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M. David Piercey
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Education:Ph.D. University of Illinois 2006 |
Research/Teaching Interests:Accounting judgment & decision making Auditing Managerial accounting Financial accounting
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Selected Publications:
"Documentation Requirements and Quantified vs. Qualitative Audit Risk Assessments," solo-authored, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, November 2011, Vol. 30 No. 4: 223-248.
"The Effects of a Supervisor's Active Intervention in Subordinates' Judgments, Directional Goals, and Perceived Technical Knowledge Advantage on Audit Team Judgments," with M. Peecher, J. Rich, and R. Tubbs, The Accounting Review, September 2010, Vol. 85 No. 5: 1763-1787.
"Motivated Reasoning and Verbal vs. Numerical Probability Assessment: Evidence from an Accounting Context," solo-authored, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, March 2009, Vol. 108 No. 2: p. 330-341.
"Judging Audit Quality in Light of Adverse Outcomes: Evidence of Outcome Bias and Reverse Outcome Bias," with M. Peecher, Contemporary Accounting Research, Spring 2008, Vol. 25 No. 1: p. 243-274.
Selected Recent Research Conference Presentations:
"Unintended Consequences of Lowering Disclosure Thresholds:
Proposed Changes to SFAS No. 5," working paper (as currently titled), with
K. Fanning and C. Agoglia, American Accounting Association Accounting,
Behavior, and Organizations Research Conference (Outstanding Emerging Scholar
Award Winner).
"Internal Auditors' Use of Accounting Information, Arguments and
Interpersonal Skills in a Corporate
Governance Setting," working paper (as currently titled), with K. Fanning,
American Accounting Association Accounting, Behavior, and Organizations
Research Conference (Outstanding Emerging Scholar Award Winner).
"Managing Audits to Manage Earnings: The Impact of Baiting Tactics on an Auditor's Ability to Uncover Earnings Management Errors," working paper (as currently titled), with B. Luippold, T. Kida, and J. Smith, American Accounting Association Audit Midyear Meeting (Best Conference Paper Award Winner).
"The Effects of Auditor Rotation, Professional Skepticism, and Interactions with Managers on Audit Quality," working paper, with K. Bowlin and J. Hobson, American Accounting Association Audit Midyear Meeting.
"The Relative Effectiveness of Simultaneous versus Sequential Negotiation Strategies in Auditor-Client Negotiations,", with S. Perreault and T. Kida, American Accounting Association Audit Midyear Meeting.
"Empirical Evidence on the Effectiveness of Recent Changes to PCAOB Inspection Reports," working paper (as currently titled), with J. Wainberg, T. Kida, and J. Smith, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting.
"Judging Auditor Negligence: De-biasing Interventions, Outcome Bias, and Reverse Outcome Bias," working paper, with J. Grenier and M. Peecher, American Accounting Association Audit Meeting.
Academic and Professional Activities:
Ad hoc reviewer, Accounting, Organizations and
Society; The Accounting Review; Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory; Behavioral
Research in Accounting; Contemporary
Accounting Research; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy; Organizational Behavior and
Human Decision Processes
Invited presentations of research at Cornell University, Georgia State University, Indiana University, Lehigh University, Michigan State University, North Carolina State University, Northeastern University, the University of Alberta, the University of Illinois, the University of Massachusetts, the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the University of Washington, the University of Waterloo, and Washington University.
Invited faculty career panelist, American Accounting Association Accounting, Behavior and Organizations Doctoral Consortium
Reviewer and discussant, American Accounting Association Annual Meetings and sectional conferences
Board of directors and consulting activities
Selected Awards:
Mentions and stories on my research in the popular business press, Accounting Today, CFO Magazine, CPA2Biz, Edgar Online, The Practicing CPA, and WebCPA 2010-2011
College Outstanding Researcher Award, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, 2010
Outstanding Emerging Scholar Award, American Accounting Association Accounting, Behavior and Organizations Research Conference, 2010
Best Paper Award, American Accounting Association Audit Midyear Meeting, 2010
Outstanding Emerging Scholar Award, American Accounting Association, Accounting, Behavior and Organizations Research Conference, 2009
College Outstanding Teacher Award, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, 2009
Tied for best paper and lead plenary session conference paper, International Symposium on Auditing Research, 2008
Accounting, Behavior, & Organizations Outstanding Dissertation Award, American Accounting Association, 2007
University of Illinois College of Business Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award, 2005
AAA Deloitte J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2005
Deloitte & Touche Doctoral Fellowship, 2003-2005
University of Illinois Fred H. Figge Distinguished Teaching Award in Accountancy, 2003
