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John E. Core

John E. Core

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
48
Citations
29114
World Ranking
1073
National Ranking
469

Economics and Finance

D-Index
48
Citations
29113
World Ranking
1468
National Ranking
886

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)

Overview

John E. Core is affiliated with MIT in the United States and specializes in the fields of Business, Management and Accounting. Their research primarily focuses on Accounting, Strategy and Management, and Finance, spanning a range of topics including Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Financial Reporting and Valuation Research, Corporate Finance and Governance, as well as Financial Markets and Investment Strategies.

Core's recent papers include the following publications:

  • "Institutional Investor Attention and Firm Disclosure," 2020, The Accounting Review
  • "The real effects of financial reporting on pay and incentives," 2020, Accounting and Business Research
  • "Non-Price and Price Performance Vesting Provisions and CEO Incentives," 2022, The Accounting Review
  • "Is U.S. CEO Compensation Broken?," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "The Real Effects of Financial Reporting on Pay and Incentives," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Core include:

  • Michelle Hanlon
  • Wayne R. Guay
  • Elizabeth Blankespoor
  • Ed deHaan
  • Wayne Guay

Core has published multiple articles in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Accounting and Economics
  • The Accounting Review
  • Accounting and Business Research

The main areas of study for Core's research can be summarized as:

  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Accounting
  • Strategy and Management
  • Finance

The research topics extensively covered include:

  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Financial Reporting and Valuation Research
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies

John E. Core has received recognition as a Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC).

Best Publications

  • Corporate governance, chief executive officer compensation, and firm performance

    John E. Core;Robert W. Holthausen;David F. Larcker

  • The use of equity grants to manage optimal equity incentive levels

    John E Core;Wayne R Guay

  • Estimating the Value of Employee Stock Option Portfolios and Their Sensitivities to Price and Volatility

    John E Core;Wayne R Guay

  • The Role of the Business Press as an Information Intermediary

    Brian J Bushee;John E Core;Wayne R Guay;Sophia J. W Hamm

  • Does Weak Governance Cause Weak Stock Returns? An Examination of Firm Operating Performance and Investors' Expectations

    John E. Core;Wayne R. Guay;Tjomme O. Rusticus

  • Executive Equity Compensation and Incentives: A Survey

    John E. Core;Wayne R. Guay;David F. Larcker

  • A review of the empirical disclosure literature: discussion ☆

    John E Core

  • The power of the pen and executive compensation.

    John E Core;Wayne R Guay;David F Larcker

  • Stock option plans for non-executive employees

    John E. Core;Wayne R. Guay

  • Estimating the Value of Employee Stock Option Portfolios and Their Sensitivities to Price and Volatility

    Wayne R. Guay;John E. Core

  • Stock Option Plans for Non-Executive Employees

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  • Is Accruals Quality a Priced Risk Factor

    John E Core;Wayne R Guay;Rodrigo S Verdi

  • Performance consequences of mandatory increases in executive stock ownership

    John E. Core;David F. Larcker

  • Market valuations in the New Economy: an investigation of what has changed

    John E. Core;Wayne R. Guay;Andrew Van Buskirk

  • When Does Information Asymmetry Affect the Cost of Capital

    Christopher S. Armstrong;John E. Core;Daniel J. Taylor;Robert E. Verrecchia

  • Price versus Non‐Price Performance Measures in Optimal CEO Compensation Contracts

    John E. Core;Wayne R. Guay;Robert E. Verrecchia

  • Do independent directors cause improvements in firm transparency

    Christopher S. Armstrong;John E. Core;Wayne R. Guay

  • On the Corporate Demand for Directors' and Officers' Insurance

    John E. Core

  • The Use of Equity Grants to Manage Optimal Equity Incentive Levels

    John E. Core;Wayne R. Guay

  • The Directors' and Officers' Insurance Premium: An Outside Assessment of the Quality of Corporate Governance

    John E. Core

  • Have the tax benefits of debt been overestimated

    Jennifer L Blouin;John E Core;Wayne R Guay

  • Stock Option Plans for Non-Executive Employees

    Wayne R. Guay;John E. Core

  • The Role of the Business Press as an Information Intermediary

    Brian J. Bushee;John E. Core;Wayne R. Guay;Sophia J. W. Hamm

Frequent Co-Authors

Wayne R. Guay
Wayne R. Guay University of Pennsylvania
David F. Larcker
David F. Larcker Stanford University
Robert E. Verrecchia
Robert E. Verrecchia University of Pennsylvania
Randall S. Thomas
Randall S. Thomas Vanderbilt University
Martin J. Conyon
Martin J. Conyon Bentley University
Scott A. Richardson
Scott A. Richardson London Business School
Henri Servaes
Henri Servaes London Business School
Andrei Shleifer
Andrei Shleifer Harvard University
Thomas Donaldson
Thomas Donaldson University of Pennsylvania

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