Faculty & Research

Platikanova, Petya

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at Esade

URL Associate Professor

Investigador, Research Group in Economics and Finance

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, Finance and Management.
Master in Management.

Biography

Petya Platikanova is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at ESADE Business School.

She holds MSc in Political Science Sofia University, Bulgaria, MSc in Economics and Management University Pompeu Fabra, Spain and PhD in Economics and Management Specialization: Financial Accounting; University Pompeu Fabra, Spain.

In the period 1998-2003, Petya was a project manager and leading researcher in numerous projects, financed by USAID, Marshall Fund, Open Society Foundation, Freedom House, National Endowment for Democracy, among others. She was also involved in several legislative reforms, including on the Law on Competition and the Law on Public Procurement. Additionally, she consulted several major banks and multinational companies on their entry in Bulgaria. Petya's research interest is at the intersection of corporate finance and financial accounting.

Her research has been published in the Financial Analysts Journal CFA Publication. Her latest work examines the determinants and implications of cash holdings. For her last research on this topic, she has been awarded with the Best Paper on Stock Markets and Pricing BMEX award on the Finance Forum 2010. Petya serves as a referee for the Financial Analysts Journal, The Financial Review, Journal of Banking and Finance, European Accounting Review and Managerial Finance. She gives classes on Financial statement analysis MBA, MSc in Finance, Executive education.

Selected publications

Platikanova, P. & Soonawalla, K. (E-pub ahead of print). (2023). Shared Auditors in Private Lending. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0148558X231202285.
Mattei, M. M. & Platikanova, P. (2023). Enhancing bank transparency: Financial reporting quality, fraudulent peers and social capital. Accounting and Finance, 63 (3), pp. 3419-3454. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13047.
Platikanova, P. (2023). The Real Effects of Analyst Research Quality: Evidence from the Adoption of the Broker Protocol. Australian Accounting Review, 33 (3), pp. 237-261. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/auar.12397.
Platikanova, P. & Soonawalla, K. (2020). Who monitors opaque borrowers? Debt specialisation, institutional ownership, and information opacity. Accounting and Finance, 60 (2), pp. 1867-1904. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12518.
Mattei, M. M. & Platikanova, P. (2017). Do product market threats affect analyst forecast precision?. Review of Accounting Studies, 22 (4), pp. 1628-1665. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-017-9415-1.
Platikanova, P. (2017). Investor-legislators: Tax holiday for politically connected firms. British Accounting Review, 49 (4), pp. 380-398. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2017.05.003.
Platikanova, P. (2017). Debt Maturity and Tax Avoidance. European Accounting Review, 26 (1), pp. 97-124. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2015.1106329.
Platikanova, P. (2016). S&P 500 index addition, liquidity management and Tobin's Q. Accounting and Finance, 56 (2), pp. 479-508. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12105.
Platikanova, P. & Mattei, M. M. (2016). Firm geographic dispersion and financial analysts' forecasts. Journal of Banking and Finance, 64, pp. 71-89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2015.11.012.
Platikanova, P. & Perramon, J. (2012). Economic consequences of the first-time IFRS introduction in Europe. Revista Espanola de Financiacion y Contabilidad, 41 (156), pp. 497-519. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02102412.2012.10779733.
Colet Petit, E., Fontcuberta Llanes, J., Garcia Gay, R., García Lancha, O., Iglesias, O., Mària Serrano, J., Parada, M., Platikanova, P., Rodón Mòdol, J., Roig Navarro, C., Royo Morón, C., Sayeras Maspera, J., SUÁREZ BARRAZA, M. F., Vinaixa Serra, J., Vives, L., Wareham, J., Alfaro Faus, M., Batllori Lloveras, G., Gimbert Ràfols, X., HERAS FORCADA, M. Á. & Sesé Muniategui, F. (2010). El MBA de ESADE: todos los conocimientos para alcanzar el éxito profesional.
Platikanova, P. (2008). Long-term price effect of S&P 500 addition and earnings quality. Financial Analysts Journal, 64 (5), pp. 62-76. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2469/faj.v64.n5.7.

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