2026 Baruch Lev: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	80	266	239	195	171	197	55602

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Economics and Finance

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Overview

Baruch Lev is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their scholarly work spans multiple areas within business, management, accounting, economics, econometrics, and finance.

The main fields of study in their publications include:

Business, Management and Accounting
Economics, Econometrics and Finance

The subfields concentrated on are:

Accounting
Strategy and Management
Economics and Econometrics
Finance
Demography

Their research covers several key topics:

Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
Corporate Finance and Governance
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
Financial Reporting and Valuation Research

Baruch Lev has published frequently in the following venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Review of Accounting Studies
Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
Journal of Accounting Research
Critical Finance Review

Their recent papers include:

"ESG did not immunize stocks during the COVID-19 crisis, but investments in intangible assets did" (2021), Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
"Machine learning improves accounting estimates: evidence from insurance payments" (2020), Review of Accounting Studies
"Predicting Future Earnings Changes Using Machine Learning and Detailed Financial Data" (2022), Journal of Accounting Research
"Explaining the Recent Failure of Value Investing" (2022), Critical Finance Review
"ESG Didn't Immunize Stocks Against the Covid-19 Market Crash" (2020), SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Baruch Lev include:

Elizabeth Demers
Jurian Hendrikse
Philip Joos
Yiwei Dou
Feng Gu

Best Publications

Intangibles: Management, Measurement, and Reporting

Baruch Lev

5099
Citations
Risk reduction as a managerial motive for conglomerate mergers

Yakov Amihud;Baruch Lev

4978
Citations
The Boundaries of Financial Reporting and How to Extend Them

Baruch Lev;Paul Zarowin

3311
Citations
The capitalization, amortization, and value-relevance of R&D

Baruch Lev;Theodore Sougiannis

3265
Citations
Information Asymmetry, R&D, and Insider Gains

David Aboody;Baruch Lev

2464
Citations
Value-relevance of nonfinancial information: The wireless communications industry

Eli Amir;Baruch Lev

2460
Citations
Quantifying Managerial Ability: A New Measure and Validity Tests

Peter Demerjian;Baruch Lev;Sarah McVay

2056
Citations
ON THE USEFULNESS OF EARNINGS AND EARNINGS RESEARCH: LESSONS AND DIRECTIONS FROM TWO DECADES OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

Baruch Lev

2056
Citations
Fundamental Information Analysis

Baruch Lev;S. Ramu Thiagarajan

1984
Citations
To warn or not to warn: Management disclosures in the face of an earnings surprise

Ron Kasznik;Baruch Lev

1401
Citations
Managerial Ability and Earnings Quality

Peter R. Demerjian;Baruch Lev;Melissa F. Lewis;Sarah E. McVay

1337
Citations
The Value Relevance of Intangibles: The Case of Software Capitalization

David Aboody;Baruch Lev

1325
Citations
Is doing good good for you? how corporate charitable contributions enhance revenue growth

Baruch Lev;Christine Petrovits;Suresh Radhakrishnan

1299
Citations
Science and Technology as Predictors of Stock Performance

Zhen Deng;Baruch Lev;Francis Narin

879
Citations
On the Association between Operating Leverage and Risk

Baruch Lev

863
Citations
Taxable Income, Future Earnings, and Equity Values

Baruch Lev;Doron Nissim

855
Citations
Voluntary Forecast Disclosure, Nondisclosure, and Stock Prices

Baruch Lev;Stephen H. Penman

824
Citations
Stock Splits and Stock Dividends: Why, Who, and When

Josef Lakonishok;Baruch Lev

785
Citations
Corporate Control and the Choice of Investment Financing: The Case of Corporate Acquisitions

Yakov Amihud;Baruch Lev;Nickolaos G. Travlos

761
Citations
Information Disclosure Strategy

Baruch Lev

674
Citations
Toward a Theory of Equitable and Efficient Accounting Policy

Baruch Lev

589
Citations
Managerial Ability and Earnings Quality

Peter R. Demerjian;Melissa Fay Lewis-Western;Baruch Lev;Sarah E. McVay

135
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Suresh Radhakrishnan The University of Texas at Dallas

Joel F. Houston University of Florida

Yakov Amihud New York University

Miklos A. Vasarhelyi Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Stephen G. Ryan New York University

Xi Chen Columbia University

John Roberts Rice University

Priya Raghubir New York University

Francis Narin CHI Research

Sankar Sen City University of New York

External Links

Personal website of Baruch Lev Google Scholar page

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