Dr. Maximilian Muhn

Biography

Maximilian Muhn is broadly interested in empirical accounting research. His current work focuses on the determinants and consequences of firms’ financial transparency, as well as the effects of financial market transparency regulation. Muhn joined the University of Chicago Booth School of Business as an assistant professor of accounting in 2019. He earned his PhD in accounting from Humboldt University of Berlin and holds both an MSc and BSc in business administration from the University of Münster, Germany. Throughout his studies, he gained work experience in consulting with firms such as McKinsey & Company and Boston Consulting Group, and in auditing with KPMG and Deloitte, as well as management accounting roles at BASF and ThyssenKrupp Steel. In addition to his academic responsibilities, Muhn teaches Financial Accounting in the Evening Weekend MBA Program, with a focus on enabling students to understand and communicate in the language of accounting as it relates to economic foundations. Outside of academia, Muhn enjoys traveling, reading, listening to podcasts, and playing basketball and ultimate frisbee.

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