Prof. LOPATTA Kerstin Gisel Department of Accountancy
Visiting Professor

Address
13-206, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong

Phone
+852 34427907

Fax
+852 34420349

Email
klopatta@cityu.edu.hk

Personal Web
https://www.cb.cityu.edu.hk/People-and-Research/People/none
SSRN Web
http://papers.ssrn.com/author=1653516



Research Areas Empirical accounting and corporate governance


Qualifications PhD - Business Administration (University of Frankfurt/Main)


Biography Studies of business administration.
PhD at the University Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
Assistant Professor at the Free University of Berlin.
Full Professor at the University of Oldenburg, Chair of Accounting and Corporate Governance (2010-2018).
Full Professor at the University of Hamburg, Research Group on Sustainable Finance, Chair of Accounting, Auditing and Sustainability (2018- up to now)


Publications Journal Publications and Reviews Fieberg, Christian; Lopatta, Kerstin; Tammen, Thomas; Tideman, Sebastian A. / Political affinity and investors' response to the acquisition premium in cross-border M&A transactions — A moderation analysis. December 2021; In: Strategic Management Journal. Vol. 42, No. 13, pp. 2477-2492

Buchholz, Frerich; Lopatta, Kerstin; Maas, Karen / The Deliberate Engagement of Narcissistic CEOs in Earnings Management. December 2020; In: Journal of Business Ethics. Vol. 167, No. 4, pp. 663–686

Lopatta, Kerstin; Kaspereit, Thomas; Gastone, Laura-Maria / Managerial style in cost asymmetry and shareholder value. July 2020; In: Managerial and Decision Economics. Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 800-826

Lopatta, Kerstin; Bassen, Alexander; Kaspereit, Thomas; Tideman, Sebastian A.; Buchholz, Daniel / The effect of institutional dual holdings on CSR performance. June 2020; In: Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment.

Lopatta, Kerstin; B?ttcher, Katarina; Lodhia, Sumit K.; Tideman, Sebastian A. / The Relationship between Gender Diversity and Employee Representation at the Board Level and Non-Financial Performance: A Cross-Country Study. March 2020; In: International Journal of Accounting. Vol. 55, No. 1

Lopatta, Kerstin; B?ttcher, Katarina; Lodhia, Sumit K.; Tideman, Sebastian A. / Parity codetermination at the board level and labor investment efficiency: evidence on German listed firms. February 2020; In: Journal of Business Economics. Vol. 90, No. 1, pp. 57-108

Lopatta, Kerstin; Tchikov, Magdalena; K?rner, Finn Marten / The impact of market sectors and rating agencies on credit ratings: global evidence. November 2019; In: Journal of Risk Finance. Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 389-410

Lopatta, Kerstin; B?ttcher, Katarina; Jaeschke, Reemda / Correction to: When labor representatives join supervisory boards: empirical evidence of the relationship between the change to parity codetermination and working capital and operating cash flows. August 2019; In: Journal of Business Economics. Vol. 89, No. 6, pp. 737

Kaspereit, Thomas; Lopatta, Kerstin / Improving Predictions of Upward Cost Adjustment and Cost Asymmetry at the Firm-Year Level. 2019; In: Journal of Management Accounting Research. Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 99-127

Jaeschke, Reemda; Lopatta, Kerstin; Yi, Cheong / Managers’ use of language in corrupt firms’ financial disclosures: Evidence from FCPA violators. June 2018; In: Scandinavian Journal of Management. Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 170-192

Canitz, Felix; Fieberg, Christian; Lopatta, Kerstin; Poddig, Thorsten; Walker, Thomas / Revisiting the (mis)pricing of the accrual anomaly. May 2018; In: Journal of Risk Finance. Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 210-224

Buchholz, Frerich; Jaeschke, Reemda; Lopatta, Kerstin; Maas, Karen / The use of optimistic tone by narcissistic CEOs. February 2018; In: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 531-562

Lopatta, Kerstin; B?ttcher, Katarina; Jaeschke, Reemda / When labor representatives join supervisory boards: empirical evidence of the relationship between the change to parity codetermination and working capital and operating cash flows. January 2018; In: Journal of Business Economics. Vol. 88, No. 1

LOPATTA, Kerstin; GLOGER, Mario Albert; JAESCHKE, Reemda / Can Language Predict Bankruptcy? The Explanatory Power of Tone in 10-K Filings. December 2017; In: Accounting Perspectives. Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 315-343

