Bengt Holmström

43.4k total citations · 18 hit papers
64 papers, 26.2k citations indexed

About

Bengt Holmström is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Finance and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Bengt Holmström has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 26.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 30 papers in Finance and 26 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Bengt Holmström's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (23 papers), Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (23 papers) and Economic theories and models (23 papers). Bengt Holmström is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (23 papers), Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (23 papers) and Economic theories and models (23 papers). Bengt Holmström collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and France. Bengt Holmström's co-authors include Paul Milgrom, Jean Tirole, J. Tirole, Steven N. Kaplan, George P. Baker, John Roberts, Michael Gibbs, Milton Harris, Roger B. Myerson and Tri Vi Dang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Bengt Holmström

62 papers receiving 23.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bengt Holmström United States 44 12.9k 12.3k 8.3k 5.4k 4.2k 64 26.2k
Oliver Hart United States 56 16.5k 1.3× 14.1k 1.2× 7.4k 0.9× 8.6k 1.6× 4.7k 1.1× 150 31.3k
Sanford J. Grossman United States 42 13.5k 1.0× 11.3k 0.9× 11.8k 1.4× 4.5k 0.8× 4.3k 1.0× 61 25.4k
David Hirshleifer United States 61 11.2k 0.9× 13.5k 1.1× 16.1k 1.9× 3.6k 0.7× 3.5k 0.8× 210 25.7k
Brad M. Barber United States 51 9.6k 0.7× 16.7k 1.4× 17.8k 2.1× 3.6k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 109 25.2k
Ivo Welch United States 40 6.6k 0.5× 12.2k 1.0× 10.9k 1.3× 4.3k 0.8× 2.3k 0.5× 110 19.7k
Jeremy C. Stein United States 70 15.9k 1.2× 21.1k 1.7× 25.1k 3.0× 4.4k 0.8× 2.1k 0.5× 148 36.3k
Philippe Aghion United States 79 28.8k 2.2× 8.7k 0.7× 5.5k 0.7× 5.9k 1.1× 2.4k 0.6× 301 39.9k
John Van Reenen United Kingdom 66 18.5k 1.4× 6.2k 0.5× 2.4k 0.3× 5.4k 1.0× 1.3k 0.3× 231 26.5k
William H. Meckling United States 16 10.5k 0.8× 38.7k 3.2× 12.1k 1.5× 20.6k 3.8× 1.4k 0.3× 39 51.0k
Jean‐Jacques Laffont France 53 9.7k 0.8× 2.4k 0.2× 1.5k 0.2× 3.7k 0.7× 6.1k 1.4× 216 16.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bengt Holmström

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Holmström, Bengt. (2017). Pay For Performance and Beyond. American Economic Review. 107(7). 1753–1777. 71 indexed citations
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Harris, Milton & Bengt Holmström. (2016). Microeconomic Developments and Macroeconomics. American Economic Review. 73(2). 223–227.
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Holmström, Bengt. (2014). UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF DEBT IN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM 1. SSRN Electronic Journal. 30 indexed citations
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Holmström, Bengt. (2008). Commentary: the panic of 2007. Proceedings - Economic Policy Symposium - Jackson Hole. 263–273. 3 indexed citations
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Holmström, Bengt. (2005). Pay without Performance and the Managerial Power Hypothesis: A Comment. ˜The œJournal of corporation law. 30(4). 703. 65 indexed citations
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Holmström, Bengt & Steven N. Kaplan. (2003). THE STATE OF U.S. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: WHAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT'S WRONG?. Journal of applied corporate finance. 15(3). 8–20. 255 indexed citations
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Holmström, Bengt & Jean Tirole. (2002). Domestic and International Supply of Liquidity. American Economic Review. 92(2). 42–45. 16 indexed citations
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Holmström, Bengt. (2002). Introductory Essay to "Groves Scheme on Restricted Domains". 1 indexed citations
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Holmström, Bengt & Jean Tirole. (2000). LAPM: A Liquidity-based Asset Pricing Model. SSRN Electronic Journal. 42 indexed citations
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Holmström, Bengt. (1999). The Firm as a Subeconomy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 39 indexed citations
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Holmström, Bengt. (1999). The firm as a subeconomy. The Journal of Law Economics and Organization. 15(1). 74–102. 347 indexed citations breakdown →
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Holmström, Bengt & J. Tirole. (1997). Financial Intermediation, Loanable Funds, and The Real Sector. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 112(3). 663–691. 2460 indexed citations breakdown →
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Holmström, Bengt & Jean Tirole. (1996). Modeling Aggregate Liquidity. American Economic Review. 86(2). 187–191. 52 indexed citations
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Baker, George P. & Bengt Holmström. (1995). Internal Labor Markets: Too Many Theories, Too Few Facts. American Economic Review. 85(2). 255–259. 71 indexed citations
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Holmström, Bengt & Paul Milgrom. (1994). The Firm as an Incentive System. American Economic Review. 84(4). 972–991. 908 indexed citations breakdown →
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Holmström, Bengt & Barry Nalebuff. (1992). To The Raider Goes The Surplus? A Reexaminationof the Free‐Rider Problem. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy. 1(1). 37–62. 109 indexed citations
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Holmström, Bengt & Jean Tirole. (1991). Transfer Pricing and Organizational Form. The Journal of Law Economics and Organization. 191 indexed citations
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Holmström, Bengt. (1989). Agency Costs and Innovation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 75 indexed citations
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Holmström, Bengt. (1981). Contractual Models of the Labor Market. American Economic Review. 71(2). 308–313. 68 indexed citations
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Holmström, Bengt. (1977). On incentives and control in organizations. University Microfilms International eBooks. 163 indexed citations

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