Jessen L. Hobson

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Assistant Professor of Accountancy

4011 Business Instructional Facility

515 East Gregory Drive

Champaign, IL 61820

United States

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1.

Analyzing Speech to Detect Financial Misreporting

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 06 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2011
Jessen L. Hobson, William J. Mayew and Mohan Venkatachalam
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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Deception Detection, Misreporting, Linguistic Analysis, Vocal Analysis, Cognitive Dissonance

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Beyond a One-Size-Fits-All Mentality: An Experimental Investigation of How Narcissistic Employees Respond to Relative Performance Information

Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Research Paper No. 2016-053
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2016
Jeffrey Hales, Jessen L. Hobson and Robert J. Resutek
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting
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Relative Performance Information, Narcissism, Management Control Systems, Misreporting

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Determinants of Moral Judgments Regarding Budgetary Slack: An Experimental Examination of Pay Scheme and Personal Values

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 03 Sep 2009
Jessen L. Hobson, Mark J. Mellon and Douglas E. Stevens
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Northern Illinois University - Department of Accountancy and Georgia State University - Robinson College of Business
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Budgetary Slack, Moral Reasoning, Moral Judgment, Pay Scheme, Personal Values

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Strategic Disclosure of Risky Prospects: A Laboratory Experiment

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 May 2003
Jessen L. Hobson and Steven J. Kachelmeier
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting
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risk, strategic disclosure, anchoring

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Earnings Metrics, Information Processing, and Price Efficiency in Laboratory Markets

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Earnings Metrics, Information Processing, and Price Efficiency in Laboratory Markets

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 25 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2015
W. Brooke Elliott, Jessen L. Hobson and Brian J. White
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting
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earnings metrics, bounded rationality, information search, fundamental value, market price efficiency, laboratory markets

Earnings Metrics, Information Processing, and Price Efficiency in Laboratory Markets

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 53, No. 3, 2015
Posted: 03 Jul 2015
W. Brooke Elliott, Jessen L. Hobson and Brian J. White
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting

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earnings metrics; bounded rationality; information search; fundamental value; market price efficiency; laboratory markets

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Do the Benefits of Reducing Accounting Complexity Persist in Markets Prone to Bubble?

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 14 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2010
Jessen L. Hobson
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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price bubble, information processing, disclosure complexity, value trading, riding the bubble

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Improving Experienced Auditors’ Detection of Deception in CEO Narratives

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Improving Experienced Auditors’ Detection of Deception in CEO Narratives

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2017
Jessen L. Hobson, William J. Mayew, Mark E. Peecher and Mohan Venkatachalam
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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auditors, financial misreporting, deception detection, conference calls

Improving Experienced Auditors’ Detection of Deception in CEO Narratives

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 55, No. 5, 2017
Posted: 12 Mar 2018
Jessen L. Hobson, William J. Mayew, Mark E. Peecher and Mohan Venkatachalam
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business

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deception detection; earnings conference call; fraud; audit

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Trader Participation in Disclosure: Implications of Interactions with Management

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Trader Participation in Disclosure: Implications of Interactions with Management

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 03 May 2019
W. Brooke Elliott, Stephanie M. Grant and Jessen L. Hobson
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Washington and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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social media, conference calls, investor participation, bounded rationality, information search, fundamental value, market price efficiency, laboratory markets

Trader Participation in Disclosure: Implications of Interactions with Management

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 20 Jun 2019
W. Brooke Elliott, Stephanie M. Grant and Jessen L. Hobson
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Washington and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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social media, conference calls, investor participation, information search, fundamental value, bounded rationality, laboratory markets, market price efficiency

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Earnings Metrics and Asymmetric Motivated Reasoning Among Long and Short Investors

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2019
W. Brooke Elliott, Jessen L. Hobson, Ben W. Van Landuyt and Brian J. White
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Arizona - School of Accountancy and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting
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earnings metrics, motivated reasoning, investors, short selling, earnings persistence

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The Effect of Investor Status on Investors’ Susceptibility to Earnings Fixation

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2015
Ling L. Harris, Jessen L. Hobson and Kevin E. Jackson
University of South Carolina - School of Accounting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Accountancy
Downloads 126 (223,400)
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Earnings fixation, current investors, prospective investors

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The Presence and Effect of the Winner's Curse in the Market for Audit Services: An Experimental Market Examination

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Apr 2015
Jessen L. Hobson, Robert Marley, Mark J. Mellon and Douglas E. Stevens
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Tampa, Northern Illinois University - Department of Accountancy and Georgia State University - Robinson College of Business
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Keywords: winner’s curse, audit pricing, audit quality, common value auctions

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The Benefit of Mean Auditors: The Influence of Social Interaction and the Dark Triad on Unjustified Auditor Trust

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The Benefit of Mean Auditors: The Influence of Social Interaction and the Dark Triad on Unjustified Auditor Trust

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2018
Jessen L. Hobson, Matthew Stern and Aaron F. Zimbelman
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, DePaul University and University of South Carolina
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auditor independence, social interaction, dark triad, professional skepticism

The Benefit of Mean Auditors: The Influence of Social Interaction and the Dark Triad on Unjustified Auditor Trust

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 20 Jun 2019
Jessen L. Hobson, Matthew T Stern and Aaron F. Zimbelman
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, DePaul University and University of South Carolina

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auditor independence; social interaction; dark triad, professional skepticism

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Auditing Non-GAAP Measures: Signaling More Than Intended

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2019
Spencer B. Anderson, Jessen L. Hobson and Ryan Sommerfeldt
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Non-GAAP, Audit, Attribute substitution

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The Joint Influence of Information Push and Value Relevance on Investor Judgments and Market Efficiency

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 16 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2019
W. Brooke Elliott, Brian Gale and Jessen L. Hobson
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Washington and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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information push, value relevance, value estimate accuracy, market price efficiency

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Cheating for the Cause: The Effects of Performance-Based Pay on Socially-Oriented Misreporting

AAA 2019 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2019
Jessen L. Hobson, Ryan Sommerfeldt and Laura W. Wang
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Nonprofit organizations; Performance-based pay; Misreporting; Socially-oriented misreporting; Framed Field Experiment

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The Effects of Auditor Rotation, Professional Skepticism, and Interactions with Managers on Audit Quality

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 23 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2015
Kendall Bowlin, Jessen L. Hobson and M. David Piercey
University of Mississippi - Patterson School of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Auditor Rotation; Professional Skepticism; Audit Quality; Game Theory