William J. Mayew

Duke University - Fuqua School of Business

Associate Professor

Box 90120

Durham, NC 27708-0120

United States

http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/faculty/alpha/mayew.htm

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1.

CEO Behavioral Integrity, Auditor Responses, and Firm Outcomes

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 18 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 03 May 2019
Shane S. Dikolli, Thomas Keusch, William J. Mayew and Thomas D. Steffen
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, INSEAD, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Yale University School of Management
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CEO behavioral integrity; audit fees; financial misreporting; corporate culture

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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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Religious Social Norms and Corporate Financial Reporting

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Religious Social Norms and Corporate Financial Reporting

AAA 2010 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2015
Scott Dyreng, William J. Mayew and Christopher D. Williams
Duke University - Accounting, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 1,428 (18,483)
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Social Norms, Financial Reporting, Accounting Quality, Restatements, Effective Tax Rates, ETR

Religious Social Norms and Corporate Financial Reporting

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 39, Issue 7‐8, pp. 845-875, 2012
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Oct 2012
Scott Dyreng, William J. Mayew and Christopher D. Williams
Duke University - Accounting, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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financial reporting, accrual choices, social norms, disclosure

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What's in a (School) Name? Racial Discrimination in Higher Education Bond Markets

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 05 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2018
Casey Dougal, Pengjie Gao, William J. Mayew and Christopher A. Parsons
Florida State University, University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
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Race discrimination, higher education, municipal finance

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The Power of Voice: Managerial Affective States and Future Firm Performance

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 23 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2011
William J. Mayew and Mohan Venkatachalam
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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voice analysis, affective states, firm performance, conference calls

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Employee Stock Option Fair-Value Estimates: Do Managerial Discretion and Incentives Explain Accuracy?

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Employee Stock Option Fair-Value Estimates: Do Managerial Discretion and Incentives Explain Accuracy?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Dec 2004
Leslie D. Hodder, William J. Mayew, Connie D. Weaver and Mary Lea McAnally
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting and Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting
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Employee stock options, Black-Scholes, managerial discretion, accounting contextual disclosures

Employee Stock Option Fair-Value Estimates: Do Managerial Discretion and Incentives Explain Accuracy?

Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 23, No. 4, Winter 2006
Posted: 14 Jul 2006
Leslie D. Hodder, William J. Mayew, Mary Lea McAnally and Connie D. Weaver
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting and Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting

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Employee stock options, Black-Scholes, managerial discretion, accounting contextual disclosures

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Analyst Reputation and the Issuance of Disaggregated Earnings Forecasts to I/B/E/S

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2012
Yonca Ertimur, William J. Mayew and Stephen Stubben
University of Colorado at Boulder - Department of Accounting, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and University of Utah
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Disaggregated earnings forecasts, Revenue forecasts, Security analysts, Reputation

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Do Pennies Matter? Investor Relations Consequences of Small Negative Earnings Surprises

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 04 Sep 2007
Richard M. Frankel, William J. Mayew and Yan Sun
Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Saint Louis University
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Investor relations, earnings benchmarks, conference calls, analysts

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Firms’ Response to Macroeconomic Estimation Errors

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE)
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 02 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2021
Oliver Binz, William J. Mayew and Suresh Nallareddy
INSEAD, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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Gross Domestic Product; Expectation errors; Profitability; Restatements; Analyst forecasts; Macroeconomy; Capital expenditures; Production

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Institutional Monitoring and Corporate Restructurings

AAA 2007 Financial Accounting & Reporting Section (FARS) Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Sep 2006
Rowland Atiase, William J. Mayew and Yanfeng Xue
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and George Washington University - Department of Accountancy
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Institutional investors, Corporate restructuring

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Equity Analyst Social Interactions and Geographic Information Transmission

Forthcoming, Review of Accounting Studies
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2022
Qi Chen, William J. Mayew and Huihao Yan
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and City University of New York - Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business
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Social Interaction, Financial Analysts, Geographic Information

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Evidence of Manager Intervention to Avoid Working Capital Deficits

