Faculty - Petya Platikanova

Petya Platikanova
Assistant Professor in the Department of Financial Management and Control



Av.Pedralbes, 60-62 E-08034 Barcelona

petya.platikanova@esade.edu
Phone: +34 932 806 162 Ext. 2210
Fax: +34 932 048 105

Academic training

Phd degree i Economics, Finances and Management. Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Master in Management. Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Interest Areas

Financial statement analysis
Stock market efficiency
Accounting disclosure
Cash holdings

Biography

Petya Platikanova is Assistant Professor in the Department of Financial Management and Control at ESADE Business School. She holds MSc in Political Sceince (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).

Teaching experience

Teaching activity at ESADE

Writing a Master Thesis, Master in International Management
Financial Analysis and Reporting, Master in Finance
Managerial Finance and Cost Accounting, Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Business Analysis to Valuation, Full Time MBA

Investigation

Specialised publications

Reviewed publications

Platikanova, P. (In preparation). S&P index additions and cash holding decisions.
Platikanova, P. (2005). El análisis económico-financiero: estado del arte. Revista de Contabilidad y Dirección, (2), 95-120.
Platikanova, P. (2011). ¿Qué valor tienen las reservas de efectivo en tiempos de crisis?. Harvard Deusto Finanzas & Contabilidad, (99), 4-16.
Platikanova, P. (2008). Long-term price effect of S&P 500 addition and earnings quality. Financial Analysts Journal, 64(5), 62-76.
Moya, S. & Platikanova, P. (2007). State of the art. Revista de Contabilidad y Dirección, (4), 113-134.

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Other scientific / technical papers

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Monographs

Platikanova, P.. (2000). Legal and Regulatory Reform. Impacts on Private Sector Growth.
Platikanova, P.. (2000). Administrative Barriers to Business Activities, Sofia.

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Conference proceedings (reviewed & published)

Platikanova, P. (2007). AFAANZ Annual Meeting. Wellington (New Zealand).
Platikanova, P. Management discretion and cash proceeds from asset sales. European Accounting Association. Rome.
Platikanova, P. Management discretion and value of cash proceeds from asset sale. European conference of the Financial Management Association. Porto.
Platikanova, P. (2010). European Accounting Association Annual Meeting. Istanbul (Turkey).
Platikanova, P. (2009). ESADE Finance seminar. Barcelona (Spain).
Platikanova, P. (2007). European Conference of Financial Management Association (FMA). Barcelona (Spain).
Platikanova, P. (2005). European School for New Institutional Economics. Corsica (France).
Platikanova, P. (2010). S&P 500 index additions and cash holding decisions. Financial Management Association European Meeting. Hamburg (Germany).
Platikanova, P. (2008). 20th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issue. Paris (France).
Platikanova, P. (2008). Foro de Finanzas. Barcelona (Spain).
Platikanova, P. (2002). Ronald Coase Workshop on Institutional Analysis. Boston (US).
Platikanova, P. (2010). Economic consequences from the IFRS introduction in Europe. Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting 2010. Miami (US).
Platikanova, P. (2006). European Conference of Financial Management Association (FMA). Stockholm (Sweden).
Platikanova, P. (2010). S&P 500 index additions and cash holding decisions. XVIII Foro Finanzas. Elche (Spain).
Platikanova, P. (2010). British Accounting Association Annual Meeting. Cardiff (UK).
Platikanova, P. (2009). Foro Finanzas. Madrid (Spain).
Platikanova, P. (2008). American Finance Association Annual Meeting. Chicago (US).
Platikanova, P. (2007). Finance workshop UPF. Barcelona (Spain).
Platikanova, P. Management discretion and cash proceeds from asset sales. British accounting association meeting. Birmingham, UK.
Platikanova, P. Strategic cash, IRS scrutiny and tax avoidance. Workshop. Current issues in tax accounting. Muenster, Germany.

