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D-Index
38
Citations
21554
World Ranking
2452
National Ranking
1376

Jeffrey L. Coles 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 Jeffrey L. Coles sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 83 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeffrey L. Coles 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 Jeffrey L. Coles sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jeffrey L. Coles is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research contributions primarily span the fields of Business, Management and Accounting as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these domains, their work has focused on several subfields including Accounting, Finance, Economics and Econometrics, and Strategy and Management.

The scientist's research topics include Corporate Finance and Governance, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Corporate Taxation and Avoidance, Financial Reporting and Valuation Research, Taxation and Compliance Studies, and Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis.

Recent scholarly papers authored by Jeffrey L. Coles feature the following:

  • On index investing, 2022, Journal of Financial Economics
  • Managerial Attributes, Incentives, and Performance, 2020, The Review of Corporate Finance Studies
  • An Empirical Assessment of Empirical Corporate Finance, 2022, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
  • Director Overlap: Groupthink versus Teamwork, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • How Do Firms Respond to Corporate Taxes?, 2021, Journal of Accounting Research

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Jeffrey L. Coles include:

  • Naveen D. Daniel
  • Lalitha Naveen
  • Jason Sandvik
  • Zhichuan Li
  • Nathan Seegert

Their research has been published most often in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Review of Corporate Finance Studies
  • Journal of Financial Economics
  • Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
  • Journal of Accounting Research

Best Publications

  • Boards: Does one size fit all?

    Jeffrey L. Coles;Naveen D. Daniel;Lalitha Naveen

  • Managerial incentives and risk-taking ☆

    Jeffrey L. Coles;Naveen D. Daniel;Lalitha Naveen

  • Leadership structure: Separating the CEO and Chairman of the Board

    James A. Brickley;Jeffrey L. Coles;Gregg Jarrell

  • Outside directors and the adoption of poison pills

    James A. Brickley;Jeffrey L. Coles;Jeffrey L. Coles;Rory L. Terry

  • Co-opted Boards

    Jeffrey L. Coles;Naveen D. Daniel;Lalitha Naveen

  • Stock-based incentive compensation and investment behavior

    John M Bizjak;James A Brickley;Jeffrey L Coles

  • What happens to CEOs after they retire? New evidence on career concerns, horizon problems, and CEO incentives

    J Brickley

  • Structural Models and Endogeneity in Corporate Finance: The Link Between Managerial Ownership and Corporate Performance

    Jeffrey L. Coles;Michael L. Lemmon;J. Felix Meschke

  • Corporate policies restricting trading by insiders

    J.C Bettis;J.L Coles;M.L Lemmon

  • Managerial Incentives and Risk-taking

    Naveen D. Daniel;Jeffrey L. Coles;Lalitha Naveen

  • On Equilibrium Pricing under Parameter Uncertainty

    Jeffrey L. Coles;Uri Loewenstein;Jose Suay

  • Boards: Does One Size Fit All?

    Jeffrey L. Coles;Naveen D. Daniel;Lalitha Naveen

  • The shareholder wealth implications of corporate lawsuits

    Sanjai Bhagat;John Bizjak;Jeffrey L. Coles

  • Industry Tournament Incentives

    Jeffrey L Coles;Zhichuan Li;Albert Y Wang

  • New evidence on the market for directors: board membership and Pennsylvania senate bill 1310

    Jeffrey Coles;Chun-Keung Hoi

  • Equilibrium pricing and portfolio composition in the presence of uncertain parameters

    Jeffrey L. Coles;Jeffrey L. Coles;Uri Loewenstein;Uri Loewenstein

  • The costs of inefficient bargaining and financial distress

    Sanjai Bhagat;James A. Brickley;Jeffrey L. Coles

  • Performance-vesting provisions in executive compensation

    J. Carr Bettis;John Bizjak;Jeffrey L. Coles;Swaminathan Kalpathy

  • Earnings management around employee stock option reissues

    Jeffrey L. Coles;Michael Hertzel;Swaminathan Kalpathy

  • What Happens to CEOs After They Retire? New Evidence on Career Concerns, Horizon Problems, and CEO Incentives

    James A. Brickley;Jeffrey L. Coles;James S. Linck

  • Stock and Option Grants with Performance-based Vesting Provisions

    Carr Bettis;John Bizjak;Jeffrey Coles;Swaminathan Kalpathy

  • Managerial Indemnification and Liability Insurance: The Effect on Shareholder Wealth

    Sanjai Bhagat;James A. Brickley;Jeffrey L. Coles

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Brickley
James A. Brickley University of Rochester
Michael L. Lemmon
Michael L. Lemmon BlackRock (United States)
Sanjai Bhagat
Sanjai Bhagat University of Colorado Boulder
Peter J. Hammond
Peter J. Hammond University of Warwick

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