2026 Amir N. Licht: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	22	417	379	7	7	76	4103

Amir N. Licht publication distribution in Law in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Law in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Amir N. Licht sits on this spectrum.

37 publications 262+

This scientist: 76 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more.

Amir N. Licht D-index placement in Law in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Law scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Amir N. Licht sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 22 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more.

Overview

Amir N. Licht is affiliated with Reichman University in Israel and works extensively in the field of Business, Management and Accounting. Their research covers multiple subfields, including Accounting, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Law, Strategy and Management, as well as Political Science and International Relations.

The research topics addressed by Licht span Corporate Insolvency and Governance, Legal principles and applications, Corporate Law and Human Rights, Corporate Finance and Governance, Legal Studies and Reforms, Corporate Governance and Law, and Family Business Performance and Succession.

Licht has published numerous papers, primarily in the SSRN Electronic Journal, with some contributions in other venues such as Management Science. Notable papers authored or co-authored by Licht include:

My Creditor's Keeper: Escalation of Commitment and Custodial Fiduciary Duties in the Vicinity of Insolvency (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
Varieties of Shareholderism: Three Views of the Corporate Purpose Cathedral (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
צימצום שלא כפשוטו: אחריות נושאי משרה בחברה בסמיכות לחדלות פירעון <br>Uneasy Diminishing: Corporate Officer Liability in the Vicinity of Insolvency (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)
שלמוני אמונאי ישראל: תביעות שוחד ומגמות בדיני אמונאות ובדיני עשיית עושר ולא במשפט Israel Fiduciary Bribes: Bribery Claims and Trends in Fiduciary Law and Unjust Enrichment Law (2022, SSRN Electronic Journal)
Shareholderism around the World: Corporate Purpose, Culture, and Law (2025, SSRN Electronic Journal, co-authored with Renée B. Adams)

Co-authorship collaboration includes working with Renée B. Adams on at least two publications.

The main publication venues where Licht's work appears are:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Management Science

The distribution of research across subfields shows an emphasis on accounting and organizational behavior topics alongside law and political science. This multidisciplinary approach is reflected in the diverse themes present in the published literature.

Best Publications

Culture rules: The foundations of the rule of law and other norms of governance

Amir N. Licht;Chanan Goldschmidt;Shalom H. Schwartz

1142
Citations
CROSS-LISTING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: BONDING OR AVOIDING?

Amir N. Licht

933
Citations
Culture, Law, and Corporate Governance

Amir N. Licht;Chanan Goldschmidt;Shalom H. Schwartz

834
Citations
Shareholders and stakeholders: How do directors decide?

Renée B. Adams;Amir N. Licht;Lilach Sagiv

523
Citations
Egalitarianism and international investment

Jordan I. Siegel;Amir N. Licht;Shalom H. Schwartz

447
Citations
Cross-Listing and Corporate Governance: Bonding or Avoiding?

Amir N. Licht

429
Citations
The Maximands of Corporate Governance: A Theory of Values and Cognitive Style

Amir N. Licht

190
Citations
The Mother of All Path Dependencies: Toward a Cross-Cultural Theory of Corporate Governance Systems

Amir N. Licht

180
Citations
Legal Plug-Ins: Cultural Distance, Cross-Listing, and Corporate Governance Reform

Amir N. Licht

163
Citations
Games Commissions Play: 2x2 Games of International Securities Regulation

Amir N. Licht

141
Citations
Culture Rules: The Foundations of the Rule of Law and Other Norms of Governance

Amir N. Licht;Chanan Goldschmidt;Shalom H. Schwartz

134
Citations
Eminent Domain, Inc.

Amnon Lehavi;Amir N. Licht

119
Citations
Social Norms and the Law: Why Peoples Obey the Law

Amir N. Licht

114
Citations
Managerial Opportunism and Foreign Listing: Some Direct Evidence

Amir N. Licht

114
Citations
Cross-Listing and Corporate Governance: Bonding or Avoiding?

Amir N. Licht

73
Citations
Culture, Law, and Corporate Governance

Amir N. Licht;Chanan Goldschmidt;Shalom H. Schwartz;Shalom H. Schwartz

68
Citations
STOCK MARKET INTEGRATION IN EUROPE

Amir N. Licht

59
Citations
Shareholders and Stakeholders: How Do Directors Decide?

Renee B. Adams;Amir N. Licht;Lilach Sagiv

35
Citations
What makes the bonding stick? A natural experiment testing the legal bonding hypothesis

Amir N. Licht;Christopher Poliquin;Jordan I. Siegel;Xi Li

34
Citations
Egalitarianism and International Investment

Jordan I. Siegel;Amir N. Licht;Shalom H. Schwartz;Shalom H. Schwartz

30
Citations
Regulatory Arbitrage for Real: International Securities Regulation in a World of Interacting Securities Markets

Amir Licht

29
Citations
What Makes the Bonding Stick? A Natural Experiment Involving the U.S. Supreme Court and Cross-Listed Firms

Amir N. Licht;Christopher Poliquin;Jordan I. Siegel;Xi Li

28
Citations
Genie in a Bottle? Assessing Managerial Opportunism in International Securities Transactions

Amir N. Licht

22
Citations
Culture, Law, and Finance: Cultural Dimensions of Corporate Governance Laws

Amir N. Licht;Chanan Goldschmidt;Shalom H. Schwartz

20
Citations
Accountability and Corporate Governance

Amir N. Licht

18
Citations
Culture and Law in Corporate Governance

Amir N. Licht

12
Citations
Culture, Law, and Finance: Cultural Dimensions of Corporate Governance Laws - eScholarship

Amir N. Licht;Chanan Goldschmidt;Shalom H. Schwartz

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Shalom H. Schwartz Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Renee B. Adams University of Oxford

Lilach Sagiv Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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