Ahmed Tahoun

4.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
37 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Ahmed Tahoun is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Ahmed Tahoun has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Accounting, 16 papers in Finance and 15 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Ahmed Tahoun's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (17 papers), Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (12 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (11 papers). Ahmed Tahoun is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (17 papers), Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (12 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (11 papers). Ahmed Tahoun collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Ahmed Tahoun's co-authors include Tarek A. Hassan, Laurence van Lent, Stephan Hollander, Clare Wang, Luzi Hail, Daron Acemoğlu, Michael J. Jung, James P. Naughton, Martin Walker and Thomas Schleicher and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Ahmed Tahoun

37 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Firm-Level Political Risk: Measurement and Effects*

2019 732 citations Tarek A. Hassan, Stephan Hollander et al. The Quarterly Journal of Economics profile →
Do Firms Strategically Disseminate? Evidence from Corporate Use of Social Media

2017 246 citations Michael J. Jung, James P. Naughton et al. The Accounting Review profile →
The Power of the Street: Evidence from Egypt’s Arab Spring

2017 183 citations Daron Acemoğlu, Tarek A. Hassan et al. Review of Financial Studies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ahmed Tahoun United Kingdom	17	1.2k	853	697	524	335	37	2.1k
Dan Li United States	26	1.3k 1.1×	872 1.0×	911 1.3×	1.1k 2.1×	133 0.4×	107	2.6k
Jordan I. Siegel United States	20	1.5k 1.3×	963 1.1×	536 0.8×	495 0.9×	360 1.1×	41	2.4k
Denis Sosyura United States	16	1.7k 1.4×	605 0.7×	722 1.0×	1.3k 2.6×	238 0.7×	32	2.4k
Agyenim Boateng United Kingdom	30	1.9k 1.6×	1.4k 1.6×	918 1.3×	495 0.9×	205 0.6×	95	3.0k
Umit G. Gurun United States	21	1000 0.8×	291 0.3×	817 1.2×	925 1.8×	204 0.6×	74	1.8k
Paul M. Vaaler United States	22	449 0.4×	741 0.9×	470 0.7×	298 0.6×	360 1.1×	65	1.5k
Stephan Hollander Netherlands	11	819 0.7×	463 0.5×	646 0.9×	554 1.1×	98 0.3×	22	1.5k
Kimberly C. Gleason United States	23	1.1k 1.0×	587 0.7×	636 0.9×	640 1.2×	171 0.5×	123	2.0k
Tracy Yue Wang United States	20	2.2k 1.8×	801 0.9×	843 1.2×	846 1.6×	249 0.7×	42	2.8k
Lily H. Fang France	16	2.0k 1.6×	580 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	1.7k 3.2×	279 0.8×	38	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ahmed Tahoun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ahmed Tahoun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ahmed Tahoun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ahmed Tahoun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ahmed Tahoun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ahmed Tahoun. Ahmed Tahoun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Bloom, Nicholas, et al.. (2025). The Diffusion of New Technologies. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 140(2). 1299–1365. 7 indexed citations

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Hassan, Tarek A., Stephan Hollander, Laurence van Lent, & Ahmed Tahoun. (2023). The Global Impact of Brexit Uncertainty. The Journal of Finance. 79(1). 413–458. 38 indexed citations

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Hassan, Tarek A., Stephan Hollander, Laurence van Lent, Markus Schwedeler, & Ahmed Tahoun. (2023). Firm-Level Exposure to Epidemic Diseases: COVID-19, SARS, and H1N1. Review of Financial Studies. 36(12). 4919–4964. 53 indexed citations

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Nikolaev, Valeri V., et al.. (2023). Firm-level political risk and credit markets. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 77(2-3). 101642–101642. 28 indexed citations

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Nikolaev, Valeri V., et al.. (2022). Firm-level political risk and credit markets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 14 indexed citations

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Bloom, Nicholas, et al.. (2021). The Diffusion of Disruptive Technologies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Lent, Laurence van, et al.. (2019). Is Firm-Level Political Exposure Priced?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Hail, Luzi, Ahmed Tahoun, & Clare Wang. (2018). Corporate Scandals and Regulation. Journal of Accounting Research. 56(2). 617–671. 72 indexed citations

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Tahoun, Ahmed & Laurence van Lent. (2018). The Personal Wealth Interests of Politicians and Government Intervention in the Economy. European Finance Review. 23(1). 37–74. 36 indexed citations

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Acemoğlu, Daron, Tarek A. Hassan, & Ahmed Tahoun. (2017). The Power of the Street: Evidence from Egypt’s Arab Spring. Review of Financial Studies. 31(1). 1–42. 183 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tahoun, Ahmed. (2017). THE BEST DEMOCRACY MONEY CAN BUY?. 28(3). 32–35. 2 indexed citations

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Jung, Michael J., James P. Naughton, Ahmed Tahoun, & Clare Wang. (2017). Do Firms Strategically Disseminate? Evidence from Corporate Use of Social Media. The Accounting Review. 93(4). 225–252. 246 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hail, Luzi, Ahmed Tahoun, & Clare Wang. (2017). Corporate Scandals and Regulation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Tahoun, Ahmed & Florin P. Vasvari. (2016). Political Lending. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Acemoğlu, Daron, Tarek A. Hassan, & Ahmed Tahoun. (2014). The Power of the Street: Evidence from Egypt's Arab Spring. SSRN Electronic Journal. 27 indexed citations

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Inchausti, Begoña Giner, Ahmed Tahoun, & Martin Walker. (2013). The influence of conditional conservatism on ownership dispersion: An international analysis. Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting / Revista Española de Financiación y Contabilidad. 42(159). 289–309. 3 indexed citations

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Hail, Luzi, Ahmed Tahoun, & Clare Wang. (2013). Dividend Payouts and Information Shocks. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Tahoun, Ahmed. (2013). The role of stock ownership by US members of Congress on the market for political favors. Journal of Financial Economics. 111(1). 86–110. 200 indexed citations

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Schleicher, Thomas, Ahmed Tahoun, & Martin Walker. (2010). IFRS adoption in Europe and investment-cash flow sensitivity: Outsider versus insider economies. The International Journal of Accounting. 45(2). 143–168. 76 indexed citations

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Inchausti, Begoña Giner, Ahmed Tahoun, & Martin Walker. (2009). Do Cross-Country Differences in Accounting Conservatism Explain Variations in the Degree of Investor Diversification?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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