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Center for Economic Analysis
Economic Research Fellowship

JOE ID Number: 2015-02_111454761
Date Posted: 11/09/2015
Date Inactive: 01/31/2016
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Economic Research Fellowship
Section: Full-Time Nonacademic
Location: Washington , District of Columbia, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
G -- Financial Economics
G3 -- Corporate Finance and Governance
D2 -- Production and Organizations
D8 -- Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
L2 -- Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
L5 -- Regulation and Industrial Policy
Keywords:
auditing, regulation, financial regulation, corporate finance
Full Text of JOE Listing:

The Center for Economic Analysis studies and advises the Board and PCAOB staff on the role of the audit in capital formation and investor protection and how economic theory and analysis can be used to enhance the effectiveness of PCAOB programs.

To foster economic research on audit related topics, the Center is soliciting interested applicants for research fellowships during the 2016-2017 academic year.
Senior Fellows. Ideal applicants would be tenured or tenure-track junior faculty members in economics, finance, accounting, or a related area.

Fellows. Applicants should have completed all course work in a doctoral program in economics, finance, accounting, or a related area, and should be actively performing research or writing a dissertation.
Fellows will conduct economic research on topics relevant to the oversight, standard setting and other activities of the PCAOB in protecting investors such as:

• role of the audit in capital formation and economic growth;
• applications of regulatory economics to auditing;
• market impact of audit regulation and oversight;
• industrial organization of the audit profession;
• economic and social incentives in the audit profession;
• role of the audit in promoting access to public markets for small enterprises;
• effects of audit and financial reporting failures on financial markets;
• effects of multi-layered principal-agent relationships present in auditing;
• applications of behavioral economics to auditing and financial reporting; and
• proxies for and indicators of audit quality and their potential usage and impact.

Application Information [choose “Other (provide written instructions)”]
Interested candidates must follow the instructions posted in: https://re22.ultipro.com/PCA1000/JobBoard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*CD9AE59DDA03CFD1.
For more information about the Center for Economic Analysis:
(http://pcaobus.org/About/Pages/CenterforEconomicAnalysis.aspx)

Application Requirements:
  • Application Instructions Below
Application deadline: 01/31/2016
Application Instructions:
Interested candidates must follow the instructions posted in: https://re22.ultipro.com/PCA1000/JobBoard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*CD9AE59DDA03CFD1.

For more information about the Center for Economic Analysis:
(http://pcaobus.org/About/Pages/CenterforEconomicAnalysis.aspx)