Jeffrey Pontiff

7.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
53 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Jeffrey Pontiff is a scholar working on Finance, Accounting and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jeffrey Pontiff has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Finance, 40 papers in Accounting and 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Jeffrey Pontiff's work include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (40 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (28 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (17 papers). Jeffrey Pontiff is often cited by papers focused on Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (40 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (28 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (17 papers). Jeffrey Pontiff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Hong Kong. Jeffrey Pontiff's co-authors include R. David McLean, Paul J. Irvine, Jennifer L. Koski, Joseph Engelberg, Clifford G. Holderness, Akiko Watanabe, Michael J. Barclay, Andrei Shleifer, Michael S. Weisbach and Daniel Bergstresser and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and American Economic Review.

In The Last Decade

Jeffrey Pontiff

51 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Does Academic Research Destroy... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2015 1996 2008 2018 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. Does Academic Research Destroy Stock Return Predictability?
    2015 881 citations R. David McLean, Jeffrey Pontiff The Journal of Finance profile →
  2. Costly Arbitrage: Evidence from Closed-End Funds
    1996 581 citations Jeffrey Pontiff The Quarterly Journal of Economics profile →
  3. Idiosyncratic Return Volatility, Cash Flows, and Product Market Competition
    2008 492 citations Paul J. Irvine, Jeffrey Pontiff Review of Financial Studies profile →
  4. Anomalies and News
    2018 200 citations Joseph Engelberg, R. David McLean et al. 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
Jeffrey Pontiff United States 25 4.4k 3.3k 2.2k 820 591 53 5.2k
Jennifer Conrad United States 29 4.4k 1.0× 2.4k 0.7× 2.7k 1.3× 483 0.6× 699 1.2× 54 5.1k
Narayan Y. Naik United Kingdom 32 4.8k 1.1× 2.5k 0.8× 2.6k 1.2× 456 0.6× 555 0.9× 73 5.3k
Ronnie Sadka United States 28 4.0k 0.9× 2.4k 0.7× 1.9k 0.9× 443 0.5× 465 0.8× 77 4.3k
Jonathan Lewellen United States 20 4.0k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 2.3k 1.1× 750 0.9× 613 1.0× 33 4.6k
J. Spencer Martin United States 21 4.4k 1.0× 1.9k 0.6× 2.0k 0.9× 445 0.5× 561 0.9× 38 4.8k
Jonathan Berk United States 25 4.3k 1.0× 3.3k 1.0× 2.4k 1.1× 866 1.1× 352 0.6× 54 5.3k
Rolf W. Banz United States 7 3.8k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 1.9k 0.9× 874 1.1× 590 1.0× 9 4.3k
Richard W. Sias United States 23 4.5k 1.0× 3.7k 1.1× 2.4k 1.1× 526 0.6× 422 0.7× 67 5.5k
Paul Schultz United States 37 4.8k 1.1× 3.6k 1.1× 2.4k 1.1× 714 0.9× 461 0.8× 80 5.9k
Bhaskaran Swaminathan United States 28 6.0k 1.4× 5.4k 1.7× 2.6k 1.2× 2.4k 2.9× 649 1.1× 45 7.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jeffrey Pontiff

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jeffrey Pontiff

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jeffrey Pontiff. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jeffrey Pontiff 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 Jeffrey Pontiff. Jeffrey Pontiff 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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McLean, R. David, Jeffrey Pontiff, & Christopher M. Reilly. (2025). Taking sides on return predictability. Journal of Financial Economics. 173. 104158–104158.
2.
Engelberg, Joseph, R. David McLean, Jeffrey Pontiff, & Matthew C. Ringgenberg. (2022). Do Cross-Sectional Predictors Contain Systematic Information?. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 58(3). 1172–1201. 15 indexed citations
3.
Ellul, Andrew, et al.. (2019). Annual Report of the Society for Financial Studies for 2018–2019. Review of Financial Studies. 33(2). 990–1008.
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Engelberg, Joseph & Jeffrey Pontiff. (2017). Analysts and Anomalies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
5.
Holderness, Clifford G. & Jeffrey Pontiff. (2016). Shareholder nonparticipation in valuable rights offerings: New findings for an old puzzle. Journal of Financial Economics. 120(2). 252–268. 27 indexed citations
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McLean, R. David & Jeffrey Pontiff. (2015). Does Academic Research Destroy Stock Return Predictability?. The Journal of Finance. 71(1). 5–32. 881 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fu, Fangjian, et al.. (2014). The Persistence of Long-Run Abnormal Returns Following Stock Repurchases and Offerings. Institutional Knowledge (InK) - Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University (Singapore Management University). 3 indexed citations
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Hu, Gang, R. David McLean, Jeffrey Pontiff, & Qinghai Wang. (2013). The Year-End Trading Activities of Institutional Investors: Evidence from Daily Trades. Review of Financial Studies. 27(5). 1593–1614. 61 indexed citations
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McLean, R. David & Jeffrey Pontiff. (2012). Does Academic Research Destroy Stock Return Predictability?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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McLean, R. David, Jeffrey Pontiff, & Akiko Watanabe. (2009). Share issuance and cross-sectional returns: International evidence☆. Journal of Financial Economics. 94(1). 1–17. 154 indexed citations
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Irvine, Paul J. & Jeffrey Pontiff. (2008). Idiosyncratic Return Volatility, Cash Flows, and Product Market Competition. Review of Financial Studies. 22(3). 1149–1177. 492 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pontiff, Jeffrey, et al.. (2008). Share Issuance and Cross‐sectional Returns. The Journal of Finance. 63(2). 921–945. 465 indexed citations
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Pontiff, Jeffrey. (2006). Costly arbitrage and the myth of idiosyncratic risk. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 42(1-2). 35–52. 463 indexed citations
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Bergstresser, Daniel & Jeffrey Pontiff. (2006). Investment Taxation and Porfolio Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Choi, Dosoung, et al.. (2003). Market Valuation of Tax-Timing Options: Evidence from Capital Gains Distributions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Pontiff, Jeffrey. (1998). Book-to-market ratios as predictors of market returns. Journal of Financial Economics. 49(2). 141–160. 384 indexed citations
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Pontiff, Jeffrey. (1997). Excess Volatility and Closed-End Funds. American Economic Review. 87(1). 155–169. 75 indexed citations
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Pontiff, Jeffrey. (1996). Costly Arbitrage: Evidence from Closed-End Funds. SSRN Electronic Journal. 66 indexed citations
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Pontiff, Jeffrey. (1996). Costly Arbitrage: Evidence from Closed-End Funds. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 111(4). 1135–1151. 581 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pontiff, Jeffrey, Andrei Shleifer, & Michael S. Weisbach. (1990). Reversions of Excess Pension Assets after Takeovers. The RAND Journal of Economics. 21(4). 600–600. 117 indexed citations

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