Articles in Refereed Journals (International)

forthcoming

• Abernethy, Margaret A.; Bouwens, Jan; Hofmann, Christian; van Lent, Laurence (forthcoming)
  Altruism, Social Norms, and Incentive Contract Design
• Hofmann, Christian; Huddart, Steve; Pfeiffer, Thomas (forthcoming)
  An Analysis of Net-outcome Contracting with Applications to Equity-based Compensation
• Hofmann, Christian; Zacherl, Rafael (forthcoming)
  Greenwashing and CEO Integrity
• Ho, Hoa; Hofmann, Christian; Schwaiger, Nina (forthcoming)
  The Covid-19 Pandemic and Management Controls

2023

• Flassak, Konstantin; Haag, Julia; Hofmann, Christian ; Lechner, Christopher; Schwaiger, Nina; Zacherl, Rafael (2023)
  Working from home and management controls
  Published by: Journal of Business Economics, 93 (1-2) 2023, 193-228 .

2022

• Abernethy, Margaret A.; Hofmann, Christian; Hung, Chung-Yu; Lent, Laurence van (2022)
  Benefits of Independent Agents’ Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Loan Market
  Published by: Journal of Management Accounting Research, 34 (3) 2022, 141-160.
• Christensen, Peter O. ; Feltham, Gerald A.; Hofmann, Christian; Sabac, Florin (2022)
  Timeliness, Accuracy, and Relevance in Dynamic Incentive Contracts
  Published by: Foundations and Trends in Accounting, 17 (1) 2022, 1-76.

2021

• Hofmann, Christian; Indjejikian, Raffi (2021)
  Authority, Monitoring, and Incentives in Hierarchies
  Published by: Contemporary Accounting Research, 38 (3) 2021, 1643-1678.

2020

• Bormann, Sara; Claassen, Debbie; Hofmann, Christian ; Schwaiger, Nina (2020)
  Conservative Traits and Managerial Forecasting Style
• Hofmann, Christian ; Schwaiger, Nina (2020)
  Religion, Crime, and Financial Reporting
  Published by: Journal of Business Economics, 90(5): 879-916.

2019

• Hofmann, Christian ; Rothenberg, Naomi R. (2019)
  Forecast Accuracy and Consistent Preferences for the Timing of Information Arrival
  Published by: Contemporary Accounting Research, 36 (4) 2019, 2207-2237.

2018

• Hofmann, Christian ; Indjejikian, Raffi J. (2018)
  Authority and Accountability in Hierarchies
  Published by: Foundations and Trends in Accounting, 12 (4) 2018, 298-403.
• Dikolli, Shane S.; Diser, Viktoria; Hofmann, Christian ; Pfeiffer, Thomas (2018)
  CEO Power and Relative Performance Evaluation
  Published by: Contemporary Accounting Research, 35 (3) 2018, 1279-1296.
• Diser, Viktoria; Hofmann, Christian (2018)
  Hedging and Accounting-based RPE Contracts for Powerful CEOs
  Published by: Journal of Business Economics, 88 (7/8) 2018, 941-970.
• Bouwens, Jan; Hofmann, Christian ; van Lent, Laurence (2018)
  Performance Measures and Intra-Firm Spillovers: Theory and Evidence
  Published by: Journal of Management Accounting Research, 30 (3) 2018, 117-144.

2016

• Feltham, Gerald A.; Hofmann, Christian; Indjejikian, Raffi J. (2016)
  Performance Aggregation and Decentralized Contracting
  Published by: The Accounting Review, 91 (1) 2016, 99-117.

2015

• Hofmann, Christian; van Lent, Laurence (2015)
  Organizational Design and Control Choices
  Published by: Oxford Handbooks Online, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935406.013.10 .

