Jason Kuang

PhD, University of Pittsburgh 2005

Master in Accounting, Renmin University of China

Bachelor in Statistics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China

• "Seek and ye might not find: The effects of contract framing on knowledge sharing and knowledge seeking"" (with T.S. Cheng, B. Vansant, and S. Wu). Contemporary Accounting Research, in press.
• "The behavioral effects of approval authority on budget reporting in hierarchial non-remote and remote environments" (with H.Y. Abdel-Rahim and J. Lill). Journal of Management Accounting Research, in press.
• "Performance evaluation criteria and information processing in complex decision making" (with X. He, Z. Li, and J. Samet). Accounting, Organizations and Society, 2026, 116: 101632.
• "The behavioral effects of social distance and residual claim distribution on budget reporting in hierarchical organizations" (with M. Majerczyk and D. Yang). The Accounting Review, 2023, 98(6): 283-298.
• "The effects of transparency and voice on managerial decisions and employee effort in hierarchical organizations" (with Z. Li and D. Yang). European Accounting Review, 2022, 31(4): 1003-1027.
• "The effects of minimum-wage increases on wage offers, wage premiums and employee effort under incomplete contracts " (with W. Brink and M. Majerczyk). Accounting, Organizations and Society, 2021, 89: 101195.
• "The role of auditor narcissism in auditor-client negotiations: Evidence from China" (with B.K. Church, N.T. Dai, and X. Liu). Contemporary Accounting Research, 2020, 37(3): 1756-1787.                                                   
• "A dollar for a tree or a tree for a dollar? The behavioral effects of measurement basis on managers' CSR investment decision" (with B.K. Church, W. Jiang, and A. Vitalis). The Accounting Review, 2019, 94(5):117-137.        
• "The effects of measurement basis and slack benefits on honesty in budget reporting" (with B.K. Church and Y. Liu). Accounting, Organizations and Society, 2019,72: 74-84.
• "Differential weighting of objective versus subjective measures in performance evaluation: Experimental evidence" (with N.T. Dai and G. Tang). European Accounting Review, 2018, 27(1): 129-148.
• "Information acquisition and opportunistic behavior in managerial reporting" (with B.K. Church and R.L. Hannan). Contemporary Accounting Research, 2014, 31(2): 398-419.

• "Shared interest and honesty in budget reporting" (with B.K. Church and R.L. Hannan). Accounting, Organizations and Society, 2012, 37(3): 155-167.
• "Wage negotiation, employee effort and firm profit under output-based versus fixed-wage incentive contracts" (with D.V. Moser). Contemporary Accounting Research, 2011, 28 (2): 616-642.
• "Lying: An experimental investigation of the role of situational factors" (with L.F. Ackert, B.K. Church, and L. Qi). Business Ethics Quarterly, 2011, 21(4): 605-632.
• "Who believes the hype? An experimental examination of how language affects investor judgments" (with J. Hales and S. Venkataraman). Journal of Accounting Research, 2011, 49(1): 223-255.
• "Reciprocity and the effectiveness of optimal agency contracts" (with D.V. Moser). The Accounting Review, 2009, 84(5): 1671-1694.
• "Conflicts of interest, disclosure, and (costly) sanctions: Experimental evidence" (with B.K. Church).   Journal of Legal Studies, 2009, 38(2): 505-532.
• "Exploiting moral wiggle room: Experiments demonstrating an illusory preference for fairness" (with J. Dana and R.A. Weber). Economic Theory, 2007, 33(1): 67-80
• "How effective is advice from interested parties? An experimental test using a pure coordination game" (with R.A. Weber and J. Dana). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2007, 62(4): 591-604.

• 13th Annual Honors Day Award Recipients

• How Can Top Management Encourage Middle Management Buy-In for Corporate Social Responsibility?