Michael Ebert is Professor for Accounting at Paderborn University. His research interests include model-theoretical analysis of reporting as an information and control instrument and concentrates on the question what influence regulatory intervention has on disclosure decisions, contractual incentive systems or the functioning of certain corporate governance mechanisms. He is member of the American and European Accounting Association, German Academic Association for Business Research (VHB) and of the German Economic Association of Business Administration e.V. (GEABA).
He is co-editor of the studies in financial, managerial and tax accounting of the Würzburg University Press.