René M. Stulz
The Ohio State University
René M. Stulz is a professor of finance at the Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University, where he has been on the faculty since 1983. After earning his undergraduate degree at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, he earned his Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980 and has taught at a variety of universities including the University of Rochester, the University of Chicago, Harvard University, Northwestern University, and the University of So
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René M. Stulz is a professor of finance at the Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University, where he has been on the faculty since 1983. After earning his undergraduate degree at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, he earned his Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980 and has taught at a variety of universities including the University of Rochester, the University of Chicago, Harvard University, Northwestern University, and the University of Southern California. He has published over 100 articles in finance and economic journals on topics ranging from corporate finance, corporate governance, asset pricing, financial institutions, and risk management, which have been cited over 120,000 times. Remarkably, his rate of publication in top peer-reviewed academic journals has not slowed down, more than 40 years after he started publishing.
Affiliation
The Ohio State University
Top Publications
- Managerial discretion and optimal financing policies (1990) - 3,807 citations
- The Determinants of Firms' Hedging Policies (1985) - 3,427 citations
- Why Do U.S. Firms Hold So Much More Cash than They Used To? (2009) - 2,949 citations
- Managerial control of voting rights (1988) - 2,550 citations
- Tobin's q, Corporate Diversification, and Firm Performance (1994) - 2,538 citations
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- Full name
- René M. Stulz
- ORCID
- 0000-0003-2956-4806
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5004620923
Research interests
- Corporate Finance and Governance, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, Financial Analysis and Corporate Governance, Global Financial Crisis and Policies
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- Managerial discretion and optimal financing policies ↗1990 · Journal of Financial Economics3,807OpenAlex citations
- The Determinants of Firms' Hedging Policies ↗1985 · Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis3,427OpenAlex citations
- Why Do U.S. Firms Hold So Much More Cash than They Used To? ↗2009 · The Journal of Finance2,949OpenAlex citations
- Managerial control of voting rights ↗1988 · Journal of Financial Economics2,550OpenAlex citations
- Tobin's q, Corporate Diversification, and Firm Performance ↗1994 · Journal of Political Economy2,538OpenAlex citations
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- Managerial discretion and optimal financing policies ↗1990 · Journal of Financial Economics
- The Determinants of Firms' Hedging Policies ↗1985 · Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
- Why Do U.S. Firms Hold So Much More Cash than They Used To? ↗2009 · The Journal of Finance
- Managerial control of voting rights ↗1988 · Journal of Financial Economics
- Tobin's q, Corporate Diversification, and Firm Performance ↗1994 · Journal of Political Economy
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