Alastair Lawrence

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Alastair Lawrence is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Alastair Lawrence has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Accounting, 19 papers in Finance and 5 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Alastair Lawrence's work include Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (27 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (19 papers) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (18 papers). Alastair Lawrence is often cited by papers focused on Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (27 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (19 papers) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (18 papers). Alastair Lawrence collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Alastair Lawrence's co-authors include Miguel Minutti‐Meza, Ping Zhang, James Ryans, Richard G. Sloan, Patricia Dechow, Estelle Sun, Yuan Sun, Dushyantkumar Vyas, Nikolay Laptev and Barry Down and has published in prestigious journals such as Management Science, Journal of Accounting and Economics and The Accounting Review.

In The Last Decade

Alastair Lawrence

34 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.

  1. Can Big 4 versus Non-Big 4 Differences in Audit-Quality Proxies Be Attributed to Client Characteristics?
    2010 798 citations Alastair Lawrence, Miguel Minutti‐Meza et al. The Accounting Review profile →
  2. Individual investors and financial disclosure
    2013 410 citations Alastair Lawrence Journal of Accounting and Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alastair Lawrence United States 17 1.9k 731 669 218 192 36 2.1k
Miguel Minutti‐Meza United States 17 2.1k 1.1× 560 0.8× 749 1.1× 294 1.3× 268 1.4× 42 2.4k
Chan Li United States 22 2.5k 1.3× 565 0.8× 929 1.4× 266 1.2× 476 2.5× 61 2.8k
Kevin C. W. Chen Hong Kong 20 2.0k 1.1× 689 0.9× 781 1.2× 250 1.1× 82 0.4× 36 2.2k
Chansog Kim United States 17 1.6k 0.8× 769 1.1× 694 1.0× 310 1.4× 103 0.5× 41 1.9k
Jong‐Hag Choi South Korea 22 2.9k 1.5× 772 1.1× 1.2k 1.9× 241 1.1× 242 1.3× 82 3.1k
Ian D. Gow United States 14 2.3k 1.2× 959 1.3× 927 1.4× 349 1.6× 187 1.0× 40 2.6k
Raynolde Pereira United States 24 2.5k 1.3× 842 1.2× 1.1k 1.6× 353 1.6× 146 0.8× 47 2.7k
Steven Balsam United States 26 2.5k 1.3× 746 1.0× 1.1k 1.7× 239 1.1× 216 1.1× 65 2.7k
Jayanthi Krishnan United States 19 2.4k 1.2× 485 0.7× 908 1.4× 198 0.9× 310 1.6× 46 2.5k
Jeffrey T. Doyle United States 14 2.5k 1.3× 973 1.3× 1.2k 1.8× 237 1.1× 257 1.3× 17 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alastair Lawrence

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alastair Lawrence

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alastair Lawrence. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alastair Lawrence 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 Alastair Lawrence. Alastair Lawrence is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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deHaan, Ed, et al.. (2025). Measuring investor attention using Google search. Tilburg University Research Portal.
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Dechow, Patricia, et al.. (2024). Media Attention and Event-Based Grouping of Stocks: An Examination of Stocks Hyped by Media Outlets as Benefiting from the Olympics. Management Science. 70(8). 5157–5186. 3 indexed citations
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deHaan, Ed, et al.. (2024). Measuring Investor Attention Using Google Search. Management Science. 71(7). 6275–6297. 3 indexed citations
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Bernard, Darren, et al.. (2023). Can executives predict how firm news maps to stock price? A field study at the onset of COVID-19. Review of Accounting Studies. 29(4). 3176–3217. 1 indexed citations
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Hand, John R. M., et al.. (2018). Analyst Forecast Data Feeds Are Not What They Used to Be. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Alastair, James Ryans, Estelle Sun, & Nikolay Laptev. (2017). Earnings Announcement Promotions: A Yahoo Finance Field Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Alastair, Miguel Minutti‐Meza, & Ping Zhang. (2016). The Importance of Client Size in the Estimation of the Big 4 Effect: A Comment on DeFond, Erkens, and Zhang (2016). SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Alastair, et al.. (2016). U.S. Audit Partner Rotations. The Accounting Review. 92(3). 209–237. 112 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Alastair, et al.. (2014). U.S. Audit Partner Rotations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Alastair. (2013). Individual Investors and Financial Disclosure. London Business School Research Online (London Business School). 27 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Alastair, et al.. (2013). Who's the Fairest of Them All? Evidence from Closed-End Funds. SSRN Electronic Journal. 20 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Alastair, Richard G. Sloan, & Yuan Sun. (2013). Non-discretionary conservatism: Evidence and implications. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 56(2-3). 112–133. 105 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Alastair, Richard G. Sloan, & Estelle Sun. (2012). Mandatorily Conservative Accounting: Evidence and Implications. SSRN Electronic Journal. 25 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Alastair, James Ryans, & Estelle Sun. (2012). Investors’ Demand for Sell-Side Research: SEC Filings, Media Coverage, and Market Factors. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Alastair, Miguel Minutti‐Meza, & Ping Zhang. (2010). Can Big 4 Versus Non-Big 4 Differences in Audit-Quality Proxies be Attributed to Client Characteristics?. London Business School Research Online (London Business School). 60 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Alastair, Miguel Minutti‐Meza, & Ping Zhang. (2010). Can Big 4 versus Non-Big 4 Differences in Audit-Quality Proxies Be Attributed to Client Characteristics?. The Accounting Review. 86(1). 259–286. 798 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jarvis, Stuart, et al.. (2009). Dynamic Asset Allocation Techniques. British Actuarial Journal. 15(3). 573–655. 3 indexed citations
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Smyth, John, Alastair Lawrence, Barry Down, & Peter McInerney. (2008). Critically Engaged Learning: Connecting to Young Lives. Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University). 46 indexed citations
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Wong, Janet Yuen Ha, et al.. (2002). Ranks, counts and scores as a means of quantifying local biodiversity values.. 1 indexed citations
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Lawrence, Alastair, et al.. (1975). Corporation and Security Law: Has Securities Law Regulation in the Private Capital Market Become a Deterrent to Capital Growth: A Critical Review. Marquette law review. 58(3). 395–486. 1 indexed citations

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