Sascha Steffen

5.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
101 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Sascha Steffen is a scholar working on Finance, Accounting and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sascha Steffen has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Finance, 39 papers in Accounting and 34 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Sascha Steffen's work include Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (74 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (30 papers) and Global Financial Crisis and Policies (29 papers). Sascha Steffen is often cited by papers focused on Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (74 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (30 papers) and Global Financial Crisis and Policies (29 papers). Sascha Steffen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Sascha Steffen's co-authors include Viral V. Acharya, Jörg Rocholl, Manju Puri, Anthony Saunders, Tobias Berg, Jian Cai, Daniel Streitz, Björn Imbierowicz, Markus Fischer and Matteo Crosignani 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

Sascha Steffen

97 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Global retail lending in the aftermath of the US financia... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2014 2020 2015 100 200 300 400
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. Global retail lending in the aftermath of the US financial crisis: Distinguishing between supply and demand effects
    2010 402 citations Jörg Rocholl, Sascha Steffen et al. profile →
  2. The “greatest” carry trade ever? Understanding eurozone bank risks
    2014 343 citations Viral V. Acharya, Sascha Steffen profile →
  3. The Risk of Being a Fallen Angel and the Corporate Dash for Cash in the Midst of COVID
    2020 279 citations Viral V. Acharya, Sascha Steffen profile →
  4. The Total Cost of Corporate Borrowing in the Loan Market: Don't Ignore the Fees
    2015 243 citations Anthony Saunders, Sascha Steffen 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
Sascha Steffen Germany 22 2.8k 1.6k 1.4k 346 285 101 3.4k
Bo Becker Sweden 25 2.2k 0.8× 1.8k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 257 0.7× 371 1.3× 55 3.1k
Christa H. S. Bouwman United States 20 2.2k 0.8× 1.9k 1.2× 1.0k 0.7× 174 0.5× 239 0.8× 44 2.7k
Reint Gropp Germany 25 2.4k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 324 0.9× 192 0.7× 84 3.1k
Harald Hau Switzerland 24 1.6k 0.6× 880 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 700 2.0× 213 0.7× 85 2.2k
Florian Heider Germany 18 1.7k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 338 1.0× 187 0.7× 52 2.3k
Nellie Liang United States 19 1.4k 0.5× 1.9k 1.2× 983 0.7× 255 0.7× 585 2.1× 39 2.6k
Eliza Wu Australia 22 1.7k 0.6× 787 0.5× 990 0.7× 456 1.3× 220 0.8× 100 2.1k
George Pennacchi United States 30 3.7k 1.3× 1.6k 1.0× 2.2k 1.5× 666 1.9× 183 0.6× 84 4.2k
Stephen R. Foerster Canada 20 1.9k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 844 0.6× 337 1.0× 406 1.4× 45 2.6k
Joe Peek United States 28 3.7k 1.3× 2.2k 1.4× 1.9k 1.4× 912 2.6× 190 0.7× 79 4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sascha Steffen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sascha Steffen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Acharya, Viral V., Rahul Chauhan, Raghuram G. Rajan, & Sascha Steffen. (2023). Liquidity Dependence and the Waxing and Waning of Central Bank Balance Sheets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Acharya, Viral V., Rahul Chauhan, Raghuram G. Rajan, & Sascha Steffen. (2023). Liquidity Dependence and the Waxing and Waning of Central Bank Balance Sheets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Acharya, Viral V., et al.. (2023). Contingent Credit Under Stress. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
4.
Saunders, Anthony, et al.. (2023). CovenantAI - New Insights into Covenant Violations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Born, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Monetary Policy in the Age of Social Media: A Twitter-Based Inflation Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Acharya, Viral V., Matteo Crosignani, Tim Eisert, & Sascha Steffen. (2022). Zombie Lending: Theoretical, International and Historical Perspectives. SSRN Electronic Journal. 14 indexed citations
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Acharya, Viral V., Rahul Chauhan, Raghuram G. Rajan, & Sascha Steffen. (2022). Liquidity Dependence: Why Shrinking Central Bank Balance Sheets is an Uphill Task. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Acharya, Viral V., Matteo Crosignani, Tim Eisert, & Sascha Steffen. (2021). Zombie Lending: Theoretical, International, and Historical Perspectives. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Acharya, Viral V., et al.. (2020). Kicking the Can Down the Road: Government Interventions in the European Banking Sector. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Acharya, Viral V., et al.. (2020). Does the Lack of Financial Stability Impair the Transmission of Monetary Policy?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Acharya, Viral V. & Sascha Steffen. (2020). The Risk of Being a Fallen Angel and the Corporate Dash for Cash in the Midst of COVID. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Acharya, Viral V. & Sascha Steffen. (2020). The Risk of Being a Fallen Angel and the Corporate Dash for Cash in the Midst of COVID. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Acharya, Viral V., et al.. (2018). Kicking the Can Down the Road: Government Interventions in the European Banking Sector. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Acharya, Viral V., Diane Pierret, & Sascha Steffen. (2018). Lender of Last Resort versus Buyer of Last Resort – Evidence from the European Sovereign Debt Crisis. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Luxembourg). 14 indexed citations
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Steffen, Sascha, et al.. (2017). Cutting Out the Middleman – The ECB as Corporate Bond Investor. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Acharya, Viral V., et al.. (2015). Does the Lack of Financial Stability Impair the Transmission of Monetary Policy?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Steffen, Sascha, et al.. (2015). Sozialmedizinische Prognose der Entzugsbehandlung Suchtkranker. Der Nervenarzt. 86(11). 1383–1392. 1 indexed citations
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Acharya, Viral V. & Sascha Steffen. (2013). Falling Short of Expectations? Stress-Testing the European Banking System. SSRN Electronic Journal. 38 indexed citations
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Acharya, Viral V. & Sascha Steffen. (2012). The 'Greatest' Carry Trade Ever? Understanding Eurozone Bank Risks. SSRN Electronic Journal. 229 indexed citations
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Fischer, Markus, Christa Hainz, Jörg Rocholl, & Sascha Steffen. (2012). Wie wirkt sich der Wegfall staatlicher Garantien auf die Risikoübernahme von Banken aus. Econstor (Econstor). 65(18). 17–21.

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