Mark W. Nelson

Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Eleanora and George Landew Professor of Management, and Professor of Accounting

448 Sage Hall

Ithaca, NY 14853

United States

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Ithaca, NY 14850

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1.

How are Earnings Managed? Examples from Auditors

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Mar 2002
Mark W. Nelson, John A. Elliott and Robin L. Tarpley
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting and George Washington University - Department of Accountancy
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Experimental Research in Financial Accounting

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 28 Feb 2001
Robert Libby, Robert J. Bloomfield and Mark W. Nelson
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
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Where Do Companies Attempt Earnings Management, and When Do Auditors Prevent it?

AFA 2001 New Orleans Meetings
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Nov 2000
Mark W. Nelson, John A. Elliott and Robin L. Tarpley
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting and George Washington University - Department of Accountancy
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Earnings management, Financial statements, Auditing, Precision, Materiality, Size, Independence

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A Model and Literature Review of Professional Skepticism in Auditing

Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 1-34, November 2009 , Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 02-2011
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 09 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2011
Mark W. Nelson
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
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Judgment and Decision Making Research in Auditing: A Task, Person, and Interpersonal Interaction Perspective

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 28 Jul 2005
Mark W. Nelson and Hun-Tong Tan
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University
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Behavioral Evidence on the Effects of Principles- and Rules-Based Standards

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Behavioral Evidence on the Effects of Principles- and Rules-Based Standards

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Feb 2003
Mark W. Nelson
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
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principles, rules, standards, financial accounting, auditing, incentives, transaction structuring

Behavioral Evidence on the Effects of Principles- and Rules-Based Standards

Posted: 18 Feb 2003
Mark W. Nelson
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

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principles, rules, standards, financial accounting, auditing, incentives, transaction structuring

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Investing in Your Own Equity: Effects of Fair Value Accounting and Comprehensive Income Recognition on Earnings and Price Volatility

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Jul 2004
Robert J. Bloomfield, Mark W. Nelson and Steve Smith
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Brigham Young University
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Fair-value accounting, comprehensive income, functional fixation, market efficiency, experiments

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Evidence from Auditors About Managers' and Auditors' Earnings-Management Decisions

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 26 Dec 2001
Mark W. Nelson, John A. Elliott and Robin L. Tarpley
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting and George Washington University - Department of Accountancy
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Gathering Data for Archival, Field, Survey and Experimental Accounting Research

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Gathering Data for Archival, Field, Survey and Experimental Accounting Research

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 30 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2015
Robert J. Bloomfield, Mark W. Nelson and Eugene F. Soltes
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Data, empirical methods, archival, field study, experiment, survey, financial reporting

Gathering Data for Archival, Field, Survey, and Experimental Accounting Research

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 54, No. 2, 2016
Posted: 15 Jul 2016
Robert J. Bloomfield, Mark W. Nelson and Eugene F. Soltes
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

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archival, data, experiment, empirical methods, field study, survey, financial reporting

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A Review of Experimental and Archival Conflicts-of-Interest Research in Auditing

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Mar 2004
Mark W. Nelson
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
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auditing, conflicts of interest, earnings management, experiment, incentives

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Quantitative Materiality Perspectives and Auditors' Disposition of Detected Misstatements

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 08 Mar 2004
Mark W. Nelson, Zoe-Vonna Palmrose and Steve Smith
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Southern California and Brigham Young University
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Materiality, auditing, adjusting entries, iron curtain, rollover, earnings management.

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Underreactions and Overreactions: The Influence of Information Reliability and Portfolio Formation Rules

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Oct 1998
Robert J. Bloomfield, Robert Libby and Mark W. Nelson
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
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Confidence and Investors' Reliance on Disciplined Trading Strategies

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Nov 2000
Mark W. Nelson, Susan D. Krische and Robert J. Bloomfield
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
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Investor, portfolio, trading strategy, confidence, decision aid, feedback, experiment

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Information Pursuit in Financial-Statement Analysis: Effects of Choice, Effort, and Disaggregation

Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 32-06
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 02 Jan 2006
Mark W. Nelson and William B. Tayler
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Brigham Young University
Downloads 876 (59,855)
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lease, recognition, disclosure, choice, effort, disaggregation, fixation, salience, information weight

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Budgeting Audit Time: Effects of Procedure Frame and Perceived Procedure Verifiability

Behavioral Research in Accounting, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2018
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 24 May 2012 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2023
Eldar Maksymov, Mark W. Nelson and William R. Kinney Jr.
Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Accountancy, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting
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fair value auditing, audit planning, procedure frame, procedure verifiability

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Ameliorating Conflicts of Interest in Auditing: Effects of Recent Reforms on Auditors and Their Clients

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 28 Jul 2005
Mark W. Nelson
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
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auditing, independence, sarbanes-oxley, reform, motivated reasoning

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Over-Reliance on Previous Periods' Earnings Can Cause Post-Earnings-Announcement Drift and Over-Reactions to Extreme Performance

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Oct 1998
Robert J. Bloomfield, Robert Libby and Mark W. Nelson
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
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Confidence and the Welfare of Less-Informed Investors

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 30 Mar 1998
Robert J. Bloomfield, Robert Libby and Mark W. Nelson
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
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It's Not Only What You Say . . . How Communication Style and Team Culture Affects Audit Issue Follow-Up and Auditor Performance Evaluations

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Chad A. Proell, Yuepin (Daniel) Zhou and Mark W. Nelson
University of North Texas- Ryan College of Business -Department of Accounting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Accountancy and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
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Audit teams, voice, information sharing, skeptical action, auditor performance assessment, team culture, communication style

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Is Silence Golden? Audit Team Leader Reactions to Subordinates Who Speak Up 'In the Moment' and at Performance Appraisal

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2018
Mark W. Nelson and Chad A. Proell
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and University of North Texas- Ryan College of Business -Department of Accounting
Downloads 605 (97,057)
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Audit teams, information sharing, audit efficiency, audit effectiveness, auditor performance assessment, survey, experiment.

