Markus C. Arnold

University of Bern - Institute for Accounting

Professor for Managerial Accounting

Engehaldenstr. 4

Bern, 3012

Switzerland

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1.

Integrating Sustainability Reports into Financial Statements: An Experimental Study

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2012
Markus C. Arnold, Alexander Bassen and Ralf Frank
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting, University of Hamburg and DVFA
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Sustainability, financial performance, ESG information, anchoring

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Using Negotiated Budgets for Planning and Performance Evaluation: An Experimental Study

AAA 2010 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2014
Markus C. Arnold and Robert M. Gillenkirch
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and University of Osnabrueck - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Budget negotiations, performance evaluation, planning, performance

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The Use of a Single Budget or Separate Budgets for Planning and Performance Evaluation

Accounting, Organizations and Society, Forthcoming, AAA 2017 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2018
Markus C. Arnold and Martin Artz
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and University of Muenster - Accounting Center
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budgeting, budget functions, budget levels, planning, performance evaluation, target setting

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Uncertainty and Information Asymmetry in Budget Negotiations

AAA 2013 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Aug 2012
Markus C. Arnold and Robert M. Gillenkirch
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and University of Osnabrueck - Faculty of Business and Economics
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German and US Investment Professionals’ Use of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures in Their Personal Investment Decisions and Recommendations to Clients

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 17-61, AAA 2018 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 12 May 2020
Markus C. Arnold, Christoph Hörner, Patrick Martin and Donald V. Moser
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting, Tilburg University, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh - Accounting Group
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Corporate social responsibility, CSR, professional investors, CSR disclosures, investment professionals

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Managerial Discretion and Task Interdependence in Teams

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Managerial Discretion and Task Interdependence in Teams

2015 AAA Annual Meeting
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2015
Markus C. Arnold and Ivo Tafkov
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and Georgia State University
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Team-based incentives, teams, discretion, task interdependence

Managerial Discretion and Task Interdependence in Teams

2015 Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Annual Conference
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Dec 2014
Markus C. Arnold and Ivo Tafkov
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and Georgia State University
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Team-based incentives, teams, discretion, task interdependence

Managerial Discretion and Task Interdependence in Teams

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 20 Jun 2019
Markus C. Arnold and Ivo Tafkov
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and Georgia State University

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team-based incentives, teams; discretion, task interdependence

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Groves Mechanism vs. Profit Sharing for Corporate Budgeting - An Experimental Analysis with Preplay Communication

European Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Sep 2007
Markus C. Arnold, Eva Ponick and Heike Yasmin Schenk-Mathes
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting, Clausthal University of Technology and Clausthal University of Technology
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Budgeting, resource allocation, truth-telling, Groves mechanism, profit sharing, communication

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Do You Get What You Pay for? An Experimental Analysis of Managers' Decisions and Owners' Expectations

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 30 Aug 2006
Markus C. Arnold, Robert Gillenkirch and Susanne A. Welker
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting, University of Goettingen (Gottingen) - Faculty of Economic Sciences and University of Goettingen (Gottingen) - Faculty of Economic Sciences
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Performance measurement, management compensation, investment decisions, residual income, experimental economics

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Target Difficulty, Target Flexibility, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Business Units' Targets

Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol. 40, No. 1, 2015
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 03 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2015
Markus C. Arnold and Martin Artz
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and University of Muenster - Accounting Center
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target setting; target flexibility; target difficulty; target functions

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Mutual Monitoring and Team Member Communication in Teams

AAA 2017 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Aug 2016
Markus C. Arnold, R. Lynn Hannan and Ivo Tafkov
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and Georgia State University
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team-based incentives, mutual monitoring, team member communication, subjective performance evaluation

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Strategic Reputation Building and Norm Enforcement: An Experimental Study in a Capital Budgeting Setting

AAA 2012 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Aug 2011
Markus C. Arnold and Dominik Schreiber
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and University of Hamburg
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capital budgeting, norm enforcement, reputation, ex post controls

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Costly Budget Negotiations and Financial Distress: An Experimental Investigation

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Aug 2011
Markus C. Arnold
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting
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Budget negotiations, performance evaluation, negotiation costs, financial distress, performance

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The Unintended Consequences of Headquarters’ Involvement in Decentralized Transfer Price Negotiations: Experimental Evidence

AAA 2017 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Aug 2016
Markus C. Arnold, Florian Elsinger and Frederick W. Rankin
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting, Rotterdam School of Management - Department of Accounting and Control and Colorado State University, Fort Collins - College of Business
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Transfer price, negotiations, delegation, autonomy

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The Effect of Target Transparency on Managers’ Target Setting Decisions

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Aug 2019
Markus C. Arnold, Martin Artz and Ivo Tafkov
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting, University of Muenster - Accounting Center and Georgia State University
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Target setting, target transparency, target divergence, help, cooperation

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The Effect of Past Performance and Task Type on Managers’ Target Setting Decisions: An Experimental Investigation

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Jan 2020
Markus C. Arnold, Martin Artz and Ivo Tafkov
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting, University of Muenster - Accounting Center and Georgia State University
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target setting, performance-to-target, target adjustments, target difference, task type

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The Effects of Managerial Discretion in Settings with Multiple Effort Dimensions: Experimental Evidence

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2020
Markus C. Arnold and Kai A. Bauch
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and University of Bern - Institute for Accounting
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Subjective performance evaluation, discretionary bonus allocation, teams, task interdependence

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The Use and Effects of Accountability and Job Autonomy when Results Controls are Irrelevant: Substitutes or Complements?

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Sep 2020
Markus C. Arnold and Arthur Posch
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and University of Bern - Institute for Accounting
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accountability, job autonomy, task requirements, employee loyalty, effort, healthcare

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What is a Fair Amount of Executive Compensation? Outrage Potential of Two Key Stakeholder Groups

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 45, Issue 5-6, pp. 651-685, 2018
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 May 2018
Markus C. Arnold and Robert Grasser
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and University of South Carolina
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distributive justice, executive compensation, fairness, outrage constraints, public outrage

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Do Job Candidates’ Effort Promises Matter When the Labor Market is Competitive? Experimental Evidence

AAA 2014 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting Paper
Posted: 19 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2018
Markus C. Arnold and Robert Grasser
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and University of South Carolina

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principal-agent theory, incentive contracts, competition, effort announcements, promise-keeping, reciprocity

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Audits, Reputation, and Repeated Interaction in a Capital Budgeting Setting

European Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 30 Sep 2011
Markus C. Arnold and Dominik Schreiber
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and University of Hamburg

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capital budgeting, ex post audits, reputation, experiments, repeated interaction, norm enforcement

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Stock Options and Dividend Protection

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 161, No. 3, pp. 453-472, 2005
Posted: 29 Sep 2005
Markus C. Arnold and Robert Gillenkirch
University of Bern - Institute for Accounting and University of Goettingen (Gottingen) - Faculty of Economic Sciences

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Executive stock options, managerial incentives, dividends, share repurchases, dividend protection