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Lucian Arye Bebchuk

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Economics and Finance
USA
2026
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Law
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Economics and Finance 94 140 126 105 93 318 56512
Law 84 9 9 8 8 283 48465

Lucian Arye Bebchuk publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lucian Arye Bebchuk between 1980 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lucian Arye Bebchuk published across 46 years, from 1980 to 2025, averaging 7.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2002. 1 of the 360 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2002. 1980: 2 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 2 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 1 publication 1987: 2 publications 1988: 6 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 9 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 18 publications 2000: 16 publications 2001: 24 publications 2002: 34 publications 2003: 20 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 17 publications 2006: 34 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 0 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1980 2025

360 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lucian Arye Bebchuk: publications per year, 1980 to 2025
Year Publications
1980 2
1981 0
1982 2
1983 0
1984 1
1985 1
1986 1
1987 2
1988 6
1989 5
1990 6
1991 5
1992 9
1993 6
1994 7
1995 0
1996 7
1997 3
1998 7
1999 18
2000 16
2001 24
2002 34
2003 20
2004 12
2005 17
2006 34
2007 5
2008 6
2009 15
2010 11
2011 7
2012 8
2013 6
2014 8
2015 5
2016 0
2017 13
2018 4
2019 11
2020 5
2021 2
2022 6
2023 2
2024 0
2025 1
Total 360
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Lucian Arye Bebchuk publications per year - data summary

  • Lucian Arye Bebchuk, a Law scholar from Harvard University, has 360 publications recorded across 46 years, from 1980 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1980 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive years are 2002 and 2006, with 34 publications each.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1984, 1985, 1986 and 2025, with 1 publication each.
  • 5 of the 46 years in the span carry no publications at all (1981, 1983, 1995, 2016 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.8 papers per year over the whole span, or 8.8 per year counting only the 41 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 11 publications, 3% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1980-1995: 53 publications (3.3 per year); 1996-2011: 236 publications (14.8 per year); 2012-2025: 71 publications (5.1 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Lucian Arye Bebchuk publication distribution in Law in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Law in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lucian Arye Bebchuk sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 46 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 37–41 to 262+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 100. Most scientists, 100, have 262+ publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 262+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 37–41 publications: 3 scientists 42–46 publications: 1 scientist 47–51 publications: 0 scientists 52–56 publications: 3 scientists 57–61 publications: 2 scientists 62–66 publications: 1 scientist 67–71 publications: 6 scientists 72–76 publications: 6 scientists 77–81 publications: 10 scientists 82–86 publications: 7 scientists 87–91 publications: 10 scientists 92–96 publications: 18 scientists 97–101 publications: 15 scientists 102–106 publications: 14 scientists 107–111 publications: 12 scientists 112–116 publications: 12 scientists 117–121 publications: 14 scientists 122–126 publications: 10 scientists 127–131 publications: 9 scientists 132–136 publications: 14 scientists 137–141 publications: 12 scientists 142–146 publications: 14 scientists 147–151 publications: 8 scientists 152–156 publications: 14 scientists 157–161 publications: 5 scientists 162–166 publications: 9 scientists 167–171 publications: 15 scientists 172–176 publications: 6 scientists 177–181 publications: 9 scientists 182–186 publications: 8 scientists 187–191 publications: 16 scientists 192–196 publications: 7 scientists 197–201 publications: 6 scientists 202–206 publications: 7 scientists 207–211 publications: 11 scientists 212–216 publications: 0 scientists 217–221 publications: 5 scientists 222–226 publications: 6 scientists 227–231 publications: 10 scientists 232–236 publications: 8 scientists 237–241 publications: 5 scientists 242–246 publications: 4 scientists 247–251 publications: 2 scientists 252–256 publications: 7 scientists 257–261 publications: 5 scientists 262+ publications: 100 scientists
37–41 publications 262+

This scientist: 283 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more.

