OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Corporate Finance is 54. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Firms and social responsibility: A review of ESG and CSR research in corporate finance	782
Does CSR matter in times of crisis? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic	265
Fintech and access to finance	171
Navigating through economic policy uncertainty: The role of corporate cash holdings	159
Fintech, financial constraints and innovation: Evidence from China	145
Does board gender diversity affect renewable energy consumption?	144
The impact of climate change on the cost of bank loans	139
Carbon risk and corporate capital structure	131
Powerful CEOs and stock price crash risk	117
CEOs' hometown connections and access to trade credit: Evidence from China	111
Does media coverage deter firms from withholding bad news? Evidence from stock price crash risk	109
Investor rewards to environmental responsibility: Evidence from the COVID-19 crisis	106
The real effect of partial privatization on corporate innovation: Evidence from China's split share structure reform	106
Corporate social responsibility, product market perception, and firm value	101
Digital Tulips? Returns to investors in initial coin offerings	101
Dividends and economic policy uncertainty: International evidence	98
Corporate board reforms around the world and stock price crash risk	98
Institutional investors and post-ICO performance: an empirical analysis of investor returns in initial coin offerings (ICOs)	95
Does carbon risk matter for corporate acquisition decisions?	94
Directors with foreign experience and corporate tax avoidance	91
CEO-director ties and labor investment efficiency	91
Institutional investors' horizons and corporate employment decisions	88
CEO early-life disaster experience and stock price crash risk	86
Natural disasters, risk salience, and corporate ESG disclosure	85
Does good luck make people overconfident? Evidence from a natural experiment in the stock market	82

Integrating corporate social responsibility criteria into executive compensation and firm innovation: International evidence	82
Do employee-friendly firms invest more efficiently? Evidence from labor investment efficiency	81
Internal controls, risk management, and cash holdings	80
Labor cost, government intervention, and corporate innovation: Evidence from China	80
ESG government risk and international IPO underpricing	79
The influence of economic policy uncertainty on corporate trade credit and firm value	78
Climate risk: The price of drought	77
Is social capital associated with corporate innovation? Evidence from publicly listed firms in the U.S	77
Twenty-five years of the Journal of Corporate Finance: A scientometric analysis	71
Organizational capital, corporate tax avoidance, and firm value	71
Trust and innovation: Evidence from CEOs' early-life experience	69
Economic policy uncertainty and short-term financing: The case of trade credit	68
Government intervention and firm investment	68
Varieties in state capitalism and corporate innovation: Evidence from an emerging economy	68
The impact of blockchain related name changes on corporate performance	67
CEO overconfidence and corporate cash holdings	66
Does external uncertainty matter in corporate sustainability performance?	65
Annual report readability and the cost of equity capital	65
Capital markets, financial institutions, and corporate finance in China	63
CEO risk-taking incentives and corporate social responsibility	63
Lead independent directors and investment efficiency	63
Banks and the real economy: An assessment of the research	61
Fiduciary duty or loyalty? Evidence from co-opted boards and corporate misconduct	57
Does national culture affect corporate innovation? International evidence	57
Business sustainability factors and stock price informativeness	57
Stakeholders and the stock price crash risk: What matters in corporate social performance?	56
Higher education and corporate innovation	56
The future of financial fraud	56
Does gender diversity on banks' boards matter? Evidence from public bailouts	55