Sean Cleary

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Sean Cleary is a scholar working on Accounting, Economics and Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Cleary has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Accounting, 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 12 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Sean Cleary's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (18 papers), Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (8 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (6 papers). Sean Cleary is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (18 papers), Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (8 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (6 papers). Sean Cleary collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Belgium. Sean Cleary's co-authors include Laurence Booth, Varouj A. Aivazian, Najah Attig, Sadok El Ghoul, Omrane Guedhami, Ashrafee T Hossain, Bert D’Espallier, Greg MacKinnon, Gladys Lee and Jonathan Jona and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Business Ethics and Journal of Banking & Finance.

In The Last Decade

Sean Cleary

24 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Relationship between Firm Investment and Financial St... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 250 500 750 1000
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. The Relationship between Firm Investment and Financial Status
    1999 1.0k citations Sean Cleary The Journal of Finance profile →

Peers

Sean Cleary
Donghui Li China
John K. Wald United States
Sheri Tice United States
Aydin Ozkan United Kingdom
Jie He United States
Shantaram P. Hegde United States
Rezaul Kabir Netherlands
Rebecca N. Hann United States
Claudio Loderer Switzerland
Hernán Ortiz‐Molina Canada
Donghui Li China
Sean Cleary
Citations per year, relative to Sean Cleary Sean Cleary (= 1×) peers Donghui Li

Countries citing papers authored by Sean Cleary

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean Cleary

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean Cleary

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sean Cleary. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sean Cleary 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 Sean Cleary. Sean Cleary 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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Cleary, Sean, et al.. (2025). Does improved environmental and disclosure performance payoff? Not for CA 100+ companies. Managerial Finance. 51(12). 1843–1864.
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Cleary, Sean, et al.. (2024). Carbon pricing: Necessary but not sufficient. Finance research letters. 68. 106017–106017. 1 indexed citations
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Cleary, Sean, et al.. (2022). The cost of delaying to invest: A Canadian perspective. Finance research letters. 50. 103242–103242. 2 indexed citations
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Cleary, Sean & Ashrafee T Hossain. (2020). POSTCRISIS M&As AND THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS. The Journal of Financial Research. 43(2). 407–454. 25 indexed citations
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Cleary, Sean, et al.. (2020). Underlying risk preferences and analyst risk‐taking behavior. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 47(7-8). 949–981. 8 indexed citations
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Cleary, Sean, et al.. (2017). Industry Affects Do Not Explain Momentum in Canadian Stock Returns. Investment Management and Financial Innovations. 2(2). 1 indexed citations
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Cleary, Sean, et al.. (2015). An efficient and functional model for predicting bank distress: In and out of sample evidence. Journal of Banking & Finance. 64. 101–111. 52 indexed citations
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Attig, Najah & Sean Cleary. (2014). Managerial Practices and Corporate Social Responsibility. Journal of Business Ethics. 131(1). 121–136. 67 indexed citations
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Attig, Najah, Sean Cleary, Sadok El Ghoul, & Omrane Guedhami. (2014). Institutional Investment Horizons and the Cost of Equity Capital. SSRN Electronic Journal. 19 indexed citations
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Attig, Najah, Sean Cleary, Sadok El Ghoul, & Omrane Guedhami. (2013). Corporate Legitimacy and Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Attig, Najah, Sean Cleary, Sadok El Ghoul, & Omrane Guedhami. (2013). Corporate Legitimacy and Investment–Cash Flow Sensitivity. Journal of Business Ethics. 73 indexed citations
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Attig, Najah, Sean Cleary, Sadok El Ghoul, & Omrane Guedhami. (2012). Institutional Investment Horizons and the Cost of Equity Capital. Financial Management. 42(2). 441–477. 105 indexed citations
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Attig, Najah, Sean Cleary, Sadok El Ghoul, & Omrane Guedhami. (2011). Institutional Investment Horizon and Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 19 indexed citations
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Booth, Laurence & Sean Cleary. (2009). Capital market developments in the post‐October 1987 period: a Canadian perspective. Review of Accounting and Finance. 8(2). 155–175.
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Cleary, Sean & Greg MacKinnon. (2007). The investment nature of income trusts and their role in diversified portfolios. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration. 24(4). 314–325. 5 indexed citations
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Cleary, Sean & Bert D’Espallier. (2007). Financial constraints and investment : an alternative empirical framework. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 17(17). 9–41. 6 indexed citations
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Cleary, Sean. (2000). The Sensitivity of Canadian Corporate Investment to Liquidity. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration. 17(3). 217–232. 3 indexed citations
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Cleary, Sean. (1999). The Relationship between Firm Investment and Financial Status. The Journal of Finance. 54(2). 673–692. 1048 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cleary, Sean, et al.. (1998). Momentum in Canadian Stock Returns. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration. 15(3). 279–291. 18 indexed citations
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Cleary, Sean & John J. Schmitz. (1998). Are U.S. variables good predictors of foreign equity risk premiums. Saint Mary's University Institutional Repository (Saint Mary's University).

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