Matthew Ege

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Matthew Ege is a scholar working on Accounting, Strategy and Management and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Ege has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Accounting, 11 papers in Strategy and Management and 7 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Matthew Ege's work include Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (34 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (24 papers) and Corporate Taxation and Avoidance (7 papers). Matthew Ege is often cited by papers focused on Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (34 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (24 papers) and Corporate Taxation and Avoidance (7 papers). Matthew Ege collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Argentina. Matthew Ege's co-authors include Dain C. Donelson, John M. McInnis, Bridget Stomberg, Lisa De Simone, John R. Robinson, Dechun Wang, Eldar Maksymov, W. Robert Knechel, Phillip T. Lamoreaux and Timothy A. Seidel and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Accounting and Economics and The Accounting Review.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Ege

39 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Audit committee financial expertise and earnings manageme... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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. Audit committee financial expertise and earnings management: The role of status
    2014 393 citations Dain C. Donelson, Matthew Ege et al. Journal of Accounting and 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
Matthew Ege United States 14 1.2k 472 178 164 160 40 1.3k
Albert L. Nagy United States 14 1.4k 1.2× 571 1.2× 211 1.2× 88 0.5× 205 1.3× 26 1.6k
Vineeta D. Sharma United States 14 1.2k 1.0× 507 1.1× 118 0.7× 70 0.4× 124 0.8× 23 1.3k
Jeff P. Boone United States 17 1.3k 1.1× 480 1.0× 120 0.7× 266 1.6× 257 1.6× 45 1.4k
Yoonseok Zang Singapore 17 1.5k 1.3× 656 1.4× 154 0.9× 165 1.0× 380 2.4× 38 1.6k
Nelson Waweru Canada 15 698 0.6× 292 0.6× 204 1.1× 217 1.3× 244 1.5× 44 997
Wuchun Chi Taiwan 15 1.2k 1.0× 572 1.2× 170 1.0× 67 0.4× 178 1.1× 45 1.4k
Elizabeth Carson Australia 17 1.3k 1.1× 464 1.0× 183 1.0× 100 0.6× 265 1.7× 35 1.4k
Heibatollah Sami United States 21 1.3k 1.1× 592 1.3× 109 0.6× 129 0.8× 399 2.5× 61 1.4k
Stephen Owusu‐Ansah Greece 12 1.1k 1.0× 710 1.5× 139 0.8× 86 0.5× 150 0.9× 19 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Matthew Ege

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Matthew Ege's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Matthew Ege with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Matthew Ege more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew Ege

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Matthew Ege. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Matthew Ege. The network helps show where Matthew Ege may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Ege

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matthew Ege. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matthew Ege 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 Matthew Ege. Matthew Ege 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
1.
Ege, Matthew, et al.. (2025). The consequences of reputation-damaging events for Big Four auditors: evidence from 110 cases with media coverage between 2007 and 2019. Review of Accounting Studies. 30(2). 2015–2070. 3 indexed citations
2.
Ege, Matthew, et al.. (2025). Auditor Scrutiny of Loan Loss Estimates and Bank Lending: Evidence from PCAOB Inspections. The Accounting Review. 100(4). 221–248.
3.
Ege, Matthew, et al.. (2024). Audits of Non-GAAP Earnings: Evidence from Adjusted EBITDA in Segment Disclosures. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
4.
Ege, Matthew, Young‐Hoon Kim, & Dechun Wang. (2023). The Demand for Internal Auditors following Accounting and Operational Failures. The Accounting Review. 98(7). 185–210. 4 indexed citations
5.
Christensen, Brant E., Matthew Ege, Nathan Y. Sharp, & T. Jeffrey Wilks. (2023). What Do Audit Clients Want from Their Auditor?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
6.
7.
Ege, Matthew, et al.. (2021). Are auditors rewarded for low audit quality? The case of auditor lenience in the insurance industry. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 73(1). 101424–101424. 23 indexed citations
8.
Ege, Matthew, et al.. (2021). Do PCAOB Inspections of Foreign Auditors Affect Global Financial Reporting Comparability?*. Contemporary Accounting Research. 38(4). 2659–2690. 9 indexed citations
9.
Ege, Matthew, et al.. (2020). Internal Control Quality and Bank Risk-Taking and Performance. Auditing A Journal of Practice & Theory. 40(2). 49–84. 13 indexed citations
10.
Donelson, Dain C., et al.. (2020). Supplemental datasets for the examination of the revival of large consulting practices at the big 4 and audit quality. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 32. 106132–106132. 1 indexed citations
11.
Ege, Matthew, et al.. (2020). What Matters for In-House Tax Planning: Tax Function Power and Status. The Accounting Review. 96(4). 203–232. 10 indexed citations
12.
Donelson, Dain C., et al.. (2020). The revival of large consulting practices at the Big 4 and audit quality. Accounting Organizations and Society. 87. 101157–101157. 39 indexed citations
13.
Ege, Matthew, et al.. (2019). Do Global Audit Firm Networks Apply Consistent Audit Methodologies across Jurisdictions? Evidence from Financial Reporting Comparability. The Accounting Review. 95(6). 151–179. 57 indexed citations
14.
Donelson, Dain C., Matthew Ege, & Justin Leiby. (2019). Audit Firm Reputational Consequences of Alleged Non-Accounting Misconduct by Clients: How Bargaining Power Temporarily Shifts Around Securities Litigation. Auditing A Journal of Practice & Theory. 38(4). 77–100. 18 indexed citations
15.
Ege, Matthew, et al.. (2019). Tax Function Influence: The Case of Power and Status. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
16.
Ege, Matthew, et al.. (2018). Internal Control Quality and Bank Performance During the Financial Crisis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
17.
Ege, Matthew. (2014). Does Internal Audit Function Quality Deter Management Misconduct?. The Accounting Review. 90(2). 495–527. 165 indexed citations
18.
Donelson, Dain C., Matthew Ege, & John M. McInnis. (2014). Internal Control Weaknesses and Financial Reporting Fraud. SSRN Electronic Journal. 33 indexed citations
19.
Simone, Lisa De, Matthew Ege, & Bridget Stomberg. (2014). Internal Control Quality: The Role of Auditor-Provided Tax Services. The Accounting Review. 90(4). 1469–1496. 91 indexed citations
20.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Albert L. Nagy Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Vineeta D. Sharma Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jeff P. Boone Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Yoonseok Zang Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Nelson Waweru Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Wuchun Chi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Elizabeth Carson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Heibatollah Sami Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Stephen Owusu‐Ansah
Rankless by CCL
2026