2026 Stephen G. Ryan: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	38	1834	1717	756	692	153	8515
Economics and Finance	38	2517	2278	1416	1245	153	8534

Overview

Stephen G. Ryan is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on economics, econometrics, finance, business, management, and accounting, contributing substantially across these fields.

Their work spans several subfields including finance, accounting, strategy and management, economics and econometrics, and management science and operations research. These areas reflect a broad engagement with both theoretical and applied aspects of financial and managerial disciplines.

Key research topics addressed by Stephen G. Ryan include:

Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
Auditing, earnings management, governance
Corporate finance and governance
Financial markets and investment strategies
Credit risk and financial regulations
Financial reporting and valuation research
Housing market and economics

The scientist has published in reputable academic and professional venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Accounting Research
The Accounting Review
Accounting Horizons
European Accounting Review

Recent papers by Stephen G. Ryan demonstrate a focus on accounting and finance-related measurement and evaluation issues:

"Debiasing the Measurement of Conditional Conservatism" (2021), Journal of Accounting Research
"SVB and Beyond: The Banking Stress of 2023" (2023), SSRN Electronic Journal
"Using Loan Loss Indicators by Loan Type to Sharpen the Evaluation of Banks' Loan Loss Accruals" (2021), Accounting Horizons
"Asset-Level Transparency and the (E)valuation of Asset-Backed Securities" (2021), Journal of Accounting Research
"Does the Current Expected Credit Loss Approach Decrease the Procyclicality of Banks' Lending?" (2022), SSRN Electronic Journal

Stephen G. Ryan has also contributed to book publications with Transportation Research Board eBooks, including:

Risk-Based Construction Inspection: Conduct of Research Report (2023)
Risk-Based Construction Inspection: A Guide (2023)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, indicating active participation in joint research projects. Frequent co-authors include:

Se-Hwa Kim
Seil Kim
Chi-Chun Liu
Jing Chen
Yiwei Dou

Best Publications

Conditional and Unconditional Conservatism:Concepts and Modeling

William H. Beaver;Stephen G. Ryan

1140
Citations
Accounting in and for the Subprime Crisis

Stephen G. Ryan

717
Citations
Financial Reporting, Supplemental Disclosures, and Bank Share Prices

William Beaver;Carol Eger;Stephen Ryan;Mark Wolfson

644
Citations
Identifying Conditional Conservatism

Stephen G. Ryan

574
Citations
Income Smoothing over the Business Cycle: Changes in Banks’ Coordinated Management of Provisions for Loan Losses and Loan Charge-offs from the Pre-1990 Bust to the 1990s Boom

Chi‐Chun Liu;Stephen G. Ryan

563
Citations
Financial statement comparability and credit risk

Seil Kim;Pepa Kraft;Stephen G. Ryan

408
Citations
Banks' Financial Reporting and Financial System Stability

Viral V. Acharya;Stephen G. Ryan

400
Citations
The information content of security prices: A second look

William H. Beaver;Richard A. Lambert;Stephen G. Ryan

377
Citations
The Effect of Bank Loan Portfolio Composition on the Market Reaction to and Anticipation of Loan Loss Provisions

Chi-Chun Liu;Stephen G. Ryan;劉啟群

356
Citations
Why Has the Contemporaneous Linear Returns‐Earnings Relation Declined?

Stephen G. Ryan;Paul A. Zarowin

314
Citations
Differential valuation implication of loan loss provisions across banks and fiscal quarters

Chi-Chun Liu;Stephen G. Ryan;James M. Wahlen

311
Citations
Financial Instruments and Institutions: Accounting and Disclosure Rules

Stephen G. Ryan

290
Citations
Characteristics of Securitizations that Determine Issuers’ Retention of the Risks of the Securitized Assets

Weitzu Chen;Chi-Chun Liu;Stephen G. Ryan

201
Citations
Discretionary and Non-Discretionary Revisions of Loss Reserves by Property-Casualty Insurers: Differential Implications for Future Profitability, Risk and Market Value

Kathy R. Petroni;Stephen G. Ryan;James M. Wahlen

197
Citations
Biases and Lags in Book Value and Their Effects on the Ability of the Book-to-Market Ratio to Predict Book Return on Equity

William H. Beaver;Stephen G. Ryan

180
Citations
FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING: UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES RAISED BY THE CREDIT CRUNCH

Stephen G. Ryan

157
Citations
Differential Valuation Implications of Loan Loss Provisions Across Banks and Fiscal Quarters

Chi-Chun Liu;Stephen G. Ryan;James Michael Wahlen

141
Citations
Accounting in and for the Subprime Crisis

Stephen G. Ryan

120
Citations
Rewriting earnings history

Baruch Lev;Stephen G. Ryan;Min Wu

114
Citations
The Implications of Credit Risk Modeling for Banks’ Loan Loss Provisions and Loan-Origination Procyclicality

Gauri Bhat;Stephen G. Ryan;Dushyantkumar Vyas

112
Citations
A Model of Accrual Measurement with Implications for the Evolution of the Book-to-Market Ratio

Stephen G. Ryan

110
Citations
Preserving amortized costs within a fair-value-accounting framework: reclassification of gains and losses on available-for-sale securities upon realization

Minyue Dong;Stephen G. Ryan;Xiao-Jun Zhang

108
Citations
How Banks' Value-at-Risk Disclosures Predict their Total and Priced Risk: Effects of Bank Technical Sophistication and Learning over Time

Chi-chun Liu;Stephen G. Ryan;Hung Tan

103
Citations
Borrower private information covenants and loan contract monitoring

Richard Carrizosa;Stephen G. Ryan

103
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Krishna G. Palepu Harvard University

Douglas J. Skinner University of Chicago

Katherine Schipper Duke University

William H. Beaver Stanford University

Viral V. Acharya New York University

Joshua Livnat New York University

Baruch Lev New York University

Peter F. Pope Bocconi University

Matthew Richardson New York University

Jeffrey L. Callen University of Toronto

External Links

Personal website of Stephen G. Ryan Google Scholar page

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