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D-Index
71
Citations
40652
World Ranking
432
National Ranking
291

Laura T. Starks 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 Laura T. Starks sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 166 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Laura T. Starks 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 Laura T. Starks sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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

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

Overview

Laura T. Starks is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans across the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these broader areas, Starks has a particular focus on Finance, Accounting, Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, and General Decision Sciences.

Starks's work addresses key topics including:

  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Insurance and Financial Risk Management
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Frequent publication venues for Starks's research include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Finance
  • Journal of Corporate Finance
  • Review of Financial Studies
  • European Finance Review

Collaborative work features repeated contributions with several co-authors, notably Natasha Burns, Kristina Minnick, Zacharias Sautner, Lee Seltzer, and Qifei Zhu.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Starks include:

  • "Presidential Address: Sustainable Finance and ESG Issues-ValueversusValues" (2023), published in The Journal of Finance
  • "Firms and social responsibility: A review of ESG and CSR research in corporate finance" (2021), published in Journal of Corporate Finance
  • "Climate Risk Disclosure and Institutional Investors" (2023), published in Review of Financial Studies
  • "ESG shareholder engagement and downside risk" (2023), published in European Finance Review
  • "Climate Regulatory Risk and Corporate Bonds" (2022), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Starks has been recognized as a Fellow of the Financial Management Association.

Best Publications

  • Institutional Investors and Executive Compensation

    Jay C. Hartzell;Laura T. Starks

  • Corporate governance proposals and shareholder activism: the role of institutional investors

    Stuart L. Gillan;Laura T. Starks

  • The Importance of Climate Risks for Institutional Investors

    Philipp Krueger;Zacharias Sautner;Laura T Starks

  • Corporate Governance, Corporate Ownership, and the Role of Institutional Investors:A Global Perspective

    Stuart L. Gillan;Laura T. Starks

  • Of Tournaments and Temptations: An Analysis of Managerial Incentives in the Mutual Fund Industry

    Keith C. Brown;W. V. Harlow;Laura T. Starks

  • Internal Monitoring Mechanisms and CEO Turnover: A Long‐Term Perspective

    Mark R. Huson;Robert Parrino;Laura T. Starks

  • Behind the scenes: the corporate governance preferences of institutional investors

    Joseph A. McCAHERY;Zacharias Sautner;Laura T. Starks

  • Voting with their feet: institutional ownership changes around forced CEO turnover

    Robert Parrino;Richard W Sias;Laura T Starks

  • Firms and social responsibility: A review of ESG and CSR research in corporate finance

    Stuart L. Gillan;Andrew Koch;Laura T. Starks

  • Corporate Governance, Corporate Ownership, and the Role of Institutional Investors: A Global Perspective

    Stuart L. Gillan;Laura T. Starks

  • The Evolution of Shareholder Activism in the United States

    Stuart L. Gillan;Laura T. Starks

  • Active Institutional Shareholders and Costs of Monitoring: Evidence from Executive Compensation

    Andres Almazan;Jay C. Hartzell;Laura T. Starks

  • Greener Pastures and the Impact of Dynamic Institutional Preferences

    James A. Bennett;Richard W. Sias;Laura T. Starks

  • Institutional Investors and Executive Compensation

    Jay C. Hartzel;Laura T. Starks

  • An Equilibrium Model of Asset Trading with Sequential Information Arrival

    Robert H. Jennings;Laura T. Starks;John C. Fellingham

  • Return autocorrelation and institutional investors

    Richard W. Sias;Laura T. Starks

  • Signaling, Investment Opportunities, and Dividend Announcements

    Pyung Sig Yoon;Laura T. Starks

  • Climate Risk Disclosure and Institutional Investors

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  • Day-of-the-week and intraday effects in stock returns

    Michael Smirlock;Laura Starks

  • Performance Incentive Fees: An Agency Theoretic Approach

    Laura T. Starks

  • Stock Versus Mutual Ownership Structures: The Risk Implications

    Joan Lamm-Tennant;Laura T. Starks

  • Conflicts of interest in sell-side research and the moderating role of institutional investors

    Alexander Ljungqvist;Alexander Ljungqvist;Felicia Marston;Laura T. Starks;Kelsey D. Wei

  • Of Tournaments and Temptations: An Analysis of Managerial Incentives in the Mutual Fund Industry

    Keith C. Brown;W. Van Harlow;Laura T. Starks

Frequent Co-Authors

Clemens Sialm
Clemens Sialm The University of Texas at Austin
Zacharias Sautner
Zacharias Sautner University of Zurich
Alexander Ljungqvist
Alexander Ljungqvist Stockholm School of Economics
Martijn Cremers
Martijn Cremers University of Notre Dame
Miguel A. Ferreira
Miguel A. Ferreira Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Pedro Matos
Pedro Matos University of Virginia
Simi Kedia
Simi Kedia Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
John M. Griffin
John M. Griffin The University of Texas at Austin
Reena Aggarwal
Reena Aggarwal Georgetown University
Sheridan Titman
Sheridan Titman The University of Texas at Austin

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