Donald Young

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

Assistant Professor

1309 East Tenth Street

Indianapolis, IN 47405-1701

United States

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Auditor Mindsets and Audits of Complex Estimates

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Auditor Mindsets and Audits of Complex Estimates

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 01 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2020
Emily E. Griffith, Jacqueline S. Hammersley, Kathryn Kadous and Donald Young
University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, Emory University - Goizueta Business School and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
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Accounting estimates, audit quality, fair value, impairment, mindset, professional skepticism

Auditor Mindsets and Audits of Complex Estimates

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 53, No. 1, 2015
Posted: 03 Mar 2016
Emily E. Griffith, Jacqueline S. Hammersley, Kathryn Kadous and Donald Young
University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, Emory University - Goizueta Business School and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

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Accounting estimates, audit quality, fair value, impairment, mindset, professional skepticism

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Controls and the Asymmetric Stickiness of Norms

AAA 2014 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2016
Scott A. Emett, Ronald N. Guymon, William B. Tayler and Donald Young
Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Brigham Young University and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
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Controls, Conformity, Norms, Social Norms, Ethics

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CEO (In)Activism and Investor Decisions

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 12 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2020
Michael T. Durney, Joseph Johnson, Roshan K. Sinha and Donald Young
University of Iowa, University of Central Florida, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
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CEO Activism, Investor Decision-Making, Social Identity Theory, Social Media, Operational Relevance

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Your Emissions or Mine? Examining How Emissions Management Strategies, CSR Performance, and Targets Attract Equity Capital

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 2020-67
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2020
Joseph Johnson, Jochen Theis, Adam Vitalis and Donald Young
University of Central Florida, University of Southern Denmark, University of Waterloo - School of Accounting and Finance and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
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Corporate social responsibility, emissions management strategies, firm value, industry targets

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How Social Norms and Social Identification Constrain Aggressive Reporting Behavior

The Accounting Review – Forthcoming https://doi.org/10.2308/TAR-2015-0417
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Jan 2021
Donald Young
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
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financial reporting, complex estimates, standards, guidance, social identity, social norms, aggressive reporting

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Ambiguous Sticks and Carrots: The Effect of Contract Framing and Payoff Ambiguity on Employee Effort

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 2021-04
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2021
Joe Burke, Kristy L. Towry, Donald Young and Jacob Zureich
Indiana University, Emory University, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business and Tilburg University
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contract framing; contract payoffs, ambiguity, contract uncertainty; penalty contracts; bonus contracts; optimism

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The Influence of Firms’ Emissions Management Strategy Disclosures on Investors’ Valuation Judgments

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 10 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2019
Joseph Johnson, Jochen Theis, Adam Vitalis and Donald Young
University of Central Florida, University of Southern Denmark, University of Waterloo - School of Accounting and Finance and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

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corporate social responsibility, GHG emissions, firm value, CSR disclosure

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Improving Complex Audit Judgments: A Framework and Evidence

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Improving Complex Audit Judgments: A Framework and Evidence

Posted: 29 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2021
Emily E. Griffith, Kathryn Kadous and Donald Young
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Emory University - Goizueta Business School and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

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Complex estimates; Need for cognition (NFC); Accuracy goal; Goal priming; Professional skepticism; Intervention; Dual-Process theory

Improving Complex Audit Judgments: A Framework and Evidence

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 08 Feb 2021
Emily E. Griffith, Kathryn Kadous and Donald Young
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Emory University - Goizueta Business School and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

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complex estimates, need for cognition (NFC), accuracy goal, goal priming, professional skepticism, dual-process theory

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How Insights from the 'New' JDM Research Can Improve Auditor Judgment: Fundamental Research Questions and Methodological Advice

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Posted: 26 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2015
Emily E. Griffith, Kathryn Kadous and Donald Young
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Emory University - Goizueta Business School and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

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Audit quality, auditor judgment, judgment and decision making

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Individual Characteristics and the Disposition Effect: The Opposing Effects of Confidence and Self-Regard

Journal of Behavioral Finance, Forthcoming
Posted: 27 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2015
Kathryn Kadous, William B. Tayler, Jane M. Thayer and Donald Young
Emory University - Goizueta Business School, Brigham Young University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

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Disposition Effect, Self-Regard, Confidence, Mean Reversion, Self-Esteem