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Investment

Investment is an economic activity involving the allocation of financial resources to assets or ventures with the primary objective of generating future returns, distinguished from other resource allocation decisions by its focus on long-term value appreciation and income generation across sectors such as agribusiness, real estate, hospitality, and macroeconomic systems.

30.2K

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2.3M

Citations

40.2K

Authors

6.8K

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2017–2026

7.7K

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30.2K

Returns to Buying Winners and Selling Losers: Implications for Stock Market Efficiency

Narasimhan Jegadeesh, Sheridan Titman · The Journal of Finance · 1993 · 11.5K citations

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Investment Under Uncertainty.

Eduardo S. Schwartz, Avinash Dixit, Robert S. Pindyck · The Journal of Finance · 1994 · 9.9K citations

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Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis

Gary S. Becker · Journal of Political Economy · 1962 · 7.9K citations

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Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-In by Historical Events

W. Brian Arthur · The Economic Journal · 1989 · 7.3K citations

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The Valuation of Risk Assets and the Selection of Risky Investments in Stock Portfolios and Capital Budgets

The Review of Economics and Statistics · 1965 · 6.9K citations

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Authors

40.2K

  1. EF
    Eugene F. Fama

    University of Chicago, United States

    43 publications · 25.4K citations

    36

    h-index

  2. MJ
    Martin J. Gruber

    New York University, United States

    43 publications · 5.9K citations

    32

    h-index

  3. EJ
    Edwin J. Elton

    New York University, United States

    44 publications · 6.4K citations

    31

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  4. ST
    Sheridan Titman

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    45 publications · 24.2K citations

    29

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  5. JL
    Josh Lerner

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    41 publications · 6.2K citations

    28

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Institutions

6.8K

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    185 h-index

    1.5K publications

    202.6K citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    121 h-index

    412 publications

    96.7K citations

  3. New York University

    New York, United States

    112 h-index

    507 publications

    76.1K citations

  4. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    110 h-index

    411 publications

    72.1K citations

  5. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    97 h-index

    524 publications

    44.1K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    96 h-index

    316 publications

    53.3K citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    95 h-index

    319 publications

    59.1K citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    86 h-index

    283 publications

    44.6K citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Finance

    673 publications · 238.7K citations

    222

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  2. Journal of Financial Economics

    398 publications · 143.8K citations

    185

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  3. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 3.3K publications · 152K citations

    154

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  4. Review of Financial Studies

    337 publications · 82.8K citations

    153

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  5. American Economic Review

    219 publications · 53K citations

    102

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