BRAD LAWSON

School of Accounting
OSU Faculty Council Representative for the Spears School of Business

303 SPEARS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
STILLWATER, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-5124

brad.lawson@okstate.edu

Biography

Dr. Lawson joined the faculty at OSU in 2012 after completing his PhD at Texas A&M University. Since that time, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on accounting information systems. He has also taught the introductory seminar for the Accounting Department's PhD program and supervised several Honors theses for Master's degree students. His research interests focus on auditing and corporate governance-related topics, including audit pricing and quality, audit market structure, and earnings quality. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Lawson began his professional career in the auditing practice of Arthur Andersen and worked for several years in both public accounting and industry accounting positions. He finished his professional career as a Sr. Manager for The Siegfried Group. Dr. Lawson still maintains his CPA license (in Arkansas and Texas).

Education

• Ph D, Texas A&M University, Accounting, 2012
• MS, University of Houston, Masters of Accountancy, 2006
• BBA, Drury University, Accounting, 1998

Publications

• David A Wood, Bryan G. Brockbank, Bradley P. Lawson, and et al.. (2023). "The ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Chatbot: How Well Does It Answer Accounting Assessment Questions?". Issues in Accounting Education. (38), 4,
• Bryan G. Brockbank, Chuong Do, and Bradley P. Lawson. (2023). "Audit Market Concentration and Audit Quality: Evidence from Analysts' Forecasts". Accounting Horizons. (37), 3,
• Bradley Blaylock, Bradley P. Lawson, and Michael Mayberry. (2020). "Taxable Income, Future Profitability, and Stock Returns". Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting. (47), 7-8,
• Bradley P. Lawson, Gerald Martin, Leah Muriel, and Michael S. Wilkins. (2019). "How Do Auditors Respond to FCPA Risk?". Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory. (38), 4, 177-200.
• Bradley P. Lawson, Gerald Martin, Leah Muriel, and Michael Wilkins. (2019). "Practitioner Summary: How Do Auditors Respond to FCPA Risk?". Current Issues in Auditing. (13), 2,
• Nathan R. Berglund, Don Herrmann, and Bradley P. Lawson. (2018). "Managerial Ability and the Accuracy of the Going Concern Opinion". Accounting and the Public Interest. (18), 1,
• Bradley P. Lawson and Angela Spencer. (2018). "Reorganization of the PCAOB’s Auditing Standards". Today's CPA. 20-22.
• Bradley P. Lawson, Vivian O'Hara, and Angela Spencer. (2017). "Updates and Comparisons Regarding Changes to the Audit Reporting Model in the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union". Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance. (28), 5, 9-22.
• Bradley P. Lawson, Leah Muriel, and Paula R. Sanders. (2017). "A Survey on Firms’ Implementation of COSO’s 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework". Research in Accounting Regulation. (29), 1, 30-43.
• Bradley P. Lawson. (2017). "The Changing Structure of the Audit Market in the Oil & Gas Industry". Petroleum Accounting and Financial Management Journal. (36), 1, 46-72.
• J. Daniel Eshleman and Bradley P. Lawson. (2017). "Audit Market Structure and Audit Pricing". Accounting Horizons. (31), 1,
• Michelle Draeger, Don Herrmann, and Bradley P. Lawson. (2016). "Changes in Audit Quality under Auditing Standard No. 5". Accounting and the Public Interest. (16), 1, 57-83.
• Bradley P. Lawson, Angela Wheeler Spencer, and Monika N. Turek. (2016). "Developments in ethics guidelines for CPAs". Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance.
• Bradley P. Lawson and Dechun Wang. (2016). "The Earnings Quality Information Content of Dividend Policies and Audit Pricing". Contemporary Accounting Research. (33), 4,
• Bradley P. Lawson and William C. Schwartz. (2014). "PCAOB Proposes Significant Changes to Auditor’s Reporting Model". Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance. (26), 1,

Presentations

• Presentation of "Audit Market Structure and Audit Quality: Evidence from Financial Analysts’ Information Environment"
  Research Workshop at West Virginia University
  West Virginia University
  Morgantown, WV (Virtual Presentation for 2021) - April 2021
• Presentation of "The Consequences of Audit Market Structure on Financial Analysts’ Information Environment"
  Research Workshop at Kansas State University
  Kansas State University
  Manhattan, KS - February 2020
• Presentation of "Does audit committee reporting need to be improved? Evidence from a large-scale textual analysis"
  Research Workshop at Oklahoma State University
  Oklahoma State University
  Stillwater, OK - February 2018
• Presentation of "Does audit committee reporting need to be improved? Evidence from a large-scale textual analysis"
  Research Workshop at University of Arkansas
  University of Arkansas
  Fayetteville, AR - February 2018
• Does the Dodd-Frank Act Affect the Informativeness of Credit Rating Changes? Evidence from Audit Pricing
  AAA Auditing Section Mid-Year Meeting
  American Accounting Association
  2017
• A Survey on Firms’ Implementation of COSO's 2013 Internal Control - Integrated Framework
  AAA Southwest Region Meeting
  2016
• A survey on firms' implementation of COSO's 2013 Internal Control Integrated Framework
  2016 AIS Midyear Meeting
  American Accounting Association
  Houston, TX - January 22 2016
• Audit Market Structure and Initial Audit Pricing Strategies
  AAA Auditing Section Mid-Year Meeting
  2015
• The Earnings Quality Information Content of Dividend Policies and Audit Pricing
  OSU Accounting Research Conference
  Stillwater, OK - 2014
• Auditor Monitoring and Dividend Payout Policy
  AAA Annual Meeting
  2011