Standout Papers

Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure 1976 2026 1992 2009 41.4k
  1. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure (1976)
    Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling Journal of Financial Economics
  2. Separation of Ownership and Control (1983)
    Eugene F. Fama, Michael C. Jensen The Journal of Law and Economics
  3. Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers (1986)
    Michael C. Jensen American Economic Review
  4. The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems (1993)
    Michael C. Jensen The Journal of Finance
  5. Agency Problems and Residual Claims (1983)
    Eugene F. Fama, Michael C. Jensen The Journal of Law and Economics
  6. The market for corporate control (1983)
    Michael C. Jensen, Richard S. Ruback Journal of Financial Economics
  7. THE PERFORMANCE OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN THE PERIOD 1945–1964 (1968)
    Michael C. Jensen The Journal of Finance
  8. Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure (1998)
    Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling SSRN Electronic Journal
  9. The Adjustment of Stock Prices to New Information (1969)
    Eugene F. Fama, Lawrence Fisher et al. International Economic Review
  10. The Adjustment of Stock Prices to New Information (2003)
    Eugene F. Fama, Lawrence Fisher et al. SSRN Electronic Journal
  11. Value Maximisation, Stakeholder Theory, and the Corporate Objective Function (2001)
    Michael C. Jensen European Financial Management
  12. Agency Cost Of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers (1999)
    Michael C. Jensen SSRN Electronic Journal
  13. Value Maximization, Stakeholder Theory, and the Corporate Objective Function (2002)
    Michael C. Jensen Business Ethics Quarterly
  14. Compensation and Incentives: Practice vs. Theory (1988)
    George P. Baker, Michael C. Jensen et al. The Journal of Finance
  15. VALUE MAXIMIZATION, STAKEHOLDER THEORY, AND THE CORPORATE OBJECTIVE FUNCTION (2001)
    Michael C. Jensen Journal of applied corporate finance
  16. Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems (1999)
    Michael C. Jensen SSRN Electronic Journal
  17. The Performance of Mutual Funds in the Period 1945-1964 (1968)
    Michael C. Jensen The Journal of Finance
  18. The Modern Industrial Revolution, Exit, and the Failure of Internal Control Systems (1993)
    Michael C. Jensen The Journal of Finance
  19. Eclipse of the Public Corporation (1999)
    Michael C. Jensen SSRN Electronic Journal
  20. Separation of Ownership and Control (1998)
    Eugene F. Fama, Michael C. Jensen SSRN Electronic Journal
  21. Takeovers: Their Causes and Consequences (1988)
    Michael C. Jensen The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  22. Some anomalous evidence regarding market efficiency (1978)
    Michael C. Jensen Journal of Financial Economics
  23. Studies in the Theory of Capital Markets. (1973)
    Robert C. Merton, Michael C. Jensen Journal of money credit and banking
  24. SPECIFIC AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE (1995)
    Michael C. Jensen et al. Journal of applied corporate finance
  25. Risk, The Pricing of Capital Assets, and The Evaluation of Investment Portfolios (1969)
    Michael C. Jensen The Journal of Business
  26. Rights and Production Functions: An Application to Labor-Managed Firms and Codetermination (1979)
    Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling The Journal of Business
  27. Studies in the Theory of Capital Markets. (1973)
    James L. Bicksler, Michael C. Jensen Journal of the American Statistical Association

Immediate Impact

128 by Nobel laureates 2 from Science/Nature 402 standout
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Works of Michael C. Jensen being referenced

Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers
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Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael C. Jensen 84289 41077 33039 216 110.9k
Andrei Shleifer 88629 28574 53107 255 135.0k
Robert W. Vishny 61710 20864 31146 78 80.8k
Eugene F. Fama 85178 33513 108214 194 160.6k
William H. Meckling 35052 18195 11447 36 45.8k
Rafael La Porta 44688 13875 20554 61 61.8k
Donald C. Hambrick 24204 24691 3011 157 52.7k
Oliver E. Williamson 10988 21600 3424 149 47.0k
Florencio López‐de‐Silanes 36626 11371 15448 59 47.3k
Luigi Zingales 29642 9547 15438 184 46.5k
Joseph E. Stiglitz 15836 7423 19779 674 68.7k

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