John Evans

University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business

Alumni Professor of Accounting

230 Mervis Hall

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

United States

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Scholarly Papers (18)

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Points to Consider When Self-Assessing Your Empirical Accounting Research

Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 32, No. 3, Fall 2015, pp. 1162-1192
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 30 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2016
John Evans, Mei Feng, Vicky B. Hoffman, Donald V. Moser and Wim A. Van der Stede
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh - Accounting Group and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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self-assessment, archrival, experimental

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CEO Turnover and Retention Light: Retaining Former CEOs on the Board

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 48, Issue 5, December 2010
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 05 May 2010 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2012
John Evans, Nandu J. Nagarajan and Jason D. Schloetzer
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Texas at Arlington and Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business
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CEO Turnover, Decision Rights, CEO Succession, Board Composition, Board Oversight

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Honesty in Managerial Reporting

The Accounting Review, October 2001
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 11 May 2001
John Evans, R. Lynn Hannan, Ranjani Krishnan and Donald V. Moser
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Michigan State University - Department of Accounting & Information Systems and University of Pittsburgh - Accounting Group
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Experiment, Honesty, Incentive contract, Managerial reporting

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Tacit Collusion and Voluntary Disclosure: Theory and Evidence from the U.S. Automotive Industry

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 Jun 2015
Jeremy Bertomeu, John Evans, Mei Feng and Ayung Tseng
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business and Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business
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collusion, disclosure, information sharing, antitrust, oligopoly

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Value Creation in Public Enterprises: An Empirical Analysis of Coordinated Organizational Changes in the Va Hospital System

Accounting Review, Vol. 82, March 2007
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 18 Aug 2005
Nicole Thibodeau, John Evans, Nandu J. Nagarajan and Jeff Whittle
Willamette University - Atkinson Graduate School of Management, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Texas at Arlington and Clement J. Zablocki Medical Center - Department of Medicine
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Value, public sector, coordination, organizational design, performance, incentives, strategic performance management

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Honor Among Thieves: Open Internal Reporting and Managerial Collusion

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2022
John Evans, Donald V. Moser, Andrew H. Newman and Bryan Stikeleather
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh - Accounting Group, University of South Carolina and University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business
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reporting openness, collusion, trust, reciprocity

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CEO Turnover, Financial Distress and Contractual Innovations

Accounting Review, Vol. 89, No. 3, 2014
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2014
John Evans, Shuqing Luo and Nandu J. Nagarajan
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Hong Kong and University of Texas at Arlington
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bankruptcy, Chapter 11, CEO turnover, incentive contract, corporate governance

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The Strength of Performance Incentives, Pay Dispersion, and Lower-Paid Employee Effort

AAA 2017 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting, 2017 Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Annual Conference
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 12 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2022
Conor Brown, John Evans, Donald V. Moser and Adam Presslee
University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh - Accounting Group and University of Waterloo - School of Accounting and Finance
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effort; fairness; pay dispersion, performance incentive strength.

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White Collar Incentives

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2012
Kyonghee Kim, Bok Baik, John Evans and Yoshio Yanadori
Michigan State University, Seoul National University, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business and University of South Australia
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White collar employee, Implicit incentives, Promotion, Career concerns, Firm-specific human capital, Pay disparity

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Knowledge Sharing and Incentive Design in Production Environments: Theory and Evidence

Accounting Review, Vol. 84, No. 4, 2009
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2011
Yuhchang Hwang, David H. Erkens and John Evans
Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Accountancy, Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
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knowledge, knowledge sharing, incentive design, group incentives

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Peer-to-Peer Recognition Leaderboards and Employee Helping Behavior

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2022
John Evans, Adam Presslee and Alex Vandenberg
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Waterloo - School of Accounting and Finance and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business
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Helping, leaderboard, peer-to-peer recognition, ranking basis

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Losers of Executive Promotion Tournaments: Their Incentives, Turnover, and Career Outcomes

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.2308/TAR-2019-0486
Posted: 15 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2022
Eric W. Chan, John Evans and Duanping Hong
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business and Kennesaw State University - Michael J. Coles College of Business

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Promotion, Tournament, Executive Compensation, Executive Turnover

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Performance Periods in CEO Performance-Based Equity Awards: Theory and Evidence

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 09 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2017
John Evans, Zhan Gao, Yuhchang Hwang and Wan-Ting Wu
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, Lancaster University, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Accountancy and University of Massachusetts Boston

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performance period; sorting; performance vesting; CEO compensation; CEO turnover; corporate governance

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Do You Get What You Measure? Research Opportunities Based on the Veterans Health Administration Experience

Accounting Horizons, Forthcoming
Posted: 05 Apr 2014
Nicole Thibodeau, John Evans and Nandu J. Nagarajan
Willamette University - Atkinson Graduate School of Management, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business and University of Texas at Arlington

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Performance measurement, health-care reform, contracting, Veterans Health Administration, research opportunities

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Non-Financial Performance Measures and Physician Compensation

Journal of Management Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 25 May 2010
John Evans, Kyonghee Kim, Nandu J. Nagarajan and Sukesh Patro
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, Michigan State University, University of Texas at Arlington and Northern Illinois University

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financial and non-financial performance measures, incentive contracts

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Bankruptcy, CEO Retention and the Evolution of Contractual Practices

AAA 2009 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting Paper
Posted: 12 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2013
John Evans, Shuqing Luo and Nandu J. Nagarajan
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Hong Kong and University of Texas at Arlington

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Uncertainty, Legal Liability and Incentive Contracts

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 09 May 2006
John Evans, Kyonghee Kim and Nandu J. Nagarajan
University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business, Michigan State University and University of Texas at Arlington

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Risk-sharing, incentive contracts, legal liability, task characteristics

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Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Are Employers Good Agents for Their Employees?

Posted: 03 Jul 2000
Pamela B. Peele, Judith R. Lave, Jeanne T. Black and John Evans
University of Pittsburgh - Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health and University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business

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Working Harder but Lying More? How Managers' Effort Influences Their Reporting

AAA 2016 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2015
Jason Brown, Eric W. Chan, Willie Choi, John Evans and Donald V. Moser
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting, University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business and University of Pittsburgh - Accounting Group
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Moral hazard, managerial reporting, honesty, deservingness