Max Hewitt
- Associate Professor, Accounting
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-4805
- McClelland Hall, Rm. 301P
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- mhewitt@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D.
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
- Graduate Diploma
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Sydney, Australia
- Master of Commerce
- University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Master of Teaching
- University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Bachelor of Economics
- Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Work Experience
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (2013)
- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (2007 - 2015)
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (2003 - 2007)
- University of New South Wales (2001 - 2003)
- Macquarie University (1999 - 2000)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (1995 - 1999)
Awards
- Evening MBA Most Valuable Professor
- Eller College of Management, Summer 2021
- The Suzanne Cummins Faculty Engagement Award
- Eller College of Management, Summer 2021
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award
- Eller College of Management, Spring 2021 (Award Nominee)
- Eller Fellowhip
- Eller College of Management, Fall 2020
- Distinguished Teaching and Mentoring Award for Graduate Education
- Graduate College - University of Arizona, Spring 2020 (Award Nominee)
- Excellence in Teaching Award
- Arizona Society of CPAs, Spring 2020 (Award Nominee)
- Full-Time MBA Most Valuable Professor
- Eller College of Management, Spring 2020
- Eller College of Management, Spring 2019
- Most Valuable Professor (Graduate; Tenure-Track)
- School of Accountancy, Spring 2020
- Global Business Challenge
- Queensland University of Technology, Fall 2019 (Award Finalist)
- AAA Management Accounting Section Midyear Meeting Outstanding Reviewer Award
- American Accounting Association, Spring 2019
- Dean's Fellowship
- Eller College of Management, Spring 2018
- Full-Time MBA Outstanding Faculty of the Year
- Eller College of Management, Spring 2018
- Undergraduate Faculty Member of the Year (Small Class)
- Eller College of Management, Spring 2016
Licensure & Certification
- Chartered Accountant, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (2006)
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Cost + Managerial Acct
ACCT 310 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Cost + Managerial Acct
ACCT 310 (Spring 2024) -
Intro Managerial Acct
ACCT 545 (Spring 2024)
2022-23 Courses
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Intro Managerial Acct
ACCT 545 (Spring 2023)
2021-22 Courses
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Intro Managerial Acct
ACCT 545 (Spring 2022) -
Intro To Acct Research
ACCT 696A (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Intro Managerial Acct
ACCT 545 (Spring 2021) -
Intro To Acct Research
ACCT 696A (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Intro Managerial Acct
ACCT 545 (Spring 2020) -
Intro To Acct Research
ACCT 696A (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Cost + Managerial Acct
ACCT 310 (Spring 2019) -
Intro Managerial Acct
ACCT 545 (Spring 2019) -
Intro To Acct Research
ACCT 696A (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Intro Managerial Acct
ACCT 545 (Spring 2018)
2016-17 Courses
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Cost + Managerial Acct
ACCT 310 (Spring 2017) -
Intro Managerial Acct
ACCT 545 (Spring 2017)
2015-16 Courses
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Cost + Managerial Acct
ACCT 310 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
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. (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.