Gavin Cassar

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Gavin Cassar is a scholar working on Accounting, Economics and Econometrics and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Gavin Cassar has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Accounting, 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 17 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Gavin Cassar's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (23 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (18 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (18 papers). Gavin Cassar is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (23 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (18 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (18 papers). Gavin Cassar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Morocco. Gavin Cassar's co-authors include Scott Holmes, Brian Gibson, Christopher D. Ittner, Henry L. Friedman, Joseph Gerakos, Ken S. Cavalluzzo, Justin B. Craig, Brian D. Cadman, Scott Holmes and John R. M. Hand and has published in prestigious journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Review of Financial Studies and Journal of Business Venturing.

In The Last Decade

Gavin Cassar

50 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The financing of business start-ups

2003 753 citations Gavin Cassar Journal of Business Venturing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gavin Cassar United States	22	2.1k	1.4k	1.1k	639	524	53	3.3k
Andrew Zacharakis United States	22	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	655 0.6×	664 1.0×	584 1.1×	43	3.1k
Allan Riding Canada	28	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	884 0.8×	691 1.1×	370 0.7×	73	2.7k
Hans Landström Sweden	29	1.6k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	631 0.6×	783 1.2×	547 1.0×	80	3.2k
Moren Lévesque Canada	24	1.1k 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	759 0.7×	774 1.2×	646 1.2×	76	3.1k
Susan Coleman United States	23	1.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	857 0.8×	781 1.2×	168 0.3×	72	2.3k
William C. Dunkelberg United States	18	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	680 1.1×	425 0.8×	34	3.1k
Ralph C. Hybels United States	8	1.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	617 0.6×	439 0.7×	1.0k 2.0×	11	2.5k
Todd W. Moss United States	13	692 0.3×	1.8k 1.2×	450 0.4×	1.4k 2.2×	600 1.1×	24	3.0k
Joseph E. Coombs United States	18	1.0k 0.5×	772 0.5×	843 0.8×	346 0.5×	1.3k 2.5×	41	2.7k
Alexander McKelvie United States	27	1.5k 0.7×	2.6k 1.8×	963 0.9×	1.2k 1.9×	1.3k 2.5×	67	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Gavin Cassar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gavin Cassar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gavin Cassar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gavin Cassar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gavin Cassar 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 Gavin Cassar. Gavin Cassar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Cassar, Gavin & Tae-Ho Ko. (2023). Peer Effects in Subjective Performance Evaluation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin & Tae-Ho Ko. (2023). Peer effects in subjective performance evaluation. Contemporary Accounting Research. 40(3). 1704–1732. 3 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin. (2011). Discussion of the Value of Financial Statement Verification in Debt Financing: Evidence from Private U.S. Firms. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin & Joseph Gerakos. (2011). How do Hedge Funds Manage Portfolio Risk?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin & Joseph Gerakos. (2010). How Do Hedge Funds Manage Portfolio Risk?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin. (2009). Are individuals entering self‐employment overly optimistic? an empirical test of plans and projections on nascent entrepreneur expectations. Strategic Management Journal. 31(8). 822–840. 184 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin & Henry L. Friedman. (2009). Does Self-Efficacy Affect Entrepreneurial Investment?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 17 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin & Joseph Gerakos. (2009). Hedge Funds: Pricing Controls and the Smoothing of Self-Reported Returns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin & Justin B. Craig. (2008). An Investigation of Hindsight Bias in Nascent Venture Activity. Bond University Research Portal (Bond University). 1 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin & Christopher D. Ittner. (2008). Initial Retention of External Accountants in Startup Ventures. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin. (2007). Money, Money, Money? A Longitudinal Investigation of Entrepreneur Career Reasons, Growth Preferences and Achieved Growth. SSRN Electronic Journal. 19 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin. (2007). Money, money, money? A longitudinal investigation of entrepreneur career reasons, growth preferences and achieved growth. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. 19(1). 89–107. 290 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin & Henry L. Friedman. (2007). DOES OVERCONFIDENCE AFFECT ENTREPRENEURIAL INVESTMENT? (SUMMARY). Frontiers of entrepreneurship research. 27(1). 2. 1 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin. (2006). Entrepreneur Opportunity Costs and Intended Venture Growth. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin. (2005). Entrepreneur opportunity costs and intended venture growth. Journal of Business Venturing. 21(5). 610–632. 296 indexed citations

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Gibson, Brian & Gavin Cassar. (2003). Longitudinal Analysis of Relationships between Planning and Performance in Small Firms. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 4 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin & Scott Holmes. (2002). Capital Structure and Financing of SMEs: Australian Evidence. SSRN Electronic Journal. 22 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin. (2002). The Financing of Business Start-Ups. SSRN Electronic Journal. 25 indexed citations

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Gibson, Brian & Gavin Cassar. (2002). Planning Behavior Variables in Small Firms. Journal of Small Business Management. 40(3). 171–186. 72 indexed citations

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Cassar, Gavin. (2000). Self-Serving Behaviour and the Voluntary Disclosure of Capital Market Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations

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