CEO-friendly boards and seasoned equity offerings

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

Corporate financing and investment decisions when firms have information that investors do not have

Stewart C. Myers, Nicholas S. Majluf · Journal of Financial Economics · 1984 · 19.1K citations

Management, Business Economics, Finance +17

The Cross‐Section of Expected Stock Returns

Eugene F. Fama, Kenneth R. French · The Journal of Finance · 1992 · 15.1K citations · Full text

Business, Economics, Finance +16

Agency Problems and the Theory of the Firm

Eugene F. Fama · Journal of Political Economy · 1980 · 10.6K citations

Management, Business Economics, Entrepreneurship +13

The Capital Structure Puzzle

Stewart C. Myers · The Journal of Finance · 1984 · 7.6K citations · Full text

Business, Economics, Finance +17