The separation of ownership and control and corporate tax avoidance

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

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

Earnings Management During Import Relief Investigations

Jennifer Jones · Journal of Accounting Research · 1991 · 8.6K citations

Business, Accountancy, Accounting +13

The Determinants of Firms' Hedging Policies

Clifford W. Smith, René M. Stulz · Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis · 1985 · 3.4K citations

Management, Business Economics, Finance +14