Kenneth R. French
Impact in
- Finance top 0.01%
- Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
- Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling
- Accounting top 0.01%
- Corporate Finance and Governance
- Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
Papers in
- Finance 86
- Financial Markets and Investment Strategies 81
- Accounting 55
- Corporate Finance and Governance 43
- Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance 24
- Co-authors
- Eugene F. Fama (86 shared papers)G. William Schwert (2 shared papers)Robert F. Stambaugh (1 shared paper)Richard Roll (2 shared papers)J. L. Davis (2 shared papers)James M. Poterba (3 shared papers)Bradford Cornell (4 shared papers)Robert McCormick (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- The Journal of Finance (22 papers)Journal of Financial Economics (19 papers)The Journal of Business (4 papers)Review of Financial Studies (4 papers)Financial Analysts Journal (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesSwitzerlandBrazil
In The Last Decade
Kenneth R. French
112 papers receiving 80.6k citations
Kenneth R. French's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 158
- Finance 69.8k
- Accounting 47.7k
- Economics and Econometrics 39.7k
- General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 11.0k
- Strategy and Management 18.2k
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Common risk factors in the returns on stocks and bonds Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 18645 |
| 2 | The Cross‐Section of Expected Stock Returns Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 10512 |
| 3 | Industry costs of equity Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 4872 |
| 4 | A five-factor asset pricing model Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 4546 |
| 5 | Multifactor Explanations of Asset Pricing Anomalies Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 4330 |
| 6 | The Cross-Section of Expected Stock Returns Hit paper breakdown → | 1992 | 3520 |
| 7 | Expected stock returns and volatility Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 3045 |
| 8 | Business conditions and expected returns on stocks and bonds Hit paper breakdown → | 1989 | 2814 |
| 9 | Dividend yields and expected stock returns Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 2466 |
| 10 | Testing Trade-Off and Pecking Order Predictions About Dividends and Debt Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 2399 |
| 11 | Size and Book‐to‐Market Factors in Earnings and Returns Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 2168 |
| 12 | Disappearing dividends: changing firm characteristics or lower propensity to pay? Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 2166 |
| 13 | Permanent and Temporary Components of Stock Prices Hit paper breakdown → | 1988 | 2021 |
| 14 | Value versus Growth: The International Evidence Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 1453 |
| 15 | Stock return variances Hit paper breakdown → | 1986 | 1373 |
| 16 | Stock returns and the weekend effect Hit paper breakdown → | 1980 | 1354 |
| 17 | Size, value, and momentum in international stock returns Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 1203 |
| 18 | Dissecting Anomalies Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 1146 |
| 19 | Multifactor Explanations of Asset Pricing Anomalies Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 1083 |
| 20 | Luck versus Skill in the Cross‐Section of Mutual Fund Returns Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 1077 |
About Kenneth R. French
Kenneth R. French is a scholar working on Finance, Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, having authored 118 papers that have together received 89.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (81 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (43 papers), Financial Reporting and Valuation Research (29 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (24 papers), Housing Market and Economics (16 papers), Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (16 papers), Market Dynamics and Volatility (16 papers) and Stock Market Forecasting Methods (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Finance (69.8k citations), Accounting (47.7k citations), Economics and Econometrics (39.7k citations), General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (11.0k citations) and Strategy and Management (18.2k citations). Kenneth R. French has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Eugene F. Fama, G. William Schwert, Robert F. Stambaugh, Richard Roll, J. L. Davis, James M. Poterba, Bradford Cornell, Robert McCormick, Richard S. Ruback and Rex A. Sinquefield. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, The Journal of Business, Review of Financial Studies and Financial Analysts Journal.
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