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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Economics and Finance D-index 58 Citations 41,146 113 World Ranking 542 National Ranking 366

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Finance
  • Accounting
  • Macroeconomics

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Accounting, Econometrics, Finance, Financial economics and Earnings quality. His study on Audit and Positive accounting is often connected to Common law as part of broader study in Accounting. He has included themes like Comprehensive income, Accounting earnings, Stakeholder, Earnings yield and Fair value in his Positive accounting study.

His Econometrics study incorporates themes from Dividend, Earnings and Excess return. His work on Corporate finance and Equity is typically connected to Accounting conservatism, Homogeneous and Test as part of general Finance study, connecting several disciplines of science. His Capital asset pricing model, Contrarian, Portfolio optimization and Replicating portfolio study in the realm of Financial economics interacts with subjects such as Autocorrelation.

His most cited work include:

  • An empirical evaluation of accounting income numbers (4244 citations)
  • THE EFFECT OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS ON PROPERTIES OF ACCOUNTING EARNINGS (2357 citations)
  • EARNINGS QUALITY IN UK PRIVATE FIRMS: COMPARATIVE LOSS RECOGNITION TIMELINESS (1488 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Accounting, Earnings, Econometrics, Financial economics and Earnings response coefficient. Audit, Accounting information system, Positive accounting, Mark-to-market accounting and Fair value are among the areas of Accounting where he concentrates his study. His study on Audit also encompasses disciplines like

  • Accounting management most often made with reference to Finance,
  • Incentive that intertwine with fields like Information asymmetry.

His Earnings research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Cash flow and Monetary economics. He interconnects Equity, Stock market bubble and Market depth in the investigation of issues within Financial economics. He has researched Post-earnings-announcement drift in several fields, including Price–earnings ratio and Accounting earnings.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Accounting (37.17%)
  • Earnings (33.63%)
  • Econometrics (26.55%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Earnings (33.63%)
  • Econometrics (26.55%)
  • Accounting (37.17%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Earnings, Econometrics, Accounting, Cash flow and Accrual. His Earnings study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Financial economics, Equity and Monetary economics. His work on Capital asset pricing model as part of his general Econometrics study is frequently connected to Framing, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science.

Ray Ball is interested in Fair value, which is a field of Accounting. The various areas that Ray Ball examines in his Fair value study include Accounting information system and Transparency. Ray Ball combines subjects such as Cash, Profitability index and Sharpe ratio with his study of Cash flow.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Accruals, cash flows, and operating profitability in the cross section of stock returns☆ (105 citations)
  • Contractibility and Transparency of Financial Statement Information Prepared Under IFRS: Evidence from Debt Contracts Around IFRS Adoption (92 citations)
  • Security Returns Around Earnings Announcements (64 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Finance
  • Accounting
  • Macroeconomics

Ray Ball mainly investigates Earnings, Fair value, Accounting, Accrual and Econometrics. His study ties his expertise on Diversification together with the subject of Earnings. His Fair value research integrates issues from Bond, Valuation, Transparency and Debt.

His study in Accounting concentrates on Financial statement and Accounting information system. His Accrual study incorporates themes from Equity, Earnings management, Capital asset pricing model, Monetary economics and Capital market. His Econometrics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Abnormal return, Cash flow and Post-earnings-announcement drift, Earnings response coefficient, Earnings per share.

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Best Publications

An empirical evaluation of accounting income numbers

Ray Ball;Philip Brown.
Journal of Accounting Research (1968)

11027 Citations

THE EFFECT OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS ON PROPERTIES OF ACCOUNTING EARNINGS

Ray Ball;S.P Kothari;Ashok Robin.
Journal of Accounting and Economics (2000)

4719 Citations

EARNINGS QUALITY IN UK PRIVATE FIRMS: COMPARATIVE LOSS RECOGNITION TIMELINESS

Ray Ball;Lakshmanan Shivakumar.
Journal of Accounting and Economics (2005)

3460 Citations

Incentives versus standards: properties of accounting income in four East Asian countries $

Ray Ball;Ashok Robin;Joanna Shuang Wu.
Journal of Accounting and Economics (2003)

3366 Citations

The Role of Accruals in Asymmetrically Timely Gain and Loss Recognition

Ray Ball;Lakshmanan Shivakumar.
Journal of Accounting Research (2006)

1452 Citations

Anomalies in relationships between securities' yields and yield-surrogates

Ray Ball.
Journal of Financial Economics (1978)

1341 Citations

Infrastructure Requirements for an Economically Efficient System of Public Financial Reporting and Disclosure

Ray Ball.
Brookings-Wharton Papers on Financial Services (2001)

1127 Citations

Earnings quality at initial public offerings

Ray Ball;Lakshmanan Shivakumar.
Journal of Accounting and Economics (2008)

849 Citations

SOME TIME SERIES PROPERTIES OF ACCOUNTING INCOME

Ray Ball;Ross Watts.
Journal of Finance (1972)

770 Citations

Is financial reporting shaped by equity markets or by debt markets? An international study of timeliness and conservatism

Ray Ball;Ashok Robin;Gil Sadka.
Review of Accounting Studies (2008)

687 Citations

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