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676
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Wayne R. Guay 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 Wayne R. Guay sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 108 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wayne R. Guay 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 Wayne R. Guay sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 67 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)

Overview

Wayne R. Guay is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research predominantly resides within the field of Business, Management, and Accounting, with a specific focus on Accounting and Finance.

Their scholarly work encompasses several subfields, including Corporate Finance and Governance, Auditing, Earnings Management, and Governance, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, as well as Corporate Taxation and Avoidance.

Guay has contributed to the following recent papers, detailing topics relevant to corporate governance, insider trading, and performance metrics:

  • Relative Performance Evaluation and the Peer Group Opportunity Set (2021), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Determinants of Insider Trading Windows (2021), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Multidimensional Corporate Governance (2020), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Is U.S. CEO Compensation Broken? (2023), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Internal Information Quality and Performance Metric Selection (2025), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kevin D. Chen
  • John E. Core
  • Matthew J. Bloomfield
  • Oscar Timmermans
  • Shawn Kim

Guay's publications are primarily disseminated through the SSRN Electronic Journal, which hosts the majority of their recent scholarly output.

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC), an award indicating engagement with financial institutions research and community.

Best Publications

  • The use of equity grants to manage optimal equity incentive levels

    John E Core;Wayne R Guay

  • The role of information and financial reporting in corporate governance and debt contracting

    Christopher S. Armstrong;Wayne R. Guay;Joseph P. Weber

  • Estimating the Value of Employee Stock Option Portfolios and Their Sensitivities to Price and Volatility

    John E Core;Wayne R Guay

  • The sensitivity of CEO wealth to equity risk: an analysis of the magnitude and determinants ☆

    Wayne R. Guay

  • A Market-Based Evaluation of Discretionary-Accrual Models

    W. Guay;S.P. Kothari;Ross Watts

  • The Role of the Business Press as an Information Intermediary

    Brian J Bushee;John E Core;Wayne R Guay;Sophia J. W Hamm

  • Does Weak Governance Cause Weak Stock Returns? An Examination of Firm Operating Performance and Investors' Expectations

    John E. Core;Wayne R. Guay;Tjomme O. Rusticus

  • Executive Equity Compensation and Incentives: A Survey

    John E. Core;Wayne R. Guay;David F. Larcker

  • A Market-Based Evaluation of Discretionary-Accrual Models

    Wayne R. Guay;S. P. Kothari;Ross L. Watts

  • The power of the pen and executive compensation.

    John E Core;Wayne R Guay;David F Larcker

  • Tax Aggressiveness and Corporate Transparency

    Karthik Balakrishnan;Jennifer L. Blouin;Wayne R. Guay

  • Stock option plans for non-executive employees

    John E. Core;Wayne R. Guay

  • How Much Do Firms Hedge With Derivatives

    Wayne R Guay;S. P Kothari

  • Guiding Through the Fog: Financial Statement Complexity and Voluntary Disclosure

    Wayne R. Guay;Delphine Samuels;Daniel J. Taylor

  • The Cash-Flow Permanence and Information Content of Dividend Increases Versus Repurchases

    Wayne R Guay;Jarrad Harford

  • Estimating the Value of Employee Stock Option Portfolios and Their Sensitivities to Price and Volatility

    Wayne R. Guay;John E. Core

  • Stock Option Plans for Non-Executive Employees

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  • The impact of derivatives on firm risk: An empirical examination of new derivative users

    Wayne R Guay

  • Properties of implied cost of capital using analysts’ forecasts:

    Wayne R Guay;S. P Kothari;Susan Shu

  • Is Accruals Quality a Priced Risk Factor

    John E Core;Wayne R Guay;Rodrigo S Verdi

  • Market valuations in the New Economy: an investigation of what has changed

    John E. Core;Wayne R. Guay;Andrew Van Buskirk

  • Price versus Non‐Price Performance Measures in Optimal CEO Compensation Contracts

    John E. Core;Wayne R. Guay;Robert E. Verrecchia

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Verrecchia
Robert E. Verrecchia University of Pennsylvania
David F. Larcker
David F. Larcker Stanford University
Martin J. Conyon
Martin J. Conyon Bentley University
Randall S. Thomas
Randall S. Thomas Vanderbilt University
Richard G. Sloan
Richard G. Sloan University of Southern California
Jarrad Harford
Jarrad Harford University of Washington

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