Vikas Agarwal

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Vikas Agarwal is a scholar working on Finance, Accounting and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vikas Agarwal has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Finance, 62 papers in Accounting and 32 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Vikas Agarwal's work include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (73 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (48 papers) and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (18 papers). Vikas Agarwal is often cited by papers focused on Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (73 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (48 papers) and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (18 papers). Vikas Agarwal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Vikas Agarwal's co-authors include Narayan Y. Naik, Wei Jiang, Naveen D. Daniel, Yuehua Tang, Baozhong Yang, Vyacheslav Fos, Gerald D. Gay, Leng Ling, Florian Weigert and Stefan Ruenzi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Vikas Agarwal

84 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Risks and Portfolio Decisions Involving Hedge Funds 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 250 500 750
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. Risks and Portfolio Decisions Involving Hedge Funds
    2003 827 citations Vikas Agarwal, Narayan Y. Naik Review of Financial Studies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vikas Agarwal United States 28 3.3k 1.8k 1.8k 314 312 89 3.7k
Mark S. Seasholes United States 16 2.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 346 1.1× 327 1.0× 37 3.0k
Ronnie Sadka United States 28 4.0k 1.2× 2.4k 1.3× 1.9k 1.1× 465 1.5× 349 1.1× 77 4.3k
Jeffrey A. Busse United States 21 2.8k 0.8× 1.9k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 290 0.9× 252 0.8× 37 3.0k
Erik R. Sirri United States 10 3.1k 0.9× 2.2k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 187 0.6× 221 0.7× 20 3.4k
Keith Vorkink United States 15 2.3k 0.7× 957 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 303 1.0× 319 1.0× 33 2.7k
Akhtar R. Siddique United States 12 2.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 2.0k 1.1× 363 1.2× 513 1.6× 25 3.6k
Jules H. van Binsbergen United States 21 2.0k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 220 0.7× 447 1.4× 75 2.5k
Xuemin Sterling Yan United States 25 2.7k 0.8× 2.3k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 231 0.7× 181 0.6× 55 3.2k
Jianfeng Yu China 23 3.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 652 2.1× 391 1.3× 62 3.4k
Narayan Y. Naik United Kingdom 32 4.8k 1.4× 2.5k 1.4× 2.6k 1.5× 555 1.8× 533 1.7× 73 5.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vikas Agarwal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vikas Agarwal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vikas Agarwal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vikas Agarwal 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 Vikas Agarwal. Vikas Agarwal 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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Agarwal, Vikas, Stefan Ruenzi, & Florian Weigert. (2024). Unobserved Performance of Hedge Funds. The Journal of Finance. 79(5). 3203–3259. 2 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, et al.. (2023). Do Investors Overvalue Startups? Evidence from the Junior Stakes of Mutual Funds. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, et al.. (2022). Political Uncertainty and Household Stock Market Participation. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 57(8). 2899–2928. 31 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, et al.. (2022). Birth Order and Fund Manager's Trading Behavior: Role of Sibling Rivalry. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, et al.. (2019). Interfund Lending in Mutual Fund Families: Role in Liquidity Management. Review of Financial Studies. 32(10). 4079–4115. 25 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, et al.. (2018). Policy Uncertainty and Household Stock Market Participation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, George O. Aragon, & Zhen Shi. (2018). Liquidity Transformation and Financial Fragility: Evidence from Funds of Hedge Funds. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 54(6). 2355–2381. 21 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, et al.. (2015). The Economics and Finance of Hedge Funds: A Review of the Academic Literature. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 10(1). 1–111. 39 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, Heitor Almeida, Craig Brown, et al.. (2015). Capitalizing on Capitol Hill: informed trading by hedge fund managers. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, George O. Aragon, & Zhen Shi. (2015). Liquidity Spillovers in Hedge Funds: Evidence from the Holdings of Funds of Hedge Funds. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, et al.. (2015). Alpha or Beta in the Eye of the Beholder: What Drives Hedge Fund Flows. SSRN Electronic Journal. 23 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, Juan-Pedro Gómez, & Richard Priestley. (2012). Management compensation and market timing under portfolio constraints. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 36(10). 1600–1625. 5 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, Yuehua Tang, & Baozhong Yang. (2012). Do Mutual Funds Have Market Timing Ability? New Evidence from Daily Trades. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, Gerald D. Gay, & Leng Ling. (2012). Performance Inconsistency in Mutual Funds: An Investigation of Window-Dressing Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, Naveen D. Daniel, & Narayan Y. Naik. (2011). Do Hedge Funds Manage Their Reported Returns?. Review of Financial Studies. 24(10). 3281–3320. 31 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas & Jayant R. Kale. (2007). On the relative performance of multi-strategy and funds of hedge funds. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 24 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas, Naveen D. Daniel, & Narayan Y. Naik. (2005). Role of Managerial Incentives, Flexibility, and Ability: Evidence from Performance and Money Flows in Hedge Funds. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas & Narayan Y. Naik. (2003). Risks and Portfolio Decisions Involving Hedge Funds. Review of Financial Studies. 17(1). 63–98. 827 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boyson, Nicole M., Vikas Agarwal, Richard A. Brealey, et al.. (2003). Why do experienced hedge fund managers have lower returns. 27 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Vikas & Narayan Y. Naik. (2000). Multi-Period Performance Persistence Analysis of Hedge Funds. SSRN Electronic Journal. 116 indexed citations

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