Eric C. So

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Eric C. So is a scholar working on Finance, Accounting and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric C. So has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Finance, 45 papers in Accounting and 13 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Eric C. So's work include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (44 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (41 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (29 papers). Eric C. So is often cited by papers focused on Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (44 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (41 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (29 papers). Eric C. So collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Belgium. Eric C. So's co-authors include Travis L. Johnson, Charles C. Y. Wang, David F. Larcker, Joseph D. Piotroski, Charles M.C. Lee, S.P. Kothari, Sean Wang, Mary E. Barth, Rodrigo Verdi and Joseph Weber and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science and Review of Financial Studies.

In The Last Decade

Eric C. So

52 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Boardroom centrality and firm performance 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
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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. Boardroom centrality and firm performance
    2013 450 citations David F. Larcker, Eric C. So et al. Journal of Accounting and Economics profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric C. So United States 23 1.7k 1.5k 523 499 178 52 2.3k
Madhu Veeraraghavan Australia 22 1.4k 0.8× 927 0.6× 456 0.9× 708 1.4× 135 0.8× 112 2.0k
Paul J. Irvine United States 22 2.3k 1.4× 2.3k 1.5× 444 0.8× 860 1.7× 215 1.2× 48 3.0k
Richard S. Warr United States 22 1.7k 1.0× 953 0.6× 502 1.0× 676 1.4× 105 0.6× 44 2.1k
Andy C.W. Chui Hong Kong 15 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 329 0.6× 811 1.6× 152 0.9× 28 1.9k
Jayant R. Kale United States 20 1.9k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 465 0.9× 741 1.5× 91 0.5× 61 2.3k
Denis Sosyura United States 16 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 605 1.2× 722 1.4× 100 0.6× 32 2.4k
Senyo Y. Tse United States 18 2.3k 1.4× 1.7k 1.1× 794 1.5× 304 0.6× 201 1.1× 41 2.6k
Sonya S. Lim United States 16 1.4k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 224 0.4× 777 1.6× 246 1.4× 35 2.2k
Stefan Ruenzi Germany 18 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 234 0.4× 670 1.3× 117 0.7× 64 1.8k
Michelle Lowry United States 24 3.2k 1.9× 1.7k 1.1× 782 1.5× 764 1.5× 150 0.8× 67 3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric C. So

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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So, Eric C., et al.. (2025). Investor Corporate Visits and Predictable Returns. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 60(6). 2615–2648. 2 indexed citations
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So, Eric C., et al.. (2024). Financial Reporting and Consumer Behavior. The Accounting Review. 100(1). 407–435. 10 indexed citations
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Bonsall, Samuel B., et al.. (2023). Conflicts of interest in subscriber-paid credit ratings. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 77(1). 101614–101614. 7 indexed citations
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Guest, Nicholas M., S.P. Kothari, & Eric C. So. (2022). Flight to Earnings: The Role of Earnings in Periods of Capital Scarcity. Management Science. 69(8). 4908–4931. 6 indexed citations
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So, Eric C., et al.. (2021). News-driven return reversals: Liquidity provision ahead of earnings announcements. UNC Libraries. 4 indexed citations
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Bonsall, Samuel B., et al.. (2021). Conflicts of Interest in Subscriber-Paid Credit Ratings. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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So, Eric C., et al.. (2021). Going by the Book: Valuation Ratios and Stock Returns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Johnson, Travis L., et al.. (2019). Expectations Management and Stock Returns. Review of Financial Studies. 33(10). 4580–4626. 24 indexed citations
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So, Eric C., et al.. (2019). Calendar Rotations: A New Approach for Studying the Impact of Timing using Earnings Announcements. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Niessner, Marina & Eric C. So. (2018). Bad News Bearers: The Negative Tilt of Financial Press. SSRN Electronic Journal. 29 indexed citations
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Johnson, Travis L. & Eric C. So. (2017). Time Will Tell: Information in the Timing of Scheduled Earnings News. SSRN Electronic Journal. 16 indexed citations
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Kothari, S.P. & Eric C. So. (2016). Analystss Forecasts and Asset Pricing: A Survey. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Kothari, S.P., Eric C. So, & Rodrigo Verdi. (2016). Analysts’ Forecasts and Asset Pricing: A Survey. Annual Review of Financial Economics. 8(1). 197–219. 143 indexed citations
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Lee, Charles M.C. & Eric C. So. (2015). Alphanomics: The Informational Underpinnings of Market Efficiency. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 9(2-3). 59–258. 47 indexed citations
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So, Eric C.. (2012). A New Approach to Predicting Analyst Forecast Errors: Do Investors Overweight Analyst Forecasts?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 121 indexed citations
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Piotroski, Joseph D. & Eric C. So. (2012). Identifying Expectation Errors in Value/Glamour Strategies: A Fundamental Analysis Approach. Review of Financial Studies. 25(9). 2841–2875. 135 indexed citations
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Barth, Mary E. & Eric C. So. (2012). Non-Diversifiable Volatility Risk and Risk Premiums at Earnings Announcements. SSRN Electronic Journal. 19 indexed citations
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Larcker, David F., Eric C. So, & Charles C. Y. Wang. (2012). Boardroom Centrality and Firm Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 53 indexed citations
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Johnson, Travis L. & Eric C. So. (2011). The Option to Stock Volume Ratio and Future Returns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 31 indexed citations
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Price, Joseph, et al.. (2007). Inside the Black Box of Doctoral Education: What Program Characteristics Influence Doctoral Students’ Attrition and Graduation Probabilities?. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 69 indexed citations

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