TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar On December 6, 2022, Harald Amberger (WU Vienna) presented the paper "Ownership Transparency and Cross-border Investment" at the TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar. Harald Amberger is an Assistant Professor at the Business Taxation Group of the Institute for Accounting and Auditing. He holds a PhD in International Business Taxation from WU Vienna where he graduated sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae in February 2018.…

As part of the Brown Bag Seminars, Maryna Gulenko gave a presentation on November 29th, 2022 on the topic "CSR and political insiders".

TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar On November 22, 2022, Svenja Dube (Fordham University, New York) presented the paper "Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Behavior" at the TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar. Svenja Dube, PhD is an Assistant Professor in Accounting and Taxation at Fordham University, New York. She earned her PhD at New York University in Business Administration. Her research is mainly concerned with accounting. She has published…

As part of the Brown Bag Seminars, Christopher Böhme gave a presentation on November 15th, 2022 on the topic "Spillover effects of tax-related restatements".

TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar On November 2, 2022, Alfred Wagenhofer (University of Graz) presented the paper "Economic Effects of Litigation Risk on Corporate Disclosure and Innovation" at the TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Alfred Wagenhofer is a member of the board of the Institute for Corporate Accounting and Controlling and head of the Center for Accounting Research at the University of Graz. He is the author of numerous…

As part of the Brown Bag Seminars, David Hiss gave a presentation on October 25, 2022 on the topic "External Effects and Disclosure".

TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar On October 18, 2022, Ferdinand Elfers (Erasmus University Rotterdam) presented the paper "TruPS, I Did It Again – The Impact of (Non-)Fair Value Accounting on Banks’ Impairment and Trading Decisions" at the TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar. Ferdinand Elfers is an Assistant Professor of Financial Accounting at Erasmus University Rotterdam’s School of Economics. He earned his PhD at the University of Mannheim in Germany.…

This year's faculty workshop was held in Melle, from September 26-28, 2022. The program of the three-day workshop included 26 presentations and two poster sessions on current research topics. Here, Pia Stoczek gave a presentation on "Current developments in the European corporate bond market", which is part of the TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency. The workshop was a good opportunity to present the work of the young researchers and to exchange…

From October 05. - 07. October, 2022, Prof. Dr. Benedikt Franke and Dominik Katzer visited the Paderborn University to work with Prof. Dr. Urska Kosi and Pia Stoczek on a joint TRR 266 project.  

As part of a TRR 266 research stay, Pia Stoczek spent 3 months at the ICSTE-IUL Business School in Lisbon. During her stay she was able to participate in the research seminars of the ISCTE-IUL Business Research Unit and also had the opportunity to present her work at a workshop. She got to know the differences in PhD education between European Universities and bonded with other PhD students at ISCTE over their mutual motives and struggles.…

TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar On July 12, 2022, Peter Limbach (Universität Bielefeld) presented the paper "Blockholder Representation on the Board: Theory and Evidence" at the TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar. Prof. Dr. Limbach presented a model that helps explain why only few blockholders seek board representation despite little direct costs. In the model, inefficiently few blockholders take a board seat because it signals adverse information to…

As part of the Brown Bag Seminars, Regina Ortmann gave a presentation on July 5, 2022 on the topic "Taxing network products - the impact on decisions of MNEs".

As part of the Brown Bag Seminars, Sebastian Hinder gave a presentation on June 28, 2022 on the topic "Management Guidance & Analyst Forecasts: The Peculiar Role of Tax Forecasting".

TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar On June 21, 2022, Ken Klassen (University of Waterloo) presented the paper "Tax Aggressive Behavior and Voluntary Tax Disclosures in Corporate Sustainability Reporting" at the TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar. The paper is co-authored work with Jilian R. Adams and Elizabeth Demers (all University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada). In this study, the authors analyze determinants of firms’ decisions to disclose tax…

As part of the Brown Bag Seminars, Stephan Kaiser gave a presentation on June 14, 2022 on the topic "Changes in Firms’ Business Models and Abnormal Accruals".

As part of our innovative teaching approach, the students of the IFRS Group Accounting module (M.184.5261), offered by Prof. Dr. Urska Kosi, have taken a bold step towards practical learning and joined an excursion to the Beiersdorf Campus in Hamburg.

The new University Council was approved by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia. On this occasion, the committee met on 3 March. The new University Council consists of Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn, Dr. Soreen Hartmann, Dr.-Ing. Steffen Jesinghausen, Dr. Dagmar Simon (chairman), Prof. Dr. Rita Burrichter, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Brautmeier (vice chairman), Prof. Dr. Urska Kosi, Dr. Holger Karl and Andreas Speith. It consists…

The professorship of Financial Accounting and Auditing Prof. Dr. Kosi has a vacancy for a Research and Teaching Assistant (f/m/d). Further information can be found here.

Bertelsmann Accounting Services is looking for an Intern (m/f/d) in the Center of Expertise-Accounting and Reporting. Further information can be found here.    

Finally, the time has come! Graduation Journey Day is the highlight of a hard-working and memorable time for many students. This year, 180 graduates celebrated their graduation with their friends and family. In small groups, the graduates walked through various stations that were meant to reflect on the study experience. In addition to classic recollections such as the "Ersti-Tüte" or a small university party, the participants watched video…

On July 7, 2022, the 2nd annual TAF Master get-together took place. Almost 40 participants took the opportunity to exchange ideas and spend a pleasant time. The TAF Department attaches great importance to a lively exchange and good cooperation. The annual get-together makes an important contribution to this.    