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How Should We Think About Earnings Quality? A Discussion of 'Earnings Quality: Evidence from the Field'

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 Oct 2013
Mark W. Nelson and Douglas J. Skinner
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads 572 (104,335)
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Earnings quality, earnings management, survey methods, CFO

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Numerical Formats within Risk Disclosures and the Moderating Effect of Investors’ Disclosure Management Concerns

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Numerical Formats within Risk Disclosures and the Moderating Effect of Investors’ Disclosure Management Concerns

Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 30-2011
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Jun 2011
Mark W. Nelson and Kathy Rupar
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Georgia Institute of Technology
Downloads 396 (160,441)
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numerical format effect, sensitivity analysis, risk judgment, earnings management, disclosure management, ratio bias

Numerical Formats within Risk Disclosures and the Moderating Effect of Investors’ Concerns About Management Discretion

Accounting Review, Vol. 90 (3): 1149-1168
Posted: 08 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2015
Mark W. Nelson and Kathy Rupar
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Georgia Institute of Technology

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numerical format, sensitivity analysis, risk judgment, reporting discretion, persuasion knowledge model, cognitive capacity

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The Effects of Out-of-Regime Guidance on Auditor Judgments About Appropriate Application of Accounting Standards

Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 7-2012
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 11 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2015
H. Scott Asay, Tim Brown, Mark W. Nelson and T. Jeffrey Wilks
University of Iowa - Department of Accounting, University of South Carolina - Department of Accounting, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Brigham Young University
Downloads 374 (172,770)
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Convergence, Contrast effect, Financial accounting standards, Audit Judgment

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Does Reporting Risks of Material Misstatement in the Audit Report Impact Audit Adjustments? Experimental Evidence from U.K. Audit Partners and Senior Managers

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2020
Lauren C. Reid, Mark W. Nelson and Joseph V. Carcello
Wake Forest University - Schools of Business, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and University of Tennessee
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audit report, risks of material misstatement, audit adjustments, critical audit matters

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PCAOB Guidance and Audits of Fair Values for Level 2 Investments

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 09 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2017
Scott A. Emett, Robert Libby and Mark W. Nelson
Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Accountancy, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
Downloads 284 (232,677)
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Fair value accounting, audit adjustments, management bias, PCAOB guidance

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Reporting Accounting Changes and Their Multi-Period Effects

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 01 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2014
Scott A. Emett and Mark W. Nelson
Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Accountancy and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
Downloads 278 (237,821)
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Accounting change, disclosure, presentation format, standard setting, pension accounting, fair value

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Team-Oriented Leadership and Auditors’ Willingness to Raise Audit Issues

Accounting Review, doi 10.2308/accr-51399, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 21 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2019
Mark W. Nelson, Chad A. Proell and Amy Randel
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of North Texas- Ryan College of Business -Department of Accounting and San Diego State University
Downloads 194 (337,794)
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Audit teams, information sharing, audit efficiency, audit effectiveness, audit risk, auditor performance assessment, leadership, employee voice, staff turnover, survey, experiment

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Malleable Standards of Care Required by Jurors When Assessing Auditor Negligence

The Accounting Review, Vol. 92, No. 1, 2017
Posted: 28 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2018
Eldar Maksymov and Mark W. Nelson
Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Accountancy and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

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Auditor liability; jury; audit quality; mediation; anchoring; sample size; audit adjustment

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Accounting Standards, Implementation Guidance, and Example-Based Reasoning

Journal of Accounting Research, 2006
Posted: 21 Sep 2006
Shana Clor-Proell and Mark W. Nelson
Texas Christian University - Department of Accounting and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

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The Effect of Quantitative Materiality Approach on Auditors' Adjustment Decisions

Posted: 25 Feb 2005
Mark W. Nelson, Steve Smith and Zoe-Vonna Palmrose
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Brigham Young University and University of Southern California

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Materiality, auditing, adjusting entries, iron curtain, rollover, earnings management

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How are Earnings Managed: Examples from Auditors

Posted: 02 Jun 2003
Mark W. Nelson, John A. Elliott and Robin L. Tarpley
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting and George Washington University - Department of Accountancy

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earnings management, financial statements, auditing, examples, categories, frequency, fraud

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Using Decision Aids to Improve Auditors' Conditional Probability Judgments

Posted: 22 Aug 1998
Sarah E. Bonner, Robert Libby and Mark W. Nelson
University of Southern California, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

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Context-Dependence of Auditors' Interpretation of the SFAS No. 5 Probability Expressions

Posted: 27 Feb 1998
Tarek S. Amer, Karl Hackenbrack and Mark W. Nelson
Northern Arizona University, Vanderbilt University - Accounting and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

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