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Last 12 Months All Time Authors
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Paper
Total New Downloads Total # of Downloads Total # of Citations # of Authors Total Downloads per author New Downloads per author Total Citations per author
1 Agency Cost Of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers
Michael C. Jensen
Harvard Business School
Date posted to database: March 25, 1999
Last Revised: August 7, 2006
3,836 (50) 24,387 (32) 2,167 (3) 1 (183286) 24,387 (16) 3,836 (35) 2,167 (1)
2 Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership Structure
Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
Date posted to database: July 19, 1998
Last Revised: May 18, 2013
8,976 (16) 95,557 (3) 4,210 (1) 2 (70746) 47,779 (4) 4,488 (25) 2,105 (2)
3 On the Mechanics of Economic Development
Robert E. Lucas Jr.
University of Chicago - Department of Economics
Date posted to database: June 19, 2004
Last Revised: June 19, 2004
127 (14332) 424 (30989) 1,249 (13) 1 (183286) 424 (18896) 127 (8761) 1,249 (3)
4 Estimating Standard Errors in Finance Panel Data Sets: Comparing Approaches
Mitchell A. Petersen
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Date posted to database: February 5, 2005
Last Revised: June 5, 2006
174 (8954) 1,976 (2797) 1,152 (14) 1 (183286) 1,976 (1456) 174 (5351) 1,152 (4)
4 Estimating Standard Errors in Finance Panel Data Sets: Comparing Approaches
Mitchell A. Petersen
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Date posted to database: August 14, 2012
Last Revised: August 14, 2012
30 (82296) 38 (227412) 1,152 (14) 1 (183286) 38 (188497) 30 (58429) 1,152 (4)
6 Financial Intermediation as Delegated Monitoring: A Simple Example
Douglas W. Diamond
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Date posted to database: November 17, 2012
Last Revised: November 17, 2012
55 (43739) 55 (193361) 1,017 (22) 1 (183286) 55 (154866) 55 (29128) 1,017 (6)
7 Endogenous Technological Change
Paul M. Romer
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Date posted to database: December 4, 2000
Last Revised: December 4, 2000
22 (106781) 170 (86639) 1,015 (23) 1 (183286) 170 (60964) 22 (78480) 1,015 (7)
8 The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity
Marc J. Melitz
Harvard University - Department of Economics
Date posted to database: April 4, 2002
Last Revised: June 25, 2002
10 (175932) 46 (210174) 1,012 (24) 1 (183286) 46 (171154) 10 (140861) 1,012 (8)
8 The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate Industry Productivity
Marc J. Melitz
Harvard University - Department of Economics
Date posted to database: June 25, 2002
Last Revised: June 25, 2002
0 (319075) 29 (251171) 1,012 (24) 1 (183286) 29 (212554) 0 (314613) 1,012 (8)
10 Corporate Financing and Investment Decisions When Firms Have Informationthat Investors Do Not Have
Stewart C. Myers and Nicholas S. Majluf
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Date posted to database: June 21, 2001
Last Revised: August 27, 2001
259 (4616) 1,249 (6225) 1,894 (4) 2 (70746) 625 (10511) 130 (8449) 947 (10)


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