Max Hewitt

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Journals/Publications

• Call, A. C., Hewitt, M., Watkins, J., & Yohn, T. L. (2021). Analysts' annual earnings forecasts and changes to the I/B/E/S database. Review of Accounting Studies.
• Hewitt, M., Hodge, F. D., & Pratt, J. H. (2020). Do shareholders assess managers’ use of accruals to manage earnings as a negative signal of trustworthiness even when its outcome serves shareholders’ interests?. Contemporary Accounting Research.
• Erickson, D., Hewitt, M., & Maines, L. (2017). Do investors perceive low risk when earnings are smooth relative to the volatility of operating cash flows? Discerning opportunity and incentive to report smooth earnings. The Accounting Review, 92(3).
• Call, A. C., Hewitt, M., Shevlin, T., & Yohn, T. L. (2016). Firm-specific estimates of differential persistence and their incremental usefulness for forecasting and valuation. The Accounting Review, 91(3).
• Hewitt, M., Tarca, A., & Yohn, T. L. (2015). The effect of measurement subjectivity classifications on analysts’ use of persistence classifications when forecasting earnings items. Contemporary Accounting Research, 32(3), 1000-1023.
• Esplin, A., Hewitt, M., Plumlee, M., & Yohn, T. L. (2014). Disaggregating operating and financial activities: Implications for forecasts of profitability. Review of Accounting Studies.

Presentations

• Hewitt, M. (2024, October). Presentation of "Does ESG goal continuity affect how investors react to firms' reasons for ESG pivots?". Utah State Research Workshop. Logan, UT.
• Hewitt, M. (2024, September). Presentation of "The confidence-based spillover effects of forecasting on managers' risk-taking". University of Connecticut Research Workshop. Storrs, CT.
• Hewitt, M. (2021, December). Presentation of "Reducing strategic uncertainty in teams by combining team and individual relative performance evaluations". University of Kentucky Research Seminar.
• Hewitt, M. (2019, April 2019). Presentation of "Motivating team output: The effects of relative performance evaluations on direct effort, indirect actions, and strategic uncertainty". Georgia Institute of Technology Research Seminar. Atlanta, GA.
• Hewitt, M. (2019, March 2019). Presentation of "Do shareholders assess managers’ use of accruals to manage earnings as a negative signal of trustworthiness even when its outcome serves shareholders’ interests?". University of South Florida Research Seminar. Tampa, Florida.
• Hewitt, M. (2019, May 2019). Presentation of "Motivating team output: The effects of relative performance evaluations on direct effort, indirect actions, and strategic uncertainty". European Accounting Association Annual Congress. Paphos, Cyprus.
• Sauciuc, A. K., Hewitt, M., & Douthit, J. (2019, January). Multi-level Relative Performance in Teams. Management Accounting Section Midyear Meeting. Ft. Lauderdale, FL: American Accounting Association.
• Sauciuc, A. K., Hewitt, M., & Douthit, J. (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.
• Sauciuc, A. K., Hewitt, M., & Douthit, J. (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.
• Hewitt, M., Watkins, J., & Yohn, T. L. (2017, August). Presentation of "The effects of investors’ information processing limitations when incorporating return on assets into their investment decisions". American Accounting Association Annual Meeting 2017. San Diego: American Accounting Association.
• Hewitt, M. (2016, March). Presentation of "How earnings management affects investment decisions through its differential effects on a firm's cash flows and shareholders' trust in the firm's managers". University of Bern Research Seminar. Bern, Switzerland: University of Bern.
• Hewitt, M. (2015, July). Conference discussion of "Earnings Co-Movements and the Informativeness of Earnings". Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference. Hobart, Australia.
• Hewitt, M. (2015, July). Conference presentation of "Firm-specific estimates of differential persistence and their incremental usefulness for forecasting and valuation". Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference. Hobart, Australia.
• Hewitt, M. (2015, July). Conference presentation of "How suspicions of the method of earnings management and its underlying motive affect investors’ trust in managers and willingness to invest in the firm". Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference. Hobart, Australia.