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Prof. Dr. Maximilian A. Müller

Cluster position Cluster Faculty

Cluster member since 2026

Main research topics

Disclosure Regulation, Tax Incidence and Avoidance, Sustainability

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Maximilian Müller is Professor of Financial Accounting at the University of Cologne. He received his doctorate from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in 2011 and previously held professorships at WHU and ESMT Berlin. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and IESE Business School. His research examines the economic consequences of transparency and tax policies, including sustainability and climate-related regulation. His work has been published in leading journals such as the Review of Financial Studies, The Accounting Review, and Contemporary Accounting Research. He is a Principal Investigator in TRR 266 “Accounting for
Transparency,” Affiliated Faculty Member at the ESMT Institute for Sustainable Transformation, Associate Editor of Accounting and Business Research, and Co-Founder of the open science platform Sustainability Reporting Navigator.