Matthew T. Billett

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Matthew T. Billett is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew T. Billett has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Accounting, 49 papers in Finance and 18 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Matthew T. Billett's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (60 papers), Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (36 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (22 papers). Matthew T. Billett is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (60 papers), Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (36 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (22 papers). Matthew T. Billett collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Matthew T. Billett's co-authors include David C. Mauer, Jon A. Garfinkel, Tao‐Hsien Dolly King, Mark J. Flannery, Yiming Qian, Lopo L. Rego, Neil A. Morgan, Edward S. O’Neal, Miaomiao Yu and Yilei Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Journal of Marketing.

In The Last Decade

Matthew T. Billett

67 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Growth Opportunities and the Choice of Leverage, Debt Maturity, and Covenants
    2007 566 citations Matthew T. Billett, Tao‐Hsien Dolly King 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
Matthew T. Billett United States 26 2.9k 2.2k 882 829 145 69 3.6k
Lubomir P. Litov United States 20 2.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 759 0.9× 823 1.0× 114 0.8× 53 2.9k
Todd T. Milbourn United States 21 2.7k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 785 0.9× 93 0.6× 59 3.4k
Charles J. Hadlock United States 25 2.8k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 937 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 105 0.7× 52 3.4k
Fei Xie United States 19 3.5k 1.2× 1.2k 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 632 0.8× 108 0.7× 41 3.8k
Craig Doidge Canada 19 4.6k 1.6× 2.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.4× 1.0k 1.2× 85 0.6× 34 5.1k
Jay C. Hartzell United States 26 4.7k 1.6× 2.1k 1.0× 1.6k 1.8× 1.4k 1.7× 79 0.5× 42 5.2k
Feixue Xie United States 15 2.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 799 0.9× 642 0.8× 138 1.0× 34 2.7k
John K. Wald United States 22 2.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.5× 805 0.9× 706 0.9× 57 0.4× 70 2.7k
Frederik P. Schlingemann United States 16 3.3k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 894 1.1× 49 0.3× 31 3.6k
Atulya Sarin United States 27 3.3k 1.1× 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 998 1.2× 61 0.4× 51 3.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew T. Billett

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew T. Billett

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Billett, Matthew T., et al.. (2025). Access to Debt and the Provision of Trade Credit. Management Science.
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Billett, Matthew T., et al.. (2024). Information spillovers and cross monitoring between the stock market and loan market. Journal of Banking & Finance. 171. 107351–107351.
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Billett, Matthew T., Mark Ma, & Xiaoyun Yu. (2024). Torpedo Your Competition: Strategic Reporting and Peer Firm IPO. The Accounting Review. 99(6). 51–73. 2 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T., et al.. (2023). The capital supply channel in peer effects: The case of SEOs. Journal of Banking & Finance. 149. 106807–106807. 2 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T., Mark Ma, & Xiaoyun Yu. (2020). Torpedo Your Competition: Strategic Reporting and Peer Firm IPO. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T., et al.. (2020). Customer–Supplier Relationships and Abnormal Accruals. Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies. 23(4). 2050027–2050027. 1 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T., et al.. (2017). JOBS Act Spillover Effects in the Syndicated Loan Market. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T., et al.. (2016). Capital Supply, Financial Intermediaries, and Corporate Peer Effects. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T., et al.. (2016). Information Spillovers and Cross Monitoring between the Stock Market and Loan Market: Evidence from Regulation SHO. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T., Redouane Elkamhi, David C. Mauer, & Raunaq S. Pungaliya. (2015). Bank Loan Price Reactions to Corporate Events: Evidence from Traded Syndicated Loans. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T., et al.. (2012). Covenant-Lite Loans. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T., Jon A. Garfinkel, & Miaomiao Yu. (2011). The Effect of Asymmetric Information on Product Market Outcomes. SSRN Electronic Journal. 16 indexed citations
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Yu, Miaomiao, Jon A. Garfinkel, & Matthew T. Billett. (2011). The Effect of Asymmetric Information on Product Market Outcomes. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T., Paul Hribar, & Yixin Liu. (2011). Shareholder-Manager Alignment and the Cost of Debt. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T., Tao‐Hsien Dolly King, & David C. Mauer. (2007). Growth Opportunities and the Choice of Leverage, Debt Maturity, and Covenants. The Journal of Finance. 62(2). 697–730. 566 indexed citations breakdown →
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Billett, Matthew T. & Jon A. Garfinkel. (2004). Financial Flexibility and the Cost of External Finance for U.S. Bank Holding Companies. Journal of money credit and banking. 36(5). 827–852. 44 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T. & Anand M. Vijh. (2004). THE WEALTH EFFECTS OF TRACKING STOCK RESTRUCTURINGS. The Journal of Financial Research. 27(4). 559–583. 9 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T., et al.. (2003). Share Repurchases and the Need for External Finance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T., Mark J. Flannery, & Jon A. Garfinkel. (2001). Are Bank Loans Special? Evidence on the Post-Announcement Performance of Bank Borrowers.. SSRN Electronic Journal. 27 indexed citations
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Billett, Matthew T., et al.. (1997). Capital structure, asset structure and equity takeover premiums in cash tender offers. Journal of Corporate Finance. 3(2). 141–165. 30 indexed citations

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