John D. Kepler

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 576 citations indexed

About

John D. Kepler is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Kepler has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 576 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Accounting, 14 papers in Finance and 5 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in John D. Kepler's work include Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (19 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (18 papers) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (11 papers). John D. Kepler is often cited by papers focused on Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (19 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (18 papers) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (11 papers). John D. Kepler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and Australia. John D. Kepler's co-authors include Christopher Armstrong, Daniel J. Taylor, Stephen Glaeser, Delphine Samuels, Wayne R. Guay, Phillip J. Quinn, Brandon Gipper, Salman Arif, Matthew J. Bloomfield and Joseph H. Schroeder and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

John D. Kepler

27 papers receiving 559 citations

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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.

Causality redux: The evolution of empirical methods in accounting research and the growth of quasi-experiments

2022 110 citations Christopher Armstrong, John D. Kepler et al. Journal of Accounting and Economics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John D. Kepler United States	12	475	168	146	146	38	28	576
Bin Miao China	10	456 1.0×	233 1.4×	197 1.3×	116 0.8×	46 1.2×	28	585
Kyle Peterson United States	10	481 1.0×	185 1.1×	203 1.4×	78 0.5×	82 2.2×	21	558
Shawn X. Huang United States	11	563 1.2×	184 1.1×	187 1.3×	137 0.9×	33 0.9×	25	629
Mihir N. Mehta United States	10	250 0.5×	75 0.4×	110 0.8×	97 0.7×	32 0.8×	23	359
Pingyang Gao United States	12	657 1.4×	395 2.4×	228 1.6×	97 0.7×	55 1.4×	25	763
Allison Koester United States	9	539 1.1×	108 0.6×	130 0.9×	188 1.3×	29 0.8×	25	594
Suil Pae Hong Kong	10	457 1.0×	191 1.1×	134 0.9×	95 0.7×	29 0.8×	18	516
Yibin Zhou United States	8	398 0.8×	221 1.3×	133 0.9×	42 0.3×	39 1.0×	11	453
Nisan Langberg United States	10	304 0.6×	163 1.0×	106 0.7×	89 0.6×	72 1.9×	27	391
Darren Bernard United States	10	438 0.9×	143 0.9×	104 0.7×	136 0.9×	46 1.2×	18	514

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John D. Kepler

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Armstrong, Christopher, et al.. (2025). Creditor control rights and executive bonus plans. Review of Accounting Studies. 30(3). 2724–2767. 1 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Christopher, et al.. (2024). Rank-and-file accounting employee compensation and financial reporting quality. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 78(1). 101672–101672. 4 indexed citations

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Bourveau, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Firm Boundaries and Voluntary Disclosure. The Accounting Review. 99(4). 111–141. 4 indexed citations

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Kepler, John D., et al.. (2023). Stealth Acquisitions and Product Market Competition. The Journal of Finance. 78(5). 2837–2900. 8 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Chris, et al.. (2022). Rank-and-File Accounting Employee Incentives and Financial Reporting Quality. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Bourveau, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Firm Boundaries and Voluntary Disclosure. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Christopher, John D. Kepler, Delphine Samuels, & Daniel J. Taylor. (2022). Causality redux: The evolution of empirical methods in accounting research and the growth of quasi-experiments. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 74(2-3). 101521–101521. 110 indexed citations breakdown →

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Arif, Salman, John D. Kepler, Joseph H. Schroeder, & Daniel J. Taylor. (2022). Audit process, private information, and insider trading. Review of Accounting Studies. 27(3). 1125–1156. 20 indexed citations

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Kepler, John D., et al.. (2021). Quality Transparency and Healthcare Competition. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Gordon, Andrew, et al.. (2021). Human Capital Disclosure: What Do Companies Say about Their “Most Important Asset”?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations

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Kepler, John D., et al.. (2020). Undisclosed SEC Investigations. Management Science. 67(6). 3403–3418. 77 indexed citations

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Kepler, John D., David F. Larcker, Brian Tayan, & Daniel J. Taylor. (2020). Governance of Corporate Insider Equity Trades. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Christopher, Stephen Glaeser, & John D. Kepler. (2019). Accounting quality and the transmission of monetary policy. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 68(2-3). 101265–101265. 30 indexed citations

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Guay, Wayne R., et al.. (2019). The role of executive cash bonuses in providing individual and team incentives. Journal of Financial Economics. 133(2). 441–471. 75 indexed citations

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Kepler, John D., et al.. (2019). Undisclosed SEC Investigations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Chris & John D. Kepler. (2018). Theory, Research Design Assumptions, and Causal Inferences. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Kepler, John D.. (2018). Private Communication among Competitors and Public Disclosure. SSRN Electronic Journal. 20 indexed citations

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Arif, Salman, John D. Kepler, Joseph H. Schroeder, & Daniel J. Taylor. (2018). Audit Process, Private Information, and Insider Trading. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Chris, et al.. (2017). Inelastic Labor Markets and Directorss Reputational Incentives. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Guay, Wayne R., et al.. (2016). Do CEO Bonus Plans Serve a Purpose. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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