2026 Sanjai Bhagat: 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	43	1911	1722	1115	979	109	17107

Sanjai Bhagat publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sanjai Bhagat sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 521+

This scientist: 109 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Sanjai Bhagat D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sanjai Bhagat sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sanjai Bhagat is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Business, Management and Accounting, with a total of seven publications in the former and six in the latter. The scientist's subfields of expertise include Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Management Science and Operations Research, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics covered in Sanjai Bhagat's work include Corporate Finance and Governance, Firm Innovation and Growth, Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting, Corruption and Economic Development, Corporate Insolvency and Governance, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, and Economic Growth and Productivity.

Recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

"A Text-Based Analysis of Corporate Innovation" (2020), published in Management Science
"Rule of law and purpose of the corporation" (2021), published in Corporate Governance An International Review
"Economic Growth, Income Inequality, and the Rule of Law" (2020), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
"Corporate Green Bonds: Market Response and Corporate Response" (2023), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
"Should the Modern Corporation Maximize Shareholder Value?" (2020), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Sanjai Bhagat frequently publishes in these venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal (5 publications)
Management Science (1 publication)
Corporate Governance An International Review (1 publication)

Collaboration is an element in their academic work; frequent coauthors associated with Bhagat include Gustaf Bellstam, J. Anthony Cookson, Glenn Hubbard, Aaron Yoon, and R. Glenn Hubbard.

Best Publications

The Non-Correlation Between Board Independence and Long-Term Firm Performance

Sanjai Bhagat;Bernard Black

4369
Citations
The Uncertain Relationship between Board Composition and Firm Performance

Sanjai Bhagat;Bernard Black

2357
Citations
Hostile Takeovers in the 1980s: The Return to Corporate Specialization

Sanjai Bhagat;Andrei Shleifer;Robert W. Vishny

825
Citations
Corporate research & development investments international comparisons

Sanjai Bhagat;Ivo Welch

607
Citations
The impact of long-range managerial compensation plans on shareholder wealth

James A. Brickley;Sanjai Bhagat;Ronald C. Lease

564
Citations
Do tender offers create value? New methods and evidence

Sanjai Bhagat;Ming Dong;David Hirshleifer;Robert Noah

440
Citations
The Econometrics of Corporate Governance Studies

Sanjai Bhagat;Richard H. Jefferis

431
Citations
The shareholder wealth implications of corporate lawsuits

Sanjai Bhagat;John Bizjak;Jeffrey L. Coles

369
Citations
The Promise and Peril of Corporate Governance Indices

Roberta Romano;Roberta Romano;Sanjai Bhagat;Brian Bolton

365
Citations
Corporate governance and firm performance: The sequel

Sanjai Bhagat;Brian Bolton

333
Citations
Director Ownership, Governance, and Performance

Sanjai Bhagat;Brian Bolton

321
Citations
Emerging country cross-border acquisitions: Characteristics, acquirer returns and cross-sectional determinants

Sanjai Bhagat;Shavin Malhotra;PengCheng Zhu

311
Citations
Size, Leverage, and Risk-taking of Financial Institutions

Sanjai Bhagat;Brian Bolton;Jun Lu

310
Citations
A Text-Based Analysis of Corporate Innovation

Gustaf Bellstam;Sanjai Bhagat;J. Anthony Cookson

309
Citations
EVENT STUDIES AND THE LAW: Part I: Technique and Corporate Litigation

Sanjai Bhagat;Roberta Romano

308
Citations
Cumulative Voting: The Value of Minority Shareholder Voting Rights

Sanjai Bhagat;James A. Brickley

300
Citations
CEO Education, CEO Turnover, and Firm Performance

Sanjai Bhagat;Brian J. Bolton;Ajay Subramanian

285
Citations
The costs of inefficient bargaining and financial distress

Sanjai Bhagat;James A. Brickley;Jeffrey L. Coles

275
Citations
EVENT STUDIES AND THE LAW: PART II - Empirical Studies of Corporate Law

Sanjai Bhagat;Roberta Romano

266
Citations
Investment and internal funds of distressed firms

Sanjai Bhagat;Nathalie Moyen;Inchul Suh

238
Citations
Issuing costs to existing shareholders in competitive and negotiated underwritten public utility equity offerings

Sanjai Bhagat;Peter A. Frost

224
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberta Romano Yale University

David A. Hirshleifer University of Southern California

James A. Brickley University of Rochester

Bernard S. Black Northwestern University

Jeffrey L. Coles University of Utah

Andrei Shleifer Harvard University

Robert W. Vishny University of Chicago

Margaret M. Blair Vanderbilt University

R. Glenn Hubbard Columbia University

Henri Servaes London Business School

External Links

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