2026 Michael S. Weisbach: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	67	520	467	340	299	224	54277

Overview

Michael S. Weisbach is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Business, Management and Accounting as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Their work frequently addresses subfields such as Accounting, Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management, and Management of Technology and Innovation.

Key research topics covered in their publications include:

Corporate Finance and Governance
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
Capital Investment and Risk Analysis
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends

Michael S. Weisbach has authored recent papers such as:

Selecting Directors Using Machine Learning, 2021, Review of Financial Studies
The role of financial conditions in portfolio choices: The case of insurers, 2021, Journal of Financial Economics
Product Price Risk and Liquidity Management: Evidence from the Electricity Industry, 2020, Management Science
Discount-Rate Risk in Private Equity: Evidence from Secondary Market Transactions, 2023, The Journal of Finance
The Cash Flow Sensitivity of Cash: Replication, Extension, and Robustness, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

The venues where Weisbach frequently publishes include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Review of Financial Studies
Journal of Financial Economics
The Journal of Finance
Management Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Weisbach are:

Isil Erel
Yeejin Jang
Chen Lin
Thomas Schmid
Brian H. Boyer

Weisbach has also contributed to book publications, notably with Princeton University Press and Johns Hopkins University. One example of their book titles is The Economist's Craft: An Introduction to Research, Publishing, and Professional Development (2021), published by Johns Hopkins University.

Best Publications

Boards of Directors as an Endogenously Determined Institution: A Survey of the Economic Literature

Benjamin E. Hermalin;Michael S. Weisbach

8586
Citations
Outside directors and CEO turnover

Michael S. Weisbach

6792
Citations
Boards of Directors as an Endogenously Determined Institution: A Survey of the Economic Literature

Benjamin Hermalin;Michael Weisbach

4959
Citations
The Cash Flow Sensitivity of Cash

Heitor Almeida;Murillo Campello;Michael S. Weisbach

4947
Citations
Endogenously Chosen Boards of Directors and Their Monitoring of the CEO

Benjamin E. Hermalin;Michael S. Weisbach

4672
Citations
The Effects of Board Composition and Direct Incentives on Firm Performance

Benjamin E. Hermalin;Michael Steven Weisbach

3847
Citations
The Role of Boards of Directors in Corporate Governance: A Conceptual Framework and Survey

Renee B. Adams;Benjamin E. Hermalin;Michael S. Weisbach

3658
Citations
The Determinants of Board Composition

Benjamin E. Hermalin;Michael S. Weisbach

2400
Citations
Financial flexibility and the choice between dividends and stock repurchases

Murali Jagannathan;Clifford P Stephens;Michael S Weisbach

1544
Citations
The Success of Acquisitions: Evidence from Divestitures

Steven N. Kaplan;Michael S. Weisbach

1373
Citations
Actual Share Reacquisitions in Open‐Market Repurchase Programs

Clifford P. Stephens;Michael Steven Weisbach

1356
Citations
Protection of Minority Shareholder Interests, Cross-listings in the United States, and Subsequent Equity Offerings

William A Reese;Michael S Weisbach;Michael S Weisbach

1287
Citations
The Influence of Institutions on Corporate Governance through Private Negotiations: Evidence from TIAA‐CREF

Willard T. Carleton;James M. Nelson;Michael S. Weisbach

1234
Citations
Determinants of Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions

Isil Erel;Rose C. Liao;Michael S. Weisbach

1109
Citations
Motivations for public equity offers: An international perspective

Woojin Kim;Michael S. Weisbach;Michael S. Weisbach;Michael S. Weisbach

725
Citations
CEO turnover and the firm's investment decisions

Michael S. Weisbach

670
Citations
Information Disclosure and Corporate Governance

Unknown

665
Citations
Borrow Cheap, Buy High? The Determinants of Leverage and Pricing in Buyouts

Ulf Axelson;Tim Jenkinson;Per Strömberg;Michael S. Weisbach

618
Citations
Why Are Buyouts Levered? The Financial Structure of Private Equity Funds

Ulf Axelson;Per Strömberg;Michael S. Weisbach

552
Citations
Measuring investment distortions arising from stockholder–bondholder conflicts

Robert Parrino;Michael S Weisbach

497
Citations
An Agency Perspective on Franchising

James A. Brickley;Frederick H. Dark;Michael S. Weisbach

487
Citations
Private Benefits and Cross-Listings in the United States

Evangelos Benos;Michael Weisbach

484
Citations
Boards of Directors as an Endogenously Determined Institution: A Survey of the Economic Literature

Benjamin E. Hermalin;Michael S. Weisbach;Michael S. Weisbach

478
Citations
Financial Flexibility and the Choice between Dividends and Stock Repurchases

Clifford P. Stephens;Murali Jagannathan;Michael S. Weisbach;Michael S. Weisbach

338
Citations
The Success of Acquisitions: Evidence From Disvestitures

Steven Kaplan;Michael Weisbach

198
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin E. Hermalin University of California, Berkeley

Murillo Campello University of Florida

Heitor Almeida University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chen Lin University of Hong Kong

Tim Jenkinson University of Oxford

Narasimhan Jegadeesh Emory University

James A. Brickley University of Rochester

Steven N. Kaplan University of Chicago

Michael J. Barclay University of Rochester

Andrei Shleifer Harvard University

External Links

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