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The Department consists of the institutes Accounting & Auditing, Finance, Banking and Insurance, Financial Research and Statistics and Mathematics as well as three Research Institutes.

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The WU Awards put the spotlight on teachers and researchers whose achievements during the past year helped strengthen WU’s reputation for excellence and develop solutions to current economic and social challenges.

Numerous researchers from the Department were honored by the Rector's Office for their dedication and research achievements over the past year. The department's awarded achievements can be found further below and under WU Awards 2024: Turning the spotlight on excellence.

Star journal articles

Outstanding research achievements

WU awards bonuses to its researchers for publications in internationally renowned journals and other outstanding academic achievements.

Awarded person	Citation
Amberger, Harald	Amberger, H., & Hafran, S. (2023). Reduziert § 10a KStG die grenzüberschreitende Gewinnverlagerung? Eine empirische Analyse. Österreichische Steuerzeitung (ÖStZ), 2023(20), 560-566. 360.lexisnexis.at/d/artikel/reduziert_10a_kstg_die_grenzuberschreitende_gewinn/z_o_stz_2023_20_OeStZ_2023_20_546_b480469e78
Amberger, Harald	Amberger, H., & Kohlhase, S. (2023). International taxation and the organizational form of foreign direct investment. Journal of International Business Studies, 54(8), 1529-1561. doi.org/10.1057/s41267-023-00614-1
Amberger, Harald	Amberger, H., & Robinson, L. (2024). The initial effect of U.S. tax reform on foreign acquisitions. Review of Accounting Studies, 29(2), 996-1038. doi.org/10.1007/s11142-023-09760-1
Aschauer, Ewald	Aschauer, E., & Quick, R. (2024). Implementing shared service centres in Big 4 audit firms: an exploratory study guided by institutional theory. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 37(9). doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-07-2021-5376
Auer, Sylvia	Auer, S., & Winkelbauer, B. (2023). Der Investitionsfreibetrag gem § 11 EStG: Neuigkeiten aus dem EStR-Wartungserlass 2023 und der Öko-IFB-Verordnung. Österreichische Steuerzeitung (ÖStZ), 2023(12), 312-315.
Bajons, Robert	For outstanding research achievements at the Department Finance, Accounting & Statistics
Bornemann, Tobias	Bornemann, T., Moosmann, A.-L., & Novotny-Farkas, Z. (2023). The Consequences of Abandoning the Quarterly Reporting Mandate in the Prime Market Segment. European Accounting Review. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2023.2239298
Celary, Andreas	Celary, A., Krühner, P., & Eksi-Altay, Z. (2024). Regime-switching affine term structures. Quantitative Finance, 24(1). doi.org/10.1080/14697688.2023.2288871
Eberhartinger, Eva	Eberhartinger, E., & Knesl, J. (2023). Anwendung der Eigenkapitalzuwachsverzinsung auf österreichische Banken. Österreichische Steuerzeitung (ÖStZ), 2023(12), 305-310.
Eisenberg, Paul	Celary, A., Krühner, P., & Eksi-Altay, Z. (2024). Regime-switching affine term structures. Quantitative Finance, 24(1). doi.org/10.1080/14697688.2023.2288871
Eksi-Altay, Zehra	Celary, A., Krühner, P., & Eksi-Altay, Z. (2024). Regime-switching affine term structures. Quantitative Finance, 24(1). doi.org/10.1080/14697688.2023.2288871
Eksi-Altay, Zehra	Yerli, C., Eksi-Altay, Z., & Selcuk-Kestel, S. (2023). On the information content of implied liquidity measure: Evidence from S&P 500 index options. Finance Research Letters, 57(November 2023). doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.104164
Els, Karoline	For outstanding research achievements at the Department Finance, Accounting & Statistics
Frühwirth-Schnatter, Sylvia	Zens, G., Frühwirth-Schnatter, S., & Wagner, H. (2023). Ultimate Pólya Gamma Samplers–Efficient MCMC for Possibly Imbalanced Binary and Categorical Data. Journal of the American Statistical Association. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2023.2259030
