Jeremy Douthit

Interests

Teaching

Management Accounting;Cost Accounting

Research

Management Accounting;Cost Accounting;Control Systems;Contract Design;Experimental Economics

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

• Douthit, J., Martin, P., & McAllister, M. (2021). Corporate Philanthropy and Employee Productivity. Strategic Finance, 13-14.
• Douthit, J., Martin, P., & McAllister, M. (2022). Charitable Contribution Matching and Effort-Elicitation. The Accounting Review. doi:https://doi.org/10.2308/TAR-2018-0186
• Douthit, J., Schwartz, S., Stevens, D., & Young, R. (2022). The Effect of Endogenous Contract Selection on Budgetary Slack: An Experimental Examination of Trust and Distrust. Journal of Management Accounting Research. doi:https://doi.org/10.2308/JMAR-2020-016
• Douthit, J., Millar, M., & White, R. (2021). Horseshoes, Hand Grenades, and Regulatory Enforcement: Close Experience with Potential Sanctions and Fraud Deterrence. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2019.09.001
• Douthit, J., & Majerczyk, M. (2019). Subordinate Percpetions of the Superior and Agency Costs: Theory and Evidence. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 78. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2019.07.003
• Douthit, J., & Stevens, D. (2015). The Effects of Honesty and Fairness Concerns on Budget Proposals when the Superior has Rejection Authority. The Accounting Review, 90(2), 467-493. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/accr-50937
• Douthit, J., Kearney, L., & Stevens, D. (2012). Can Agent Cheap Talk Mitigate Agency Problems in the Presence of a Noisy Performance Measure? An Experimental Test in a Single- and Multi-Period Setting. Journal of Management Accounting Research, 24(1), 135-158. doi:https://doi.org/10.2308/jmar-50199

