John D. Lyon

7.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
16 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

John D. Lyon is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Lyon has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Accounting, 10 papers in Finance and 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in John D. Lyon's work include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (10 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (10 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (10 papers). John D. Lyon is often cited by papers focused on Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (10 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (10 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (10 papers). John D. Lyon collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. John D. Lyon's co-authors include Brad M. Barber, Chih‐Ling Tsai, Michael Maher, Martina K. Linnenluecke, Baljit K. Sidhu, James R. Frederickson, Leon Zolotoy, Douglas A. Schroeder, Greg Clinch and Matt Pinnuck and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Journal of Accounting Research.

In The Last Decade

John D. Lyon

16 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Detecting long-run abnormal stock returns: The empirical ... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1997 1999 1996 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Detecting long-run abnormal stock returns: The empirical power and specification of test statistics
    1997 2.0k citations Brad M. Barber, John D. Lyon Journal of Financial Economics profile →
  2. Improved Methods for Tests of Long‐Run Abnormal Stock Returns
    1999 1.4k citations John D. Lyon, Brad M. Barber et al. The Journal of Finance profile →
  3. Detecting abnormal operating performance: The empirical power and specification of test statistics
    1996 1.3k citations Brad M. Barber, John D. Lyon Journal of Financial Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John D. Lyon United States 12 4.9k 3.4k 1.8k 1.2k 205 16 5.8k
William F. Maxwell United States 29 5.3k 1.1× 3.8k 1.1× 1.7k 0.9× 1.6k 1.4× 134 0.7× 49 6.8k
Philip G. Berger United States 21 5.1k 1.0× 2.1k 0.6× 2.1k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 161 0.8× 36 5.8k
Theodore Sougiannis United States 25 5.1k 1.0× 2.5k 0.7× 3.2k 1.8× 1.7k 1.4× 287 1.4× 52 6.3k
Marcia Millon Cornett United States 35 4.4k 0.9× 3.3k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 1.6k 1.4× 98 0.5× 66 5.7k
Ashiq Ali United States 27 4.6k 0.9× 2.2k 0.6× 2.0k 1.1× 778 0.7× 199 1.0× 69 5.1k
Peter F. Pope United Kingdom 38 5.1k 1.0× 2.0k 0.6× 2.6k 1.4× 971 0.8× 376 1.8× 132 6.0k
Paul Zarowin United States 27 6.5k 1.3× 3.2k 0.9× 3.8k 2.1× 988 0.9× 287 1.4× 61 7.4k
Joshua Livnat United States 31 3.4k 0.7× 2.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.9× 787 0.7× 187 0.9× 117 4.3k
Richard S. Ruback United States 24 5.1k 1.0× 2.7k 0.8× 2.5k 1.3× 1.5k 1.3× 85 0.4× 52 5.9k
Wayne B. Thomas United States 39 5.2k 1.1× 1.8k 0.5× 2.5k 1.3× 856 0.7× 376 1.8× 122 5.6k

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Clinch, Greg, John D. Lyon, & Matt Pinnuck. (2018). A review of the impact of Ball and Brown (1968) on research in the Asia-Pacific Basin. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 53. 268–277. 6 indexed citations
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Zolotoy, Leon, James R. Frederickson, & John D. Lyon. (2017). Aggregate earnings and stock market returns: The good, the bad, and the state-dependent. Journal of Banking & Finance. 77. 157–175. 22 indexed citations
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Linnenluecke, Martina K., et al.. (2015). Planetary boundaries: implications for asset impairment. Accounting and Finance. 55(4). 911–929. 30 indexed citations
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Zolotoy, Leon, James R. Frederickson, & John D. Lyon. (2012). Aggregate Earnings News and Stock Market Returns: The Good, the Bad and the State-Dependent. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Lyon, John D. & Michael Maher. (2005). The Importance of Business Risk in Setting Audit Fees: Evidence from Cases of Client Misconduct. Journal of Accounting Research. 43(1). 133–151. 212 indexed citations
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Lyon, John D. & Michael Maher. (2002). The Importance of Business Risk in Setting Audit Fees: Evidence from Cases of Client Misconduct. SSRN Electronic Journal. 40 indexed citations
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Lyon, John D., Brad M. Barber, & Chih‐Ling Tsai. (1999). Improved Methods for Tests of Long‐Run Abnormal Stock Returns. The Journal of Finance. 54(1). 165–201. 1441 indexed citations breakdown →
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Barber, Brad M. & John D. Lyon. (1997). Detecting long-run abnormal stock returns: The empirical power and specification of test statistics. Journal of Financial Economics. 43(3). 341–372. 2050 indexed citations breakdown →
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Barber, Brad M. & John D. Lyon. (1997). Firm Size, Book-to-Market Ratio, and Security Returns: A Holdout Sample of Financial Firms. The Journal of Finance. 52(2). 875–875. 63 indexed citations
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Lyon, John D., et al.. (1997). Firm Size, Book‐to‐Market Ratio, and Security Returns: A Holdout Sample of Financial Firms. The Journal of Finance. 52(2). 875–883. 204 indexed citations
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Barber, Brad M. & John D. Lyon. (1996). How Can Long-Run Abnormal Stock Returns be Both Positively and Negatively Biased?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations
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Barber, Brad M. & John D. Lyon. (1996). Detecting Long-Run Abnormal Stock Returns: The Empirical Power and Specification of Test Statistics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 202 indexed citations
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Lyon, John D. & Chih‐Ling Tsai. (1996). A Comparison of Tests for Heteroscedasticity. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D (The Statistician). 45(3). 337–337. 42 indexed citations
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Barber, Brad M. & John D. Lyon. (1996). Detecting abnormal operating performance: The empirical power and specification of test statistics. Journal of Financial Economics. 41(3). 359–399. 1299 indexed citations breakdown →
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Barber, Brad M. & John D. Lyon. (1994). Detecting Abnormal Operating Performance: The Empirical Power and Specification of Test Statistics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 121 indexed citations
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Lyon, John D. & Douglas A. Schroeder. (1992). Firm Growth and the Valuation Relevance of Earnings Levels, Earnings Innovations, and Dividends. Journal of Accounting Auditing & Finance. 7(4). 531–551. 10 indexed citations

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