Grün, Bettina	Rügamer, D., Pfisterer, F., Bischl, B., & Grün, B. (2023). Mixture of Experts Distributional Regression: Implementation Using Robust Estimation with Adaptive First-Order Methods. AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. doi.org/10.1007/s10182-023-00486-8
Grün, Bettina	Vavra, J., Komárek, A., Grün, B., & Malsiner-Walli, G. (2024). Clusterwise multivariate regression of mixed-type panel data. Statistics and Computing, 34(1), 1-20. Artikel 46. doi.org/10.1007/s11222-023-10304-5
Hamr, Sabrina	For outstanding research achievements at the Department Finance, Accounting & Statistics
Hey, Niklas	For outstanding research achievements at the Department Finance, Accounting & Statistics
Hirschler, Klaus	Hirschler, K., Adriouich, J., & Leo, F. (2023). Änderungen bei nationalen Umgründungen durch das AbgÄG 2023. Österreichische Steuerzeitung (ÖStZ), 2023(15 -16), 419-428.
Hornik, Kurt	Sablica, L., Hornik, K., & Leydold, J. (2023). Efficient sampling from the PKBD distribution. Electronic Journal of Statistics, 17(2). doi.org/10.1214/23-EJS2149
Leo, Franziska	Hirschler, K., Adriouich, J., & Leo, F. (2023). Änderungen bei nationalen Umgründungen durch das AbgÄG 2023. Österreichische Steuerzeitung (ÖStZ), 2023(15 -16), 419-428.
Leo, Franziska	Leo, F. (2023). Kodifizierung von "Einlagen" in Personengesellschaften und verunglückten Zusammenschlüssen durch das AbgÄG 2023. Österreichische Steuerzeitung (ÖStZ), 2023(15-16), 400-412. Artikel 403.
Leydold, Josef	Sablica, L., Hornik, K., & Leydold, J. (2023). Efficient sampling from the PKBD distribution. Electronic Journal of Statistics, 17(2). doi.org/10.1214/23-EJS2149
Malsiner-Walli, Gertraud	Vavra, J., Komárek, A., Grün, B., & Malsiner-Walli, G. (2024). Clusterwise multivariate regression of mixed-type panel data. Statistics and Computing, 34(1), 1-20. Artikel 46. doi.org/10.1007/s11222-023-10304-5
Novotny-Farkas, Zoltán	Bornemann, T., Moosmann, A.-L., & Novotny-Farkas, Z. (2023). The Consequences of Abandoning the Quarterly Reporting Mandate in the Prime Market Segment. European Accounting Review. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2023.2239298
Parlasca, Markus	For outstanding research achievements at the Department Finance, Accounting & Statistics
Rehbein, Oliver	Carbo-Valverde, S., & Rehbein, O. (2023). Nowhere else to go: Determinants of bank–firm relationship discontinuations after bank mergers. Finance Research Letters, 54, Artikel 103808. doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.103808
Sablica, Lukas	Sablica, L., Hornik, K., & Leydold, J. (2023). Efficient sampling from the PKBD distribution. Electronic Journal of Statistics, 17(2). doi.org/10.1214/23-EJS2149
Sailer, Mariana	For outstanding research achievements at the Department Finance, Accounting & Statistics
Sailer, Mariana	Niemann, R., & Sailer, M. (2023). Is Analytical Tax Research Alive and Kicking? – Insights from 2000 until 2022. Journal of Business Economics. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. doi.org/10.1007/s11573-023-01157-5
Siahaan, Fernando	For outstanding research achievements at the Department Finance, Accounting & Statistics
Simion, Giorgia	For outstanding research achievements at the Department Finance, Accounting & Statistics
Strakova, Jaqueline	For outstanding research achievements at the Department Finance, Accounting & Statistics
Vavra, Jan	Vavra, J., Komárek, A., Grün, B., & Malsiner-Walli, G. (2024). Clusterwise multivariate regression of mixed-type panel data. Statistics and Computing, 34(1), 1-20. Artikel 46. doi.org/10.1007/s11222-023-10304-5
Wagner, Andrea	For outstanding research achievements at the Department Finance, Accounting & Statistics
Walter, Dominik	For outstanding research achievements at the Department Finance, Accounting & Statistics
Zens, Gregor	Zens, G., Frühwirth-Schnatter, S., & Wagner, H. (2023). Ultimate Pólya Gamma Samplers–Efficient MCMC for Possibly Imbalanced Binary and Categorical Data. Journal of the American Statistical Association. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2023.2259030