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Number of Law scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 466 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
37–41 3
42–46 1
47–51 0
52–56 3
57–61 2
62–66 1
67–71 6
72–76 6
77–81 10
82–86 7
87–91 10
92–96 18
97–101 15
102–106 14
107–111 12
112–116 12
117–121 14
122–126 10
127–131 9
132–136 14
137–141 12
142–146 14
147–151 8
152–156 14
157–161 5
162–166 9
167–171 15
172–176 6
177–181 9
182–186 8
187–191 16
192–196 7
197–201 6
202–206 7
207–211 11
212–216 0
217–221 5
222–226 6
227–231 10
232–236 8
237–241 5
242–246 4
247–251 2
252–256 7
257–261 5
262+ 100 283
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Lucian Arye Bebchuk publication distribution in Law in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 466 Law scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 46 ranges running from 37–41 to 262+ publications.
  • Lucian Arye Bebchuk, a Law scholar from Harvard University, records 283 publications - the 82nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 82% of ranked Law scientists score the same or lower than Lucian Arye Bebchuk, and about 18% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 167–171 publications range, and Lucian Arye Bebchuk ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 262+ publications, holding 100 scientists (21% of the field).
  • 14% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 92–96 publications), so the field is spread fairly evenly across the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 262 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (21% of the field).

Lucian Arye Bebchuk D-index placement in Law in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Law scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lucian Arye Bebchuk sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
20 40 60 80
Bar chart with 23 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 20 to 42+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 92. Most scientists, 92, have 42+ D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 20 D-Index: 16 scientists 21 D-Index: 23 scientists 22 D-Index: 11 scientists 23 D-Index: 20 scientists 24 D-Index: 17 scientists 25 D-Index: 23 scientists 26 D-Index: 19 scientists 27 D-Index: 19 scientists 28 D-Index: 22 scientists 29 D-Index: 14 scientists 30 D-Index: 25 scientists 31 D-Index: 25 scientists 32 D-Index: 20 scientists 33 D-Index: 24 scientists 34 D-Index: 23 scientists 35 D-Index: 12 scientists 36 D-Index: 11 scientists 37 D-Index: 15 scientists 38 D-Index: 14 scientists 39 D-Index: 4 scientists 40 D-Index: 8 scientists 41 D-Index: 9 scientists 42+ D-Index: 92 scientists
20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more.

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Number of Law scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 466 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
20 16
21 23
22 11
23 20
24 17
25 23
26 19
27 19
28 22
29 14
30 25
31 25
32 20
33 24
34 23
35 12
36 11
37 15
38 14
39 4
40 8
41 9
42+ 92 84
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Lucian Arye Bebchuk D-index placement in Law in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 466 Law scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 23 ranges running from 20 to 42+ D-Index.
  • Lucian Arye Bebchuk, a Law scholar from Harvard University, records 84 D-Index - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Law scientists score the same or lower than Lucian Arye Bebchuk, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 31 D-Index range, and Lucian Arye Bebchuk ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42+ D-Index, holding 92 scientists (20% of the field).
  • 24% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 25 D-Index), so the field is spread fairly evenly across the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (20% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award
  • 2004 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Lucian Arye Bebchuk is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to corporate finance and governance, international arbitration and investment law, public procurement and policy, regulation and compliance studies, auditing, earnings management, governance, financial markets and investment strategies, as well as insurance and financial risk management.

Their research contributions cover various fields of study, including accounting, strategy and management, finance, and economics and econometrics. The subfields accounting, strategy and management hold the most publications, followed by finance and economics and econometrics.

Lucian Arye Bebchuk has published extensively in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (14 publications)
  • Journal of Financial Economics (1 publication)

Notable recent papers include:

  • "The Illusory Promise of Stakeholder Governance," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "The Perils and Questionable Promise of ESG-Based Compensation," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Dancing with activists," 2020, Journal of Financial Economics
  • "Will Corporations Deliver Value to All Stakeholders?," 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Stakeholder Capitalism in the Time of COVID," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Roberto Tallarita
  • Kobi Kastiel
  • Anna Toniolo
  • Alon Brav
  • Wei Jiang

Awards received by Lucian Arye Bebchuk include:

  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2004
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2000

Best Publications

  • Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Jesse Fried

  • Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Jesse Fried;David I Walker

  • Pay without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Jesse M. Fried

  • What Matters in Corporate Governance?

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  • What Matters in Corporate Governance?

