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William L. Megginson

William L. Megginson

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
60
Citations
29030
World Ranking
799
National Ranking
500

Overview

William L. Megginson is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their research primarily spans the broad field of Business, Management and Accounting, with focused work in subfields such as Accounting, Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Finance, and Management of Technology and Innovation.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including Corporate Finance and Governance, Private Equity and Venture Capital, State Capitalism and Financial Governance, Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, and International Arbitration and Investment Law.

William L. Megginson has contributed to several academic journals, with frequent publication venues including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of applied corporate finance
  • Journal of International Business Studies
  • Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
  • Journal of Corporate Finance

Recent papers authored or coauthored by the scientist include:

  • The dark side of globalization: Evidence from the impact of COVID-19 on multinational companies, 2022, Journal of International Business Studies
  • A review of the internationalization of state-owned firms and sovereign wealth funds: Governments' nonbusiness objectives and discreet power, 2022, Journal of International Business Studies
  • Foreign ownership and corporate excess perks, 2021, Journal of International Business Studies
  • The Rise of State-Owned Investors: Sovereign Wealth Funds and Public Pension Funds, 2021, Annual Review of Financial Economics
  • Industrial policy and asset prices: Evidence from the Made in China 2025 policy, 2022, Journal of Banking & Finance

William L. Megginson frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors, notably:

  • Gabriele Lattanzio
  • Xia Liu
  • Lubomir P. Litov
  • Alina Munteanu
  • Junjie Xia

Their research has addressed significant themes related to globalization, state-owned investments, financial governance, and the impact of public policy on asset prices and multinational companies. This body of work contributes to understanding complex interactions between public and private sectors in international finance and corporate governance contexts.

Best Publications

  • From State to Market: A Survey of Empirical Studies on Privatization

    William L. Megginson;Jeffry M. Netter

  • Venture Capitalist Certification in Initial Public Offerings

    William L. Megginson;Kathleen A. Weiss

  • The Financial and Operating Performance of Newly Privatized Firms: An International Empirical Analysis

    William L. Megginson;Robert C. Nash;Matthias Van Randenborgh

  • From State to Market: A Survey of Empirical Studies on Privatization

    Jeffry M. Netter;William L. Megginson

  • The Financial and Operating Performance of Privatized Firms during the 1990s

    Juliet D'souza;William L. Megginson

  • Dividends and share repurchases in the European Union

    Henk von Eije;William L. Megginson

  • Corporate finance theory

    William L. Megginson

  • Cooperative strategy and new venture performance: The role of business strategy and management experience

    Jeffrey E. McGee;Michael J. Dowling;William L. Megginson

  • Creditor Rights, Enforcement, and Debt Ownership Structure: Evidence from the Global Syndicated Loan Market

    Benjamin C. Esty;William L. Megginson

  • The Financial Economics of Privatization

    William Leon Megginson

  • The Role of Asset Structure, Ownership Structure, and Takeover Defenses in Determining Acquisition Likelihood

    Brent W. Ambrose;William L. Megginson

  • Wealth creation versus wealth redistributions in pure stock-for-stock mergers

    Carlos P Maquieira;William L Megginson;Lance Nail

  • Venture Capitalist Certification in Initial Public Offerings

    Kathleen Weiss Hanley;William L. Megginson

  • The economics of bank privatization

    William L. Megginson

  • Government Ownership and the Cost of Debt: Evidence from Government Investments in Publicly Traded Firms

    Ginka Borisova;Veljko Fotak;Veljko Fotak;Kateryna Holland;William L. Megginson

  • Does Government Ownership Affect the Cost of Debt? Evidence from Privatization

    Ginka Borisova;William L. Megginson

  • Corporate Governance in India

    Rajesh Chakrabarti;William L. Megginson;Pradeep K. Yadav

  • TOWARD A GLOBAL MODEL OF VENTURE CAPITAL

    William L. Megginson

  • Privatization and the sources of performance improvement in the global telecommunications industry

    Bernardo Bortolotti;Juliet D’Souza;Marcella Fantini;William L. Megginson

  • Effect of institutional and firm-specific characteristics on post-privatization performance: Evidence from developed countries

    Juliet D'Souza;William Megginson;Robert Nash

  • The Choice of Private Versus Public Capital Markets: Evidence from Privatizations

    William L. Megginson;Robert C. Nash;Jeffry M. Netter;Annette B. Poulsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffry M. Netter
Jeffry M. Netter University of Georgia
Narjess Boubakri
Narjess Boubakri American University of Sharjah
Annette B. Poulsen
Annette B. Poulsen University of Georgia
Omrane Guedhami
Omrane Guedhami University of South Carolina
Sadok El Ghoul
Sadok El Ghoul University of Alberta
Brent W. Ambrose
Brent W. Ambrose Pennsylvania State University
James S. Ang
James S. Ang Florida State University
Geert Bekaert
Geert Bekaert Columbia University
Laura T. Starks
Laura T. Starks The University of Texas at Austin
Martijn Cremers
Martijn Cremers University of Notre Dame

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