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Overview

Mark W. Nelson is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Business, Management, and Accounting, with a significant emphasis on the subfields of Accounting, Management Information Systems, Public Administration, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

Their work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Public Policy and Administration Research
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Financial Reporting and XBRL
  • Accounting and Organizational Management

Mark W. Nelson has published their research in different academic venues, most notably:

  • The Accounting Review
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among the recently published papers by Mark W. Nelson are:

  • "Experimental and Archival Research in Auditing: Complementarities, Convergence, and Future Directions," 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Experimental and Archival Research in Auditing: Complementarities, Convergence, and Future Directions," 2025, The Accounting Review
  • "It's Not Only What You Say... How Communication Style and Team Culture Affect Audit Issue Follow-Up and Auditor Performance Evaluations," 2021, The Accounting Review (authored by Chad A. Proell with involvement)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mark W. Nelson include:

  • Chad A. Proell
  • Yuepin Zhou

The research contributions of Mark W. Nelson span both experimental and archival methods in auditing, exploring how communication styles and team culture influence audit performance alongside broader governance and earnings management issues. Their work also extends into public policy and administrative research, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to accounting and organizational studies.

Best Publications

  • Evidence from Auditors about Managers' and Auditors' Earnings Management Decisions

    Mark W. Nelson;John A. Elliott;Robin L. Tarpley

  • Experimental research in financial accounting

    Robert Libby;Robert Bloomfield;Mark W Nelson

  • A Model and Literature Review of Professional Skepticism in Auditing

    Mark W. Nelson

  • Judgment and Decision Making Research in Auditing: A Task, Person, and Interpersonal Interaction Perspective

    Mark Nelson;Hun‐Tong Tan

  • Behavioral Evidence on the Effects of Principles‐ and Rules‐Based Standards

    Mark W. Nelson

  • How Are Earnings Managed? Examples from Auditors

    Mark W. Nelson;John A. Elliott;Robin L. Tarpley

  • Judgment and Decision Making Research in Auditing: A Task, Person, and Interpersonal Interaction Perspective

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

    Robert Bloomfield;Mark W. Nelson;Eugene F. Soltes

  • The ability of professional standards to mitigate aggressive reporting

    Andrew D. Cuccia;Mark W. Nelson;Karl Hackenbrack

  • Recognition v. Disclosure, Auditor Tolerance for Misstatement, and the Reliability of Stock-Compensation and Lease Information

    Robert Libby;Mark W. Nelson;James E. Hunton

  • Evidence from Auditors about Managers' and Auditors' Earnings-Management Decisions

    Mark W. Nelson;John A. Elliott;Robin L. Tarpley

  • Experimental Research in Financial Accounting

    Robert Libby;Robert J. Bloomfield;Mark W. Nelson

  • Ameliorating Conflicts Of Interest In Auditing: Effects Of Recent Reforms On Auditors And Their Clients

    Mark W. Nelson

  • Confidence and the welfare of less-informed investors

    Robert Bloomfield;Robert Libby;Mark W. Nelson

  • Underreactions, overreactions and moderated confidence

    Robert Bloomfield;Robert Libby;Mark W. Nelson

  • The effect of ambiguity on loss contingency reporting judgments

    Mark W. Nelson;William R Kinney

  • Knowledge structure and the estimation of conditional probabilities in audit planning

    Robert Libby;Mark W. Nelson

  • Using Decision Aids to Improve Auditors' Conditional Probability Judgments

    Sarah E. Bonner;Robert Libby;Mark W. Nelson

  • The Effect of Quantitative Materiality Approach on Auditors' Adjustment Decisions

    Mark W. Nelson;Steven D. Smith;Zoe‐Vonna Palmrose

  • Team-Oriented Leadership and Auditors' Willingness to Raise Audit Issues

    Mark W. Nelson;Chad A. Proell;Amy E. Randel

  • A Model and Literature Review of Professional Skepticism in Auditing

    Mark W. Nelson

  • Conflicts of interest: Challenges and solutions in business, law, medicine, and public policy.

    Don A. Moore;Daylian M. Cain;George Loewenstein;Max H. Bazerman

  • The effects of error frequency and accounting knowledge on error diagnosis in analytical review

    Mark W. Nelson

  • The Effect of Information Strength and Weight on Behavior in Financial Markets

    Mark W. Nelson;Robert Bloomfield;Jeffrey W. Hales;Robert Libby

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Libby
Robert Libby Cornell University
Robert J. Bloomfield
Robert J. Bloomfield Cornell University
William R. Kinney
William R. Kinney The University of Texas at Austin
Hun-Tong Tan
Hun-Tong Tan Nanyang Technological University
Douglas J. Skinner
Douglas J. Skinner University of Chicago
Charles M.C. Lee
Charles M.C. Lee Stanford University
Joseph V. Carcello
Joseph V. Carcello University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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