The Journal of Finance

Most-Read Articles in 2012

Information Disclosure and Corporate Governance
Benjamin E. Hermalin, Michael S. Weisbach
Volume 67, Issue 1
February 2012

The Credit Ratings Game
Patrick Bolton, Xavier Freixas, Joel Shapiro
Volume 67, Issue 1
February 2012

When It Pays to Pay Your Investment Banker: New Evidence on the Role of Financial Advisors in M&As
Andrey Golubov, Dimitris Petmezas, Nickolaos G. Travlos
Volume 67, Issue 1
February 2012

The Power of Voice: Managerial Affective States and Future Firm Performance
William J. Mayew, Mohan Venkatachalam
Volume 67, Issue 1
February 2012

Political Uncertainty and Corporate Investment Cycles
Brandon Julio, Youngsuk Yook
Volume 67, Issue 1
February 2012

The Value of Investment Banking Relationships: Evidence from the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
Chitru S. Fernando, Anthony D. May, William L. Megginson
Volume 67, Issue 1
February 2012

In Search of Attention
Zhi Da, Joseph Engelberg, Pengjie Gao
Volume 66, Issue 5
October 2011

Why Does the Law Matter? Investor Protection and Its Effects on Investment, Finance, and Growth
R. David McLean, Tianyu Zhang, Mengxin Zhao
Volume 67, Issue 1
February 2012

Are Stocks Really Less Volatile in the Long Run?
L'ubŏs Pástor, Robert F. Stambaugh
Volume 67, Issue 2
April 2012

Does Algorithmic Trading Improve Liquidity?
Terrence Hendershott, Charles M. Jones, Albert J. Menkveld
Volume 66, Issue 1
February 2011

Investor Sentiment and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns
Malcolm Baker, Jeffrey Wurgler
Volume 61, Issue 4
August 2006

Corporate Governance and Acquirer Returns
Ronald W. Masulis, Cong Wang, Fei Xie
Volume 62, Issue 4
August 2007

External Networking and Internal Firm Governance
Cesare Fracassi, Geoffrey Tate
Volume 67, Issue 1
February 2012

Hedge Fund Activism, Corporate Governance, and Firm Performance
Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, Frank Partnoy, Randall Thomas
Volume 63, Issue 4
August 2008

CEO Overconfidence and Corporate Investment
Ulrike Malmendier, Geoffrey Tate
Volume 60, Issue 6
December 2005

Why Do Foreign Firms Leave U.S. Equity Markets?
Craig Doidge, G. Andrew Karolyi, René M. Stulz
Volume 65, Issue 4
August 2010

Presidential Address: Discount Rates
John H. Cochrane
Volume 66, Issue 4
August 2011

Family-Controlled Firms and Informed Trading: Evidence from Short Sales
Ronald C. Anderson, David M. Reeb, Wanli Zhao
Volume 67, Issue 1
February 2012

Wealth Destruction on a Massive Scale? A Study of Acquiring-Firm Returns in the Recent Merger Wave
Sara B. Moeller, Frederik P. Schlingemann, René M. Stulz
Volume 60, Issue 2
April 2005

Tiebreaker: Certification and Multiple Credit Ratings
Dion Bongaerts, K.J. Martijn Cremers, William N. Goetzmann
Volume 67, Issue 1
February 2012

Corporate Yield Spreads and Bond Liquidity
Long Chen, David A. Lesmond, Jason Wei
Voume 62, Issue 1
February 2007

Why Do U.S. Firms Hold So Much More Cash than They Used To?
Thomas W. Bates, Kathleen M. Kahle, René M. Stulz
Volume 64, Issue 5
October 2009

Whom You Know Matters: Venture Capital Networks and Investment Performance
Yael V. Hochberg, Alexander Ljungqvist, Yang Lu
Volume 62, Issue 1
February 2007

The Cross-Section of Volatility and Expected Returns
Andrew Ang, Robert J. Hodrick, Yuhang Xing, Xiaoyan Zhang
Volume 61, Issue 1
February 2006

Individualism and Momentum around the World
Andy C.W. Chui, Sheridan Titman, K.C. John Wei
Volume 65, Issue 1
February 2010