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  • The Case for Increasing Shareholder Power

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk

  • A Rent-Protection Theory of Corporate Ownership and Control

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk

  • THE COSTS OF ENTRENCHED BOARDS

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Alma Cohen

  • Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Jesse M. Fried;David I. Walker

  • A Theory of Path Dependence in Corporate Ownership and Governance

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Mark J. Roe

  • The Powerful Antitakeover Force of Staggered Boards: Theory, Evidence and Policy

    Lucian Bebchuk;John C. Coates Iv;Guhan Subramanian

  • Stock Pyramids, Cross-Ownership, and Dual Class Equity: The Mechanisms and Agency Costs of Separating Control from Cash-Flow Rights

    Lucian Bebchuk;Reinier Kraakman;George Triantis

  • Litigation and Settlement under Imperfect Information

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk

  • Federalism and the Corporation: The Desirable Limits on State Competition in Corporate Law

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk

  • The CEO pay slice

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;K.J. Martijn Cremers;Urs C. Peyer

  • Regulating Bankers' Pay

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Holger Spamann

  • The Growth of Executive Pay

    Lucian Bebchuk;Yaniv Grinstein

  • The Growth of Executive Pay

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Yaniv Grinstein

  • A Rent-Protection Theory of Corporate Ownership and Control

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Lucian Arye Bebchuk

  • The Myth of the Shareholder Franchise

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk

  • The Wages of Failure: Executive Compensation at Bear Stearns and Lehman 2000-2008

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Alma Cohen;Holger Spamann

  • The Long Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Alon Brav;Wei Jiang

  • Pay Without Performance: Overview of the Issues

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Jesse M. Fried

  • FIRMS' DECISIONS WHERE TO INCORPORATE

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Alma Cohen

  • The Uneasy Case for the Priority of Secured Claims in Bankruptcy

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Jesse M. Fried

  • Do Short‐Term Objectives Lead to Under‐ or Overinvestment in Long‐Term Projects?

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Lars A. Stole

  • Pay without Performance Overview of the issues

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Jesse M. Fried

  • The case for facilitating competing tender offers

    Lucian A. Bebchuk

  • Bankruptcy Rules, Managerial Entrenchment, and Firm-Specific Human Capital

    Randal C. Picker;Lucian Arye Bebchuk

  • The Case for Facilitating Competing Tender Offers: A Reply and Extension

    Lucian A. Bebchuk

  • Corporate bankruptcy: A new approach to corporate reorganizations

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk

  • Optimal Sanctions When Individuals are Imperfectly Informed About the Probability of Apprehension

    Lucian Bebchuk;Louis Kaplow

  • The Illusory Promise of Stakeholder Governance

    Lucian A. Bebchuk;Lucian A. Bebchuk;Roberto Tallarita

  • Misreporting Corporate Performance

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Oren Bar-Gill

  • The Pursuit of a Bigger Pie: Can Everyone Expect a Bigger Slice?

    Lucian A. Bebchuk

  • Insider Trading and the Managerial Choice among Risky Projects

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Chaim Fershtman

  • The Case for Shareholder Access to the Ballot

    Lucian A. Bebchuk;Lucian A. Bebchuk

  • The Sole Owner Standard for Takeover Policy

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk

  • A New Approach to Corporate Reorganizations

    Lucian A. Bebchuk;Lucian A. Bebchuk

  • Optimal sanctions and differences in individuals' likelihood of avoiding detection

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Louis Kaplow

  • How to Tie Equity Compensation to Long-Term Results

    Lucian Arye Bebchuk;Jesse M. Fried

  • The Untenable Case for Perpetual Dual-Class Stock

    Lucian A. Bebchuk;Lucian A. Bebchuk;Kobi Kastiel;Kobi Kastiel

  • The Debate on Contractual Freedom in Corporate Law

    Lucian A. Bebchuk;Lucian A. Bebchuk

  • Perspectives on Corporate Governance: Pay Without Performance: Overview of the Issues

    Lucian A. Bebchuk;Jesse M. Fried

Frequent Co-Authors

Alma Cohen
Alma Cohen Harvard University
Louis Kaplow
Louis Kaplow Harvard University
Alon Brav
Alon Brav Duke University
Chaim Fershtman
Chaim Fershtman Tel Aviv University
Steven Shavell
Steven Shavell Harvard University
Reinier Kraakman
Reinier Kraakman Harvard University
Luigi Zingales
Luigi Zingales University of Chicago
Mark J. Roe
Mark J. Roe Harvard University
Ronald J. Gilson
Ronald J. Gilson Columbia University
Richard A. Posner
Richard A. Posner University of Chicago

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