Professor Lynn Hodgkinson
Professor in Accounting & Finance
Additional Contact Information
My email address is l.hodgkinson@bangor.ac.uk
My telephone number is 01248 382162
My room is A.3.03 in the Management Centre
Teaching and Supervision
I teach the postgraduate module International, Financial Management and the undergraduate module, Principles of Management Accounting.
Research Interests
My current research interests include:
behavioural finance and accounting disclosures;
credit ratings and debtholder/stockholder conflict;
Say on Pay and performance conditions; and
ex-dividend share price reaction and the value of dividends.
Publications
2025
- E-pub ahead of printA green light to executive pay: Institutional monitors and pay sensitivity to carbon performance
 Hemmings, D., Hodgkinson, L. & Williams, G., 24 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Management. 22 p.
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
- PublishedInteraction and Decomposition of Gender Difference in Financial Risk Perception
 Zhu, D., Hodgkinson, L. & Wang, Q., Jun 2021, In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance. 30, 100464.
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- PublishedVoluntary appointment of independent directors: evidence from Taiwan
 Kao, M. F., Hodgkinson, L. & Jaafar, A., 8 Oct 2021, In: Corporate Governance. 21, 7, p. 1318-1336
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- PublishedIt’s OK to pay well, if you write well: The effects of remuneration disclosure readability
 Hemmings, D., Hodgkinson, L. & Williams, G., May 2020, In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 47, 5-6, p. 547-586
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
- PublishedOwnership Structure, Board of Directors and Firm Performance: Evidence from Taiwan
 Kao, M. F., Hodgkinson, L. & Jaafar, A., 2019, In: Corporate Governance. 19, 1, p. 189-216
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
- PublishedAcademic performance and financial forecasting performance:A survey study
 Zhu, D., Hodgkinson, L. & Wang, Q., 10 Dec 2018, In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance. 20, p. 45-51
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- PublishedEarnings management and managerial ownership in private firms.
 O'Callaghan, S., Ashton, J. & Hodgkinson, L., 2018, In: Journal of Applied Accounting Research. 19, 4, p. 648-668
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- PublishedHeterogeneous effects of the SEC's Securities Offering Reform
 Hemmings, D., Hodgkinson, L. & Wang, Q., 30 Sept 2018, In: Economics Letters. 170, p. 131-135
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
- PublishedCEO pay in UK FTSE 100: pay inequality, board size and performance
 Forbes, W. P., Pogue, M. & Hodgkinson, L., Jun 2016, In: European Journal of Finance. 22, 8-9, p. 712-731
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- PublishedIs an investing institution one shareholder or a collection of separate funds?
 Armitage, S., Haig, A. & Hodgkinson, L., 4 Feb 2016, In: Corporate Governance: An International Review.
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
- PublishedCorporate Governance in the United Kingdom: Past, Present and Future
 Forbes, W. & Hodgkinson, L., 12 Dec 2014, 2015 edition ed. UK: Palgrave. 81 p.
 Research output: Book/Report › Book
2013
- PublishedCapital gains tax, managed funds and the value of dividends: The case of New Zealand
 Hodgkinson, L. & Partington, G., 1 Dec 2013, In: British Accounting Review. 45, 4, p. 271-283
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- PublishedShort selling and stock returns: Evidence from the UK
 Mohamad, A., Jaafar, A., Hodgkinson, L. & Wells, J., 1 Jun 2013, In: British Accounting Review. 45, 2, p. 125-137
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2012
- PublishedAre there arbitrage gaps in the UK gilt strips market?
 Armitage, S., Chakravarty, S. P., Hodgkinson, L. & Wells, H. J., 1 Nov 2012, In: Journal of Banking and Finance. 36, 11, p. 3080-3089
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2009
- PublishedExecutive Share Option Backdating in the UK: Empirical Evidence.
 Wells, H. J., Merkl-Davies, D., Hodgkinson, L. & Wells, J., 1 Jan 2009.
 Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- PublishedExecutive Share Option Backdating in the UK: Empirical Evidence.
 Wells, H. J., Merkl-Davies, D. M., Merkl-Davies, D., Hodgkinson, L. & Wells, J., 1 Jan 2009.
 Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- PublishedRoyal Bank of Scotland Fiasco: Exit, Voice or Loyalty?
 Chakravarty, S. P. & Hodgkinson, L., 1 Jan 2009.
 Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- PublishedThe effect of management control system on hotel environmental performance.
 Jamil, C. Z., Hodgkinson, L. & Thomas Lane, E., 1 Jan 2009, In: International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. 5, 5, p. 49-70
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- PublishedThe ex-interest behaviour of UK gilt prices.
 Hodgkinson, L. & Wells, H. J., 1 Nov 2009, In: Applied Financial Economics. 19, 21, p. 1753-1760
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2008
- PublishedThe motivation for takeovers in the UK.
 Hodgkinson, L. & Partington, G. H., 1 Jan 2008, In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 35, 1-2, p. 102-126
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2006
- PublishedCapital structure in developing countries and the case of Libyan companies.
 Hodgkinson, L., Buferna, F. & Bangassa, K., 1 Jan 2006, Third International Conference on Accounting and Finance in Transition. 2006 ed. Greenwich University Press
 Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
- PublishedDividend valuation, trading and transactions costs: the 1997 partial abolition of dividend tax credit repayments.
 Hodgkinson, L., Holland, K. & Jackson, R., 1 Jan 2006, In: Accounting and Business Research. 36, 4, p. 253-270
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- PublishedThe market value of UK dividends from shares with differing entitlements.
 Armitage, S., Hodgkinson, L. & Partington, G., 1 Jan 2006, In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 33, 1&2, p. 220-244
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2004
- PublishedShareholders and Corprate Elections.
 Chakravarty, S. P., Goddard, J. A. & Hodgkinson, L., 1 Jan 2004, In: Journal of Management and Governance. 8, 2, p. 187-197
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2003
- PublishedAn examination of the information role of the yield spread and stock returns for predicting future GDP.
 Li, N., Ayling, D. E. & Hodgkinson, L., 1 Aug 2003, In: Applied Financial Economics. 13, 8, p. 593-597
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2002
- PublishedTax costs and signalling benefits: the impact of surplus ACT.
 Hodgkinson, L., 1 Apr 2002, In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 29, 3&4, p. 411-428
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2001
- PublishedAnalysts forecasts and agency problems.
 Hodgkinson, L., 1 Sept 2001, In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. 28, 7&8, p. 943-961
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- PublishedEx-Day Price Behaviour, Market Microstructure and Settlement Costs.
 Asimakopoulos, I. & Hodgkinson, L., 1 Dec 2001, In: British Accounting Review. 33, 4, p. 491-505
 Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
2023
- BU-IIA Funded Project: Understanding the Welsh Tax BaseThis project is aimed at establishing our group as a key centre of expertise for all those wishing to understand the context of taxation in Wales. Our vision is to leverage our research to enhance tax policy debates and inform public discourse, both in the run up to the 2026 Senedd elections and in relation to ongoing questions over Wales’s constitutional future. Funding awarded through the Bangor University Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £30,183 1 Aug 2023 – 31 Jul 2024 Activity: Other (Contributor)
- A ‘green light’ for executive pay? Shareholder monitoring and pay-for-carbon-performanceInvited presentation 19 Jan 2023 Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
Projects
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Opportunistic Managerial Behaviour in Response to Share Option Compensation in the UK 01/11/2008 – 21/07/2010 (Finished) Links: 
