommendation, editor notes