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Brian Mayhew

Associate Professor - Accounting & Information Systems

Brian W. Mayhew is an associate professor in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems with the Wisconsin School of Business.

Mayhew's research focuses primarily on financial statement auditors and financial reporting by using experimental economics and statistics. He is also conducting research on the impact of agency costs on firm valuations and performance, which investigates how related party transactions impact firm valuation, and will explore differences in agency costs in cooperatives versus stock based companies.

Mayhew has been published in journals such as the Journal of Business Ethics, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, and The Accounting Review. He currently serves on the editorial boards for Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Accounting Horizons, and is an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, and Contemporary Accounting Research.

He joined the Wisconsin School of Business in 1999 after working as an assistant professor at Georgia State University.

He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in accounting, with a minor in experimental economics. He received his BBA in accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
 

Selected Published Journal Articles

Kohlbeck, M., & Mayhew, B. (2010). Valuation of Firms that Disclose Related Party Transactions. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (29), 115-137.
Magilke, M., Mayhew, B., & Pike, J. (2009). Are Independent Audit Committee Members Objective?. The Accounting Review (84), 1959-1981.
Mayhew, B., & Murphy, P. (2009). The Impact of Ethics Education on Reporting Behavior. Journal of Business Ethics (86), 397-416.
Kohlbeck, M., Mayhew, B., Murphy, P., & Wilkins, M. (2008). Competition for Andersen's Clients. Contemporary Accounting Research (25), 1099-1136.
Mutzako, S., Johnstone, K., Mayhew, B., & Rittenberg, L. (2004). Does Audit Firm Liability Status Affect IPO Pricing? Evidence from the Shift to Limited Liability Partnerships. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory (3), 53-67.
Skaife, H., LaFond, R., & Mayhew, B. (2003). Do Nonaudit Fees Impact Auditor Independence? Further Evidence. The Accounting Review (78), 611-640.
Gramling, A., Johnstone, K., & Mayhew, B. (2001). Behavioral Research in Auditing: Past, Present, And Future Research. Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research (4), 47-76.

Submitted Working Papers

Mayhew, B., & Vitalis, A. (2011). Consequences of More Frequent Financial Reporting.
Dunn, K., Kohlbeck, M., & Mayhew, B. Audit Market Share Equality and Audit Firm Competition.

Professional Organizations

AAA New Faculty Consortium

AAA New Faculty Consortium


Presentations

University of Pittsburgh Workshop
Consequences of More Frequent Reporting

Internal Audit Association Midwest Meeting
Strategy versus Audit Risk

University of Kentucky Workshop
Consequences of More Frequent Reporting

Indiana University
Self-Regulation: Experimental Evidence on Reputation and Peer Review

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Brian Mayhew

 
Associate Professor | Accounting & Information Systems
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