Fischer Black

59.7k total citations · 14 hit papers
68 papers, 36.3k citations indexed

About

Fischer Black is a scholar working on Finance, Economics and Econometrics and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Fischer Black has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 36.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Finance, 29 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 12 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Fischer Black's work include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (25 papers), Economic theories and models (10 papers) and Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis (9 papers). Fischer Black is often cited by papers focused on Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (25 papers), Economic theories and models (10 papers) and Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis (9 papers). Fischer Black collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Israel. Fischer Black's co-authors include Myron S. Scholes, John C. Cox, Robert B. Litterman, Michael C. Jensen, Jack L. Treynor, John C. Cox, Emanuel Derman, Jerome B. Cohen, Jeremy J. Siegel and Merton H. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Journal of Political Economy.

In The Last Decade

Fischer Black

68 papers receiving 30.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities 1972 2026 1990 2008 1973 1972 1976 1972 1976 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k
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. The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities
    1973 17.4k citations Fischer Black, Myron S. Scholes profile →
  2. Capital Market Equilibrium with Restricted Borrowing
    1972 2.0k citations Fischer Black The Journal of Business profile →
  3. The pricing of commodity contracts
    1976 1.7k citations Fischer Black Journal of Financial Economics profile →
  4. The Capital Asset Pricing Model: Some Empirical Tests
    1972 1.7k citations Fischer Black, Myron S. Scholes et al. profile →
  5. VALUING CORPORATE SECURITIES: SOME EFFECTS OF BOND INDENTURE PROVISIONS
    1976 1.6k citations Fischer Black et al. The Journal of Finance profile →
  6. Noise
    1986 1.2k citations Fischer Black The Journal of Finance profile →
  7. Global Portfolio Optimization
    1992 1.0k citations Fischer Black et al. Financial Analysts Journal profile →
  8. The Dividend Puzzle
    1976 858 citations Fischer Black profile →
  9. The effects of dividend yield and dividend policy on common stock prices and returns
    1974 696 citations Fischer Black, Myron S. Scholes Journal of Financial Economics profile →
  10. Fact and Fantasy in the Use of Options
    1975 692 citations Fischer Black Financial Analysts Journal profile →
  11. Studies of stock market volatility changes
    1976 560 citations Fischer Black profile →
  12. How to Use Security Analysis to Improve Portfolio Selection
    1973 539 citations Jack L. Treynor, Fischer Black The Journal of Business profile →
  13. THE VALUATION OF OPTION CONTRACTS AND A TEST OF MARKET EFFICIENCY
    1972 434 citations Fischer Black, Myron S. Scholes et al. The Journal of Finance profile →
  14. The Valuation of Option Contracts and a Test of Market Efficiency
    1972 357 citations Fischer Black, Myron S. Scholes The Journal of Finance profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fischer Black United States 40 29.3k 16.1k 9.2k 4.6k 3.9k 68 36.3k
Myron S. Scholes United States 25 20.2k 0.7× 11.4k 0.7× 8.9k 1.0× 4.4k 1.0× 2.2k 0.6× 47 26.9k
Robert C. Merton United States 46 34.7k 1.2× 19.3k 1.2× 14.1k 1.5× 3.9k 0.8× 4.5k 1.2× 126 41.9k
Eduardo S. Schwartz United States 62 21.5k 0.7× 15.3k 1.0× 4.3k 0.5× 3.3k 0.7× 2.4k 0.6× 180 27.8k
William F. Sharpe United States 37 19.9k 0.7× 13.8k 0.9× 8.9k 1.0× 4.2k 0.9× 5.9k 1.5× 100 28.0k
Darrell Duffie United States 69 23.2k 0.8× 11.8k 0.7× 6.0k 0.7× 949 0.2× 2.5k 0.6× 199 27.3k
Harry M. Markowitz United States 35 10.4k 0.4× 8.4k 0.5× 2.7k 0.3× 1.4k 0.3× 7.2k 1.8× 147 20.0k
John C. Cox United States 16 14.6k 0.5× 7.0k 0.4× 1.6k 0.2× 1.2k 0.3× 1.5k 0.4× 19 16.4k
Andrew W. Lo United States 61 18.8k 0.6× 15.2k 0.9× 5.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 4.1k 1.0× 347 26.7k
Michael J. Brennan United States 58 14.5k 0.5× 7.8k 0.5× 8.2k 0.9× 3.0k 0.6× 1.3k 0.3× 151 17.9k
Jonathan E. Ingersoll United States 32 11.7k 0.4× 6.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.2× 881 0.2× 1.2k 0.3× 57 13.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fischer Black

