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Matthias Breuer

Matthias Breuer is Heisenberg-Professor of Corporate Reporting & Regulation at Goethe University Frankfurt and an affiliate fellow of the University of Chicago’s Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State. In his research, he examines issues of corporate transparency and information verification, with a particular focus on the role of regulation in addressing corporate information and sustainability issues.
Fiscal Policy

How Federal Surveys Quietly Reshape Local Infrastructure Spending

Matthias Breuer
In new research, Matthias Breuer and Qingkai Dong examine how federal data collection can influence local spending. They examine road surveys, showing that roads included in federal samples are more likely to be funded and those that are not often face funding and safety declines, reflecting a need for improved measurement systems.
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Minority and Labor Representation Helps Worker Welfare and Productivity

Matthias Breuer
Matthias Breuer, Wei Cai, Anthony Le, and Felix Vetter find that gender minority representation on German works councils helps to improve worker welfare and productivity.
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Mandatory Audits Do Not Provide the Protection Governments Think They Do

Matthias Breuer
In new research, Matthias Breuer, Anthony Le, and Felix Vetter find that when companies are required by the government to seek a third-party financial audit, they turn to lower quality auditors.  As a result, the accounting industry grows, but touted benefits for markets and corporate stakeholders appear elusive.
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Do We Need to Mandate Firms’ Reporting And Auditing?

Matthias Breuer
Back in the 1960s, George Stigler called into question whether states should require firms to publicly report their financials. A recent Stigler Center working...

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