Kenneth J. Merkley

Business, Management and Accounting · Indiana University

Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Corporate Finance and Governance Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Financial Reporting and Valuation Research Banking stability, regulation, efficiency

Publications

Citations

2,206

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2009

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently

Recent publications

Pervasiveness of PCAOB Part 1A Findings as a Signal of Audit Quality
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2026
Analysts' Use of Data Visualization and the Quality of Sell-Side Equity Reports
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2026
Disclosure Benchmarking by Lawyers: Evidence From the IPO Setting
Journal of Business Finance &amp Accounting · 2025
Crypto-influencers
Review of Accounting Studies · 2024
The Paradox of Innovation Nondisclosure: Evidence from Licensing Contracts
American Economic Journal Applied Economics · 2024
Customers’ response to firms’ disclosure of social stances: evidence from voting reform laws
Review of Accounting Studies · 2024
Common Media Holding Companies and the Uniqueness of Business Press Content
The Accounting Review · 2024
Government Guarantees and Banks’ Income Smoothing
Journal of Financial Services Research · 2023
The joint effects of litigation risk and regulation on non‐GAAP reporting
Journal of Business Finance &amp Accounting · 2023
Crypto-Influencers
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2023
Government Guarantees and Banks' Income Smoothing
arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023
Human Versus Machine: A Comparison of Robo-Analyst and Traditional Research Analyst Investment Recommendations
The Accounting Review · 2022
The Costs of Waiving Audit Adjustments
Journal of Accounting Research · 2022
Stakeholder Response to Firms’ Disclosure of Social Stances: Evidence from Voting Reform Laws
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2022
Do Internal Control Weaknesses Affect Firms’ Demand for Accounting Skills? Evidence from U.S. Job Postings
The Accounting Review · 2022

Publishes in

SSRN Electronic Journal×22
The Accounting Review×5
Review of Accounting Studies×3
Journal of Business Finance &amp Accounting×3
Journal of Accounting Research×2

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Last updated Jul 9, 2026.

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