Alex Edmans

11.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
87 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Alex Edmans is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Edmans has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Accounting, 51 papers in Finance and 26 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Alex Edmans's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (58 papers), Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (45 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (23 papers). Alex Edmans is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (58 papers), Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (45 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (23 papers). Alex Edmans collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Belgium. Alex Edmans's co-authors include Xavier Gabaix, Itay Goldstein, Diego Garcı́a, Øyvind Norli, Philip L. Bond, Vivian W. Fang, Augustin Landier, Qi Liu, Emanuel Zur and Wei Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and American Economic Review.

In The Last Decade

Alex Edmans

81 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Sports Sentiment and Stoc... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2012 2012 2011 2013 200 400 600
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. Sports Sentiment and Stock Returns
    2007 664 citations Alex Edmans et al. profile →
  2. The Real Effects of Financial Markets
    2012 610 citations Alex Edmans, Itay Goldstein et al. profile →
  3. The Link Between Job Satisfaction and Firm Value, With Implications for Corporate Social Responsibility
    2012 403 citations Alex Edmans profile →
  4. Does the stock market fully value intangibles? Employee satisfaction and equity prices
    2011 355 citations Alex Edmans Journal of Financial Economics profile →
  5. The Effect of Liquidity on Governance
    2013 321 citations Alex Edmans et al. Review of Financial Studies profile →
  6. Blockholders and Corporate Governance
    2014 310 citations Alex Edmans profile →
  7. The end of ESG
    2022 242 citations Alex Edmans Financial Management profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alex Edmans 4.5k 3.3k 2.1k 1.7k 379 87 6.6k
Geoffrey A. Tate 4.8k 1.1× 2.4k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 218 0.6× 38 6.5k
John R. Nofsinger 3.5k 0.8× 3.4k 1.0× 2.4k 1.2× 1.0k 0.6× 240 0.6× 100 5.8k
David T. Robinson 4.3k 1.0× 2.2k 0.7× 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.8× 168 0.4× 100 6.0k
P. Raghavendra Rau 4.8k 1.1× 2.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 247 0.7× 106 6.2k
Shivaram Rajgopal 8.7k 1.9× 4.1k 1.2× 1.7k 0.8× 4.4k 2.6× 460 1.2× 172 10.3k
Robert M. Bushman 9.5k 2.1× 4.1k 1.2× 1.7k 0.8× 3.9k 2.3× 297 0.8× 79 11.0k
Shiva Rajgopal 7.2k 1.6× 3.1k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 3.4k 2.0× 292 0.8× 29 8.2k
Marcin Kacperczyk 3.8k 0.9× 4.5k 1.3× 2.9k 1.4× 1.7k 1.0× 406 1.1× 77 6.7k
Abbie J. Smith 8.3k 1.8× 2.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 3.8k 2.2× 341 0.9× 45 9.6k
Brian J. Bushee 10.1k 2.2× 6.1k 1.8× 1.7k 0.8× 3.5k 2.1× 403 1.1× 59 11.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Edmans, Alex. (2024). Learnings From 1000 Rejections. Financial Management.
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Edmans, Alex. (2024). Rational sustainability. Journal of applied corporate finance. 36(2). 8–15. 3 indexed citations
3.
Edmans, Alex. (2024). Rational Sustainability. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex. (2023). Applying Economics—Not Gut Feel—to ESG. Financial Analysts Journal. 79(4). 16–29. 28 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex, et al.. (2023). CEO compensation: Evidence from the field. Journal of Financial Economics. 150(3). 103718–103718. 50 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex. (2023). How great companies deliver both purpose and profit. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. 21(3). 465–469. 6 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex, et al.. (2023). Employee Satisfaction, Labor Market Flexibility, and Stock Returns Around the World. Management Science. 70(7). 4357–4380. 38 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex, Caroline Flammer, & Simon Gloßner. (2023). Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex, Caroline Flammer, & Simon Gloßner. (2023). Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex. (2023). Applying Economics – Not Gut Feel – To ESG. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex. (2022). The psychology of the stock market. ˜The œbusiness & management collection.. 2022(5). e1005609–e1005609. 2 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex, Doron Levit, & Jan Schneemeier. (2022). Socially Responsible Divestment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 74 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex. (2020). Grow the Pie. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Chaigneau, Pierre, Alex Edmans, & Daniel Gottlieb. (2018). The informativeness principle without the first-order approach. Games and Economic Behavior. 113. 743–755. 7 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex, et al.. (2018). Governance Under Common Ownership. Review of Financial Studies. 32(7). 2673–2719. 139 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex, et al.. (2016). Governing Multiple Firms. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex, Mirko Stanislav Heinle, & Chong Huang. (2013). The Real Costs of Disclosure. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex, Itay Goldstein, & Wei Jiang. (2011). Feedback Effects and the Limits to Arbitrage. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 8 indexed citations
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Bao, Jack & Alex Edmans. (2010). Do Investment Banks Matter for M&A Returns?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 24 indexed citations
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Edmans, Alex & Xavier Gabaix. (2009). Tractability and Detail-Neutrality in Incentive Contracting. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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