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51
Citations
22316
World Ranking
1288
National Ranking
779

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Financial Management Association
  • Fellow of the Financial Management Association
  • Fellow of the Financial Management Association

Overview

Jonathan M. Karpoff is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on Corporate Finance and Governance.

Their scholarly output includes work in the following subfields:

  • Accounting
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Strategy and Management
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Finance

Jonathan M. Karpoff's research addresses various topics, particularly:

  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
  • Corruption and Economic Development
  • Ethics in Business and Education
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Property Rights and Legal Doctrine

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Karpoff include William C. Johnson, Sangho Yi, Michael D. Wittry, Robert J. Schonlau, and Gerald S. Martin. These partnerships reflect ongoing research efforts in overlapping areas of corporate governance and finance.

Common publication venues for Karpoff's work are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Corporate Finance
  • Review of Financial Studies
  • Management Science
  • Financial Management

Representative recent papers authored by Jonathan M. Karpoff include:

  • The future of financial fraud, 2020, Journal of Corporate Finance
  • On a stakeholder model of corporate governance, 2021, Financial Management
  • Corporate Takeover Defenses, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • What ESG-Related Disclosures Should the SEC Mandate?, 2022, Financial Analysts Journal

Jonathan M. Karpoff has been recognized as a Fellow of the Financial Management Association, evidencing their engagement within the community of finance scholars and practitioners.

Best Publications

  • The Relation between Price Changes and Trading Volume: A Survey

    Jonathan M. Karpoff

  • The determinants of corporate board size and composition: An empirical analysis

    Audra L. Boone;Laura Casares Field;Jonathan M. Karpoff;Charu G. Raheja

  • The Cost to Firms of Cooking the Books

    Jonathan M. Karpoff;D. Scott Lee;Gerald S. Martin

  • The Consequences to Managers for Financial Misrepresentation

    Jonathan M. Karpoff;D. Scott Lee;Gerald S. Martin

  • Corporate governance and shareholder initiatives: Empirical evidence

    Jonathan M. Karpoff;Paul H. Malatesta;Ralph A. Walkling

  • The Reputational Penalty Firms Bear from Committing Criminal Fraud

    Jonathan M. Karpoff;John R. Lott

  • THE REPUTATIONAL PENALTIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

    Jonathan M. Karpoff;John R. Lott;Eric W. Wehrly

  • A Theory of Trading Volume

    Jonathan M. Karpoff

  • Takeover Defenses of IPO Firms

    Laura Casares Field;Jonathan M. Karpoff

  • Short Sellers and Financial Misconduct

    Jonathan M. Karpoff;Xiaoxia Lou

  • Internal Corporate Governance, CEO Turnover, and Earnings Management

    Sonali Hazarika;Jonathan M. Karpoff;Rajarishi Nahata

  • Takeover Defenses of IPO Firms

    Laura Casares Field;Jonathan M. Karpoff

  • The Reputational Penalty Firms Bear from Committing Criminal Fraud

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  • Short Selling and Earnings Management: A Controlled Experiment

    Vivian W. Fang;Allen H. Huang;Jonathan M. Karpoff

  • The wealth effects of second-generation state takeover legislation

    Jonathan M. Karpoff;Paul H. Malatesta

  • MANAGEMENT TURNOVER AND GOVERNANCE CHANGES FOLLOWING THE REVELATION OF FRAUD

    Anup Agrawal;Jeffrey F. Jaffe;Jonathan M. Karpoff

  • Financial reporting fraud and other forms of misconduct: a multidisciplinary review of the literature

    Dan Amiram;Zahn Bozanic;James D. Cox;Quentin Dupont

  • The Impact of Shareholder Activism on Target Companies: A Survey of Empirical Findings

    Jonathan M. Karpoff

  • Insider Trading before New Issue Announcements

    Jonathan M. Karpoff;Daniel Lee

  • Punitive Damages: Their Determinants, Effects on Firm Value, and the Impact of Supreme Court and Congressional Attempts to Limit Awards

    John Lott;Jonathan M. Karpoff

  • Thirty years of shareholder activism: A survey of empirical research☆

    Matthew R. Denes;Jonathan M. Karpoff;Victoria B. McWilliams

  • The Determinants of Corporate Board Size and Composition: An Empirical Analysis

    Audra L. Boone;Laura Casares Field;Jonathan M. Karpoff;Charu G. Raheja

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph A. Walkling
Ralph A. Walkling Drexel University
Anup Agrawal
Anup Agrawal University of Alabama
Richard G. Sloan
Richard G. Sloan University of Southern California
Ronald W. Masulis
Ronald W. Masulis University of New South Wales
Jonathan R. Macey
Jonathan R. Macey Yale University
Jay R. Ritter
Jay R. Ritter University of Florida

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