modal_loughran_mcdonald {lexicon}R Documentation

Loughran-McDonald Modal List

Description

A dataset containing a character vector of Loughran & McDonald's (2016) modal list. Wikipedia states: "A modal verb is a type of verb that is used to indicate modality - that is: likelihood, ability, permission and obligation."

Usage

data(modal_loughran_mcdonald)

Format

A data frame with 61 rows and 2 variables

Details

References

Loughran, T. and McDonald, B. (2016). Textual analysis in accounting and finance: A survey. Journal of Accounting Research 54(4), 1187-1230. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2504147

https://sraf.nd.edu/textual-analysis/resources/#Master%20Dictionary


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