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Alan J. Marcus

Alan J. Marcus

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
37
Citations
10476
World Ranking
2615
National Ranking
1459

Overview

Alan J. Marcus is affiliated with Boston College in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Business, Management and Accounting. Within these fields, their work focuses on subfields such as Finance, Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Oncology, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their academic contributions cover several main topics of interest including:

  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Credit Risk and Financial Regulations
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • Corporate Taxation and Avoidance

Alan J. Marcus has published extensively in various academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Global Finance Journal
  • Review of Financial Studies
  • Journal of Empirical Finance
  • Journal of Banking & Finance

Their recent papers demonstrate a range of research topics and interdisciplinary reach. Selected works include:

  • "Peer Effects in Corporate Governance Practices: Evidence from Universal Demand Laws" (2021), Review of Financial Studies
  • "CEOs versus the board: Implications of strained relations for stock liquidity" (2020), Global Finance Journal
  • "Bank stocks, risk factors, and tail behavior" (2021), Journal of Empirical Finance
  • "Mutual fund pollution experience and environmental voting" (2024), Journal of Banking & Finance
  • "Programmed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Expression and CD8+ Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocyte-based Tumor Immune Microenvironment Classification in Gynecologic Carcinosarcoma: Prognostic Impact and Implications for Therapy" (2022), International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Pouyan Foroughi
  • Vinh Nguyen
  • Hassan Tehranian
  • Huan Yang
  • Jun Cai

Best Publications

  • Opaque financial reports, R2, and crash risk

    Amy P. Hutton;Alan J. Marcus;Hassan Tehranian

  • Corporate Governance and Pay-for-Performance: The Impact of Earnings Management

    Marcia Millon Cornett;Alan J. Marcus;Hassan Tehranian

  • THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL OWNERSHIP ON CORPORATE OPERATING PERFORMANCE

    Marcia Millon Cornett;Alan J. Marcus;Anthony Saunders;Hassan Tehranian

  • Deregulation and bank financial policy

    Alan J. Marcus

  • The Valuation of FDIC Deposit Insurance Using Option-Pricing Estimates

    Alan J. Marcus;Israel Shaked

  • Essentials of Investments

    Zvi Bodie;Alex Kane;Alan J. Marcus

  • Debt Policy and the Rate of Return Premium to Leverage

    Alex Kane;Alan J. Marcus;Robert L. McDonald

  • Earnings and Dividend Announcements: Is There a Corroboration Effect?

    Alex Kane;Young Ki Lee;Alan J Marcus

  • What's special about the specialist?

    Lawrence M. Benveniste;Alan J. Marcus;William J. Wilhelm

  • Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution Pension Plans: What are the Real Tradeoffs?

    Zvi Bodie;Alan J Marcus;Robert C Merton

  • Valuing Employee Stock Options

    Nalin Kulatilaka;Alan J. Marcus

  • Bank Earnings Management and Tail Risk during the Financial Crisis

    Lee J. Cohen;Marcia Millon Cornett;Alan J. Marcus;Hassan Tehranian

  • How Big is the Tax Advantage to Debt

    Alex Kane;Alan Marcus;Robert L. McDonald

  • PROJECT VALUATION UNDER UNCERTAINTY: WHEN DOES DCF FAIL?

    Nalin Kulatilaka;Alan J. Marcus

  • The Bank Capital Decision: A Time Series—Cross Section Analysis

    Alan J. Marcus

  • How Big is the Tax Advantage to Debt

    Alex Kane;Alan J. Marcus;Robert L. McDONALD

  • The Impact of Institutional Ownership on Corporate Operating Performance

    Marcia Millon Cornett;Alan J. Marcus;Hassan Tehranian

  • Geometric or Arithmetic Mean: A Reconsideration

    Eric Jacquier;Alex Kane;Alan J. Marcus

  • Earnings Management, Corporate Governance, and True Financial Performance

    Hassan Tehranian;Marcia Millon Cornett;Alan J. Marcus;Anthony Saunders

  • Investments and Portfolio Management

    Zvi Bodie;Alex Kane;Alan J. Marcus

  • Relative Sentiment and Stock Returns

    Roger M. Edelen;Alan J. Marcus;Hassan Tehranian

  • Minimum Wages and Teenagers' Enrollment--Employment Outcomes: A Multinominal Logit Model.

    Ronald G. Ehrenberg;Alan J. Marcus

  • Dasar-dasar manajemen keuangan perusahaan

    Alan J. Marcus;Richard A. Brealey;Stewart C. Myers;Yelvi Andri Zaimur

Frequent Co-Authors

Hassan Tehranian
Hassan Tehranian Boston College
Zvi Bodie
Zvi Bodie Boston University
Marcia Millon Cornett
Marcia Millon Cornett Bentley University
Mark Thomas Bradshaw
Mark Thomas Bradshaw Boston College
Zabihollah Rezaee
Zabihollah Rezaee University of Memphis
Anthony Saunders
Anthony Saunders New York University
Tatsuya Akutsu
Tatsuya Akutsu Kyoto University
H. Eugene Stanley
H. Eugene Stanley Boston University

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