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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Economics and Finance D-index 35 Citations 8,949 108 World Ranking 1747 National Ranking 1065

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Finance
  • Debt
  • Statistics

Wilbur G. Lewellen mostly deals with Finance, Financial economics, Accounting, Investment strategy and Capital market. His work deals with themes such as Fixed capital, Cost of capital, Capital intensity, Financial capital and Weighted average cost of capital, which intersect with Finance. His research in the fields of Portfolio overlaps with other disciplines such as Phenomenon.

His work focuses on many connections between Accounting and other disciplines, such as Shareholder, that overlap with his field of interest in Senior management, Welfare, Incentive and Corporate title. His Investment strategy study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Closed-end fund, Institutional investor, Equity and Market economy. As a part of the same scientific family, Wilbur G. Lewellen mostly works in the field of Capital market, focusing on Investment and, on occasion, Commission, Pension and Common stock.

His most cited work include:

  • A PURE FINANCIAL RATIONALE FOR THE CONGLOMERATE MERGER (899 citations)
  • INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR RISK AVERSION AND INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION (363 citations)
  • Market Timing and Mutual Fund Investment Performance (357 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Wilbur G. Lewellen focuses on Finance, Accounting, Financial economics, Monetary economics and Actuarial science. His study in Finance is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Marketing, Cost of capital and Return on investment. The study incorporates disciplines such as Executive compensation, Shareholder, Proxy, Common stock and Senior management in addition to Accounting.

His research investigates the connection with Financial economics and areas like Investment which intersect with concerns in Value and Rate of return. His Monetary economics research integrates issues from Leverage and Restructuring. His Actuarial science research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Present value, Open-end fund, Capital budgeting and Econometrics.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Finance (31.45%)
  • Accounting (16.94%)
  • Financial economics (18.55%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1987-1999)?

  • Accounting (16.94%)
  • Shareholder (7.26%)
  • Finance (31.45%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Accounting, Shareholder, Finance, Common stock and Proxy. Wilbur G. Lewellen has researched Accounting in several fields, including Executive compensation and Agency cost. His Shareholder research includes elements of Sample, Actuarial science, Public economics and Debt.

Finance is often connected to Economy in his work. His research integrates issues of Tax revenue and Stock exchange in his study of Common stock. Wilbur G. Lewellen usually deals with Proxy and limits it to topics linked to Variety and Test, Senior management, Information disclosure and Stock return.

Between 1987 and 1999, his most popular works were:

  • On the measurement of Tobin's q (234 citations)
  • Corporate Capital Structure Decisions: Evidence from Leveraged Buyouts (132 citations)
  • Evidence on Tax‐Motivated Securities Trading Behavior (75 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Finance
  • Debt
  • Statistics

His primary scientific interests are in Common stock, Accounting, Test, Large sample and Shareholder. His studies in Common stock integrate themes in fields like Stock exchange, Tax revenue and Financial economics. His Information disclosure study in the realm of Accounting interacts with subjects such as Structure.

The concepts of his Test study are interwoven with issues in Variety, Public economics, Control and Investment decisions. Finance covers Wilbur G. Lewellen research in Shareholder. His Finance study frequently links to other fields, such as State.

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Best Publications

A PURE FINANCIAL RATIONALE FOR THE CONGLOMERATE MERGER

Wilbur G. Lewellen.
Journal of Finance (1971)

1492 Citations

Market Timing and Mutual Fund Investment Performance

Eric C. Chang;Wilbur G. Lewellen.
The Journal of Business (1984)

774 Citations

INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR RISK AVERSION AND INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

Richard A. Cohn;Wilbur G. Lewellen;Ronald C. Lease;Gary G. Schlarbaum.
Journal of Finance (1975)

581 Citations

Executive compensation and executive incentive problems: an empirical analysis

Wilbur Lewellen;Claudio Loderer;Kenneth Martin.
Journal of Accounting and Economics (1987)

517 Citations

Managerial Pay and Corporate Performance

Wilbur G Lewellen;Blaine Huntsman.
The American Economic Review (1970)

435 Citations

Merger decisions and executive stock ownership in acquiring firms

Wilbur Lewellen;Claudio Loderer;Ahron Rosenfeld.
Journal of Accounting and Economics (1985)

419 Citations

Patterns of Investment Strategy and Behavior Among Individual Investors

Wilbur G. Lewellen;Ronald C. Lease;Gary G. Schlarbaum.
The Journal of Business (1977)

377 Citations

The cost of capital

James C. T. Mao;Wilbur G. Lewellen.
Journal of Finance (1969)

374 Citations

On the measurement of Tobin's q

Wilbur G. Lewellen;S.G. Badrinath.
Journal of Financial Economics (1997)

367 Citations

Corporate Capital Structure Decisions: Evidence from Leveraged Buyouts

Dianne M. Roden;Wilbur G. Lewellen.
Financial Management (1995)

320 Citations

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