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Jul 8, 2025
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Joseph Moran
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Joseph (Joe) Moran is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
He is interested in the interplay between information, incentives, and decision-making, both inside and outside the firm. He uses a wide set of research methods including field experiments, surveys, and archival analyses both within a firm and in broad-sample settings.
Joe holds a PhD in accounting from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Prior to his PhD program, he worked as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he served mid- to large-sized private equity- and family-owned businesses. He earned a Bachelor's of business administration from the University of Notre Dame and is licensed as a CPA (inactive) in Illinois.
Publications
"Motivating from the Heights: A Field Experiment on Top Managers Visiting the Front Line."
Casas-Arce, Pablo, Asís Martínez-Jerez, and Joseph Moran. Review of Accounting Studies Vol. 30, No. 2 (2025): 1099-1135.
"Bout of Sales: Impact of Alignment between Leadership Style and Incentive Systems."
Moran, Joseph, Pablo Casas-Arce, and Asís Martínez-Jerez, Working Paper. 2025.
"Drilldown Data Access Rates and Managerial Target Achievement."
Moran, Joseph. PhD diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2025.
"Emissions Target Design and Choice of Emissions Management Controls."
Moran, Joseph, Carolyn Deller, and Shawn Kim, Working Paper. 2025.
"Moderators of Control System Cascade Effects."
Moran, Joseph, Pablo Casas-Arce, Christopher Ittner, and Asís Martínez-Jerez, Working Paper. 2025.
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