Presentations

• Douthit, J., Hewitt, M., & Sauciu, A. (2023). Reducing Strategic Uncertainty in Teams by Combining Team and Individual Relative Performance Evaluations. Utah State University Accounting Workshop Series. Logan, UT: Utah State University.
• Douthit, J., Garrett, J., & Way, D. (2022). Does Prior Experience Reduce the Ability of Cooperation-Inducing Controls to Develop Trust between Employees?. Chapman University Accounting Workshop Series. Orange, CA: Chapman University.
• Douthit, J., Hewitt, M., & Sauciuc, A. (2022). Reducing Strategic Uncertainty in Teams by Combining Team and Individual Relative Performance Evaluations. Erasmus University Rotterdam Accounting Workshop Series. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Erasmus University.
• Douthit, J., Mao, Z., & Martin, P. (2021, June). Tend to One's Own House: The Effect of Firm CSR on Employee Effort. Global Management Accounting Research Symposium.
• Douthit, J., Mao, Z., & Martin, P. (2021, May). Tend to One's Own House: The Effect of Firm CSR on Employee Effort. European Network for Experimental Accounting Research Online Seminar.
• Douthit, J., Garrett, J., & Way, D. (2020, August). New Controls and the Development of Trust. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting.
• Douthit, J., Hewitt, M., & Sauciuc, A. (2020, February). Multi-level Relative Performance Incentives in Teams. Florida State University Accounting Research Series.
• Douthit, J., Majerczyk, M., & McLuckie Thain, L. (2020, Jan.). Updated Theory and New Evidence on the Effect of Information System Precision on Managerial Reporting. American Accounting Association Managerial Accounting Section Midyear Meeting.
• Douthit, J., Mao, Z., & Martin, P. (2020, December). Tend to One's Own House: The Effect of Firm CSR on Employee Effort. Tilburg University Accounting Research Series.
• Douthit, J., Garrett, J., & Way, D. (2019, November). New Controls and the Development of Trust. Georgia Tech Accounting Workshop Series. Atlanta, GA: Georgia Institute of Technology.
• Douthit, J., Hewitt, M., & Sauciuc, A. K. (2019, January). Multi-level Relative Performance in Teams. Management Accounting Section Midyear Meeting. Ft. Lauderdale, FL: American Accounting Association.
• Douthit, J., Kachelmeier, S., & Van Landuyt, B. (2019, September). Do Prosocial Activities Influence Auditor-Client Negotiations? An Experimental Assessment. University of Illinois Accounting Workshop Series. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Douthit, J., Majerczyk, M., & McLuckie Thain, L. A. (2019, June). Updated Theory and New Evidence on the Effect of Information System Precision on Managerial Reporting. Global Management Accounting Research Symposium. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University.
• Douthit, J., Majerczyk, M., & McLuckie Thain, L. A. (2019, September). Updated Theory and New Evidence on the Effect of Information System Precision on Managerial Reporting. Hoosier Accounting Research Conference. Bloomington, IN: University of Indiana.
• Van Landuyt, B., Kachelmeier, S., & Douthit, J. (2019, October). Do Prosocial Activities Influence Auditor-Client Negotiations? An Experimental Assessment. UA/ASU Accounting Research Conference. Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University.
• Van Landuyt, B., Kachelmeier, S., & Douthit, J. (2019, September). Do Prosocial Activities Influence Auditor-Client Negotiations? An Experimental Assessment. ABO Research Conference. Providence, RI: AAA ABO Section.
• Douthit, J., Hewitt, M., & Sauciuc, A. K. (2018, April). Motivating Team Output: The Effects of Relative Performance Evaluations on Direct Effort, Indirect Actions, and Strategic Uncertainty. Wilfred Laurier University. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
• Douthit, J., Hewitt, M., & Sauciuc, A. K. (2018, June). Motivating Team Output: The Effects of Relative Performance Evaluations on Direct Effort, Indirect Actions, and Strategic Uncertainty. Global Management Accounting Research Symposium. Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Douthit, J., & Sauciuc, A. K. (2017, April). Budgetary Pressure and Performance in Unstable Production Environments. Accounting Research Series. Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
• Douthit, J., & Sauciuc, A. K. (2017, Jan). Budgetary Pressure and Performance in Unstable Production Environments. Management Accounting Section Midyear Meeting. San Juan, PR: American Accounting Association.
• Douthit, J., Martin, P., & McAllister, M. (2017, Aug). The Effects of Charitable Contribution Matching on Effort under Formal and Informal Labor Contracts. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA: American Accounting Association.
• Douthit, J., Martin, P., & McAllister, M. (2017, Jan). The Effects of Charitable Contribution Matching on Effort under Formal and Informal Labor Contracts. Management Accounting Section Midyear Meeting. San Juan, PR: American Accounting Association.
• Douthit, J., Schwartz, S., Stevens, D., & Young, R. (2017, Mar). The Effect of Endogenous Contract Selection on Budgetary Slack: An Experimental Examination of Trust and Distrust. CEAR Conference on the The Effects of Formal and Informal Controls on Organizational and Market Risk. Atlanta, GA: Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk.
• Douthit, J., Schwartz, S., Stevens, D., & Young, R. (2017, Oct). The Effect of Endogenous Contract Selection on Budgetary Slack: An Experimental Examination of Trust and Distrust. Accounting, Behavior, and Organizations Midyear Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA: American Accounting Association.
• Douthit, J. (2016, June). The Effect of Worker Skill as a Source of Productive Efficiency in an Incomplete Contract Environment. Global Management Accounting Research Symposium. East Lansing, MI.
• Douthit, J., & Majerczyk, M. (2016, Jan). The Effect of Legitimacy of the Superior on Agency Costs: Theory and Evidence. Accounting, Behavior and Organizations Midyear Meeting. Dallas, TX: American Accounting Association.
• Douthit, J., & Sauciuc, A. K. (2016, Dec). Budgetary Pressure and Performance in Unstable Production Environments. 10th Conference on New Directions in Management Accounting. Brussels, Belgium: European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management.
• Douthit, J., & Sauciuc, A. K. (2016, Oct.). Budgetary Pressure and Performance in Unstable Production Environments. Accounting, Behavior and Organizations Midyear Meeting. Albuquerque, NM: American Accounting Association.
• Douthit, J., Martin, P., & McAllister, M. (2016, April). The Effects of Charitable Contribution Matching on Effort under Formal and Informal Labor Contracts. University of Kentucky Accounting Research Seminar. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky.
• Douthit, J., Martin, P., & McAllister, M. (2016, Oct). The Effects of Charitable Contribution Matching on Effort under Formal and Informal Labor Contracts. Accounting, Behavior and Organizations Midyear Meeting. Albuquerque, NM: American Accounting Association.
• Douthit, J. (2015, October). The Effect of Reciprocity and Wages on Effort in Skill-Based and Non-Skill-Based Settings. Accounting, Organizations and Behavior Midyear Meeting. Nashville, TN: American Accounting Association.
• Douthit, J., & Thornock, T. (2015, January). Level Up: The Effect of Contract Design on Skill Development in a Skill Transfer Task Environment. Management Accounting Section Midyear Meeting. Newport Beach, CA: American Accounting Association.
• Douthit, J., & Thornock, T. (2015, June). Performance Tradeoffs in the Face of Change: The Effect of Changing Tasks and Compensation Contracts on Current and Future Performance. Global Management Accounting Research Symposium. Copenhagen, Denmark: Copenhagen Business School.
• Douthit, J., Schwartz, S., Stevens, D., & Young, R. (2015, June). The Effect of Endogenous Contract Selection on Budgetary Slack: An Experimental Examination of Trust, Distrust and Trustworthiness. Bern University Accounting Research Seminar. Bern, Switzerland: Bern University.
• Douthit, J., & Thornock, T. (2014, October). Level Up: The Effect of Contract Design on Skill Development in a Skill Transfer Task Environment. Accounting, Behavior, and Organizations Midyear Meeting. Philadelphia, PA: American Accounting Association.
• Douthit, J., & Thornock, T. (2014, October). Level Up: The Effect of Contract Design on Skill Development in a Skill Transfer Task Environment. Brigham Young University Accounting Research Symposium. BYU, Provo, UT.
• Douthit, J., Schwartz, S., Stevens, D., & Young, R. (2014, September). The Effect of Endogenous Contract Selection on Budgetary Slack: An Experimental Examination of Trust and Trustworthiness. Florida State University's Experimental Social Sciences Readings Group. Tallahassee, FL: FSU xs/fs.