Managerial Risk-Taking Behavior: A Too-Big-To-Fail Story

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

A Heteroskedasticity-Consistent Covariance Matrix Estimator and a Direct Test for Heteroskedasticity

Halbert White · Econometrica · 1980 · 26.1K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Econometrics +11

CAPITAL ASSET PRICES: A THEORY OF MARKET EQUILIBRIUM UNDER CONDITIONS OF RISK*

William F. Sharpe · The Journal of Finance · 1964 · 17.4K citations

Business, Economics, Finance +17

FINANCIAL RATIOS, DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS AND THE PREDICTION OF CORPORATE BANKRUPTCY

Edward I. Altman · The Journal of Finance · 1968 · 13.6K citations

Business, Business Economics, Finance +16

Agency Theory: An Assessment and Review

Kathleen M. Eisenhardt · Academy of Management Review · 1989 · 9.4K citations

Management, Business Economics, Organizational Behavior +11