Ralf Ewert receives the award for his highly regarded research contributions on the economic effects of regulation in auditing.
The award winner heads the Institute of Corporate Accounting and Auditing at the University of Graz where he is also Deputy Head of the Center for Accounting Research. Before that, he was Professor at the University of Tübingen (1990-1994) and at the University of Frankfurt (1994-2008). From 1989-1990 he held the Chair for Finance at the University of Trier. He earned his habilitation in 1990 at the University of Würzburg (Prof. Streim) and his Doctorate at the University of Passau (Prof. Schildbach), where he was also a research assistant.
Ralf Ewert wrote a large number of publications, especially in the areas of accounting, controlling, auditing, and partly also in the area of financing. Methodologically, the majority of his publications can be assigned to economic analytical methodology, while he also has a number of practice-oriented publications. Additionally, he is one of the most influential and internationally well-known researchers in accounting in the German-speaking area with a number of books and articles (e.g. in TAR, EAR, Abacus, JITE, Foundations and Trends in Accounting).
One of his most prominent research areas is auditing. Ralf Ewert has authored a number of important papers on various aspects of audit regulation. His politically relevant analysis (with London Economics) on the economic effects of liability rules for auditors for the European Commission should also be emphasized, which served as the basis for the EU's decision not to abolish the limitation of liability for audits.
The ACA Prize in Financial Governance is being awarded for the second time in 2019 in recognition of outstanding academic achievements in the areas of accounting, controlling, corporate finance and auditing. The Institute for Accounting, Control and Auditing at the University of St.Gallen (ACA-HSG) thus contributes to highlighting important research results and their practical implementation in the field of financial management. The award is one of the most valuable awards in the German-speaking world and underlines the claim of the ACA-HSG to provide and recognize outstanding achievements in the field of financial management. The public presentation of the ACA Prize in Financial Management took place on November 28, 2019 as part of the ACA Symposium at the University of St.Gallen.
