William L. Megginson

20.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
179 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

William L. Megginson is a scholar working on Accounting, Strategy and Management and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, William L. Megginson has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Accounting, 70 papers in Strategy and Management and 67 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in William L. Megginson's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (110 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (54 papers) and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (45 papers). William L. Megginson is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (110 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (54 papers) and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (45 papers). William L. Megginson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and China. William L. Megginson's co-authors include Kathleen A. Weiss, Robert C. Nash, Juliet D’Souza, Jeffry M. Netter, Benjamin C. Esty, Ginka Borisova, Veljko Fotak, Henk von Eije, Brent W. Ambrose and Bernardo Bortolotti and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Finance and Journal of Financial Economics.

In The Last Decade

William L. Megginson

165 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

Venture Capitalist Certification in Initial Public Offerings 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 1994 1991 2001 2015 500 1000 1.5k
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. Venture Capitalist Certification in Initial Public Offerings
    1991 1.8k citations William L. Megginson et al. profile →
  2. The Financial and Operating Performance of Newly Privatized Firms: An International Empirical Analysis
    1994 1.0k citations William L. Megginson et al. profile →
  3. Venture Capitalist Certification in Initial Public Offerings
    1991 638 citations William L. Megginson et al. profile →
  4. From State to Market: A Survey of Empirical Studies on Privatization
    2001 554 citations William L. Megginson, Jeffry M. Netter SSRN Electronic Journal profile →
  5. Government ownership and the cost of debt: Evidence from government investments in publicly traded firms
    2015 277 citations Veljko Fotak, William L. Megginson 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
William L. Megginson United States 46 9.0k 4.0k 3.5k 3.2k 577 179 11.4k
Kam C. Chan United States 45 5.4k 0.6× 3.0k 0.7× 2.4k 0.7× 2.9k 0.9× 551 1.0× 362 9.1k
Chen-Ta Lin Hong Kong 47 7.2k 0.8× 4.1k 1.0× 2.8k 0.8× 4.1k 1.3× 161 0.3× 196 10.7k
Ronald W. Masulis United States 52 12.1k 1.3× 6.1k 1.5× 5.1k 1.5× 3.8k 1.2× 261 0.5× 139 14.9k
Vojislav Maksimovic United States 49 12.5k 1.4× 6.3k 1.6× 3.1k 0.9× 7.6k 2.4× 830 1.4× 118 17.1k
Bernard Yeung United States 45 7.0k 0.8× 3.4k 0.8× 4.5k 1.3× 3.2k 1.0× 999 1.7× 151 11.2k
Steven N. Kaplan United States 51 12.6k 1.4× 4.6k 1.1× 3.7k 1.0× 3.8k 1.2× 1.7k 3.0× 127 14.5k
Lucian A. Bebchuk United States 52 11.7k 1.3× 4.5k 1.1× 4.9k 1.4× 3.8k 1.2× 244 0.4× 204 14.7k
Inessa Love United States 37 6.4k 0.7× 2.9k 0.7× 1.8k 0.5× 4.9k 1.5× 351 0.6× 86 10.3k
Colin Mayer United Kingdom 42 4.3k 0.5× 2.4k 0.6× 1.9k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 354 0.6× 165 6.6k
Xuan Tian China 33 6.0k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 2.2k 0.6× 4.8k 1.5× 862 1.5× 112 9.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fotak, Veljko, Hye Seung Lee, William L. Megginson, & Jesus M. Salas. (2025). The Political Economy of Tariff Exemption Grants. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 60(6). 2678–2717. 1 indexed citations
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Nail, Lance, William L. Megginson, & Carlos Maquieira. (2025). How stock‐swap mergers affect shareholder (and bondholder) wealth: More evidence of the value of corporate “Focus”. Journal of applied corporate finance. 37(1). 117–125.
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Litov, Lubomir P., et al.. (2024). Venture capitalist directors and managerial incentives. Journal of Corporate Finance. 89. 102651–102651.
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Megginson, William L., et al.. (2024). The Financial Economics of Spaceflight. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Megginson, William L., et al.. (2023). Dissecting the listing gap: Mergers, private equity, or regulation?. Journal of Financial Markets. 65. 100836–100836. 5 indexed citations
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Litov, Lubomir P., et al.. (2023). Capitalizing entrepreneurship: The rise of growth equity. Journal of applied corporate finance. 35(2). 75–89. 3 indexed citations
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Megginson, William L., et al.. (2023). Dissecting the Listing Gap: Mergers, Private Equity, or Regulation?. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Megginson, William L.. (2017). Privatization, State Capitalism, and State Ownership of Business in the 21st Century. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11(1–2). 1–153. 23 indexed citations
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Fotak, Veljko, et al.. (2017). A Financial Force to be Reckoned With?. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Fotak, Veljko, et al.. (2016). A Financial Force to Be Reckoned with? An Overview of Sovereign Wealth Funds. SSRN Electronic Journal. 16 indexed citations
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Fernando, Chitru S., Vladimir A. Gatchev, Anthony May, & William L. Megginson. (2015). The Value of Reputation: Evidence from Equity Underwriting. Journal of applied corporate finance. 27(3). 96–112. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Bo, et al.. (2015). Do Share Issue Privatizations Really Improve Firm Performance in China?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Fernando, Chitru S., Anthony May, & William L. Megginson. (2012). Are Investment Banks Special Too? Evidence on Relationship-Specific Capital in Investment Bank Services. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Megginson, William L.. (2010). Privatization and Finance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Grout, Paul A., William L. Megginson, & Anna Zalewska. (2009). One Half-Billion Shareholders and Counting-Determinants of Individual Share Ownership Around the World. SSRN Electronic Journal. 21 indexed citations
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Megginson, William L., et al.. (2007). Dividends and Share Repurchases in the European Union. SSRN Electronic Journal. 60 indexed citations
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Megginson, William L., et al.. (2005). Size and Impact of Privatisation – A Survey of Empirical Studies. CESifo DICE report. 3(1). 3–11. 8 indexed citations
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Megginson, William L.. (2004). The Economics of Bank Privatization. SSRN Electronic Journal. 39 indexed citations
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Bortolotti, Bernardo, Juliet D’Souza, Marcella Fantini, & William L. Megginson. (2002). Privatization and the sources of performance improvement in the global telecommunications industry. Telecommunications Policy. 26(5-6). 243–268. 153 indexed citations
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Kleimeier, Stefanie & William L. Megginson. (2000). ARE PROJECT FINANCE LOANS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER SYNDICATED CREDITS?. Journal of applied corporate finance. 13(1). 75–87. 101 indexed citations

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