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Call for Submissions: Sturm & Drang Prize

This year again the Sturm & Drang Prize will be awarded for the best publication by early career researchers at the Faculty of Economics and Business.

The deadline for submissions is August 31, 2026.

For more information on the prize and the previous winners, click on the button.

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07/30/26 | Research

Call for Submissions: Sturm & Drang Prize 2026

This prize is awarded every year for the best publication by an Early Career Researcher at the…

07/23/26 | General

Announcement: Prizes by the Dr. Mihael Foit…

The Dr. Mihael Foit und Elfriede Stich-Foit Foundation wants to promote junior reseachers…

06/08/26 | General

First Place at the European Ivy League

The Faculty of Economics and Business achieved an outstanding success at this year’s European…

05/11/26 | Research

New Private Retirement Plan Reflects…

Last week, Germany’s Federal Council approved the Retirement Plan Reform Act, overhauling the…

05/04/26 | Research

AI Is Transforming Work: New Opportunities…

Artificial intelligence will fundamentally transform work, but it will not primarily replace…

04/02/26 | Research

Landwehr participates in Large-Scale…

A new study published in the prestigious journal Nature under the title “Investigating the…

04/02/26 | General

Goethe University Frankfurt Among Germany’s…

Goethe University Frankfurt is once again among the leading universities in auditing.

04/01/26 | Research

New Deputy Dean for Research

The Faculty of Economics and Business is pleased to announce that Georg Dürnecker has been…

02/02/26 | General

Peter Gomber re-elected to the FWB Stock…

Peter Gomber, Chair of e-Finance, was elected for three more years as a member of the Exchange…

02/02/26 | Research

“Financial Markets and Frictions” Successfully…

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the research group FOR 5230 Financial Markets…

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Our research on current economic issues sets international standards. The findings are directly incorporated into academic research, teaching, and public discourse.

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ROMAIN BOULLAND et al.

Company Websites: A New Measure of…

We propose a new measure of firms' disclosure based on company websites, which are widely avail…

Published in: Journal of Accounting Research

Jonas Ewertz et al.

Listen Closely: Measuring Vocal Tone in…

We examine the usefulness of machine learning approaches for measuring vocal tone in corporate …

Published in: Journal of Accounting Research

Sinja Leonelli et al.

How do consumers use ESG disclosure?…

We combine a large-scale field experiment with a customized survey to study how consumers use a…

Published in: Journal of Accounting and Economics

Loriana Pelizzon et al.

Market Liquidity and Competition among…

Do competition and incentives offered to designated market makers (DMMs) improve market liquidi…

Published in: Management Science

Christine Laudenbach et al.

Gender Differences in Financial Advice

Based on data gathered from 27,000 real-world meetings between financial advisors and clients o…

To be published in: American Economic Review

Olga Balakina et al.

Personal Financial Advice and Portfolio…

We document widespread use of personal financial advice among retail investors. Individuals see…

To be published in: Review of Finance

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