Top 25 Hottest Articles - ScienceDirect

Economics, Econometrics and Finance

October - December 2007

Every 3 months ScienceDirect distributes a list of the Top 25 Hottest articles published with in a specific subject area. Here is the newest list available for Economics, Econometrics & Finance for the time period: Oct - Dec 2007.

(For some reason Accounting articles are grouped with Business & Management - for the list of hottest articles that include Accounting please click here.)

Asymmetric stock market volatility and the cyclical behavior of expected returns • Article Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 86, Issue 2, 1 November 2007, Pages 446-478 Mele, A.

Productivity-based asset pricing: Theory and evidence • Article Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 86, Issue 2, 1 November 2007, Pages 405-445 Balvers, R.J.; Huang, D.

Is Globalization Reducing Poverty and Inequality? • Article World Development, Volume 32, Issue 4, 1 April 2004, Pages 567-589 Wade, R.H. Cited by Scopus (48)

Australian gold exploration 1976-2003 • Article Resources Policy, Volume 30, Issue 1, 1 March 2005, Pages 29-37 Huleatt, M.B.; Jaques, A.L.Cited by Scopus (3)

Market efficiency, long-term returns, and behavioral finance • Article Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 49, Issue 3, 1 September 1998, Pages 283-306 Fama, E.F.Cited by Scopus (366)

The theory and practice of corporate finance: evidence from the field • Article

Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 60, Issue 2-3, 1 May 2001, Pages 187-243 Graham, J.R.; Harvey, C.R.Cited by Scopus (187)

Exploration and discovery of Australia's copper, nickel, lead and zinc resources 1976-2005 • Article Resources Policy, Volume 30, Issue 3, 1 September 2005, pages 168-185 Jaques, A.L.; Huleatt, M.B.; Ratajkoski, M.; Towner, R.R.Cited by Scopus (1)

Information asymmetry, corporate disclosure, and the capital markets: A review of the empirical disclosure literature • Article Journal of Accounting and Economics, Volume 31, Issue 1-3, 1 September 2001, Pages 405-440 Healy, P.M.; Palepu, K.G.Cited by Scopus (150)

The two sides of proximity in industrial clusters: The trade-off between process and product innovation • Article Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 63, Issue 1, 1 January 2008, Pages 146-162 Callois, J.M.

Investor protection and corporate governance • Article Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 58, Issue 1-2, 1 January 2000, Pages 3-27 La Porta, R.; Lopez-de-Silanes, F.; Shleifer, A.; Vishny, R.Cited by Scopus (271)

Why do countries matter so much for corporate governance? • Article

Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 86, Issue 1, 1 October 2007, Pages 1-39 Doidge, C.; Andrew Karolyi, G.; Stulz, R.M.Cited by Scopus (1)

Economic consequences of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 • Article

Journal of Accounting and Economics, Volume 44, Issue 1-2, 1 September 2007, Pages 74-115

Zhang, I.X.

Private equity, leveraged buyouts and governance • Article Journal of Corporate Finance, Volume 13, Issue 4, 1 September 2007, Pages 439-460 Cumming, D.; Siegel, D.S.; Wright, M.

The curse of natural resources • Article European Economic Review, Volume 45, Issue 4-6, 1 May 2001, Pages 827-838 Sachs, J.D.; Warner, A.M.Cited by Scopus (100)

Strategy, performance measurement techniques and information technology of the firm and their links to organizational performance • Article Management Accounting Research, Volume 18, Issue 3, 1 September 2007, Pages 343-366 Hyvonen, J.Cited by Scopus (2)

The price of innovation: new estimates of drug development costs • Article

Journal of Health Economics, Volume 22, Issue 2, 1 March 2003, Pages 151-185 DiMasi, J.A.; Hansen, R.W.; Grabowski, H.G.Cited by Scopus (490)

Can generalized distribution factors lead to''objective''transmission toll allocations? Some lessons from the recent Chilean experience • Article

Energy Economics, Volume 30, Issue 2, 1 March 2008, Pages 249-270 Galetovic, A.; Palma-Behnke, R.

How does foreign direct investment affect economic growth? • Article Journal of International Economics, Volume 45, Issue 1, 1 June 1998, Pages 115-135 Borensztein, E.; De Gregorio, J.; Lee, J.-W.Cited by Scopus (238)

Capital markets research in accounting • Article Journal of Accounting and Economics, Volume 31, Issue 1-3, 1 September 2001, Pages 105-231 Kothari, S.P.Cited by Scopus (125)

Monitoring: Which institutions matter? • Article Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 86, Issue 2, 1 November 2007, Pages 279-305 Chen, X.; Harford, J.; Li, K.

A study on motivating employees'learning commitment in the post-downsizing era: Job satisfaction perspective • Article Journal of World Business, Volume 42, Issue 2, 1 June 2007, Pages 157-169 Tsai, P.C.F.; Yen, Y.F.; Huang, L.C.; Huang, I.C.Cited by Scopus (1)

Inequality does cause underdevelopment: Insights from a new instrument • Article Journal of Development Economics, Volume 84, Issue 2, 1 November 2007, Pages 755-776 Easterly, W.Cited by Scopus (1)

The Two Faces of Globalization: Against Globalization as We Know It • Article

World Development, Volume 31, Issue 4, 1 April 2003, Pages 667-683 Milanovic, B.Cited by Scopus (40)

Performance measurement impacts on management and leadership: Perspectives of management and employees • Article International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 110, Issue 1-2, 1 October 2007, Pages 39-51 Ukko, J.; Tenhunen,J.; Rantanen, H.

Asymmetric timeliness of earnings, market-to-book and conservatism in financial reporting • Article Journal of Accounting and Economics, Volume 44, Issue 1-2, 1 September 2007, Pages 2-31 Roychowdhury, S.; Watts, R.L.