Doctoral Researcher in Business Economics and Taxation (all genders)

Your tasks include:
Starting in the second year, candidates join the Taxation team at the University of Mannheim’s Business School, led by Professors Philipp Doerrenberg, Christoph Spengel, and Johannes Voget. They pursue their dissertations on topics in empirical taxation research. The team’s research spans a wide range of areas, including the role of taxation for sustainability, international corporate taxation, tax avoidance and evasion, behavioral responses of firms and individuals to various taxes, tax incidence, tax transparency, mergers and acquisitions, and behavioral aspects of taxation. The group employs large-scale administrative data provided by statistical offices, corporate balance sheet data, as well as data from field, laboratory, and survey experiments. The goal is to produce high-quality research suitable for publication in leading international journals in economics and business. The Business School’s Taxation group collaborates closely with key entities within the department, including the German Business Panel (GBP) and the Accounting group, as well as with nearby institutions such as the Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and the Public Economics group in the Department of Economics. These collaborations are formalized through the MannheimTaxation research cluster, which all PhD candidates are part of and benefit from in their daily research activities. The positions are fully funded and exempt from tuition fees. In the first year, candidates receive a CDSB scholarship; from the second year onward, they transition to a full-time position (100%, TV-L E13). While candidates contribute to the teaching activities of the group, the primary focus remains on research. We actively encourage and support the participation in international conferences and longer research stays abroad. PhD students are rigorously prepared for the academic job market, and our graduates are regularly placed at leading international universities (e.g., Stanford, London Business School,
NHH Bergen).

If you are interested in applying, please send your application via email to Sandra Dumann at dumann@uni-mannheim.de . Your application should include a brief cover letter, your CV, and academic transcripts and degree certificates—preferably combined into a single PDF file. Please reach out to Professor Philipp Doerrenberg (doerrenberg@unimannheim. de) if you have questions about the positions. We are looking forward to your application (application deadline: 31 May 2025)! Links for further information: CDSB: https: www.uni-mannheim.de/gess/programs/cdsb/ Area Accounting and Taxation: https: www.bwl.uni mannheim.de/en/area-accounting-taxation/ Mannheim Taxation: https: www.mannheimtaxation.eu/mannheim-taxation/home 

Applications from persons with a disability are given preferential consideration provided that they are appropriately qualified. The University of Mannheim is committed to increasing the quota of women and thus encourages women with appropriate qualifications to apply. If you are interested in applying, please send your application documents via e-mail by 31 May 2025 at the latest: dumann@uni-mannheim.de

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