Daniela Zipperer

Year: 2021

Center: Business

Daniela Zipperer obtained her bachelor’s degree (B.Sc.) in business administration at the University of Mannheim. In her masters she focused on Accounting and Taxation and received a double degree from University of Mannheim (M.Sc., Mannheim Master in Management) and Bocconi University in Milan, Italy (M.Sc. in Accounting, Financial Management and Control). During her studies she gained some practical experiences completing internships in audit at KPMG, tax consultancy at Ebner Stolz, and in the finance department of a start-up. Moreover, she worked as a research assistant at the chair of Professor Bischof, Professor Wüstemann, and at Bocconi University during her year abroad. In September 2021, Daniela joined the Accounting Track of the Center of Doctoral Studies in Business.

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Daniela's research explores the real effects of information, with a particular emphasis on environmental information. She analyzes how different user groups, such as firms, business partners, and customers, rely on varying levels of detail in disclosures, ranging from industry averages to firm-level and product-specific information. It is an open question which types of users benefit from which level of detail when making investment, contracting, or purchasing decisions. To address this question, she uses a combination of archival and survey-based experiments.