Excellent third-party-projects

Acquisition of third-party-funding

FAS in the media

Aschauer Ewald (Accounting and Auditing): "Neue Gesichter im obersten Aufsichtsgremium des ORF", Kurier, May 13, 2025
Aschauer Ewald (Accounting and Auditing): "Medienminister sucht ORF-Räte, FPÖ-Mann sieht Verfassungsverstoß bei Beitrag", Der Standard Online, April 18, 2025
Rammerstorfer Margarethe (FBI): "WU sorgt sich um mentale Gesundheit: „Student Wellbeing Days“ starten", Extrajournal Online, April 07, 2025

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02/06/2025

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Departmentadministration FAS

Awarded person	Publication
Wagner, Christian	Pagano, M., Wagner, C., & Zechner, J. (2023). Disaster Resilience and Asset Prices. Journal of Financial Economics, 150(2), 103712. doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2023.103712
Zechner, Josef	Pagano, M., Wagner, C., & Zechner, J. (2023). Disaster Resilience and Asset Prices. Journal of Financial Economics, 150(2), 103712. doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2023.103712
Rudloff, Birgit	Feinstein, Z., & Rudloff, B. (2023). Characterizing and Computing the Set of Nash Equilibria via Vector Optimization. Operations Research. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. doi.org/10.1287/opre.2023.2457
Laux, Christian	Laux, C., & Laux, V. (2023). Accounting Conservatism and Managerial Information Acquisition. Journal of Accounting and Economics. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2023.101630
Meimanjan, Nurtai	Ararat, Ç., & Meimanjan, N. (2023). Computation of Systemic Risk Measures: A Mixed-Integer Programming Approach. Operations Research, 71(6), 2130-2145. 10.1287/opre.2021.0040

Awarded person	Project name	Funding institution
Hochreiter, Ronald	Digital Finance	European Commission/Horizon Europe/MSCA Doctoral Network
Zechner, Josef	Vienna Graduate School of Finance	FWF docfunds

Name	Projektname	*Auftraggeberin**
Bornemann, Tobias	Interaction Effects of Regulatory and Financial Reporting	FWF Austrian Science Fund
Grün, Bettina	Analysis of central bank communication using advanced text modeling methods	OeNB’s Anniversary Fund
Grün, Bettina	Pro-Environmental Behavior in Tourism	FWF Austrian Science Fund
Novotny-Farkas, Zoltán	Interaction Effects of Regulatory and Financial Reporting	FWF Austrian Science Fund
Rudloff, Birgit	Wiener Doktoratskolleg computergestützte Optimierung	FWF Austrian Science Fund
Vavra, Jan	Analysis of central bank communication using advanced text modeling methods	OeNB’s Anniversary Fund

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Finance, Accounting & StatisticsRSS

Welcome to the Department of Finance, Accounting and Statistics.

Structure

Events & News

Teaching

Research

WU Awards 2024

Award-winning research

Star journal articles

Outstanding research achievements

Excellent third-party-projects

Acquisition of third-party-funding

FAS in the media

Jules van Binsbergen is Engelbert-Dockner-Fellow at the Institute for Capital Markets Research (ISK)

Josef Zechner recognized as one of the Top Scholars 2024 by ScholarGPS.

Verena Köck has been awarded the Dr. Marie Schaumayer Stiftung prize for dissertation.

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Department of Finance, Accounting and Statistics