Volker Laux

EDUCATION Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany Dr. rer. pol. (German Doctorate, Business Administration), summa cum laude, 2003 Thesis: Capital Budgeting, Incentives, and Information Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany Diplom-Kaufmann (Master’s degree in Business Economics), 1999 Majors: Managerial Accounting, Corporate Finance, Operations Research Master Thesis: Multi Task Agency Problems ACADEMIC POSITIONS University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business Aubrey and Elsie Fariss Professor of Accounting, since 2016 Associate Professor of Accounting, 2011 - 2016 Assistant Professor of Accounting, 2006 - 2011 Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting, Jan. - May 2005 Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany Research Associate, 2004 - 2006 Columbia University, Columbia Business School Visiting Scholar, Sep. 2003 - April 2004 Carnegie Mellon University, GSIA Visiting Ph.D. Student, Nov. - Dec. 1999 Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany Research Assistant, 1999 - 2003 Volker Laux, page 2 PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH Refereed articles Accounting Standards, Regulatory Enforcement,