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Cases and notes

Platikanova, P. (01/2011).Carrere Group in the air.

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Published books and chapters

Published books

Batllori, G.; Sayeras Maspera, J.; Fontcuberta Llanes, J.; Platikanova, P. ; Arenas, D.; Alfaro, M. & et al. (2010). El MBA de ESADE: todos los conocimientos para alcanzar el éxito profesional. Barcelona: Planeta. [ISBN: 978-84-08-09449-4].

Book chapters

Platikanova, P. (2006). Catalunya Nord: Economic review of the region and financial analysis of local enterprises. The white book of the enterprises in EURAM (pp. 1-23).
Platikanova, P. (2006). Andorra: Analysis of the economy: A case study of the banking sector. The white book of the enterprises in EURAM (pp. 67-90).
Platikanova, P. ; Bodganov, L. & Angelov, G. (2003). State policies in the field of disability or About policies and people. In M. Dyankov, S. Blazheva & N. Milenkhov (Ed.). Disability - A deficit or a survival means: Disability rights in Bulgaria: A survey 2002: [The disability rights in Bulgaria Review 2002] (pp. 47-69). Sofia (Bulgaria): Centre for Independent Living.[ISBN: 954-9918-23-8]
Stanchev, K. & Platikanova, P. (2003). Balkan constitution making: Is there a peculiarity and what is to be expected?. The inflexibilityt trap: Frustrated societies, weak states and democracy: The state of democracy in the Southeast Europe (pp. 61-93). Sofia (Bulgaria): Centre for Liberal Strategies.[ISBN: 954-9671-06-2]
Platikanova, P. (2010). Contabilidad. In Gloria Batllori (Ed.). El MBA de ESADE: todos los conocimientos para alcanzar el éxito profesional (pp. 103-135). Barcelona: Planeta.[ISBN: 978-84-08-09449-4]

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Working papers

Platikanova, P. Market liquidity effects of the IFRS introduction in Europe. SSRN working paper series (1005364). Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Platikanova, P. & Nobes, C. Was the introduction of IFRS in Europe value-relevant?. SSRN working paper series (949160). Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Platikanova, P. The strategic use of corporate cash holdings by tax avoiders. SSRN working paper series (1881445). Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Platikanova, P. f. - (-). ESADE
Platikanova, P. Value of cash proceeds from asset sales. Under review in a referee journal (2010). ESADE Business School
Platikanova, P. U.S.-Canada accounting differences and their effect on stock pricing models. (2008). Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Platikanova, P. S&P 500 Index addition and cash holdings decisions. Working Paper Series (1567474). Social Science Research Network
Platikanova, P. - (-). ESADE
Platikanova, P. Geographic proximy and tax avoidance..
Amat Salas, O.; Elvira, O. & Platikanova, P. Earnings management and audit adjustments: An empirical study of IBEX 35 constituents. Working paper (1129). Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)

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External activity and representation

Participation in committees for accreditation assessment and doctoral theses

Participate incommittee

Evaluador (referee) de revista científica (academic journal)
Management Finance.
Evaluador (referee) de revista científica (academic journal)
Financial analysts journal.
Evaluador (referee) de revista científica (academic journal)
Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Banking and Finance, European Accounting Review.
Evaluador (referee) de revista científica (academic journal)
Financial Analysts Journal.

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Participation in conferences, congresses, semanay and workshops

Inivited Seminar- University of Neuchatel. Neuchatel, Swizerland, 05/2010
GREF, IESE/ESADE. Barcelona,
European Accounting Association Annual Meeting. Istanbul, Turkey, 05/2010
Foro de Finanzas. Madrid, Spain, 11/2009
European FMA conference. Hamburg, Germany, 06/2010
British Accounting Association Annual Meeting. Cardiff, UK, 03/2010
Eastern Finance Association Meeting. Miami, UK, 04/2010
Invited seminar, Stockholm School of Economics. Stockholm, Sweden, 01/2010

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