Jason Brown

Areas of Expertise

Managerial Incentives, Managerial Control, Performance Evaluation, Experimental Economics

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D. Accounting, University of Pittsburgh, 2009
• M.B.A., Finance, Indiana University, 1998
• B.B.A., Accounting, Howard University, 1994
• Certified Public Accountant (Illinois)

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor 2017-present
• Assistant Professor, Indiana University, 2009-2017
• Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Pittsburgh, 2004-2009
• Senior Manager, RR Donnelley & Sons, 2000-2004
• Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 1998-2000
• Summer Associate, Pfizer Inc., 1997
• Senior Associate, Arthur Andersen, 1994-1996

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• Kelley School of Business Trustee Teaching Award, 2016
• Sauvain Teaching Award Nominee, 2016
• Dean’s Council Faculty Fellow, 2012 - 2016
• IAAER /KPMG Foundation $25,000 Research Grant, 2012
• Howard University Top 40 School of Business Alumni in Past 40 Years, 2010
• AAA – ABO Section Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2010
• Eli Lilly Faculty Fellowship, 2009 - 2012
• University of Pittsburgh Provost Doctoral Fellowship, 2008

Selected Publications

• Brown, J. L., J. Fisher, S. Peffer, and G. Sprinkle (2017), “The Effect of Budget Frame and Budget-Setting Process on Managerial Reporting,” Journal of Management Accounting Research, Vol. 29, 31-44.
• Brown, J. L., and D. V. Moser (2017), “Does Investors’ Desire to Punish Misreporting Affect Their Litigation Decisions and Managers’ and Investors’ Welfare?” Behavioral Research in Accounting, Vol. 29, 57-75.
• Brown, J. L., S, Farrington, and G. Sprinkle (2016), "Biased Self-Assessments, Feedback and Employees’ Compensation Choices," Accounting, Organizations and Society, 54(October): 45-59.
• Brown, J. L., P. Martin, D.V. Moser, and R. Weber (2015), “The Consequences of Hiring Lower-Wage Workers in an Incomplete-Contract Environment,” The Accounting Review, Vol. 90(3): 941-966.
• Anderson, S., J. L. Brown, L. Hodder and P.E. Hopkins (2015), “The Effect of Alternative Accounting Measurement Bases on Financial Statement Users’ Resource Allocation Decisions and Assessments of Managers’ Stewardship,” Accounting Organizations and Society, Vol. 46, 100-114.
• Brown, J., Joseph Fisher, Matthew Sooy, and Geoffrey Sprinkle (2014), "The Effect of Rankings on Honesty in Budget Reporting," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol. 39 (4), 237-246.
• Brown, J., J. H. Evans, and D. Moser (2009), “Agency Theory and Participative Budgeting Experiments,” Journal of Management Accounting Research, Vol. 21, pp. 317-345.