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Martin Jacob is Professor of Accounting and Control at IESE Business School. He received his undergraduate degree in business administration and his doctoral degree from the University of Tübingen, Germany. His research 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, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, Management Science, Contemporary Accounting Research, and the Journal of Public Economics. He further is an editor of The Accounting Review (since 2023). He was an Associate Editor of Accounting & Business Research and of the European Accounting Review from 2016 to 2023. His research has been widely cited in newspapers as well as policy debates.
Since 2021, Martin Jacob is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Ministry of Finance.
Recent Updates
Accepted paper
Corporate Tax Enforcement Externalities and the Banking Sector, Journal of Accounting Research | 2020, 58, 1117-1159 (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)
Contact Information
Martin Jacob
IESE Business School
Av. Pearson 21
08034 Barcelona, Spain
mjacob (at) iese.edu
Recent Updates
New Working Paper
Cross-border carbon taxes and shareholder wealth
with Marta Alonso, Gaizka Ormazabal, and Robert Raney | New Version August 2024
Accepted Paper
Corporate Tax Enforcement and Business Activity
with John Gallemore | accepted at The Accounting Review
Accepted paper
Tax Policy Expectations and Investment:
with John Gallemore, Stephan Hollander, and Xiang Zheng | accepted at Journal of Accounting Research
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