In this study, we show that the number of papers published by an individual in a broad set of journals is a poor predictor of the number of citations the individual will receive: the former explains less than 7% of cross-sectional variation in the latter. We find, however, that the number of...

Out of a total of 12,637 individuals who published at least one article in the leading finance journals over the past 25 years, the top 1% (10%) account for more than one third (three quarters) of the number of citations to articles published in these journals. In contrast, nearly one half of...

This paper examines whether commercial success in the popular recorded-music industry, as measured by gold-record output, conforms to an empirical concentration. We find that Lotka's Law overestimates the number of artists with one gold record and underestimates the number of...

This paper tests the relation between intellectual collaboration and the quality of the intellectual output using academic papers published in prestigious finance journals during 1988-2005. We use the number of authors of a paper to measure the extent of intellectual collaboration and the number...

This study finds that a strong bibliometric regularity exists in the publication pattern in the economics literature; the number of authors publishing n papers is approximately l/nc of those publishing one paper. The economics literature conforms very well to the model with c = 1.84 if data are...

Purpose: Financial analysts have been found to be overconfident. The purpose of this paper is to study the ramifications of that overconfidence on the dispersion of earnings estimates as a predictor of the US business cycle. Design/methodology/approach: Whether aggregate analyst forecast...

This paper examines the causal relationship between the return on equity and financial leveragae in the U.S. banking industry. For the periods 1983-1989 and 1996-2002 we find there is a negative connection between bank capital and equity profitability except for the best performing banks

Capital is constantly being raised in the market to fund firm's expansion, acquisitions, and other strategies. Equity financing for established corporations comes primarily from additions to retained earnings. However, selling new common stock is an option. The issuance of additional shares can...