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Sixty years of research leadership: contributing authors and institutions to the journal of finance

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While corporate executives freely admit that they work in a jungle, faculty members in institutions of higher learning are supposed to pretend that they work in the relaxed atmosphere of an informal English garden (Alice Vandermeulen, 1975).

The Journal of Finance was the first pure finance journal to emphasize research, and it has been the undisputed “gold standard” in academic finance literature for the past 60 years. This study identifies the contributors to JF over these 60 years—the authors, the institutions employing the authors, and the institutions granting PhDs to the authors. The prolific authors listed in this article make it look easy, like Alice’s relaxed English garden, but the information reported herein suggests otherwise.

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  1. One referee thought it might be appropriate to analyze the trend over time using up to six different time intervals.These intervals would cover periods ranging from three to 6 years before the editors take office, less than three years before that date, the years during their tenure, less than 3 years following their tenure, and 3–6 years following their tenure; plus a possible sixth interval from 6 to 9 years following their tenure period. The referee believes that reporting the publication rate during five or six sub-periods (as opposed to the three sub-periods used here) would provide additional valuable insights.That is, it would facilitate the examination of whether the improvement in publication rate starts prior to the nomination of the editor, whether it eventually reverts to the pre-tenure publication rate, and whether the decay after the editor departs is abrupt or gradual. Such a procedure would add richness and texture to the interpretation of the data. We agree with this proposal but leave it for future research.

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  1. Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph’s University, 5600 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19131, USA

    Jean L. Heck

  2. Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX, 78212, USA

    Philip L. Cooley

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Heck, J.L., Cooley, P.L. Sixty years of research leadership: contributing authors and institutions to the journal of finance. Rev Quant Finan Acc 31, 287–309 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-007-0063-6

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