Brian Williams

Texas A&M University

Langford Building A

798 Ross St.

College Station, TX 77843-3137

United States

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Scholarly Papers (22)

1.

Crypto-Influencers

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 19 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 22 May 2024
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Harvard University - Business School (HBS), Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and Texas A&M University
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Cryptocurrency, Information Intermediaries, Social Media

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Tax Avoidance and Firm Risk: New Insights from a Latent Class Mixture Model

The Accounting Review
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2023
Michelle Hutchens, Sonja O. Rego and Brian Williams
University of Illinois, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting and Texas A&M University
Downloads 1,253 (33,342)
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Tax avoidance, uncertainty, priced risk, idiosyncratic risk, latent class mixture model

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How Does CEO Tenure Affect Corporate Income Tax Planning and Financial Reporting Decisions?

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 May 2017 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2017
North Carolina State University - Department of Accounting, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Texas A&M University
Downloads 669 (78,961)
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Effective Tax Planning

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming, Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 2021-23
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Casey M. Schwab, Bridget Stomberg and Brian Williams
University of North Texas, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and Texas A&M University
Downloads 622 (86,945)

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Real Effects of Financial Reporting on Innovation: Evidence from Tax Law and Accounting Standards

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming https://doi.org/10.2308/TAR-2018-0582
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 06 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2021
Braden Williams and Brian Williams
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting and Texas A&M University
Downloads 611 (88,577)
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Innovation, Accounting Recognition, FIN 48

The Local Spillover Effect of Corporate Accounting Misconduct: Evidence from City Crime Rates

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 18-72
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 23 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2019
Eric Holzman, Brian P. Miller and Brian Williams
Indiana University, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting and Texas A&M University
Downloads 410 (142,442)
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Accounting Misconduct; AAER; Crime; Local Strain

The Local Spillover Effect of Corporate Accounting Misconduct: Evidence from City Crime Rates

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 17 Nov 2020
Eric Holzman, Brian P. Miller and Brian Williams
Indiana University, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting and Texas A&M University
Downloads 157 (372,761)

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accounting misconduct; crime rate; corporate spillovers; income inequality

The Local Spillover Effect of Corporate Accounting Misconduct: Evidence from City Crime Rates

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 08 Feb 2021
Eric Holzman, Brian P. Miller and Brian Williams
Indiana University, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting and Texas A&M University

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accounting misconduct, real effects, crime rate, corporate spillover, income inequality, accounting fraud

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Are 'Tax Aggressive' Firms Just Inflating Earnings?

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2014
David A. Guenther, Linda K. Krull and Brian Williams
University of Oregon - Department of Accounting, University of Oregon and Texas A&M University
Downloads 564 (98,173)
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tax avoidance, earnings management, crash risk

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Does Tax Enforcement Disparately Affect Domestic versus Multinational Corporations Around the World?

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 16 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2023
Lisa De Simone, Bridget Stomberg and Brian Williams
University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and Texas A&M University
Downloads 539 (104,015)
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tax enforcement, tax avoidance, international tax, income shifting

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Does Corporate Tax Avoidance Reduce Individual Investors’ Willingness to Own Stock?

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 17-16
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 16 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2021
Sonja O. Rego, Brian Williams and Ryan J. Wilson
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting, Texas A&M University and University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business
Downloads 482 (118,818)
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tax avoidance; individual investors, stock holdings; information asymmetry.

10.

Accounting and Small Business Profitability

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 18-7
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 09 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2020
Indiana University, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting, Texas A&M University and Emory University Goizueta Business School
Downloads 422 (139,111)

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small business; accounting background; financial statement preparation; profitability

11.

Use of Increased Operating Cash Flow by Firms that Avoid Taxes

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 Aug 2017
David A. Guenther, Kenneth Njoroge and Brian Williams
University of Oregon - Department of Accounting, College of William and Mary - Mason School of Business and Texas A&M University
Downloads 378 (158,094)
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Tax Avoidance; Cash Holdings; Financial Constraints; Multinational Corporations

12.

The Role of Effective Control Systems in Capturing Innovation

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 17-57
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 04 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2018
Brian P. Miller, Amy Sheneman and Brian Williams
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems and Texas A&M University
Downloads 350 (171,468)
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Innovation Capture, Internal Controls, Patents

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Auditors' Influence on Clients' Estimated Tax Reserves

Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 3920001
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 10 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2023
Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting
Downloads 343 (175,327)

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auditor influence, accounting estimates, tax reserves

14.

Using Disclosure of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit as an Indicator of Prosocial Employment Practices

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 2021-28
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 23 May 2021 Last Revised: 23 May 2023
University of Illinois, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and Texas A&M University
Downloads 259 (235,008)

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Work Opportunity Tax Credit; tax policy; ESG disclosure; prosocial employment practices.

15.

The Impact of Standard Setting on Individual Investors: Evidence From SFAS 109

Review of Accounting Studies, forthcoming
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 10 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2023
Michelle Hutchens, Sonja O. Rego and Brian Williams
University of Illinois, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting and Texas A&M University
Downloads 201 (299,687)
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SFAS 109, Standard Setting, Individual Investors, Deferred Taxes, Tax Footnote

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The Benefits of Uncertainty: Uncertain Tax Strategies and Implicit Taxes

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 2023-4347999
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Feb 2023
Trent Krupa, Steven Utke and Brian Williams
University of Arkansas - Department of Accounting, University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting and Texas A&M University
Downloads 172 (344,788)

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Implicit Taxes, Tax Avoidance, Uncertain Tax Positions

17.

Capital Gains Taxes and Risk with a Fixed Supply of Risky Assets

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 Jul 2014
David A. Guenther and Brian Williams
University of Oregon - Department of Accounting and Texas A&M University
Downloads 159 (368,812)

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Risky assets; capital gains taxes; taxes and risk

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Spillover Benefits of Financial Statement Audits: Evidence from IRS Enforcement Outcomes

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 24 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2024
Michele Mullaney, Bridget Stomberg and Brian Williams
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and Texas A&M University
Downloads 114 (479,059)

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Tax Compliance, Auditing, C corporations

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The Impact of Control Systems on Corporate Innovation

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming, Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 2022-06
Posted: 31 Jan 2022
Brian P. Miller, Amy Sheneman and Brian Williams
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems and Texas A&M University

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internal controls, innovation, patents, research and development, internal information flow

20.

Why Pay Our Fair Share? How Perceived Influence Over Laws Affects Tax Evasion

The Journal of the American Taxation Association, Vol. 42, No. 1, Spring 2020, Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 17-66
Posted: 05 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2020
Paul Mason, Steven Utke and Brian Williams
Baylor University, University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting and Texas A&M University

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Tax Evasion, Tax Morale, Quality of Government, Perceived Influence, Procedural Fairness

21.

Is Tax Avoidance Related to Firm Risk?

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 27 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2016
David A. Guenther, Steven Matsunaga and Brian Williams
University of Oregon - Department of Accounting, University of Oregon and Texas A&M University

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effective tax rates; tax avoidance; firm risk

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Voluntary Tax Forecasts as a Signal of Future Firm Performance

Number of pages: 61
University of Illinois, affiliation not provided to SSRN, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Texas A&M University
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voluntary disclosure, income taxes, information environment, conference calls, forecasts