2026 Wayne R. Landsman: 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	52	847	789	366	334	158	25667
Economics and Finance	52	1217	1082	730	633	160	25665

Overview

Wayne R. Landsman is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within business, management, accounting, economics, econometrics, and finance. The scientist's work spans multiple subfields including accounting, finance, economics and econometrics, strategy and management, and information systems.

Their output includes numerous publications, with a strong presence in key academic venues. Frequent publication venues for Wayne R. Landsman include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
The Accounting Review
Management Science
Journal of Accounting and Economics
European Accounting Review

The scientist's research topics cover a range of issues in auditing, earnings management, governance, corporate finance, governance, financial markets and investment strategies, banking stability, regulation, and efficiency. Additional areas of interest include credit risk and financial regulations, financial reporting and valuation research, and financial distress and bankruptcy prediction.

Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
Corporate Finance and Governance
Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
Credit Risk and Financial Regulations
Financial Reporting and Valuation Research
Financial Distress and Bankruptcy Prediction

Wayne R. Landsman has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable frequent co-authors include:

Jianxin Zhao
Mary E. Barth
Zihang Ryan Peng
Petrus Ferreira
Edward L. Maydew

Some recent publications by the scientist include:

"Deterrent Disclosure," 2021, The Accounting Review
"The Revolving Door between Large Audit Firms and the PCAOB: Implications for Future Inspection Reports and Audit Quality," 2021, The Accounting Review
"Tax-Loss Harvesting with Cryptocurrencies," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Effect of Mandatory IFRS Adoption on Accounting-Based Prediction Models for CDS Spreads," 2020, European Accounting Review
"CDS Trading Initiation, Information Asymmetry, and Dividend Payout," 2022, Management Science

Best Publications

International Accounting Standards and Accounting Quality

Mary E. Barth;Wayne R. Landsman;Mark H. Lang

4977
Citations
The relevance of the value relevance literature for financial accounting standard setting: another view $

Mary E Barth;William H Beaver;Wayne R Landsman

3154
Citations
Relative valuation roles of equity book value and net income as a function of financial health

Mary E Barth;William H Beaver;Wayne R Landsman

1407
Citations
Are IFRS-based and US GAAP-based accounting amounts comparable? $

Mary E. Barth;Wayne R. Landsman;Mark Lang;Christopher Williams

1057
Citations
Auditors' Perceived Business Risk and Audit Fees: Analysis and Evidence

Timothy B. Bell;Wayne R. Landsman;Douglas A. Shackelford

983
Citations
The information content of annual earnings announcements and mandatory adoption of IFRS

Wayne R. Landsman;Edward L. Maydew;Jacob R. Thornock

956
Citations
Cost of capital and earnings transparency

Mary E. Barth;Yaniv Konchitchki;Wayne R. Landsman

688
Citations
Accruals, Cash Flows, and Equity Values

Mary E. Barth;William H. Beaver;John R. M. Hand;Wayne R. Landsman

655
Citations
Value-relevance of banks' fair value disclosures under SFAS no. 107

Mary E. Barth;William H. Beaver;Wayne R. Landsman

632
Citations
Has the Information Content of Quarterly Earnings Announcements Declined in the Past Three Decades

Wayne R. Landsman;Edward L. Maydew

625
Citations
Fair value accounting: Effects on banks' earnings volatility, regulatory capital, and value of contractual cash flows

Mary E. Barth;Wayne R. Landsman;James M. Wahlen

622
Citations
Value-Relevance of Banks' Fair Value Disclosures Under SFAS No. 107

Mary E. Barth;William H. Beaver;Wayne R. Landsman

621
Citations
Is fair value accounting information relevant and reliable? Evidence from capital market research

Wayne R. Landsman

565
Citations
How did Financial Reporting Contribute to the Financial Crisis

Mary E. Barth;Wayne R. Landsman

548
Citations
AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF PENSION FUND PROPERTY RIGHTS

W Landsman

543
Citations
International Accounting Standards and Accounting Quality

Mary E. Barth;Wayne R. Landsman;Mark H. Lang

537
Citations
Do Managerial Incentives Drive Cost Behavior? Evidence about the Role of the Zero Earnings Benchmark for Labor Cost Behavior in Private Belgian Firms

Bart Dierynck;Wayne R. Landsman;Annelies Renders

513
Citations
The Relevance of the Value Relevance Literature For Financial Accounting Standard Setting: Another View

Mary E. Barth;William H. Beaver;Wayne R. Landsman

447
Citations
The market valuation implications of net periodic pension cost components

Mary E Barth;William H Beaver;Wayne R Landsman

422
Citations
Auditor Switches in the Pre‐ and Post‐Enron Eras: Risk or Realignment?

Wayne R. Landsman;Karen K. Nelson;Brian R. Rountree

400
Citations
When Is Bad News Really Bad News

Jennifer Conrad;Bradford Cornell;Wayne R. Landsman

393
Citations
The Pricing of Dividends in Equity Valuation

John R. M. Hand;Wayne R. Landsman

369
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary E. Barth Stanford University

William H. Beaver Stanford University

Mark H. Lang University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Bradford Cornell University of California, Los Angeles

Peter F. Pope Bocconi University

Edward L. Maydew University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Douglas A. Shackelford University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jeremy Bulow Stanford University

Tim Jenkinson University of Oxford

Aswath Damodaran New York University

External Links

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