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2747

Francine Lafontaine publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francine Lafontaine sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 100 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Francine Lafontaine D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francine Lafontaine sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Francine Lafontaine is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and has contributed extensively to multiple fields including Economics, Econometrics and Finance as well as Business, Management and Accounting.

The scientist's research spans several subfields, notably Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Strategy and Management, and Marketing. Their work covers a range of topics with particular emphasis on merger and competition analysis, corporate finance and governance, franchising strategies and performance, law, economics, and judicial systems, consumer market behavior and pricing, and firm innovation and growth.

Among their recent publications are:

  • No-Poaching Clauses in Franchise Contracts, Anticompetitive or Efficiency Enhancing?, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Presumptions in Vertical Mergers: The Role of Evidence, 2021, Review of Industrial Organization

Additionally, some papers related to merger review have been published with other authors but are often associated with the broader research network involving Lafontaine's frequent collaborators.

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Margaret E. Slade
  • Nathan Miller
  • Steven Berry
  • Jonathan B. Baker
  • Timothy F. Bresnahan

The scientist has contributed to several publication venues, with the most frequent being the SSRN Electronic Journal, the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, and the Review of Industrial Organization.

Best Publications

  • Agency Theory and Franchising: Some Empirical Results

    Francine Lafontaine

  • Vertical Integration and Firm Boundaries: The Evidence

    Francine Lafontaine;Margaret Slade

  • Targeting Managerial Control: Evidence from Franchising

    Francine Lafontaine;Kathryn L. Shaw

  • The Economics of Franchising

    Roger D. Blair;Francine Lafontaine

  • Double-Sided Moral Hazard and the Nature of Share Contracts

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  • The Evolution of Ownersip Patterns in Franchise Systems

    Francine Lafontaine;Patrick J. Kaufmann

  • The Dynamics of Franchise Contracting: Evidence from Panel Data

    Francine Lafontaine;Kathryn L Shaw

  • Costs of control : the source of economic rents for McDonald's franchisees

    Patrick J. Kaufmann;Francine Lafontaine

  • Retail Contracting: Theory and Practice

    Francine Lafontaine;Margaret E. Slade

  • Contractual Arrangements as Signaling Devices: Evidence from Franchising

    Francine Lafontaine

  • Serial Entrepreneurship: Learning by Doing?

    Francine Lafontaine;Kathryn Shaw

  • Multi-Unit Ownership in Franchising: Evidence from the Fast-Food Industry in Texas

    Arturs Kalnins;Francine Lafontaine

  • Franchising growth and franchisor entry and exit in the U.S. market: Myth and reality

    Francine Lafontaine;Kathryn L. Shaw

  • Financial Constraints and Moral Hazard: The Case of Franchising

    Ying Fan;Kai-Uwe Kühn;Francine Lafontaine

  • Too Far Away? The Effect of Distance to Headquarters on Business Establishment Performance †

    Arturs Kalnins;Francine Lafontaine

  • ORGANIZATIONAL FORM AND PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE HOTEL INDUSTRY

    Renata Kosova;Francine Lafontaine;Rozenn Perrigot

  • The role of risk in franchising

    Francine Lafontaine;Sugato Bhattacharyya

  • Double-Sided Moral Hazard and the Nature of Share Contracts

    Sugato Bhattacharyya;Francine Lafontaine

  • SURVIVAL AND GROWTH IN RETAIL AND SERVICE INDUSTRIES: EVIDENCE FROM FRANCHISED CHAINS *

    Renáta Kosová;Francine Lafontaine

  • Incentive Contracting and the Franchise Decision

    Francine Lafontaine;Margaret E. Slade

  • Exclusive contracts and vertical restraints : empirical evidence and public policy

    Francine Lafontaine;Margaret E. Slade

  • The Economics of Franchising: Concluding Remarks

    Roger D. Blair;Francine Lafontaine

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