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.
An Incomplete Contracts Approach to Financial Contracting
Countries citing papers authored by Patrick Bolton
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This map shows the geographic impact of Patrick Bolton's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Patrick Bolton with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Patrick Bolton more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Patrick Bolton. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Patrick Bolton. The network helps show where Patrick Bolton may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Bolton
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Patrick Bolton.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Patrick Bolton based on the total number of
citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges
represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together.
Node borders
signify the number of papers an author published with Patrick Bolton. Patrick Bolton is excluded from
the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
All Works
20 of 20 papers shown
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Bolton, Patrick & Marcin Kacperczyk. (2025). Firm Commitments. Management Science. 72(3). 2134–2167.2 indexed citations
Bolton, Patrick, et al.. (2020). What role for central banks in the age of climate-related risks and other “Green Swans”?. 110–122.2 indexed citations
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Bolton, Patrick, Stephen G. Cecchetti, Jean‐Pierre Danthine, & Xavier Vives. (2019). Sound at last? Assessing a decade of financial regulation. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1.1 indexed citations
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Bolton, Patrick & Haizhou Huang. (2017). The Capital Structure of Nations. European Finance Review. 22(1). 45–82.17 indexed citations
Bolton, Patrick, Hui Chen, & Neng Wang. (2011). A Unified Theory of Tobin's q, Corporate Investment, Financing, and Risk Management. The Journal of Finance. 66(5). 1545–1578.483 indexed citations breakdown →
Bolton, Patrick, et al.. (1999). The Political Economy of Debt Moratoria, Bailouts and Bankruptcy. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 77–115.4 indexed citations
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Bolton, Patrick & David Scharfstein. (1996). Optimal Debt Structure and the Number of Creditors. Journal of Political Economy. 104(1). 1–25.922 indexed citations breakdown →
Bolton, Patrick & David Scharfstein. (1990). A Theory of Predation Based on Agency Problems in Financial Contracting. American Economic Review. 80(1). 93–106.472 indexed citations
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