Sebastian Utz

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Sebastian Utz is a scholar working on Finance, Strategy and Management and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastian Utz has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Finance, 22 papers in Strategy and Management and 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Sebastian Utz's work include Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (16 papers), Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (15 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (9 papers). Sebastian Utz is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (16 papers), Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (15 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (9 papers). Sebastian Utz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Sebastian Utz's co-authors include Gregor Dorfleitner, Maximilian Wimmer, Ralph E. Steuer, Florian Kellner, Markus Hirschberger, Robert Ferstl, Yue Qi, Souhir Neifar, Aparna Mehra and Bernhard Zwergel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, European Journal of Operational Research and Journal of Business Ethics.

In The Last Decade

Sebastian Utz

49 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

What you see is not what you get: ESG scores and greenwashing risk

2025 20 citations Sebastian Utz, Gregor Dorfleitner et al. Finance research letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sebastian Utz Germany	21	601	573	533	307	297	53	1.5k
Ivan Diaz‐Rainey New Zealand	18	356 0.6×	623 1.1×	271 0.5×	167 0.5×	148 0.5×	65	1.3k
Zied Ftiti France	26	317 0.5×	2.0k 3.4×	889 1.7×	232 0.8×	587 2.0×	103	2.7k
Emilios Galariotis France	26	181 0.3×	965 1.7×	805 1.5×	328 1.1×	468 1.6×	90	1.7k
Jean‐Laurent Viviani France	13	401 0.7×	405 0.7×	337 0.6×	114 0.4×	330 1.1×	43	1.1k
Eduardo Roca Australia	23	234 0.4×	1.6k 2.8×	964 1.8×	178 0.6×	287 1.0×	111	2.1k
Ramzi Benkraiem France	25	339 0.6×	948 1.7×	337 0.6×	80 0.3×	497 1.7×	93	1.6k
Khaled Guesmi France	33	214 0.4×	2.6k 4.5×	826 1.5×	173 0.6×	257 0.9×	157	3.2k
Moinak Maiti Russia	22	189 0.3×	615 1.1×	305 0.6×	131 0.4×	184 0.6×	82	1.2k
Béchir Ben Lahouel France	18	338 0.6×	830 1.4×	145 0.3×	125 0.4×	155 0.5×	41	1.3k
Theodore Syriopoulos Greece	21	206 0.3×	751 1.3×	531 1.0×	92 0.3×	231 0.8×	51	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Sebastian Utz

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sebastian Utz

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Dorfleitner, Gregor, et al.. (2025). What drives stock market reactions to greenwashing? An event study of European companies. Finance research letters. 86. 108795–108795.

Utz, Sebastian, et al.. (2025). From Diversity to Confusion? The Challenge of Biodiversity Footprint Quantification. Business Strategy and the Environment. 34(5). 5887–5900. 1 indexed citations

Utz, Sebastian, et al.. (2025). What you see is not what you get: ESG scores and greenwashing risk. Finance research letters. 74. 106710–106710. 20 indexed citations breakdown →

Utz, Sebastian & Ralph E. Steuer. (2024). Empirical analysis of the trade-offs among risk, return, and climate risk in multi-criteria portfolio optimization. Annals of Operations Research. 353(1). 53–76. 1 indexed citations

Utz, Sebastian, et al.. (2023). In partnership for the goals? The level of agreement between SDG ratings. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 217. 664–678. 7 indexed citations

Dorfleitner, Gregor & Sebastian Utz. (2023). Green, green, it’s green they say: a conceptual framework for measuring greenwashing on firm level. Review of Managerial Science. 18(12). 3463–3486. 20 indexed citations

Dorfleitner, Gregor, et al.. (2023). Greenness ratings and green bond liquidity. Finance research letters. 55. 103869–103869. 8 indexed citations

Paetzold, Falko, et al.. (2022). Between impact and returns: Private investors and the sustainable development goals. Business Strategy and the Environment. 31(7). 3182–3197. 26 indexed citations

Steuer, Ralph E. & Sebastian Utz. (2022). Non-contour efficient fronts for identifying most preferred portfolios in sustainability investing. European Journal of Operational Research. 306(2). 742–753. 32 indexed citations

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Utz, Sebastian, et al.. (2021). Risk Mitigation of Corporate Social Performance in US Class Action Lawsuits. Financial Analysts Journal. 77(2). 43–65. 31 indexed citations

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Kellner, Florian, et al.. (2021). A multi‐criteria decision‐making approach for assembling optimal powertrain technology portfolios in low GHG emission environments. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 25(6). 1412–1429. 4 indexed citations

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Schaltegger, Stefan, et al.. (2021). Active First Movers vs. Late Free-Riders? An Empirical Analysis of UN PRI Signatories’ Commitment. Journal of Business Ethics. 182(3). 747–781. 38 indexed citations

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Utz, Sebastian, et al.. (2021). Values-Based and Global Systemically Important Banks: Their Stability and the Impact of Regulatory Changes After the Financial Crisis on it. Asia-Pacific Financial Markets. 29(1). 5–32. 6 indexed citations

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Utz, Sebastian, et al.. (2021). Short-term stock price reversals after extreme downward price movements. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 81. 123–133.

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Utz, Sebastian, et al.. (2020). Factor exposures and diversification: Are sustainably screened portfolios any different?. Financial markets and portfolio management. 34(3). 221–249. 16 indexed citations

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Dorfleitner, Gregor, et al.. (2019). The Impact of Corporate Social and Environment Performance on Credit Rating Prediction: North America versus Europe. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Neifar, Souhir & Sebastian Utz. (2019). The effect of earnings management and tax aggressiveness on shareholder wealth and stock price crash risk of German companies. Journal of Applied Accounting Research. 20(1). 94–119. 30 indexed citations

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Dorfleitner, Gregor, Sebastian Utz, & Maximilian Wimmer. (2017). Patience pays off – corporate social responsibility and long-term stock returns. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment. 8(2). 132–157. 44 indexed citations

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Dorfleitner, Gregor, Sebastian Utz, & Maximilian Wimmer. (2014). Patience Pays Off - Financial Long-Term Benefits of Sustainable Management Decisions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Utz, Sebastian, et al.. (2011). Operation of multi-phase converters with coupled inductors at reduced numbers of phases. European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications. 1–10. 5 indexed citations

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