Canitz, Felix; Ballis-Papanastasiou, Panagiotis; Fieberg, Christian; Lopatta, Kerstin; Varmaz, Armin; Walker, Thomas / Estimates and inferences in accounting panel data sets: comparing approaches. May 2017; In: Journal of Risk Finance. Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 268-283

Kaspereit, Thomas; Lopatta, Kerstin; Pakhchanyan, Suren; Prokop, J?rg / Systemic operational risk: Spillover effects of large operational losses in the European banking industry. May 2017; In: Journal of Risk Finance. Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 252-267

Lopatta, Kerstin; Jaeschke, Reemda; Chen, Chen / Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Performance: International Evidence. May 2017; In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 199-209

Buchholz, Frerich; Lopatta, Kerstin / Stakeholder salience of economic investors on professional football clubs in Europe. April 2017; In: European Sport Management Quarterly. Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 506-530

Kaspereit, Thomas; Lopatta, Kerstin; Onnen, Dennis / Shareholder Value Implications of Compliance with the German Corporate Governance Code. March 2017; In: Managerial and Decision Economics. Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 166-177

Lopatta, Kerstin; Tchikov, Magdalena; Jaeschke, Reemda; Lodhia, Sumit / Sustainable Development and Microfinance: The Effect of Outreach and Profitability on Microfinance Institutions' Development Mission. January 2017; In: Sustainable Development. Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 386-399

Lopatta, Kerstin; Jaeschke, Reemda; Canitz, Felix; Kaspereit, Thomas / International Evidence on the Relationship between Insider and Bank Ownership and CSR Performance. January 2017; In: Corporate Governance: An International Review. Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 41-57

LOPATTA, Kerstin; JAESCHKE, Reemda; TCHIKOV, Magdalena; LODHIA, Sumit / Corruption, Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Constraints: International Firm-level Evidence. 2017; In: European Management Review. Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 47-65

Lopatta, Kerstin; Canitz, Felix; Fieberg, Christian / Is there a priced risk factor associated with conservatism?. November 2016; In: Journal of Risk Finance. Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 545-561

Lopatta, K.; Tchikov, M. / Do microfinance institutions fulfil their promise? Evidence from cross-country data. April 2016; In: Applied Economics. Vol. 48, No. 18, pp. 1655-1677

Lopatta, Kerstin; Buchholz, Frerich; Kaspereit, Thomas / Asymmetric Information and Corporate Social Responsibility. March 2016; In: Business and Society. Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 458-488

Kaspereit, Thomas; Lopatta, Kerstin / The value relevance of SAM's corporate sustainability ranking and GRI sustainability reporting in the European stock markets. January 2016; In: Business Ethics. Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 1-24

Kaspereit, Thomas; Lopatta, Kerstin; Zimmermann, Jochen / Does compliance with the German Corporate Governance Code pay off?: An investigation of the implied cost of capital. May 2015; In: Journal of Risk Finance. Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 344-376

Lopatta, Kerstin; Kaspereit, Thomas; Canitz, Felix; Maas, Thorben / Abschlussprüfung und Honorarabh?ngigkeit-Eine empirische Untersuchung der Auswirkungen auf die Unabh?ngigkeit des Abschlussprüfers. 2015; In: Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis. No. 5

Walker, Thomas J.; Lopatta, Kerstin; Kaspereit, Thomas / Corporate sustainability in asset pricing models and mutual funds performance measurement. October 2014; In: Financial Markets and Portfolio Management. Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 363-407

Kraft, Anastasia; Lee, Bong Soo; Lopatta, Kerstin / Management earnings forecasts, insider trading, and information asymmetry. June 2014; In: Journal of Corporate Finance. Vol. 26, pp. 96-123

Lopatta, Kerstin; Kaspereit, Thomas / The World Capital Markets' Perception of Sustainability and the Impact of the Financial Crisis. June 2014; In: Journal of Business Ethics. Vol. 122, No. 3, pp. 475-500

Lopatta, Kerstin; Kaspereit, Thomas / The cross-section of returns, benchmark model parameters, and idiosyncratic volatility of nuclear energy firms after Fukushima Daiichi. January 2014; In: Energy Economics. Vol. 41, pp. 125-136

Lopatta, Kerstin; Jaeschke, Reemda / Sustainability reporting at German and Austrian universities. 2014; In: International Journal of Education Economics and Development. Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 66-90

Kraft, Anastasia; Lopatta, Kerstin / IASB changes on leasing - A study discovering the impact of lease disclosures in the assessment of equity risk. 2013; In: International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation. Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 27-57



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