Nellie Liang

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Nellie Liang is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nellie Liang has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Accounting, 22 papers in Finance and 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Nellie Liang's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (22 papers), Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (16 papers) and Financial Reporting and Valuation Research (8 papers). Nellie Liang is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (22 papers), Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (16 papers) and Financial Reporting and Valuation Research (8 papers). Nellie Liang collaborates with scholars based in United States and Cyprus. Nellie Liang's co-authors include George W. Fenn, Jean Helwege, Scott J. Weisbenner, Daniel M. Covitz, Jeffrey R. Brown, Tobias Adrian, Gustavo Suárez, Antonio Falato, Stephen D. Prowse and Stephen A. Rhoades and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Journal of Banking & Finance.

In The Last Decade

Nellie Liang

37 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Corporate payout policy and managerial stock incentives 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400 500
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. Corporate payout policy and managerial stock incentives
    2001 591 citations George W. Fenn, Nellie Liang 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
Nellie Liang United States 19 1.9k 1.4k 983 585 255 39 2.6k
Shantaram P. Hegde United States 19 1.3k 0.7× 987 0.7× 727 0.7× 451 0.8× 156 0.6× 63 1.9k
Andrea L. Eisfeldt United States 21 1.4k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 510 0.9× 373 1.5× 51 2.5k
Jean Helwege United States 27 1.9k 1.0× 2.6k 1.9× 889 0.9× 404 0.7× 165 0.6× 77 3.3k
Oguzhan Ozbas United States 16 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 808 0.8× 492 0.8× 125 0.5× 30 2.1k
Laurence Booth Canada 19 2.6k 1.4× 1.1k 0.8× 785 0.8× 973 1.7× 141 0.6× 58 3.0k
Ernst‐Ludwig von Thadden Germany 18 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 669 0.7× 300 0.5× 159 0.6× 51 1.8k
Martin C. Schmalz United Kingdom 17 1.2k 0.7× 728 0.5× 1.0k 1.1× 487 0.8× 173 0.7× 64 2.0k
Amiyatosh Purnanandam United States 25 2.7k 1.4× 2.7k 2.0× 1.4k 1.4× 647 1.1× 148 0.6× 66 3.8k
Sheri Tice United States 9 1.5k 0.8× 846 0.6× 871 0.9× 471 0.8× 60 0.2× 17 2.0k
John K. Wald United States 22 2.3k 1.2× 1.0k 0.7× 706 0.7× 805 1.4× 94 0.4× 70 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nellie Liang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nellie Liang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aikman, David, et al.. (2020). Credit, Financial Conditions, and Monetary Policy Transmission. International journal of central banking. 16(3). 141–179. 18 indexed citations
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Liang, Nellie. (2020). Corporate Bond Market Dysfunction During COVID-19 and Lessons from the Fed's Responses. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Adrian, Tobias, Fernando Duarte, Nellie Liang, & Pawel Zabczyk. (2020). Monetary and Macroprudential Policy with Endogenous Risk. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Adrian, Tobias, Fernando Duarte, Nellie Liang, & Pawel Zabczyk. (2020). NKV: A New Keynesian Model with Vulnerability. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 110. 470–476. 10 indexed citations
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Adrian, Tobias, Daniel M. Covitz, & Nellie Liang. (2015). Financial Stability Monitoring. Annual Review of Financial Economics. 7(1). 357–395. 66 indexed citations
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Liang, Nellie & Antonio Falato. (2014). Do Creditor Rights Increase Employment Risk? Evidence from Loan Covenants. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Nellie. (2013). Systemic Risk Monitoring and Financial Stability. Journal of money credit and banking. 45(s1). 129–135. 19 indexed citations
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Covitz, Daniel M., Nellie Liang, & Gustavo Suárez. (2013). The Evolution of a Financial Crisis: Collapse of the Asset‐Backed Commercial Paper Market. The Journal of Finance. 68(3). 815–848. 216 indexed citations
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Falato, Antonio & Nellie Liang. (2012). Do Creditor Rights Increase Employment Risk? Evidence from Debt Covenants. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Covitz, Daniel M., Nellie Liang, & Gustavo Suárez. (2011). The Evolution of a Financial Crisis: Collapse of the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Market. SSRN Electronic Journal. 71 indexed citations
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Brown, Jeffrey R., Nellie Liang, & Scott J. Weisbenner. (2007). Executive Financial Incentives and Payout Policy: Firm Responses to the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut. The Journal of Finance. 62(4). 1935–1965. 219 indexed citations
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Amromin, Gene, Paul Harrison, Nellie Liang, & Steven A. Sharpe. (2005). How Did the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut Affect Stock Prices and Corporate Payout Policy?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Brown, Jeffrey R., Nellie Liang, & Scott J. Weisbenner. (2005). 401(k) matching contributions in company stock: Costs and benefits for firms and workers. Journal of Public Economics. 90(6-7). 1315–1346. 37 indexed citations
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Brown, Jeffrey R., Nellie Liang, & Scott J. Weisbenner. (2004). 401(k) Matching Contributions in Company Stock: Costs and Benefits for Firms and Workers. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Fenn, George W. & Nellie Liang. (2001). Corporate payout policy and managerial stock incentives. Journal of Financial Economics. 60(1). 45–72. 591 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fenn, George W. & Nellie Liang. (2000). Corporate Payout Policy and Managerial Stock Incentives. SSRN Electronic Journal. 26 indexed citations
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Fenn, George W. & Nellie Liang. (1998). Good News and Bad News about Share Repurchases. SSRN Electronic Journal. 30 indexed citations
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Helwege, Jean & Nellie Liang. (1996). FINANCING GROWTH AFTER THE IPO. Journal of applied corporate finance. 8(4). 73–83. 3 indexed citations
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Liang, Nellie, et al.. (1990). New Data on the Performance of Nonbank Subsidiaries of Bank Holding Companies. Federal Reserve Bulletin. 76(3). 120. 15 indexed citations
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Liang, Nellie. (1989). Bank profits, risk, and local market concentration. Journal of Economics and Business. 41(4). 297–305. 20 indexed citations

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