Dominika Langenmayr

Dominika Langenmayr is a Professor of Economics specializing in Public Finance at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and a CESifo Research Fellow. She serves as a Guest Professor at the Doctoral Program in International Business Taxation (DIBT) at WU Vienna.

• PhD in Economics (University of Munich, 2013)
• Diplom (Master) in Economics and B.Sc. in Business Administration (University of Munich)
• Visiting positions at Harvard University, University of California San Diego, University of Oxford, and EU Tax Observatory (Paris School of Economics)

Her research focuses on corporate taxation, international tax transparency, and tax-induced distortions in firm behavior. Key topics include profit shifting, tax evasion, tax compliance, and tax policy impacts on productivity.

Recent publications analyze digital service taxes, country-by-country reporting, inheritance tax effects on family firms, and tax evasion via citizenship-by-investment. Awards include the WU Business Taxation Best Paper Award 2025 and recognition from the Scandinavian Journal of Economics.

• WU Business Taxation Best Paper Award 2025
• Best Paper of 2022 (Scandinavian Journal of Economics)
• American Accounting Association Tax Manuscript Award (2021)
• CESifo Distinguished Affiliate Award in Public Sector Economics

Langenmayr contributes to policy debates as a member of the German Federal Ministry of Finance’s Scientific Advisory Board and serves on editorial boards of journals like Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik and International Tax and Public Finance. Her work bridges academic rigor and practical tax policy reform.