Rafael La Porta

97.7k citations
64 papers · 65.1k indexed · 23 hit papers · h-index 43
Topics
Corporate Finance and Governance (30 papers)Corruption and Economic Development (17 papers)Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (13 papers)

In The Last Decade

Rafael La Porta

62 papers receiving 59.0k citations

Hit Papers

Law and Finance1996202620062016199819991997200019994.0k8.0k12.0k

Peers

Rafael La Porta
Comparison fields: 5 of 133
  • Accounting 46.8k
  • Finance 21.5k
  • Economics and Econometrics 19.9k
  • Strategy and Management 14.6k
  • Sociology and Political Science 7.7k
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Countries citing papers authored by Rafael La Porta

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafael La Porta

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael La Porta

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
1 0
2 75
3
Growth in Regions
7
4
The Unofficial Economy in Africa
17
5
The Economic Consequences of Legal Originsbreakdown →
2080
6
The law and economics of self-dealingbreakdown →
2570
7 18
8
The Law and Economics of Self-Dealing April, 2006
16
9
The Law and Economics of Self-Dealing December 1st, 2005
20
10
The World Bank research observer 18 (1)
12
11 96
12 206
13 16
14
Investor protection and corporate governancebreakdown →
4313
15
Investor Protection: Origins, Consequences, and Reform
2
16
The Quality of Governmentbreakdown →
514
17
Corporate Ownership Around the Worldbreakdown →
7510
18
Law and Financebreakdown →
12937
19
Legal Determinants of External Financebreakdown →
6922
20
Law and Financebreakdown →
2443

About Rafael La Porta

Rafael La Porta is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Economics and Econometrics, having authored 64 papers that have together received 65.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Corporate Finance and Governance (30 papers), Corruption and Economic Development (17 papers) and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Accounting (46.8k citations), Finance (21.5k citations) and Strategy and Management (14.6k citations). Rafael La Porta has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Andrei Shleifer, Florencio López‐de‐Silanes, Robert W. Vishny, Florencio López de Silanes, Simeon Djankov, Andrei Shleifer, Simon Johnson, Juan Carlos Botero, Nicola Gennaioli and Josef Lakonishok. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and American Economic Review.

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