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D-Index
61
Citations
35111
World Ranking
755
National Ranking
471

Douglas J. Skinner publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Douglas J. Skinner sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 110 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Douglas J. Skinner D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Douglas J. Skinner sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Douglas J. Skinner is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Business, Management, and Accounting, with a strong emphasis on Accounting as a subfield. Other areas of study include Strategy and Management, Finance, and Information Systems.

The main topics of their research work cover Corporate Finance and Governance, Auditing, Earnings Management, and Governance, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Financial Reporting and Valuation Research, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Risk Management in Financial Firms, and Economic Growth and Development.

Skinner has published several recent papers, including:

  • Corporate Managers' Perspectives on Forward-Looking Guidance: Survey Evidence, 2024, Journal of Accounting and Economics
  • Corporate Managers' Perspectives on Forward-Looking Guidance: Survey Evidence, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Importing activists: Determinants and consequences of increased cross-border shareholder activism, 2022, Journal of Accounting and Economics
  • Importing Activists: Determinants and Consequences of Increased Cross-border Shareholder Activism, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Moving Forward: Management Guidance and Earnings Announcement Returns, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Andrew C. Call
  • Paul Hribar
  • David Volant
  • Mark G. Maffett
  • Anya Nakhmurina

Skinner's work has appeared primarily in the following publication venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Accounting and Economics
  • Review of Accounting Studies
  • Journal of Financial Economics

Best Publications

  • Why firms voluntarily disclose bad news

    Douglas J. Skinner

  • Earnings Management: Reconciling the Views of Accounting Academics, Practitioners, and Regulators

    Patricia M. Dechow;Douglas J. Skinner

  • Earnings Surprises, Growth Expectations, and Stock Returns or Don't Let an Earnings Torpedo Sink Your Portfolio

    Douglas J. Skinner;Richard G. Sloan

  • Large–Sample Evidence on the Debt Covenant Hypothesis

    Ilia D. Dichev;Douglas J. Skinner

  • Accounting choice in troubled companies

    Harry DeAngelo;Linda DeAngelo;Douglas J. Skinner

  • Earnings disclosures and stockholder lawsuits

    Douglas J. Skinner

  • Are dividends disappearing? Dividend concentration and the consolidation of earnings☆

    Harry DeAngelo;Linda DeAngelo;Douglas J Skinner

  • Reversal of fortune dividend signaling and the disappearance of sustained earnings growth

    Harry DeAngelo;Linda DeAngelo;Douglas J. Skinner

  • Earnings Momentum and Earnings Management

    James N. Myers;Linda A. Myers;Douglas J. Skinner

  • Implications for GAAP from an analysis of positive research in accounting

    S.P. Kothari;Karthik Ramanna;Douglas J. Skinner

  • Earnings Surprises, Growth Expectations, and Stock Returns: Don't Let an Earnings Torpedo Sink Your Portfolio

    Douglas J. Skinner;Richard G. Sloan

  • The Evolving Relation between Earnings, Dividends, and Stock Repurchases*

    Douglas J. Skinner

  • The Role of Supplementary Statements with Management Earnings Forecasts

    Amy P. Hutton;Gregory S. Miller;Douglas J. Skinner

  • Measuring Securities Litigation Risk

    Irene Kim;Douglas J. Skinner

  • An empirical examination of conference calls as a voluntary disclosure medium

    Richard Frankel;Marilyn Johnson;Douglas J. Skinner

  • Corporate Payout Policy

    Harry DeAngelo;Linda DeAngelo;Douglas J. Skinner

  • Employee stock options, EPS dilution, and stock repurchases

    Daniel A. Bens;Venky Nagar;Douglas J. Skinner;Douglas J. Skinner;M.H.Franco Wong

  • The investment opportunity set and accounting procedure choice

    Douglas J. Skinner

  • Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan*

    Douglas J. Skinner;Suraj Srinivasan

  • Does earnings guidance affect market returns? The nature and information content of aggregate earnings guidance

    Carol Anilowski;Mei Feng;Douglas J. Skinner

  • Dividends and Losses

    Harry DeANGELO;Linda DeANGELO;Douglas J. Skinner

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen G. Ryan
Stephen G. Ryan New York University
Linda DeAngelo
Linda DeAngelo University of Southern California
Harry DeAngelo
Harry DeAngelo University of Southern California
Katherine Schipper
Katherine Schipper Duke University
Eli Bartov
Eli Bartov New York University
Gregory S. Miller
Gregory S. Miller University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Linda A. Myers
Linda A. Myers University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Richard G. Sloan
Richard G. Sloan University of Southern California
Mark W. Nelson
Mark W. Nelson Cornell University

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