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Black, Fischer. (1999). Estimación del rendimiento esperado. 30–34. 1 indexed citations
2.
Black, Fischer. (1995). Exploring General Equilibrium. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1. 38 indexed citations
3.
Black, Fischer. (1995). Interest Rates as Options. The Journal of Finance. 50(5). 1371–1371. 51 indexed citations
4.
Black, Fischer. (1995). Equilibrium Exchanges. Financial Analysts Journal. 51(3). 23–29. 24 indexed citations
5.
Black, Fischer. (1990). Equilibrium Exchange Rate Hedging. The Journal of Finance. 45(3). 899–899. 28 indexed citations
6.
Siegel, Jeremy J. & Fischer Black. (1988). Business Cycles and Equilibrium.. The Journal of Finance. 43(2). 531–531. 172 indexed citations
7.
Black, Fischer. (1988). An Equilibrium Model of the Crash. NBER Macroeconomics Annual. 3. 269–269. 21 indexed citations
8.
Black, Fischer. (1986). Noise. The Journal of Finance. 41(3). 529–529. 401 indexed citations
9.
Black, Fischer. (1980). The Tax Consequences of Long-Run Pension Policy. Financial Analysts Journal. 36(4). 21–28. 217 indexed citations
10.
Black, Fischer. (1980). The Magic in Earnings: Economic Earnings versus Accounting Earnings. Financial Analysts Journal. 36(6). 19–24. 72 indexed citations
11.
Black, Fischer. (1976). The Investment Policy Spectrum: Individuals, Endowment Funds and Pension Funds. Financial Analysts Journal. 32(1). 23–31. 42 indexed citations
12.
Black, Fischer & Myron S. Scholes. (1976). TAXES AND THE PRICING OF OPTIONS. The Journal of Finance. 31(2). 319–332. 48 indexed citations
13.
Black, Fischer. (1976). The pricing of commodity contracts. Journal of Financial Economics. 3(1-2). 167–179. 1741 indexed citations breakdown →
14.
Black, Fischer. (1975). Bank funds management in an efficient market. Journal of Financial Economics. 2(4). 323–339. 147 indexed citations
15.
Black, Fischer. (1975). Fact and Fantasy in the Use of Options. Financial Analysts Journal. 31(4). 36–41. 692 indexed citations breakdown →
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Black, Fischer & Myron S. Scholes. (1974). The effects of dividend yield and dividend policy on common stock prices and returns. Journal of Financial Economics. 1(1). 1–22. 696 indexed citations breakdown →
17.
Treynor, Jack L. & Fischer Black. (1973). How to Use Security Analysis to Improve Portfolio Selection. The Journal of Business. 46(1). 66–66. 539 indexed citations breakdown →
18.
Black, Fischer. (1972). Active and Passive Monetary Policy in a Neoclassical Model. The Journal of Finance. 27(4). 801–801. 10 indexed citations
19.
Black, Fischer. (1971). Implications of the Random Walk Hypothesis for Portfolio Management. Financial Analysts Journal. 27(2). 16–22. 34 indexed citations
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Black, Fischer. (1971). Toward a Fully Automated Stock Exchange, Part II. Financial Analysts Journal. 27(6). 24–28. 37 indexed citations

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