David Farber

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

David Farber is a scholar working on Accounting, Sociology and Political Science and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, David Farber has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Accounting, 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in David Farber's work include Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (20 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (15 papers) and Financial Reporting and Valuation Research (12 papers). David Farber is often cited by papers focused on Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (20 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (15 papers) and Financial Reporting and Valuation Research (12 papers). David Farber collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Canada. David Farber's co-authors include Philip M. Merlin, Bok Baik, Sam Lee, Qiang Cheng, Leon F. Litwack, Sunhwa Choi, Joon Chae, Paul Brockman, Beth Bailey and Kathy R. Petroni and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Communications of the ACM.

In The Last Decade

David Farber

63 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Restoring Trust after Fra... 1976 2026 1992 2009 2005 1976 250 500 750
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. Restoring Trust after Fraud: Does Corporate Governance Matter?
    2005 907 citations David Farber profile →
  2. Recoverability of Communication Protocols--Implications of a Theoretical Study
    1976 521 citations David Farber et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David Farber 2.1k 945 518 447 413 77 3.2k
Prabhudev Konana 165 0.1× 730 0.8× 217 0.4× 34 0.1× 1.1k 2.7× 60 2.9k
Charalambos Spathis 1.3k 0.6× 496 0.5× 184 0.4× 50 0.1× 158 0.4× 45 2.5k
William F. Messier 1.9k 0.9× 463 0.5× 248 0.5× 46 0.1× 120 0.3× 84 2.4k
Gur Huberman 2.1k 1.0× 511 0.5× 3.4k 6.6× 77 0.2× 188 0.5× 58 4.8k
James W. Friedman 234 0.1× 732 0.8× 165 0.3× 40 0.1× 433 1.0× 55 3.5k
Faruk Gül 544 0.3× 346 0.4× 612 1.2× 87 0.2× 292 0.7× 46 5.2k
Gjalt de Jong 176 0.1× 490 0.5× 12 0.0× 36 0.1× 201 0.5× 74 1.4k
Adam Brandenburger 235 0.1× 1.0k 1.1× 121 0.2× 97 0.2× 326 0.8× 52 3.3k
Yeon‐Koo Che 497 0.2× 796 0.8× 219 0.4× 64 0.1× 357 0.9× 114 4.8k
Markus Schmid 2.6k 1.3× 897 0.9× 1.2k 2.3× 5 0.0× 82 0.2× 113 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by David Farber

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Farber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Farber

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Farber. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Farber 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 David Farber. David Farber 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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Devos, Erik, et al.. (2023). IRS Private Letter Rulings: Initial Evidence on Determinants and Consequences. The Journal of Financial Research. 46(3). 849–873.
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Farber, David. (2016). Self-Invention in the Realm of Production. Pacific Historical Review. 85(3). 408–442. 4 indexed citations
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Farber, David. (2014). Agency Costs and the False Claims Act. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Baik, Bok, et al.. (2013). MANAGERIAL ABILITY AND EARNINGS QUALITY: AN INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS. 2013. 1058–1105. 8 indexed citations
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Baik, Bok, David Farber, & Sam Lee. (2013). CEO Ability and Corporate Social Responsibility Activities. 2013(2). 97–129. 3 indexed citations
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Baik, Bok, Joon Chae, Sunhwa Choi, & David Farber. (2012). Changes in Operational Efficiency and Firm Performance: A Frontier Analysis Approach. Contemporary Accounting Research. 30(3). 996–1026. 105 indexed citations
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Baik, Bok, David Farber, & Sam Lee. (2011). CEO Ability and Management Earnings Forecasts. SSRN Electronic Journal. 51 indexed citations
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Farber, David. (2011). The Radical Sixties. Reviews in American History. 39(4). 712–717.
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Schewick, Barbara van & David Farber. (2009). Point/CounterpointNetwork neutrality nuances. Communications of the ACM. 52(2). 31–37. 18 indexed citations
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Farber, David, et al.. (2008). The political culture of the New West. University Press of Kansas eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Farber, David, Shawn X. Huang, & Elaine Mauldin. (2008). Accounting Expertise on the Audit Committee and a Firm's Information Environment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Hopkins, Patrick E., Christine A. Botosan, Mark T. Bradshaw, et al.. (2007). Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association Financial Reporting Policy Committee File No. S7-13-07 Response to the SEC Release: ACCEPTANCE FROM FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUERS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS WITHOUT RECONCILIATION TO U.S. GAAP. SSRN Electronic Journal. 35 indexed citations
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Farber, David, et al.. (2006). The Histories They are A-Changin': Sources for Teaching about the Movements of the 1960s. OAH Magazine of History. 20(5). 8–13.
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Farber, David. (2002). Balancing security and liberty. IEEE Distributed Systems Online. 3(2). 4 indexed citations
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Farber, David & Leon F. Litwack. (1999). Trouble in Mind: Black Southerners in the Age of Jim Crow. The American Historical Review. 104(5). 1688–1688. 185 indexed citations
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Boris, Eileen, Beth A. Bailey, & David Farber. (1995). The First Strange Place: Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 24(3). 334–334. 2 indexed citations
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Farber, David, et al.. (1987). Some observations on the performance of a 56 Kbit internet link. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review. 17(1-2). 35–47. 2 indexed citations

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