April Klein

11.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
57 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

April Klein is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, April Klein has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Accounting, 21 papers in Finance and 19 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in April Klein's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (50 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (31 papers) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (18 papers). April Klein is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (50 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (31 papers) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (18 papers). April Klein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. April Klein's co-authors include Emanuel Zur, Jeffrey L. Callen, Daniel Tinkelman, James Rosenfeld, Carol A. Marquardt, Joseph V. Carcello, Carl W. Hollingsworth, Terry L. Neal, Stephen Bryan and Mary Brooke Billings and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Review of Financial Studies.

In The Last Decade

April Klein

55 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

Audit committee, board of director characteristics, and earnings management

2002 3.4k citations April Klein Journal of Accounting and Economics profile →
Firm Performance and Board Committee Structure

1998 1.3k citations April Klein profile →
Entrepreneurial Shareholder Activism: Hedge Funds and Other Private Investors

2009 567 citations April Klein, Emanuel Zur profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
April Klein United States	27	7.5k	3.3k	2.1k	661	391	57	8.1k
Anil Shivdasani United States	34	8.3k 1.1×	2.4k 0.7×	3.1k 1.5×	1.4k 2.2×	327 0.8×	60	9.0k
Martin J. Conyon United States	43	5.2k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	334 0.9×	107	6.3k
Jeong‐Bon Kim Hong Kong	49	8.9k 1.2×	3.3k 1.0×	3.6k 1.7×	1.3k 2.0×	311 0.8×	237	9.8k
Gopal V. Krishnan United States	35	5.0k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	514 0.8×	160 0.4×	113	5.6k
Clive S. Lennox United States	44	8.0k 1.1×	2.6k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 1.8×	467 1.2×	110	8.7k
Lalitha Naveen United States	20	6.5k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.8×	171 0.4×	34	7.0k
Dhananjay Nanda United States	17	6.2k 0.8×	3.1k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	537 0.8×	193 0.5×	37	6.7k
Anup Agrawal United States	36	8.7k 1.2×	3.3k 1.0×	3.4k 1.6×	1.9k 2.8×	511 1.3×	75	9.9k
K. Raghunandan United States	42	8.0k 1.1×	2.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	582 0.9×	283 0.7×	98	8.4k
Naveen D. Daniel United States	19	6.0k 0.8×	2.1k 0.6×	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.8×	154 0.4×	32	6.6k

Countries citing papers authored by April Klein

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Fields of papers citing papers by April Klein

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Klein, April, et al.. (2024). The Market Value of Pay Gaps: Evidence from EEO-1 Disclosures. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Klein, April, et al.. (2022). The Effects of Credible Voluntary Disclosures: Institutional Investor Engagement and Investees' ESG Performances. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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Klein, April, et al.. (2021). Across the Pond: How US Firms' Boards of Directors Adapted to the Passage of the General Data Protection Regulation†. Contemporary Accounting Research. 39(1). 199–233. 14 indexed citations

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Klein, April. (2017). Discussion of “Financial Statement Comparability and the Efficiency of Acquisition Decisions”. Contemporary Accounting Research. 35(1). 203–210. 13 indexed citations

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Callen, Jeffrey L., April Klein, & Daniel Tinkelman. (2009). The Contextual Impact of Nonprofit Board Composition and Structure on Organizational Performance: Agency and Resource Dependence Perspectives. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 21(1). 101–125. 83 indexed citations

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Callen, Jeffrey L., April Klein, & Daniel Tinkelman. (2009). The Contextual Impact of Nonprofit Board Composition and Structure on Organizational Performance: Agency and Resource Dependence Perspectives. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Zur, Emanuel & April Klein. (2009). The Impact of Hedge Fund Activism on the Target Firm's Existing Bondholders. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Klein, April, et al.. (2008). Return Performance Surrounding Reverse Stock Splits: Can Investors Profit?. Financial Management. 37(2). 173–192. 26 indexed citations

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Klein, April & Emanuel Zur. (2006). Entrepreneurial Shareholder Activism: Hedge Funds and Other Private Investors. SSRN Electronic Journal. 217 indexed citations

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Klein, April & Partha S. Mohanram. (2005). Why Did so Many Poor-Performing Firms Come to Market in the Late 1990s?: Nasdaq Listing Standards and the Bubble. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Callen, Jeffrey L., April Klein, & Daniel Tinkelman. (2003). Board Composition, Committees and Organizational Efficiency: The Case of Nonprofits. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Klein, April. (2003). Likely Effects of Stock Exchange Governance Proposals and Sarbanes-Oxley on Corporate Boards and Financial Reporting. Accounting Horizons. 17(4). 343–355. 70 indexed citations

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Klein, April. (2002). Audit committee, board of director characteristics, and earnings management. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 33(3). 375–400. 3407 indexed citations breakdown →

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Klein, April. (2001). Economic Determinants of Audit Committee Independence. SSRN Electronic Journal. 45 indexed citations

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Klein, April. (1999). Economic Determinants of Audit Committee Composition and Activity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 23 indexed citations

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Klein, April. (1998). Affiliated Directors: Puppets of Management or Effective Directors?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 28 indexed citations

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Klein, April, et al.. (1995). Shareholder Proposals and Corporate Governance. The Faculty Digital Archive (New York University). 32 indexed citations

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Ali, Ashiq & April Klein. (1994). A Second Look at the Negative Earnings Effect. The Journal of Portfolio Management. 20(4). 41–46. 3 indexed citations

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Klein, April, James Rosenfeld, & William Beranek. (1991). The two stages of an equity carve‐out and the price response of parent and subsidiary stock. Managerial and Decision Economics. 12(6). 449–460. 53 indexed citations

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Klein, April & James Rosenfeld. (1987). The Influence of Market Conditions on Event-Study Residuals. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 22(3). 345–345. 61 indexed citations

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