DedicationTo my husband, Ed, my parents, Ed and Cindy, and my sister, Meredith Honoring the memory of Maylon (Grandpa) McDonald, my role model in scholarly pursuits and life, and Dot (Granny) Avera, who was the most selfless person I have ever known.v Acknowledgements I am very grateful for the extraordinary guidance of my committee, composed of Steve Kachelmeier (chair) Bill Kinney, Lisa Koonce, Raj Raghunathan, and Michael Williamson. Stimulating conversations with Bill began even before my start of the doctoral program, and his support, encouragement, and advice throughout the doctoral program has been tremendous. I would like to thank Lisa for always becoming available at a moment's notice to give me wise advice about research and any dilemma that might be arising. I hope that as a professor, I can exhibit Raj's creativity, curiosity, and passion. Coauthoring with Michael has been great, and I really appreciate all that I have learned from him during our many conversations throughout the years.I am also fortunate to have wonderful colleagues in the doctoral program. In particular, Brett Cantrell, Brent Lao, Erin Towery, Chris Yust, Marcy Shepardson, James Smith, and Todd Thornock have been wonderful colleagues, and I also appreciate their friendship very much. I would especially like to thank Erin -our Starbucks runs and outings at the AT&T center were very fun, her racing to find experimental participants when I was running short was the utmost sign of friendship, and I know we will be lifelong friends.I would like to express my appreciation to Mark Wimby, for his help in the McCombs laboratory. Helping me navigate z-Tree unexpectedly crashing and conversations while I was testing late in the night were much appreciated. I would also like to thank Bill Swann for directing me to the Dark Triad and for thoughtful discussions during his seminars.I express my deepest gratitude to my mentor, dissertation chair, and friend, Steve Kachelmeier. I view Steve as the best researcher, teacher, and editor imaginable, and I have learned tremendously from him ever since I first sat in his office to interview for the doctoral program. His energy, passion, caring for others, and commitment are truly admirable, and I am grateful for the (many!) hours of conversations about this dissertation we have had in his office. Working on The Accounting Review with Steve was a "once in a lifetime" experience that I both learned from tremendously and enjoyed very much. When a dilemma or question arose throughout my time in the doctoral program, from my decision to pursue experimental research in January of the first year of the doctoral program, to the excitement of job market experiences, Steve has always been there for me and been a valued confidante and advisor.Finally, I would like to thank my husband, Ed Majors. Spending Saturdays testing z-Tree in the McCombs laboratory, helping me troubleshoot programming problems, discussing dissertation ideas, reading drafts of this dissertation, providing valuable advice, and the many other...