Mitchell A. Petersen

34.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
63 papers, 23.7k citations indexed

About

Mitchell A. Petersen is a scholar working on Finance, Economics and Econometrics and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Mitchell A. Petersen has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 23.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Finance, 31 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 26 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Mitchell A. Petersen's work include Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (35 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (21 papers) and Credit Risk and Financial Regulations (15 papers). Mitchell A. Petersen is often cited by papers focused on Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (35 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (21 papers) and Credit Risk and Financial Regulations (15 papers). Mitchell A. Petersen collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Canada. Mitchell A. Petersen's co-authors include Raghuram G. Rajan, Michael W. Faulkender, Jeremy C. Stein, Allen N. Berger, Nathan H. Miller, José María Liberti, S. Ramu Thiagarajan, Nathan Miller, Janine Mukuddem-Petersen and Kristine Watson Hankins and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Mitchell A. Petersen

59 papers receiving 22.1k citations

Hit Papers

Estimating Standard Errors in Finance Panel Data... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2008 1994 1995 2006 2002 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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. Estimating Standard Errors in Finance Panel Data Sets: Comparing Approaches
    2008 8.6k citations Mitchell A. Petersen Review of Financial Studies profile →
  2. The Benefits of Lending Relationships: Evidence from Small Business Data
    1994 3.6k citations Mitchell A. Petersen, Raghuram G. Rajan profile →
  3. The Effect of Credit Market Competition on Lending Relationships
    1995 2.3k citations Mitchell A. Petersen, Raghuram G. Rajan profile →
  4. Estimating Standard Errors in Finance Panel Data Sets: Comparing Approaches
    2006 1.9k citations Mitchell A. Petersen SSRN Electronic Journal profile →
  5. Does Distance Still Matter? The Information Revolution in Small Business Lending
    2002 1.5k citations Mitchell A. Petersen, Raghuram G. Rajan profile →
  6. Does function follow organizational form? Evidence from the lending practices of large and small banks
    2005 1.3k citations Allen N. Berger, Nathan H. Miller et al. Journal of Financial Economics profile →
  7. Does the Source of Capital Affect Capital Structure?
    2005 1.1k citations Michael W. Faulkender, Mitchell A. Petersen Review of Financial Studies profile →
  8. The Benefits of Lending Relationships: Evidence from Small Business Data
    1994 626 citations Mitchell A. Petersen, Raghuram G. Rajan profile →
  9. Information: Hard and Soft
    2018 360 citations Mitchell A. Petersen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mitchell A. Petersen South Africa 23 18.3k 14.5k 8.5k 4.3k 1.2k 63 23.7k
Anjan V. Thakor United States 64 11.7k 0.6× 12.4k 0.9× 6.7k 0.8× 2.5k 0.6× 1.3k 1.1× 288 17.7k
John R. Graham United States 67 26.8k 1.5× 13.3k 0.9× 9.6k 1.1× 10.5k 2.4× 910 0.7× 169 31.8k
Brad M. Barber United States 51 16.7k 0.9× 17.8k 1.2× 9.6k 1.1× 3.6k 0.8× 758 0.6× 109 25.2k
Vojislav Maksimovic United States 49 12.5k 0.7× 6.3k 0.4× 7.6k 0.9× 3.1k 0.7× 587 0.5× 118 17.1k
David Scharfstein United States 38 12.3k 0.7× 9.6k 0.7× 7.8k 0.9× 2.6k 0.6× 515 0.4× 77 17.8k
Iftekhar Hasan United States 64 10.5k 0.6× 8.2k 0.6× 6.1k 0.7× 3.4k 0.8× 656 0.5× 552 16.2k
Jerold B. Warner United States 31 13.6k 0.7× 10.1k 0.7× 5.3k 0.6× 4.8k 1.1× 349 0.3× 56 17.4k
Douglas W. Diamond United States 35 16.9k 0.9× 21.1k 1.5× 10.6k 1.2× 3.5k 0.8× 896 0.7× 55 27.4k
S.P. Kothari United States 60 24.3k 1.3× 12.8k 0.9× 4.2k 0.5× 11.7k 2.7× 1.4k 1.1× 127 27.5k
Paul A. Gompers United States 51 20.0k 1.1× 7.7k 0.5× 6.0k 0.7× 4.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 98 22.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Murfin, Justin & Mitchell A. Petersen. (2016). Loans on sale: Credit market seasonality, borrower need, and lender rents. Journal of Financial Economics. 121(2). 300–326. 41 indexed citations
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Petersen, Mitchell A.. (2014). Teuer Furniture (A): Discounted Cash Flow Valuation. 1 indexed citations
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Petersen, Mitchell A., et al.. (2013). Basel III and Asset Securitization. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society. 2013. 1–19. 1 indexed citations
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Petersen, Mitchell A., et al.. (2013). A Basel perspective on bank leverage. Applied Financial Economics. 23(17). 1361–1369. 6 indexed citations
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Faulkender, Michael W. & Mitchell A. Petersen. (2012). Investment and Capital Constraints: Repatriations Under the American Jobs Creation Act. Review of Financial Studies. 25(11). 3351–3388. 170 indexed citations
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Petersen, Mitchell A., et al.. (2012). Subprime mortgage funding and liquidity risk. Quantitative Finance. 14(3). 545–555. 5 indexed citations
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Petersen, Mitchell A. & Michael W. Faulkender. (2011). Investment and Capital Constraints: Repatriations Under the American Jobs Creation Act. SSRN Electronic Journal. 43 indexed citations
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Petersen, Mitchell A.. (2008). Estimating Standard Errors in Finance Panel Data Sets: Comparing Approaches. Review of Financial Studies. 22(1). 435–480. 8580 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mukuddem-Petersen, Janine, et al.. (2008). Optimal Capital Management in Banking. World Congress on Engineering.
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Mukuddem-Petersen, Janine, et al.. (2007). Optimal auditing in the banking industry. Optimal Control Applications and Methods. 29(2). 127–158. 10 indexed citations
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Berger, Allen N., Nathan H. Miller, Mitchell A. Petersen, Raghuram G. Rajan, & Jeremy C. Stein. (2005). Does function follow organizational form? Evidence from the lending practices of large and small banks. Journal of Financial Economics. 76(2). 237–269. 1287 indexed citations breakdown →
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Petersen, Mitchell A., et al.. (2005). Characterization of integral operators with semi-separable kernels with symmetries. Journal of Functional Analysis. 219(2). 255–284. 1 indexed citations
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Lerer, L., Mitchell A. Petersen, & André C. M. Ran. (2003). Existence of minimal nonsquare J-symmetric factorizations for self-adjoint rational matrix functions. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 379. 159–178. 5 indexed citations
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Petersen, Mitchell A. & André C. M. Ran. (2002). Minimal nonsquare spectral factors. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 351-352. 553–565. 10 indexed citations
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Petersen, Mitchell A. & André C. M. Ran. (2002). Nonsquare spectral factors via factorizations of a unitary function. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 351-352. 567–583. 9 indexed citations
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Petersen, Mitchell A.. (1999). Banks and the Role of Lending Relationships: Evidence from the U.S. Experience. 21 indexed citations
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Petersen, Mitchell A., et al.. (1994). Posted versus effective spreads. Journal of Financial Economics. 35(3). 269–292. 228 indexed citations
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Petersen, Mitchell A.. (1994). Quote Revisions and The Quoted Size: An Empirical Analysis. 6 indexed citations
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Petersen, Mitchell A. & Raghuram G. Rajan. (1993). The Benefits of Firm-Creditor Relationships: Evidence from small business data. 99 indexed citations

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