Luca Menicacci

Luca Menicacci is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Faculty of Economics of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. He holds a BSc and MSc in Accounting from the University of Florence and a PhD in Business Administration and Management from the University of Pisa. Before joining the faculty, he served as an external lecturer in International Accounting at the University of Florence and later as an Adjunct Professor, teaching financial accounting courses at Bozen and Bruneck campuses.

His research focuses on corporate taxation, tax avoidance, accounting quality, and book-tax compliance, with a particular emphasis on the implications of IFRS adoption. Key contributions include a review of book-tax conformity in financial reporting and empirical analyses of tax policies' impact on corporate cash holdings and environmental regulation.

Menicacci is a member of professional organizations such as the European Accounting Association (EAA), Business and Accounting Financial Association (BAFA), and SIDREA-AIDEA. He has published in journals like Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal, Finance Research Letters, and Financial Reporting, and authored books such as Book-Tax Conformity in the IFRS Era: Evidence from Italian Listed Companies.

His professional experience includes roles as a certified accountant and auditor, which inform his academic work on practical accounting challenges. He teaches courses on advanced accounting principles, Italian accounting, and state exam preparation for accountants.