Professor Martin Jacob holds the adidas endowed Chair of Finance, Accounting, and Taxation at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. He received his undergraduate degree in business administration and his doctoral degree from the University of Tübingen, Germany. His reserach focuses on the economic effects of taxation on business decisions. His work has been published in several leading international journals including the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Accounting Research, the Review of Financial Studies, The Accounting Review, and the Journal of Accounting and Economics. He further serves as Associate Editor of the European Accounting Review and Accounting & Business Research since 2016. His research has been widely cited in newspapers as well as policy debates.
Recent Updates
Accepted paper
Corporate Tax Enforcement Externalities and the Banking Sector, forthcoming in Journal of Accounting Research (with John Gallemore)
New working paper
Investment under Tax Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from Trump's Election and Tax Reform (with John Gallemore, Stephan Hollander, and Xiang Zheng)
New working paper
The Role of Personal Income Taxes in Corporate Investment Decisions (with Robert Vossebürger)