National culture and the cost of debt

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

Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions, and Organizations across Nations

Rabi S. Bhagat, Geert Hofstede · Academy of Management Review · 2002 · 22K citations

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +17

Law and Finance

Florencio López‐de‐Silanes, Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · Journal of Political Economy · 1998 · 18.1K citations

Law, Corporate Governance, Finance +14

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

A Survey of Corporate Governance

Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · The Journal of Finance · 1997 · 16.2K citations · Full text

Law, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law +17