User's Manual

• I. Concept.
• II. Getting Started
  • A. Access to the online database.
  • B. The BRD Files
    • 1. Read Me First
    • 2. The Data Files
    • 3. The Protocols File
    • 4. The Do Files
  • C. Sample Selection
  • D. Simple Things You Can Do with the BRD
    • 1. Find a case on Pacer.
    • 2. Find confirmed plans on Pacer.
    • 3. Make a list of cases that meet your criteria.
    • 4. Make tables and graphs showing trends or comparing cases.
    • 5. Empirical studies.
• III. Fields
  • A. Field naming protocols
    • 1. For BRD variables.
    • 2. For Stata variables.
  • B. BRD Field Groups
    • 1. Company and Security Identifiers.
    • 2. Case Identifiers.
    • 3. Company characteristics.
    • 4. Case characteristics.
    • 5. Case outcomes.
    • 6. General Economic Conditions.
  • C. Representative Ranges
• IV. Specific Research Types
  • A. Venue
  • B. Success Modeling
  • C. Professional Fees
• V. Data Contributions to the BRD