The 44th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association took place on May 11-13, 2022, in Bergen, Norway. Pia Stoczek presented the paper "Current developments in the European bond market", co-authored with Benedikt Franke (Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg) and Urska Kosi. Urska Kosi presented the paper "CSR reporting under the Non-Financial Reporting Directive: Evidence from non-publicly listed firms", co-authored with Maryna…

On the Day of Excellence 2022, the participants of the last Excellence Programme and the UGO-awardees were formally honoured. One receiver of the UGO award was Theresa Ahlers, who wrote her master thesis with Prof. Dr. Urska Kosi. In her master thesis, she examined the transparency of the insolvency process from German firms creditors’ perspective. The UGO award is granted by the Unternehmergruppe Ostwestfalen e.V. in cooperation with Paderborn…

As a recognition of her extraordinary scientific achievements, the University of Bremen awarded Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Caren Sureth-Sloane (Paderborn University) with an honorary doctorate. The dean of the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics of the University of Bremen, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jochen Zimmermann, argues: “Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Sureth-Sloane greatly contributed to the development of business theory, especially in business taxation, and…

The current biannual report of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics provides insights into the activities and developments of the Faculty as well as its departments. The Taxation, Accounting and Finance (TAF) department demonstrates high level of internationality, professional and methodological competence as well as practical relevance in teaching and research. The high level of activity in research and knowledge transfer is…

On the Day of Excellence 2021, the participants of the last Excellence Programme and the UGO-awardees were formally honoured. One of the UGO-awardees was Tobias Weihs, who wrote his master’s thesis with the Chair of Tax Accounting. In his thesis, he empirically analysed the influence of quarterly reports on analysts’ forecasts. The UGO-prize is awarded by the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics for excellent final theses. The…

On November 16, 2019, the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics organised a graduation ceremony for graduates of year 2019. They received their bachelor, master and doctoral degree certificates in a celebratory atmosphere. The Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Prof. Dr. Sureth-Sloane greeted the about 225 graduates and their families. She praised the Faculty’s outstanding quality in education and research…

At the Faculty Research Workshop at the Paderborn University on November 15, 2018 Maryna Gulenko presented on the topic 'Mandatory corporate social responsibility reporting in the German banking industry`.

As part of our innovative teaching approach, the students of the IFRS Group Accounting module (M.184.5261), offered by Prof. Dr. Urska Kosi, have taken a bold step towards practical learning and joined an excursion to the Beiersdorf Campus in Hamburg.

The new University Council was approved by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia. On this occasion, the committee met on 3 March. The new University Council consists of Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn, Dr. Soreen Hartmann, Dr.-Ing. Steffen Jesinghausen, Dr. Dagmar Simon (chairman), Prof. Dr. Rita Burrichter, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Brautmeier (vice chairman), Prof. Dr. Urska Kosi, Dr. Holger Karl and Andreas Speith. It consists…

The professorship of Financial Accounting and Auditing Prof. Dr. Kosi has a vacancy for a Research and Teaching Assistant (f/m/d). Further information can be found here.

Bertelsmann Accounting Services is looking for an Intern (m/f/d) in the Center of Expertise-Accounting and Reporting. Further information can be found here.    

Finally, the time has come! Graduation Journey Day is the highlight of a hard-working and memorable time for many students. This year, 180 graduates celebrated their graduation with their friends and family. In small groups, the graduates walked through various stations that were meant to reflect on the study experience. In addition to classic recollections such as the "Ersti-Tüte" or a small university party, the participants watched video…

On July 7, 2022, the 2nd annual TAF Master get-together took place. Almost 40 participants took the opportunity to exchange ideas and spend a pleasant time. The TAF Department attaches great importance to a lively exchange and good cooperation. The annual get-together makes an important contribution to this.    

The 44th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association took place on May 11-13, 2022, in Bergen, Norway. Pia Stoczek presented the paper "Current developments in the European bond market", co-authored with Benedikt Franke (Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg) and Urska Kosi. Urska Kosi presented the paper "CSR reporting under the Non-Financial Reporting Directive: Evidence from non-publicly listed firms", co-authored with Maryna…

On the Day of Excellence 2022, the participants of the last Excellence Programme and the UGO-awardees were formally honoured. One receiver of the UGO award was Theresa Ahlers, who wrote her master thesis with Prof. Dr. Urska Kosi. In her master thesis, she examined the transparency of the insolvency process from German firms creditors’ perspective. The UGO award is granted by the Unternehmergruppe Ostwestfalen e.V. in cooperation with Paderborn…

As a recognition of her extraordinary scientific achievements, the University of Bremen awarded Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Caren Sureth-Sloane (Paderborn University) with an honorary doctorate. The dean of the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics of the University of Bremen, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jochen Zimmermann, argues: “Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Sureth-Sloane greatly contributed to the development of business theory, especially in business taxation, and…

The current biannual report of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics provides insights into the activities and developments of the Faculty as well as its departments. The Taxation, Accounting and Finance (TAF) department demonstrates high level of internationality, professional and methodological competence as well as practical relevance in teaching and research. The high level of activity in research and knowledge transfer is…

On the Day of Excellence 2021, the participants of the last Excellence Programme and the UGO-awardees were formally honoured. One of the UGO-awardees was Tobias Weihs, who wrote his master’s thesis with the Chair of Tax Accounting. In his thesis, he empirically analysed the influence of quarterly reports on analysts’ forecasts. The UGO-prize is awarded by the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics for excellent final theses. The…

On November 16, 2019, the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics organised a graduation ceremony for graduates of year 2019. They received their bachelor, master and doctoral degree certificates in a celebratory atmosphere. The Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Prof. Dr. Sureth-Sloane greeted the about 225 graduates and their families. She praised the Faculty’s outstanding quality in education and research…

At the Faculty Research Workshop at the Paderborn University on November 15, 2018 Maryna Gulenko presented on the topic 'Mandatory corporate social responsibility reporting in the German banking industry`.