2026 Colin Mayer: 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	65	600	543	69	64	329	20284

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Colin Mayer is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Business, Management, and Accounting, with a significant number of publications addressing subfields such as Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Strategy and Management.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

Corporate Finance and Governance
Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
Economic Theory and Institutions
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
Corporate Law and Human Rights
Legal principles and applications

Colin Mayer has contributed to multiple journals and publication venues, with a notable presence in:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Journal of applied corporate finance
Journal of Management Studies
Accounting Forum

Their recent papers include:

The Future of the Corporation and the Economics of Purpose (2020), Journal of Management Studies
Measuring Purpose: An Integrated Framework (2021), SSRN Electronic Journal
The structure and relations of banking systems: the UK experience and the challenges of 'levelling-up' (2020), Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Seeing double corporate reporting through the materiality lenses of both investors and nature (2024), Accounting Forum
Shareholderism Versus Stakeholderism - a Misconceived Contradiction. A Comment on 'The Illusory Promise of Stakeholder Governance' by Lucian Bebchuk and Roberto Tallarita (2020), SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Colin Mayer include:

Judith C. Stroehle
Paul Collier
Ali Aslan Gümüşay
Laura Marie Edinger-Schons
Andreas Rasche

Best Publications

New Issues in Corporate Finance

Colin Mayer

1449
Citations
Entrepreneurship, Management, and the Structure of Payoffs

William J. Baumol

1356
Citations
Ownership and Control of German Corporations

Julian Franks;Colin Mayer

1118
Citations
Finance, Investment and Growth

Wendy Carlin;Colin Mayer

1029
Citations
Financial Systems, Corporate Finance, and Economic Development

Colin Mayer

887
Citations
Financial Systems, Corporate Finance and Economic Development

Colin Mayer

887
Citations
Returns to shareholder activism: evidence from a clinical study of the Hermes UK Focus Fund

Marco Becht;Julian R. Franks;Colin Mayer;Stefano Rossi

866
Citations
Hostile takeovers and the correction of managerial failure

Julian Franks;Colin Mayer

740
Citations
Who Disciplines Management in Poorly Performing Companies

Julian R Franks;Colin Mayer;Luc Renneboog

577
Citations
Sources of Funds and Investment Activities of Venture Capital Funds: Evidence from Germany, Israel, Japan and the UK.

Colin Mayer;Koen Schoors;Yishay Yafeh

459
Citations
Ownership: Evolution and Regulation

Julian Franks;Colin Mayer;Stefano Rossi

448
Citations
Capital markets and corporate control: a study of France, Germany and the UK

Julian Franks;Colin Mayer;Jeremy Hardie;Edmond Malinvaud

411
Citations
Firm Commitment: Why the corporation is failing us and how to restore trust in it

Colin P. Mayer

393
Citations
Corporate Governance, Competition and Performance

Colin Mayer

384
Citations
Corporate Ownership and Control in the UK, Germany and France

Julian Franks;Colin Mayer

372
Citations
Means of Payment in Takeovers: Results for the United Kingdom and the United States

Julian R. Franks;Robert S. Harris;Colin Mayer

348
Citations
Structure and performance: Global interdependence of stock markets around the crash of October 1987∗

Elisabetta Bertero;Colin Mayer

317
Citations
Principles of Financial Regulation

John Armour;Dan Awrey;Paul Davies;Luca Enriques

304
Citations
Ownership and Control

Julian Franks;Colin Mayer

302
Citations
The Life Cycle of Family Ownership: International Evidence

Julian Franks;Colin Mayer;Paolo Volpin;Hannes F. Wagner

296
Citations
Privatization and Economic Performance

Matthew Bishop;J. A. Kay;Colin P. Mayer

289
Citations
Financial Reform in Eastern Europe: Progress With the Wrong Model

Jennifer Corbett;Colin Mayer

286
Citations
Prosperity: Better Business Makes the Greater Good

Colin P. Mayer

210
Citations
Returns to Shareholder ActivismÂ Evidence from a Clinical Study of the Hermes U.K. Focus Fund

Colin Mayer;Marco Becht

73
Citations
Who disciplines the management of poorly performing companies

J. Franks;C. Mayer;L.D.R. Renneboog;R. van Frederikslust

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Julian R. Franks London Business School

John Armour University of Oxford

Luca Enriques Bocconi University

Wendy Carlin University College London

Tim Jenkinson University of Oxford

Luc Renneboog Tilburg University

Paul Collier University of Oxford

Xavier Vives University of Navarra

Alberto Giovannini Columbia University

Damien Neven Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

External Links

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