Maximilian Muhn
Associate Professor of Accounting
AI Is Ready for a Bigger Role in Financial Analysis
GPT-4 Turbo outperformed professional analysts in predicting the direction of companies’ future earnings.
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Biography
Maximilian Muhn is broadly interested in empirical accounting research. His current work focuses on the determinants and consequences of firms’ financial transparency, as well as the effects of financial market and transparency regulation.
Muhn joined Chicago Booth as assistant professor of accounting in 2019. He earned a PhD in accounting from Humboldt University of Berlin and he holds an MSc and a BSc in business administration from the University of Münster, Germany. During his studies, he gained work experience in consulting (McKinsey & Company and Boston Consulting Group), auditing (KPMG and Deloitte) and management accounting (BASF and ThyssenKrupp Steel).
Muhn teaches Financial Accounting in the Evening and Weekend MBA Program. He wants to enable his students to “speak” the language of accounting and to understand its economics foundations.
Outside of academia, Muhn enjoys traveling, reading, listening to podcasts, and playing basketball and ultimate frisbee.
Selected Publications
HAIL, L., MUHN, M. and OESCH, D. (2021), Do Risk Disclosures Matter When It Counts? Evidence from the Swiss Franc Shock. Journal of Accounting Research, 59: 283-330. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-679X.12338
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What AI Sees in the Market (That You Might Not)
Ten ways investors are, or should be, using large language models
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Consumers Say They Care about ESG, but Don’t Spend Like They Do
After learning about a company’s ESG activities, shoppers made only small and temporary adjustments to their buying habits.
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