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50
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13365
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1367
National Ranking
829

Overview

H. Kent Baker is affiliated with American University in the United States. Their research spans a significant breadth within the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with 108 and 38 publications respectively. The subfields they have contributed to most include Accounting, Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Finance, and Management Information Systems.

The scientist's topics of research cover various areas relevant to contemporary business and financial studies. These include:

  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Working Capital and Financial Performance
  • FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital

Baker's recent scholarly output includes the following papers:

  • Forty years of the Journal of Futures Markets: A bibliometric overview (2021), published in Journal of Futures Markets
  • Twenty-five years of the Journal of Corporate Finance: A scientometric analysis (2020), published in Journal of Corporate Finance
  • A bibliometric analysis of managerial finance: a retrospective (2020), published in Managerial Finance
  • Psychological determinants of retirement financial planning behavior (2021), published in Journal of Business Research
  • Merger motives and target valuation: A survey of evidence from CFOs (2023), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Frequent co-authors with whom Baker has collaborated include:

  • Satish Kumar (21 joint publications)
  • Mark von Rosing (16 joint publications)
  • Ulrik Foldager (15 joint publications)
  • Wim Laurier (15 joint publications)
  • Neil Kemp (15 joint publications)

Baker has published multiple works in recurring venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (6 publications)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University) (3 publications)
  • Journal of theoretical and applied electronic commerce research (3 publications)
  • Journal of Corporate Finance (2 publications)
  • Small Business Economics (2 publications)

Among book publications, Baker has authored titles with Oxford University Press and World Scientific:

  • Sustainable Investing (2022), Oxford University Press
  • Working Capital Management (2022), World Scientific

Best Publications

  • International Cross-Listing and Visibility

    H. Kent Baker;John R. Nofsinger;Daniel G. Weaver

  • A Survey of Management Views on Dividend Policy

    H. Kent Baker;Gail E. Farrelly;Richard B. Edelman

  • Psychological Biases of Investors

    H. Kent Baker;John R. Nofsinger

  • A bibliometric analysis of board diversity: Current status, development, and future research directions

    H. Kent Baker;Nitesh Pandey;Satish Kumar;Arunima Haldar

  • Behavioral finance : investors, corporations, and markets

    H. Kent Baker;John R. Nofsinger

  • Management's View of Stock Splits

    H. Kent Baker;Patricia L. Gallagher

  • Factors Influencing Dividend Policy Decisions of Nasdaq Firms

    H. Kent Baker;E. Theodore Veit;Gary E. Powell

  • How Corporate Managers View Dividend Policy

    H. Kent Baker;Gary E. Powell

  • Survey Research in Corporate Finance: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice

    Kent Baker;J. Clay Singleton;E. Theodore Veit

  • Merger Motives and Target Valuation: A Survey of Evidence from CFOs

    Tarun K. Mukherjee;Halil Kiymaz;H. Kent Baker

  • Understanding Financial Management: A Practical Guide

    Kent Baker;Gary E. Powell

  • How financial literacy and demographic variables relate to behavioral biases

    H. Kent Baker;Satish Kumar;Nisha Goyal;Vidhu Gaur

  • Capital Structure and Corporate Financing Decisions: Theory, Evidence, and Practice

    H. Kent Baker;Gerald S. Martin

  • Revisiting the dividend puzzle: Do all of the pieces now fit?

    H.Kent Baker;Gary E. Powell;E.Theodore Veit

  • Corporate governance : a synthesis of theory, research, and practice

    H. Kent Baker;Ronald Anderson

  • REVISITING MANAGERIAL PERSPECTIVES ON DIVIDEND POLICY

    H. Kent Baker;Gary E. Powell;E. Theodore Veit

  • Information Needs of Individual Investors

    H. Kent Baker;John A. Haslem

  • Further evidence on managerial motives for stock splits

    Gary E. Powell;H. Kent Baker

  • Assessing Credit Rating Agencies by Bond Issuers and Institutional Investors

    H. Kent Baker;Sattar A. Mansi

  • The perception of dividends by Canadian managers: new survey evidence

    H. Kent Baker;Samir Saadi;Shantanu Dutta;Devinder Gandhi

Frequent Co-Authors

Shantanu Dutta
Shantanu Dutta University of Ottawa
Wolfgang Drobetz
Wolfgang Drobetz Universität Hamburg
Luc Renneboog
Luc Renneboog Tilburg University
Bradford Cornell
Bradford Cornell University of California, Los Angeles
Robert A. Schwartz
Robert A. Schwartz Baruch College

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