Accounting conservatism and corporate governance

Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling · Journal of Financial Economics · 1976 · 70.7K citations

Management, Business Economics, Corporate Governance +16

Sample Selection Bias as a Specification Error

James J. Heckman · Econometrica · 1979 · 28.9K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Behavioral Economics +16

Investigating Causal Relations by Econometric Models and Cross-spectral Methods

Clive W. J. Granger · Econometrica · 1969 · 22.9K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Causal Inference +8

Separation of Ownership and Control

Eugene F. Fama, Michael C. Jensen · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1983 · 19.1K citations

Management, Contract Law, Corporate Governance +12

Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers

Michael C. Jensen · American Economic Review · 1986 · 17.6K citations

Management, Business Economics, Finance +17