Chair of Taxation, Accounting, and Finance
Prof. Dr. Marcel Olbert is Professor of Accounting and Taxation at the University of Mannheim, where he has been serving since February 2026. Prior to joining Mannheim, he was a professor at the London Business School, where he received international recognition for his teaching, including being named one of Poets&Quants’ “40 Under 40 Best MBA Professors.”
His research focuses on corporate taxation, international tax planning, private equity, the investment behavior of multinational firms, the economic effects of transparency and disclosure, sustainability regulation (ESG), and the impact of economic policy on developing countries. Across these areas, his work examines how firms respond to regulation and public policy, and how such responses shape corporate behavior and real economic outcomes.
Prof. Olbert’s research is published in leading international journals such as the Review of Financial Studies, The Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, and the Journal of Accounting Research. He serves on the Editorial Review Board of The Accounting Review and is an Associate Editor of the European Accounting Review. His work is regularly presented at major international conferences and leading academic institutions, and he contributes to public economic debates through keynotes as well as articles and commentary in media outlets such as Forbes and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ).
At the University of Mannheim, Prof. Olbert is also the founding Academic Director of COBRA – the Mannheim Center for Corporate Behavior and Regulation Analysis, a research center dedicated to studying how companies respond to economic policy and regulatory change.
