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Business and Management

D-Index
47
Citations
22824
World Ranking
1121
National Ranking
489

Economics and Finance

D-Index
47
Citations
22822
World Ranking
1539
National Ranking
925

Robert M. Bushman publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert M. Bushman sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 85 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Robert M. Bushman D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert M. Bushman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robert M. Bushman is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a significant focus on accounting and finance subfields.

Their work engages with a range of topics including Corporate Finance and Governance, Banking Stability, Regulation, Efficiency, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, and Financial Reporting and Valuation Research.

Recent notable publications include the following:

  • The influence of loan officers on loan contract design and performance (2020) in Journal of Accounting and Economics
  • The Influence of Short Selling on Negative Press Coverage of Firms (2023) in Management Science
  • Cash-based bonus plans as a strategic communication, coordination and commitment mechanism (2021) in Journal of Accounting and Economics
  • Bank Supervision and Organizational Capital: The Case of Minority Lending (2024) in Journal of Accounting Research
  • Under the Hood of Activist Fraud Campaigns: Private Information Quality, Disclosure Incentives, and Stock Lending Dynamics (2024) in The Accounting Review

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Byeongchan An
  • Anya Kleymenova
  • Rimmy E. Tomy
  • Jedson Pinto
  • Byung Hyun Ahn

Bushman's publications appear regularly in several academic venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Accounting and Economics
  • The Accounting Review
  • Finance and Economics Discussion Series
  • Management Science

The distribution of research output shows a concentration in accounting-related studies, accompanied by significant contributions to finance and economics disciplines. Their body of work reflects an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses both theoretical and empirical analysis in financial and accounting research.

Best Publications

  • Financial accounting information and corporate governance

    Robert M. Bushman;Abbie J. Smith

  • What Determines Corporate Transparency

    Robert M. Bushman;Joseph D. Piotroski;Abbie J. Smith

  • Financial accounting information, organizational complexity and corporate governance systems

    Robert Bushman;Qi Chen;Ellen Engel;Abbie Smith

  • Financial reporting incentives for conservative accounting: The influence of legal and political institutions

    Robert M. Bushman;Joseph D. Piotroski

  • Accounting discretion, loan loss provisioning, and discipline of Banks’ risk-taking

    Robert M. Bushman;Christopher D. Williams

  • CEO compensation: The role of individual performance evaluation

    Robert M. Bushman;Raffi J. Indjejikian;Abbie Smith

  • The Debt‐Contracting Value of Accounting Information and Loan Syndicate Structure

    Ryan Ball;Robert M. Bushman;Florin P. Vasvari

  • Transparency, Financial Accounting Information, and Corporate Governance

    Robert M. Bushman;Abbie J. Smith

  • Financial Accounting Information and Corporate Governance

    Robert M. Bushman;Abbie J. Smith

  • Capital Allocation and Timely Accounting Recognition of Economic Losses

    Robert M. Bushman;Joseph D. Piotroski;Abbie J. Smith

  • Delayed Expected Loss Recognition and the Risk Profile of Banks

    Robert M. Bushman;Christopher D. Williams

  • Insider Trading Restrictions and Analysts' Incentives to Follow Firms

    Robert M. Bushman;Joseph D. Piotroski;Abbie J. Smith

  • Aggregate Performance Measures in Business Unit Manager Compensation: The Role of Intrafirm Interdependencies

    Robert M. Bushman;Raffi J. Indjejikian;Abbie Smith

  • Accounting income, stock price, and managerial compensation

    Robert M. Bushman;Raffi J. Indjejikian

  • Risk and CEO turnover

    Robert Bushman;Zhonglan Dai;Xue Wang

  • Escalation Errors and the Sunk Cost Effect: An Explanation Based on Reputation and Information Asymmetries

    Chandra Kanodia;Robert Bushman;John DICKHAUTtt

  • What Determines Corporate Transparency

    Robert M. Bushman;Joseph D. Piotroski;Abbie J. Smith

  • An Analysis of the Relation between the Stewardship and Valuation Roles of Earnings

    Robert Bushman;Ellen Engel;Abbie Smith

  • The Informational Role of the Media in Private Lending

    Robert M. Bushman;Christopher D. Williams;Regina Wittenberg-Moerman

  • Financial Reporting Incentives for Conservative Accounting: The Influence of Legal and Political Institutions

    Robert M. Bushman;Joseph D. Piotroski

  • Price Discovery and Dissemination of Private Information by Loan Syndicate Participants

    Robert M. Bushman;Abbie J. Smith;Regina Wittenberg-Moerman

  • The pros and cons of regulating corporate reporting: A critical review of the arguments

    Robert Bushman;Wayne R. Landsman

  • Bank competition: measurement, decision‐making and risk‐taking

    Robert M. Bushman;Bradley E. Hendricks;Christopher D. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Abbie J. Smith
Abbie J. Smith University of Chicago
Joseph D. Piotroski
Joseph D. Piotroski Stanford University
Xiumin Martin
Xiumin Martin Washington University in St. Louis

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