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D-Index
35
Citations
11907
World Ranking
2867
National Ranking
1587

Joel F. Houston 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 Joel F. Houston sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 85 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joel F. Houston 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 Joel F. Houston sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Joel F. Houston is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their academic contributions primarily focus on the areas of Business, Management and Accounting, encompassing several specialized subfields such as Strategy and Management, Marketing, Sociology and Political Science, Finance, and Accounting.

The research topics that define Joel F. Houston's work include Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Political Influence and Corporate Strategies, Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering, Banking stability, regulation, and efficiency, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Energy, Environment, and Economic Growth, as well as Environmental Sustainability in Business.

Frequent publication venues for Houston's work include SSRN Electronic Journal, Review of Financial Studies, and Management Science. Their publication record features the following recent papers:

  • Corporate ESG Profiles and Banking Relationships, 2021, Review of Financial Studies
  • How Does ESG Shape Consumption?, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Customer Satisfaction and the Durability of Retail Banking Relationships, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

Joel F. Houston often collaborates with a range of scholars, with frequent co-authors being Hongyu Shan, Changhyun Ahn, Sehoon Kim, Chen Lin, and Mo Shen. These collaborations contribute to the interdisciplinary nature of their research focus.

Best Publications

  • Bank Information Monopolies and the Mix of Private and Public Debt Claims

    Joel Houston;Christopher James

  • Creditor rights, information sharing, and bank risk taking

    Joel F. Houston;Chen Lin;Ping Lin;Yue Ma

  • Where do merger gains come from? Bank mergers from the perspective of insiders and outsiders

    Joel F Houston;Christopher M James;Michael D Ryngaert

  • Corporate socially responsible investments: CEO altruism, reputation, and shareholder interests ☆

    Richard Borghesi;Joel F. Houston;Andy Naranjo

  • Political connections and the cost of bank loans

    Joel F. Houston;Liangliang Jiang;Chen Lin;Yue Ma

  • The overall gains from large bank mergers

    Joel F. Houston;Michael D. Ryngaert

  • Capital market frictions and the role of internal capital markets in banking

    Joel Houston;Christopher James;David Marcus

  • Regulatory Arbitrage and International Bank Flows

    Joel F. Houston;Chen Lin;Yue Ma

  • CEO compensation and bank risk Is compensation in banking structured to promote risk taking

    Joel F. Houston;Christopher James

  • Capital Market Development, International Integration, Legal Systems, and the Value of Corporate Diversification: A Cross-Country Analysis

    Larry Fauver;Joel Houston;Andy Naranjo

  • To Guide or Not to Guide? Causes and Consequences of Stopping Quarterly Earnings Guidance*

    Joel F. Houston;Baruch Lev;Jennifer Wu Tucker

  • Essentials of Financial Management

    Eugene F. Brigham;Joel F. Houston;Jun-Ming Hsu;Yoon Kee Kong

  • Do Relationships Have Limits? Banking Relationships, Financial Constraints, and Investment*

    Joel F. Houston;Christopher M. James

  • The role of managerial incentives in bank acquisitions

    Charles Hadlock;Joel Houston;Michael Ryngaert

  • Credit Default Swap Spreads as Viable Substitutes for Credit Ratings

    Mark J. Flannery;Joel F. Houston;Frank Partnoy

  • Media ownership, concentration and corruption in bank lending

    Joel F. Houston;Chen Lin;Yue Ma

  • Equity Issuance and Adverse Selection: A Direct Test Using Conditional Stock Offers

    Joel F. Houston;Michael D. Ryngaert

  • Do bank internal capital markets promote lending

    Joel F. Houston;Christopher James

  • Cross-country evidence on the value of corporate industrial and international diversification

    Larry Fauver;Joel F. Houston;Andy Naranjo

  • Litigation Risk and Voluntary Disclosure: Evidence from Legal Changes

    Joel F. Houston;Chen Lin;Sibo Liu;Lai Wei

  • Fundamentals of Financial Management -7/E.

    Eugene F. Brigham;Joel F. Houston

Frequent Co-Authors

Chen Lin
Chen Lin University of Hong Kong
Christopher M. James
Christopher M. James University of Florida
Andy Naranjo
Andy Naranjo University of Florida
Yue Ma
Yue Ma City University of Hong Kong
Mark J. Flannery
Mark J. Flannery University of Florida
Baruch Lev
Baruch Lev New York University

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