Keith Jones

Keith Jones
  • Area Director, Accounting
  • Deloitte Professor
  • Accounting academic area

Contact Info

Capitol Federal Hall, Room 4182
Lawrence

Education —

Ph.D. in Accounting, University of Arizona, 2004
MAcc, Brigham Young University, 1995
B.A. in Accounting, Brigham Young University

Research —

My research focuses on developing methods to detect fraudulent financial reporting and increasing audit quality

Research interests:

  • Audit
  • Fraud
  • Earnings Management
  • Risk Assessment
  • Ethics

Teaching —

My teaching interests include fraud and financial accounting.

Teaching interests:

  • Audit
  • Fraud
  • Financial Accounting

Selected Publications —

Christensen, D., Jones, K., Kenchington, D. (2018). Gambling Attitudes and Financial Misreporting. Contemporary Accounting Research - Issue 3 | Volume 35. https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12322.
Lambert, T., Jones, K., Brazel, J., Showalter, D. (2017). Audit time pressure and earnings quality: An examination of accelerated filings. Accounting, Organizations and Society - Volume 58. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AOS.2017.03.003.
Brazel, J., Jones, K., Prawitt, D. (2014). Auditors' Reactions to Inconsistencies between Financial and Nonfinancial Measures: The Interactive Effects of Fraud Risk Assessment and a Decision Prompt. Behavioral Research in Accounting - Issue 1 | Volume 26. https://doi.org/10.2308/BRIA-50630.
Trompeter, G., Carpenter, T., Desai, N., Jones, K., Riley, R. (2013). A Synthesis of Fraud-Related Research. AUDITING A Journal of Practice and Theory - Issue Supplement 1 | Volume 32. https://doi.org/10.2308/ajpt-50360.
Brazel, J., Jones, K., Zimbelman, M. (2009). Using Nonfinancial Measures to Assess Fraud Risk. Journal of Accounting Research - Issue 5 | Volume 47. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-679X.2009.00349.x.
Jones, K., Krishnan, G., Melendrez, K. (2008). Do Models of Discretionary Accruals Detect Actual Cases of Fraudulent and Restated Earnings? An Empirical Analysis*. Contemporary Accounting Research - Issue 2 | Volume 25. https://doi.org/10.1506/car.25.2.8.