Darren J. Kisgen

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Darren J. Kisgen is a scholar working on Finance, Accounting and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Darren J. Kisgen has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Finance, 18 papers in Accounting and 2 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Darren J. Kisgen's work include Credit Risk and Financial Regulations (14 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (13 papers) and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (12 papers). Darren J. Kisgen is often cited by papers focused on Credit Risk and Financial Regulations (14 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (13 papers) and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (12 papers). Darren J. Kisgen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Italy. Darren J. Kisgen's co-authors include Jiekun Huang, Philip E. Strahan, Tyler R. Henry, Wayne E. Ferson, Jun Qian, Weihong Song, Juan Wu, Jérôme Taillard, Patrick Behr and Jonathan Reuter and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Darren J. Kisgen

21 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Gender and corporate finance: Are male executives overconfident relative to female executives?

2012 1.1k citations Jiekun Huang, Darren J. Kisgen Journal of Financial Economics profile →
Credit Ratings and Capital Structure

2006 554 citations Darren J. Kisgen The Journal of Finance profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Darren J. Kisgen United States	16	2.0k	1.3k	594	558	482	21	2.7k
Jens Hagendorff United Kingdom	22	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	579 1.0×	456 0.8×	493 1.0×	67	2.3k
Feixue Xie United States	15	2.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	642 1.1×	592 1.1×	799 1.7×	34	2.7k
Sami Vähämaa Finland	24	1.5k 0.7×	961 0.7×	875 1.5×	394 0.7×	505 1.0×	73	2.5k
Maria‐Teresa Marchica United Kingdom	14	2.1k 1.1×	684 0.5×	637 1.1×	522 0.9×	713 1.5×	36	2.6k
Scott E. Yonker United States	16	1.9k 0.9×	854 0.6×	763 1.3×	385 0.7×	524 1.1×	28	2.5k
Stephen P. Ferris United States	20	1.3k 0.7×	900 0.7×	672 1.1×	219 0.4×	501 1.0×	64	2.1k
Charu G. Raheja United States	10	2.7k 1.3×	642 0.5×	346 0.6×	212 0.4×	783 1.6×	13	2.8k
Fei Xie United States	19	3.5k 1.7×	1.2k 0.9×	632 1.1×	206 0.4×	1.2k 2.4×	41	3.8k
James S. Linck United States	17	3.7k 1.8×	1.3k 1.0×	612 1.0×	187 0.3×	1.2k 2.5×	29	4.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kiesel, Florian & Darren J. Kisgen. (2020). What’s in a Rating Report? Parsing the Content of Moody’s Credit Rating Reports from 1998-2016. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Kisgen, Darren J.. (2019). The impact of credit ratings on corporate behavior: Evidence from Moody's adjustments. Journal of Corporate Finance. 58. 567–582. 32 indexed citations

Kisgen, Darren J., et al.. (2019). Analyst Promotions within Credit Rating Agencies: Accuracy or Bias?. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 55(3). 869–896. 17 indexed citations

Kisgen, Darren J., et al.. (2016). Analyst Promotions within Credit Rating Agencies: Accuracy or Bias?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

Behr, Patrick, Darren J. Kisgen, & Jérôme Taillard. (2016). Did Government Regulations Lead to Inflated Credit Ratings?. Management Science. 64(3). 1034–1054. 42 indexed citations

Behr, Patrick, Darren J. Kisgen, & Jérôme Taillard. (2014). Did Government Regulations Lower Credit Rating Quality?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations

Henry, Tyler R., Darren J. Kisgen, & Juan Wu. (2014). Equity short selling and bond rating downgrades. Journal of Financial Intermediation. 24(1). 89–111. 50 indexed citations

Huang, Jiekun & Darren J. Kisgen. (2012). Gender and corporate finance: Are male executives overconfident relative to female executives?. Journal of Financial Economics. 108(3). 822–839. 1098 indexed citations breakdown →

Huang, Jiekun & Darren J. Kisgen. (2011). Gender and Corporate Finance: Are Male Executives Overconfident Relative to Female Executives?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 135 indexed citations

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Henry, Tyler R., Darren J. Kisgen, & Juan Wu. (2010). Do Equity Short Sellers Anticipate Bond Rating Downgrades?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations

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Kisgen, Darren J. & Philip E. Strahan. (2010). Do Regulations Based on Credit Ratings Affect a Firm's Cost of Capital?. Review of Financial Studies. 23(12). 4324–4347. 246 indexed citations

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Kisgen, Darren J.. (2009). Do Firms Target Credit Ratings or Leverage Levels?. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 44(6). 1323–1344. 58 indexed citations

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Kisgen, Darren J. & Philip E. Strahan. (2009). Do Regulations Based on Credit Ratings Affect a Firm's Cost of Capital?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 76 indexed citations

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Kisgen, Darren J., Jun Qian, & Weihong Song. (2008). Are fairness opinions fair? The case of mergers and acquisitions☆. Journal of Financial Economics. 71 indexed citations

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Kisgen, Darren J.. (2007). The Influence of Credit Ratings on Corporate Capital Structure Decisions. Journal of applied corporate finance. 19(3). 65–73. 53 indexed citations

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Kisgen, Darren J.. (2006). Credit Ratings and Capital Structure. The Journal of Finance. 61(3). 1035–1072. 554 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ferson, Wayne E., Tyler R. Henry, & Darren J. Kisgen. (2006). Evaluating Government Bond Fund Performance with Stochastic Discount Factors. Review of Financial Studies. 19(2). 423–455. 95 indexed citations

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Ferson, Wayne E., Darren J. Kisgen, & Tyler R. Henry. (2003). Evaluating Fixed Income Fund Performance with Stochastic Discount Factors. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations

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Kisgen, Darren J.. (2003). Credit Ratings and Capital Structure. SSRN Electronic Journal. 73 indexed citations

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Ferson, Wayne E., Tyler R. Henry, & Darren J. Kisgen. (2003). Evaluating Government Bond Fund Performance with Stochastic Discount Factors. SSRN Electronic Journal. 25 indexed citations

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