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Kenneth R. French

Kenneth R. French

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
73
Citations
161157
World Ranking
378
National Ranking
258

Kenneth R. French 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 Kenneth R. French sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 125 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kenneth R. French 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 Kenneth R. French sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 73 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA)
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Kenneth R. French is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with eight publications in this main field. Subfields covered include Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Strategy and Management, Accounting, and General Economics, Econometrics, and Finance.

Their work spans several key topics:

  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Financial Reporting and Valuation Research
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Global Trade and Economics

Kenneth R. French has contributed papers to multiple publication venues, with five publications in the SSRN Electronic Journal and Financial Review respectively, and other articles appearing in The Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Review of Financial Studies, and Journal of Financial Economics.

The following are some of their recent papers with publication years and venues:

  • The Value Premium, 2020, The Review of Asset Pricing Studies
  • The Value Premium, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Production of U.S. SMB and HML in the Fama-French Data Library, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • House Prices and Rents, 2024, Review of Financial Studies
  • Issue Information, 2020, Financial Review

Frequent co-authors include Eugene F. Fama, with nine joint publications; Paul Schultz, with five; Robert L. Kieschnick, Rabih Moussawi, and Bradley Benson, each with four joint publications.

Kenneth R. French has been recognized with the following awards:

  • Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA), 2008
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007

Best Publications

  • Common risk factors in the returns on stocks and bonds

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

  • The Cross‐Section of Expected Stock Returns

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

  • Multifactor Explanations of Asset Pricing Anomalies

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

  • Industry costs of equity

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

  • Investor Diversification and International Equity Markets

    Kenneth French;James Poterba

  • A five-factor asset pricing model

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  • Expected stock returns and volatility

    Kenneth R. French;G.William Schwert;Robert F. Stambaugh

  • Size and Book-to-Market Factors in Earnings and Returns

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

  • The Cross-Section of Expected Stock Returns

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  • BUSINESS CONDITIONS AND EXPECTED RETURNS ON STOCKS AND BONDS

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

  • Permanent and Temporary Components of Stock Prices

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

  • Dividend yields and expected stock returns

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

  • Testing Trade-Off and Pecking Order Predictions About Dividends and Debt

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

  • Investor Diversification and International Equity Markets

    Kenneth R. French;Kenneth R. French;James M. Poterba;James M. Poterba

  • Value versus Growth: The International Evidence

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

  • Disappearing dividends: changing firm characteristics or lower propensity to pay?

    Eugene F Fama;Kenneth R French

  • The Capital Asset Pricing Model: Theory and Evidence

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

  • Stock returns and the weekend effect

    Kenneth R. French

  • Stock return variances: The arrival of information and the reaction of traders

    Kenneth R. French;Richard Roll;Richard Roll

  • Size, Value, and Momentum in International Stock Returns §

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

  • Luck versus Skill in the Cross-Section of Mutual Fund Returns

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

  • Taxes, Financing Decisions, and Firm Value

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

  • The Equity Premium

    Eugene F. Fama;Kenneth R. French

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene F. Fama
Eugene F. Fama University of Chicago
John H. Cochrane
John H. Cochrane Hoover Institution
Robert J. Shiller
Robert J. Shiller Yale University
John Y. Campbell
John Y. Campbell Harvard University
Anil K. Kashyap
Anil K. Kashyap University of Chicago
Darrell Duffie
Darrell Duffie Stanford University
Douglas W. Diamond
Douglas W. Diamond University of Chicago
René M. Stulz
René M. Stulz The Ohio State University
David S. Scharfstein
David S. Scharfstein Harvard University
Frederic S. Mishkin
Frederic S. Mishkin Columbia University

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