2026 René M. Stulz: 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	134	19	16	15	13	398	120814

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2005 - Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA)
Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
Fellow of the Financial Management Association
Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
Fellow of the Financial Management Association
Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
Fellow of the Financial Management Association

Overview

René M. Stulz is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, with significant contributions in Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their subfields of study include Accounting, Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management, and Management Information Systems.

The main topics of René M. Stulz's research encompass Corporate Finance and Governance, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Banking stability, regulation, and efficiency, Auditing, Earnings Management, and Governance, Risk Management in Financial Firms, Private Equity and Venture Capital, and Corporate Taxation and Avoidance.

René M. Stulz has numerous publications in various academic venues, including:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of applied corporate finance
Journal of Financial Economics
Review of Financial Studies
European Finance Review

Frequent collaborators include Sinan Gokkaya, Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, Zexi Wang, Benjamin Bennett, and Justin Birru.

Some of the more recent academic papers by René M. Stulz and close collaborators include:

How Valuable Is Financial Flexibility when Revenue Stops? Evidence from the COVID-19 Crisis, 2020, Review of Financial Studies
Risk management, firm reputation, and the impact of successful cyberattacks on target firms, 2020, Journal of Financial Economics
How Valuable is Financial Flexibility When Revenue Stops? Evidence from the Covid-19 Crisis, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
Globalization, Corporate Finance, and the Cost of Capital, 2022, Journal of applied corporate finance
Why are corporate payouts so high in the 2000s?, 2021, Journal of Financial Economics

René M. Stulz has been recognized by the academic community as a Fellow of the American Finance Association since 2005. Additionally, they hold fellowships in the Financial Management Association and the Financial Institutions Center.

Best Publications

The determinants and implications of corporate cash holdings

Tim Opler;Lee Pinkowitz;Rene Stulz;Rohan Williamson

6748
Citations
Managerial discretion and optimal financing policies

RenéM. Stulz

6150
Citations
Tobin's Q, Corporate Diversification and Firm Performance

Larry H. P. Lang;René M. Stulz

4828
Citations
The Determinants of Firms' Hedging Policies

Clifford W. Smith;Rene M. Stulz

4816
Citations
Managerial control of voting rights: Financing policies and the market for corporate control

Rene M. Stulz

3999
Citations
Firm size and the gains from acquisitions

Sara B Moeller;Frederik P Schlingemann;René M Stulz

3290
Citations
Why Do U.S. Firms Hold So Much More Cash than They Used To

Thomas W. Bates;Kathleen M. Kahle;René M. Stulz

3154
Citations
Wealth Destruction on a Massive Scale? A Study of Acquiring‐Firm Returns in the Recent Merger Wave

Sara B. Moeller;Frederik P. Schlingemann;René M. Stulz

2450
Citations
Culture, openness, and finance

René M. Stulz;Rohan Williamson

2449
Citations
Why is there a home bias? An analysis of foreign portfolio equity ownership in Japan

Jun-Koo Kang;Rene´M. Stulz

2377
Citations
Leverage, investment, and firm growth

Larry H. P. Lang;Eli. Ofek;René M. Stulz;René M. Stulz

2338
Citations
Dividend policy and the earned/contributed capital mix: a test of the life-cycle theory

Harry DeAngelo;Linda DeAngelo;René M. Stulz;René M. Stulz

2306
Citations
Why are Foreign Firms Listed in the U.S. Worth More

Craig Doidge;G.Andrew Karolyi;René M Stulz

2085
Citations
RETHINKING RISK MANAGEMENT

Rene M. Stulz

1882
Citations
The credit crisis around the globe: Why did some banks perform better?.

Andrea Beltratti;René M. Stulz;René M. Stulz

1679
Citations
Does the Contribution of Corporate Cash Holdings and Dividends to Firm Value Depend on Governance? A Cross‐country Analysis

Lee Pinkowitz;René Stulz;Rohan Williamson

1653
Citations
Managerial performance, Tobin's Q, and the gains from successful tender offers☆

Larry H.P. Lang;RenéM. Stulz;Ralph A. Walkling

1634
Citations
Do Foreign Investors Destabilize Stock Markets? The Korean Experience in 1997

Hyuk Choe;Bong-Chan Kho;Rene M Stulz;Rene M Stulz

1624
Citations
GOLBALIZATION, CORPORATE FINANCE, AND THE COST OF CAPITAL

René M. Stulz

1595
Citations
Culture, Openness, and Finance

Rohan Williamson;René M. Stulz;René M. Stulz

442
Citations
Handbook of the Economics of Finance

George Constantinides;Milton Harris;René Stulz

313
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rohan Williamson Georgetown University

Anil K. Kashyap University of Chicago

Jun-Koo Kang Nanyang Technological University

Harry DeAngelo University of Southern California

John H. Cochrane Hoover Institution

Söhnke M. Bartram University of Warwick

Robert J. Shiller Yale University

Kenneth R. French Dartmouth College

David S. Scharfstein Harvard University

Frederic S. Mishkin Columbia University

External Links

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