Walid Saffar

5.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
66 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Walid Saffar is a scholar working on Accounting, Strategy and Management and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Walid Saffar has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Accounting, 23 papers in Strategy and Management and 22 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Walid Saffar's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (54 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (23 papers) and Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (18 papers). Walid Saffar is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (54 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (23 papers) and Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (18 papers). Walid Saffar collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, Canada and United States. Walid Saffar's co-authors include Narjess Boubakri, Omrane Guedhami, Jeffrey Pittman, Dev R. Mishra, Jean‐Claude Cosset, Sattar Mansi, Sabri Boubaker, Bryan W. Husted, Dima Jamali and Jeffrey Ng and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Strategic Management Journal and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Walid Saffar

63 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Political connections and the cost of equity capital 2008 2026 2014 2020 2012 2012 2008 100 200 300 400 500
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. Political connections and the cost of equity capital
    2012 560 citations Narjess Boubakri, Omrane Guedhami et al. Journal of Corporate Finance profile →
  2. The role of state and foreign owners in corporate risk-taking: Evidence from privatization
    2012 552 citations Narjess Boubakri, Walid Saffar et al. profile →
  3. Political connections of newly privatized firms
    2008 511 citations Narjess Boubakri, Walid Saffar et al. Journal of Corporate Finance profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walid Saffar Hong Kong 26 3.2k 2.1k 994 873 382 66 4.3k
Gary Gang Tian Australia 35 3.2k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 842 1.0× 369 1.0× 147 4.4k
Meijun Qian Australia 16 3.4k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 1.6k 1.6× 1.4k 1.6× 460 1.2× 57 4.6k
Jörg Rocholl Germany 19 2.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 1.4k 1.6× 374 1.0× 61 3.6k
Narjess Boubakri United Arab Emirates 38 4.9k 1.5× 3.0k 1.4× 1.6k 1.6× 1.6k 1.8× 491 1.3× 119 6.5k
Sarah E. McVay United States 26 5.9k 1.8× 2.7k 1.3× 919 0.9× 1.7k 2.0× 203 0.5× 63 6.7k
Rohan Williamson United States 27 4.5k 1.4× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 1.4× 2.2k 2.5× 338 0.9× 50 5.4k
Qiang Wu United States 33 3.2k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 880 1.0× 368 1.0× 118 4.1k
Jun Qian China 23 4.1k 1.3× 1.1k 0.5× 2.0k 2.1× 2.3k 2.7× 466 1.2× 56 5.6k
Art Durnev United States 22 3.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 1.6k 1.8× 200 0.5× 44 3.8k
Tracy Yue Wang United States 20 2.2k 0.7× 801 0.4× 843 0.8× 846 1.0× 249 0.7× 42 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Walid Saffar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walid Saffar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walid Saffar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Walid Saffar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Walid Saffar 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 Walid Saffar. Walid Saffar 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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Li, Xiao, Jeffrey Ng, & Walid Saffar. (2025). Movable assets as collateral in debt financing and effects on trade credit: Evidence from collateral law reforms. Journal of Financial Stability. 78. 101406–101406. 1 indexed citations
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Saffar, Walid, et al.. (2024). Pay transparency and entrepreneurship. Journal of Banking & Finance. 162. 107128–107128.
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Abbassi, Wajih, et al.. (2024). How does asset redeployability affect stock price crash risk?. Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting. 36(1). 68–99.
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Ongena, Steven, Walid Saffar, Yuan Sun, & Lai Wei. (2024). Movables as collateral and corporate credit: Loan-level evidence from legal reforms across Europe. Journal of Banking & Finance. 170. 107331–107331. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Yangyang, Walid Saffar, Chenyu Shan, & Sarah Qian Wang. (2023). Credit default swaps and corporate debt structure. Journal of Corporate Finance. 83. 102494–102494. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Xiao, Jeffrey Ng, & Walid Saffar. (2022). Accounting-Driven Bank Monitoring and Firms’ Debt Structure: Evidence from IFRS 9 Adoption. Management Science. 70(1). 54–77. 10 indexed citations
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Husted, Bryan W. & Walid Saffar. (2022). Elections and CSR Engagement: International Evidence. Journal of Business Ethics. 184(1). 115–138. 5 indexed citations
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Jiang, Liangliang, Jeffrey Pittman, & Walid Saffar. (2021). Policy Uncertainty and Textual Disclosure. Accounting Horizons. 36(4). 113–131. 23 indexed citations
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Chui, Andy C.W., Li Xiao, & Walid Saffar. (2019). National Culture and Corporate Debt Choice. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Saffar, Walid, et al.. (2018). Economic Policy Uncertainty and Lobbying Initiation Decision. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Yangyang, Walid Saffar, & Bin Srinidhi. (2017). Does Audit Quality Affect Firmss Debt Financing Choices?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Saffar, Walid, et al.. (2016). Political Uncertainty and CSR Investment: International Evidence. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Lee, Woo‐Jong, Jeffrey Pittman, & Walid Saffar. (2015). Political Uncertainty and Cost Stickiness: Evidence from National Elections around the World. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Cheng, Agnes, et al.. (2014). Private Benefits of Control, Ownership Structure, and CEO Turnover: Evidence from East Asia. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Boubakri, Narjess, Sattar Mansi, & Walid Saffar. (2013). Political institutions, connectedness, and corporate risk-taking. Journal of International Business Studies. 44(3). 195–215. 269 indexed citations
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Boubakri, Narjess, Jean‐Claude Cosset, & Walid Saffar. (2012). The Role of State and Foreign Owners in Corporate Risk-Taking: Evidence from Privatization. SSRN Electronic Journal. 53 indexed citations
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Boubakri, Narjess, Omrane Guedhami, Dev R. Mishra, & Walid Saffar. (2012). Political Connections and the Cost of Equity Capital. SSRN Electronic Journal. 61 indexed citations
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Boubakri, Narjess, Jean‐Claude Cosset, & Walid Saffar. (2011). Corporate Risk-Taking in Privatized Firms: International Evidence on the Role of State and Foreign Owners. Érudit documents and data repository (Érudit Consortium, University of Montreal). 7 indexed citations
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Boubakri, Narjess, Jean‐Claude Cosset, & Walid Saffar. (2011). The Impact of Political Connections on Firms' Operation Performance and Financing Decisions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 19 indexed citations
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Guedhami, Omrane, Jean‐Claude Cosset, Narjess Boubakri, & Walid Saffar. (2009). The Political Economy of State Residual Ownership in Privatized Firms: Evidence from Emerging Markets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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