2014

• Arnegger, Martin; Hofmann, Christian; Pull, Kerstin; Vetter, Karin (2014)
  Firm Size and Board Diversity
  Published by: Journal of Management and Governance, 18 (4) 2014, 1109-1135.
• Schreck, Philipp (2014)
  Honesty in Managerial Reporting: How Competition and Rivalry Affect Economic Benefits and Moral Costs of Lying
  Published by: Critical Perspectives on Accounting
• Rohlfing, Anna (2014)
  Optimal Distribution of Earnings between Partners in Familiy Firm Contracting
  Published by: Schmalenbach Business Review (sbr)

2013

• Hofmann, Christian; Rothenberg, Naomi R. (2013)
  Interim Performance Measures and Private Information
  Published by: The Accounting Review, 88 (5) 2013, 1683-1714.
• Donaldson, T.; Schreck, Philipp; van Aaken, Dominik (2013)
  Positive Economics and the Normativistic Fallacy: Bridging the Two Sides of CSR
  Published by: Business Ethics Quarterly, 23. Jg., Nr. 2, S. 297-330.
• Dikolli, Shane S.; Hofmann, Christian; Pfeiffer, Thomas (2013)
  Relative Performance Evaluation and Peer- Performance Summarization Errors
  Published by: Review of Accounting Studies, 18 (1), 2013, 34-65.
• Seidl, D.; Splitter, V.; van Aaken, Dominik (2013)
  Why do corporate actors engage in prosocial activities? A Bourdieusian perspective on CSR
  Published by: Organization, 20. Jg., Nr. 3, S. 349-371.

2012

• Heinle, Mirko; Hofmann, Christian; Kunz, Alexis (2012)
  Identity, Incentives, and the Value of Information
  Published by: The Accounting Review, 87 (4) 2012, 1309-1334.
• Feltham, Gerald A.; Hofmann, Christian (2012)
  Information Suppression in Multi-Agent Contracting
  Published by: Review of Accounting Studies, 17 (2) 2012, 254-278.
• Brunner, Markus (2012)
  Social Comparison, Group Composition, and Incentive Provision
  Published by: International Journal of Game Theory, Vol. 41 (3) 2012, S. 565-602.

2011

• Schreck, Philipp (2011)
  Reviewing the Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility: New Evidence and Analysis
  Published by: Journal of Business Ethics, 103. Jg., Nr. 2, S. 167-188.
• Heinle, Mirko; Hofmann, Christian (2011)
  Soft Information and the Stewardship Value of Accounting Disclosure
  Published by: OR Spectrum, 33 (2) 2011, 333-358.

2009

• Dikolli, Shane S.; Hofmann, Christian; Kulp, Susan S. (2009)
  Interrelated Performance Measures, Interactive Effort, and Incentive Weights
  Published by: Journal of Management Accounting Research , 21 (1) 2009, 125-149.
• Asseburg, Holger; Hofmann, Christian (2009)
  Relative Performance Evaluation and Contract Externalities
  Published by: OR Spectrum, 32 (1) 2009, 1-20.

2008

• Hofmann, Christian (2008)
  Earnings Management and Measurement Error
  Published by: Business Research, 1 (2) 2008, 149-163.

2007

• Feltham, Gerald A.; Hofmann, Christian (2007)
  Limited Commitment in Multi-agent Contracting
  Published by: Contemporary Accounting Research, 24 (2) 2007, 345-375.

2005

• Hofmann, Christian; Orr, Stuart (2005)
  Advanced Manufacturing Technology Adoption - The German Experience
  Published by: The International Journal of Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship , 25 (7) 2005, 711-724.

2004

• Burghof, Hans-Peter; Hofmann, Christian (2004)
  Disclosure of Board Remuneration in large European Banks
  Published by: Corporate Ownership & Control , 1 (2) 2004, 122-136 .

2003

• Hofmann, Christian (2003)
  Using different Budgeting Procedures to Coordinate Principal/Agent-Relationships
  Published by: Schmalenbach Business Review, 55 (1) 2003, 22-45.

2000

• Hofmann, Christian (2000)
  Supplier's Pricing Policy in a Just-in-Time Environment
  Published by: Computers & Operations Research , 27 (14) 2000, 1357-1373.

1998

• Hofmann, Christian (1998)
  Investments in Modern Production Technology and the Cash Flow-Oriented EPQ-Model
  Published by: International Journal of Production Economics, 54 (2) 1998, 193-206.

1997

• Hofmann, Christian (1997)
  Comments on the "Joint Vendor-Buyer Policy in JIT Manufacturing"
  Published by: Journal of the Operational Research Society , 48 (5) 1997, 546-547.