Michael R. Roberts

18.2k total citations · 10 hit papers
42 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Michael R. Roberts is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael R. Roberts has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Accounting, 32 papers in Finance and 13 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Michael R. Roberts's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (34 papers), Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (21 papers) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (13 papers). Michael R. Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (34 papers), Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (21 papers) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (13 papers). Michael R. Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and Belgium. Michael R. Roberts's co-authors include Mark T. Leary, Sudheer Chava, Michael L. Lemmon, Amir Sufi, Jaime F. Zender, Roni Michaely, Michael D. Bradley, Christopher R. Knittel, John R. Graham and Jacob Boudoukh and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Review of Financial Studies.

In The Last Decade

Michael R. Roberts

42 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

How Does Financing Impact Investment? The Role of Debt Co... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2008 2008 2005 2013 2009 400 800 1.2k
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. How Does Financing Impact Investment? The Role of Debt Covenants
    2008 1.4k citations Michael R. Roberts et al. The Journal of Finance profile →
  2. Back to the Beginning: Persistence and the Cross‐Section of Corporate Capital Structure
    2008 1.3k citations Michael R. Roberts et al. The Journal of Finance profile →
  3. Do Firms Rebalance Their Capital Structures?
    2005 1.0k citations Mark T. Leary, Michael R. Roberts The Journal of Finance profile →
  4. Do Peer Firms Affect Corporate Financial Policy?
    2013 695 citations Mark T. Leary, Michael R. Roberts The Journal of Finance profile →
  5. Renegotiation of financial contracts: Evidence from private credit agreements
    2009 515 citations Michael R. Roberts, Amir Sufi Journal of Financial Economics profile →
  6. Control Rights and Capital Structure: An Empirical Investigation
    2009 467 citations Michael R. Roberts, Amir Sufi The Journal of Finance profile →
  7. The Response of Corporate Financing and Investment to Changes in the Supply of Credit
    2010 460 citations Michael R. Roberts et al. profile →
  8. A century of capital structure: The leveraging of corporate America
    2014 291 citations John R. Graham, Mark T. Leary et al. Journal of Financial Economics profile →
  9. The Structure and Pricing of Corporate Debt Covenants
    2015 255 citations Michael D. Bradley, Michael R. Roberts profile →
  10. The History of the Cross-Section of Stock Returns
    2018 177 citations Juhani T. Linnainmaa, Michael R. Roberts Review of Financial Studies 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 R. Roberts United States 34 8.7k 6.7k 3.3k 2.4k 449 42 10.9k
Michael L. Lemmon United States 46 9.7k 1.1× 6.2k 0.9× 3.6k 1.1× 3.0k 1.3× 384 0.9× 98 12.1k
Malcolm Baker United States 36 9.7k 1.1× 11.3k 1.7× 6.4k 1.9× 2.8k 1.1× 990 2.2× 83 15.4k
Thomas E. Copeland United States 22 2.6k 0.3× 4.2k 0.6× 2.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 473 1.1× 63 5.7k
Gregg A. Jarrell United States 23 7.3k 0.8× 3.1k 0.5× 2.2k 0.6× 3.0k 1.2× 145 0.3× 37 8.4k
Miguel A. Ferreira United Kingdom 42 6.8k 0.8× 5.2k 0.8× 2.9k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 612 1.4× 138 9.4k
Paulo Renato Soares Terra Brazil 13 4.3k 0.5× 2.2k 0.3× 1.8k 0.5× 1.8k 0.8× 297 0.7× 41 5.7k
Mark J. Flannery United States 49 7.5k 0.9× 9.5k 1.4× 4.8k 1.4× 1.6k 0.6× 1.2k 2.7× 122 12.3k
Kose John United States 46 8.4k 1.0× 4.4k 0.7× 2.5k 0.8× 3.0k 1.2× 168 0.4× 192 10.1k
Jarrad Harford United States 41 10.9k 1.3× 5.0k 0.7× 3.0k 0.9× 3.6k 1.5× 289 0.6× 106 12.1k
Robert H. Litzenberger United States 33 4.9k 0.6× 6.6k 1.0× 4.5k 1.3× 2.2k 0.9× 1.4k 3.0× 93 9.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Linnainmaa, Juhani T. & Michael R. Roberts. (2018). The History of the Cross-Section of Stock Returns. Review of Financial Studies. 31(7). 2606–2649. 177 indexed citations breakdown →
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Graham, John R., Mark T. Leary, & Michael R. Roberts. (2016). The Leveraging of Corporate America: A Long‐Run Perspective on Changes in Capital Structure. Journal of applied corporate finance. 28(4). 29–37. 3 indexed citations
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Linnainmaa, Juhani T. & Michael R. Roberts. (2016). The History of the Cross Section of Stock Returns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Graham, John R., Mark T. Leary, & Michael R. Roberts. (2014). How Does Government Borrowing Affect Corporate Financing and Investment?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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Graham, John R., Mark T. Leary, & Michael R. Roberts. (2013). Financial Crowding Out. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Graham, John R., Mark T. Leary, & Michael R. Roberts. (2013). A Century of Capital Structure: The Leveraging of Corporate America. SSRN Electronic Journal. 66 indexed citations
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Roberts, Michael R. & Roni Michaely. (2011). Corporate Dividend Policies: Lessons from Private Firms. SSRN Electronic Journal. 75 indexed citations
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Leary, Mark T. & Michael R. Roberts. (2010). Do Peer Firms Affect Corporate Financial Policy?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 56 indexed citations
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Roberts, Michael R. & Amir Sufi. (2009). Renegotiation of financial contracts: Evidence from private credit agreements. Journal of Financial Economics. 93(2). 159–184. 515 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roberts, Michael R. & Amir Sufi. (2009). Control Rights and Capital Structure: An Empirical Investigation. The Journal of Finance. 64(4). 1657–1695. 467 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roberts, Michael R. & Amir Sufi. (2009). Financial Contracting: A Survey of Empirical Research and Future Directions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 40 indexed citations
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Roberts, Michael R. & Amir Sufi. (2008). Control Rights and Capital Structure: An Empirical Investigation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 158 indexed citations
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Leary, Mark T. & Michael R. Roberts. (2008). The Pecking Order, Debt Capacity, and Information Asymmetry. SSRN Electronic Journal. 96 indexed citations
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Brav, Alon, Roni Michaely, Michael R. Roberts, & Rebecca Zarutskie. (2007). Evidence on the Tradeoff Between Risk and Return for Ipo and Seo Firms. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Knittel, Christopher R. & Michael R. Roberts. (2005). An empirical examination of restructured electricity prices. Energy Economics. 27(5). 791–817. 282 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael D. & Michael R. Roberts. (2004). The Structure and Pricing of Corporate Debt Covenants. SSRN Electronic Journal. 194 indexed citations
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Bradley, Michael D. & Michael R. Roberts. (2003). The Structure and Pricing of Corporate Debt Covenants. SSRN Electronic Journal. 241 indexed citations
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Graham, John R., Roni Michaely, & Michael R. Roberts. (2003). Do Price Discreteness and Transactions Costs Affect Stock Returns? Comparing Ex‐Dividend Pricing before and after Decimalization. The Journal of Finance. 58(6). 2611–2636. 122 indexed citations
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Roberts, Michael R.. (2002). The Dynamics of Capital Structure: An Empirical Analysis of a Partially Observable System. SSRN Electronic Journal. 52 indexed citations
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Knittel, Christopher R. & Michael R. Roberts. (2001). An Empirical Examination of Deregulated Electricity Prices. SSRN Electronic Journal. 73 indexed citations

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