Michael Bradley

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Michael Bradley is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Bradley has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Accounting, 21 papers in Finance and 10 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Michael Bradley's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (23 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (14 papers) and Credit Risk and Financial Regulations (8 papers). Michael Bradley is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (23 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (14 papers) and Credit Risk and Financial Regulations (8 papers). Michael Bradley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Hong Kong. Michael Bradley's co-authors include Anand S. Desai, Gregg A. Jarrell, H. Nejat Seyhun, Michael L. Rosenzweig, Lee Macdonald Wakeman, Anant K. Sundaram, Naveen Khanna, James P. Walsh, Cindy A. Schipani and Daniel R. Fischel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies and Frontiers in Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Bradley

41 papers receiving 2.8k 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. Synergistic gains from corporate acquisitions and their division between the stockholders of target and acquiring firms
    1988 1.2k citations Michael Bradley et al. 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
Michael Bradley United States 19 2.9k 1.4k 1.0k 798 192 42 3.3k
Kevin Rock United States 6 4.7k 1.6× 2.8k 1.9× 1.7k 1.7× 1.1k 1.3× 187 1.0× 6 5.2k
Jayant R. Kale United States 20 1.9k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 465 0.5× 741 0.9× 91 0.5× 61 2.3k
Rogér Otten Netherlands 16 1.6k 0.5× 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 938 1.2× 106 0.6× 26 2.7k
Feixue Xie United States 15 2.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 799 0.8× 642 0.8× 161 0.8× 34 2.7k
Surya Janakiraman United States 9 1.5k 0.5× 483 0.3× 864 0.8× 411 0.5× 177 0.9× 18 1.9k
Vicente Cuñat United Kingdom 19 1.7k 0.6× 444 0.3× 491 0.5× 972 1.2× 89 0.5× 46 2.2k
Mai Iskandar‐Datta United States 24 2.2k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 750 0.7× 485 0.6× 33 0.2× 59 2.5k
Sudip Datta United States 22 2.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 700 0.7× 459 0.6× 28 0.1× 55 2.4k
Tony Kang United States 28 2.6k 0.9× 756 0.5× 1.2k 1.2× 267 0.3× 60 0.3× 82 2.9k
Dmitri Byzalov United States 17 1.3k 0.4× 413 0.3× 779 0.8× 386 0.5× 63 0.3× 35 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Bradley

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Bradley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bradley, Michael, et al.. (2020). Water height modifies forelimb kinematics of horses during water treadmill exercise. Comparative Exercise Physiology. 17(1). 91–98. 16 indexed citations
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Song, Jun, Guoshun Wang, Mark J. Hoenerhoff, et al.. (2018). Bacterial and Pneumocystis Infections in the Lungs of Gene-Knockout Rabbits with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 429–429. 18 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael, et al.. (2017). Pricing Sovereign Debt: Foreign versus Local Parameters. European Financial Management. 24(2). 261–297. 5 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael, et al.. (2014). Does Board Independence Reduce the Cost of Debt?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael & Dong Chen. (2011). Corporate Governance, Credit Condition, and the Cost of Debt. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael, et al.. (2010). Board Liability Limitation, Indemnification and the Cost of Debt. Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium). 1 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael, Alon Brav, Itay Goldstein, & Wei Jiang. (2009). Activist arbitrage: A study of open-ending attempts of closed-end funds. Journal of Financial Economics. 95(1). 1–19. 43 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael, et al.. (2008). The Effects of Corporate Governance Attributes on Credit Ratings and Bond Yields. Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium). 15 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael, et al.. (2008). The Effects of Corporate Governance Attributes on Credit Ratings and Bond Yields. SSRN Electronic Journal. 25 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael, et al.. (2007). The Relation between Corporate Governance and Credit Risk, Bond Yields and Firm Valuation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael & Anant K. Sundaram. (2004). Do Acquisitions Drive Performance or Does Performance Drive Acquisitions?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 39 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael & Anant K. Sundaram. (2003). The Emergence of Shareholder Value in the German Corporation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Seyhun, H. Nejat & Michael Bradley. (1997). Corporate Bankruptcy and Insider Trading. The Journal of Business. 70(2). 189–216. 181 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael. (1996). Dividend policy revisited : the role of cash flow uncertainty. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 1 indexed citations
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Khanna, Naveen, et al.. (1994). Insider Trading, Outside Search, and Resource Allocation: Why Firms and Society May Disagree on Insider Trading Restrictions. Review of Financial Studies. 7(3). 575–608. 113 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael, et al.. (1992). Cash in hand.. PubMed. 102(5291). 25–25. 1 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael & Michael L. Rosenzweig. (1992). The Untenable Case for Chapter 11. The Yale Law Journal. 101(5). 1043–1043. 164 indexed citations
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Fischel, Daniel R. & Michael Bradley. (1986). Role of Liability Rules and the Derivative Suit in Corporate Law: A Theoretical and Empirical Anaylsis. Cornell law review/˜The œCornell law quarterly. 71(2). 261–298. 32 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael & Michael L. Rosenzweig. (1986). Defensive Stock Repurchases and the Appraisal Remedy. The Yale Law Journal. 96(2). 322–322. 2 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael & Lee Macdonald Wakeman. (1983). The wealth effects of targeted share repurchases. Journal of Financial Economics. 11(1-4). 301–328. 119 indexed citations

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