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 24 May 2012 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2015
Scott Dyreng, William J. Mayew and Katherine Schipper
Duke University - Accounting, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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reference points, financial reporting, working capital

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Using Earnings Conference Calls to Identify Analysts with Superior Private Information

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Using Earnings Conference Calls to Identify Analysts with Superior Private Information

AAA 2010 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 28 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2011
William J. Mayew, Nathan Y. Sharp and Mohan Venkatachalam
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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Conference calls, private information benefits, financial analysts, Regulation FD, forecast accuracy, forecast timeliness

Using Earnings Conference Calls to Identify Analysts with Superior Private Information

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Posted: 24 Dec 2011
William J. Mayew, Nathan Y. Sharp and Mohan Venkatachalam
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business

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Conference calls, private information benefits, financial analysts, Regulation FD, forecast accuracy, forecast timeliness

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State Sponsors of Terrorism Disclosure and SEC Financial Reporting Oversight

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 72, No. 1, 2021
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 02 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2021
Robert Hills, Matthew Kubic and William J. Mayew
Pennsylvania State University, University of Texas at Austin and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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Comment Letters; Financial Reporting Oversight; Independence; SEC; Terrorism

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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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The Extent of Implicit Taxes at the Corporate Level and the Effect of TRA86

McCombs Research Paper Series No. ACC-05-09
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2011
Ross Jennings, Connie D. Weaver and William J. Mayew
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting, Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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Implicit taxes, corporate tax preferences, cost advantage

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COVID-19 Human Capital Management Response, SEC Disclosure, and Firm Value

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Feb 2022
William J. Mayew and Yuan Zhang
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and University of Texas at Dallas
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human capital management, disclosure, COVID-19 pandemic, employee welfare, firm value

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Debt Reclassification and Capital Market Consequences

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 33, No. 7-8, pp. 1189-1212, September/October 2006
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 03 Oct 2006
Mary Lea McAnally, Jeffrey Gramlich and William J. Mayew
Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting, Carson College of Business and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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Individual Analysts’ Stock Recommendations, Earnings Forecasts, and the Informativeness of Conference Call Question and Answer Sessions

Forthcoming, The Accounting Review
Posted: 31 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2020
William J. Mayew, Mani Sethuraman and Mohan Venkatachalam
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Cornell University and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business

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Conference Calls, Financial Analysts, Corporate Access, Price Formation, Market Microstructure, Bulls and Bears

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CFO co-option and CEO compensation

Forthcoming in Management Science
Posted: 17 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2019
Shane S. Dikolli, John C. Heater, William J. Mayew and Mani Sethuraman
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Cornell University

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CFO, CEO, Executive Compensation, Monitoring, Financial Reporting, Managerial Power, Earnings Management

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MD&A Disclosure and the Firm's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

Forthcoming in The Accounting Review
Posted: 31 May 2013 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2018
William J. Mayew, Mani Sethuraman and Mohan Venkatachalam
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Cornell University and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business

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Going concern, voluntary disclosure, FASB, PCAOB, auditor opinion, bankruptcy prediction

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Voice Pitch and the Labor Market Success of Male Chief Executive Officers

Evolution & Human Behavior, Forthcoming
Posted: 04 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2015
William J. Mayew, Christopher A. Parsons and Mohan Venkatachalam
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business

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voice pitch, dominance, labor market outcomes, biological evolution

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CEO tenure and the performance-turnover relation

Dikolli, Shane S., William J. Mayew, and Dhananjay Nanda. "CEO tenure and the performance-turnover relation." Review of accounting studies 19.1 (2014): 281-327.
Posted: 13 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2021
Shane S. Dikolli, William J. Mayew and Dhananjay Nanda
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and University of Miami - Department of Accounting
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CEO turnover, Governance, Monitoring, Earnings Surprise, CEO tenure

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Evidence of Management Discrimination Among Analysts During Earnings Conference Calls

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 627-659
Posted: 16 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 08 May 2020
William J. Mayew
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business

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Financial analysts, managerial discrimination, conference calls, SEC