Brian Mayhew
PROFESSOR
Department of Buisness Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States of America
Biography
Dr.Brian W. Mayhew is the Arthur Andersen Alumni Professor in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems at the Wisconsin School of Business. Mayhew's research focuses primarily on financial statement audits and financial reporting. His research uses both experimental economics and archival data to develop and test theories related to auditing and financial reporting. He is particularly interested in institutional design factors that impact audit quality. Research topics include: audit quality, auditor independence, related party transactions, auditor industry specialization, audit market concentration, and ethics. He teaches Advanced Auditing to Master's of Accounting Students and research to Ph.D. students.
Research Interest
financial statement audits and financial reporting.
Publications
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Dunn, K. & Kohlbeck, M. & Mayhew, B. (2011). The Impact of Big4 Consolidation on Audit Market Share Equality. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory (30), 49-74. doi: 10.2308/aud.2011.30.1.49.
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Mayhew, B. & Vitalis, A. (2014). Myopic Loss Aversion and Market Experience. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (97), 113-125.
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Mayhew, B. & Murphy, P. (2014). The Impact of Authority on Reporting Behavior, Affect and Rationalization. Contemporary Accounting Research (31), 420-443. doi: 10.1111/1911-3846.12037.
