H. Kent Baker

American University - Kogod School of Business

University Professor of Finance

4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20816-8044

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1.

How Biases Affect Investor Behaviour

The European Financial Review, February-March 2014, pp. 7-10
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 23 Jun 2014
H. Kent Baker and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business and Ursinus College
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Investor psychology, personal finance, financial planning, trading and investing strategies, biases, investment theory, behavioral finance, behavioural finance, behavioral economics

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Understanding Behavioral Aspects of Financial Planning and Investing

Journal of Financial Planning, Volume 28, Issue 3, pp. 22-26
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 20 Apr 2015
H. Kent Baker and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business and Ursinus College
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Investor psychology, personal finance, financial planning, trading and investing strategies, biases, investment theory, behavioral finance, behavioural finance, behavioral economics, client behavior, financial planner

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Chapter 1: Investor Behavior: An Overview

Investor Behavior: The Psychology of Financial Planning and Investing. H. Kent Baker and Victor Ricciardi, editors, 3-24. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014.
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2023
H. Kent Baker and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business and Ursinus College
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Investor psychology, personal finance, financial planning, trading and investing strategies, history of finance, investment theory, behavioral finance, behavioural finance, behavioral economics, history of investments, investment books

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How Behavioural Biases Affect Finance Professionals

The European Financial Review, December-January 2017, pp. 25-29
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 17 Jan 2017
H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business, Pennsylvania State University and Ursinus College
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Investor psychology, personal finance, financial planning, trading and investing strategies, biases, investment theory, behavioral finance, behavioural finance, behavioral economics

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Chapter 1: Financial Behavior: An Overview

Financial Behavior: Players, Services, Products, and Markets. H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, and Victor Ricciardi, editors, 3-22. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017.
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 May 2017 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2023
H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business, Pennsylvania State University and Ursinus College
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Investor psychology, personal finance, financial planning, trading and investing strategies, investment theory, behavioral finance, behavioural finance, behavioral economics, financial services, investment products, financial markets, groups, players

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Merger Motives and Target Valuation: A Survey of Evidence from Cfos

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 22 Feb 2005
Tarun K. Mukherjee, Halil Kiymaz and H. Kent Baker
University of New Orleans, Rollins College and American University - Kogod School of Business
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Management Views on Real Options in Capital Budgeting

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Management Views on Real Options in Capital Budgeting

Journal of Applied Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 May 2010 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2011
H. Kent Baker, Shantanu Dutta and Samir Saadi
American University - Kogod School of Business, The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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Real Options, capital Budgeting, Survey

Management Views on Real Options in Capital Budgeting

Journal of Applied Finance (Formerly Financial Practice and Education), Vol. 21, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Nov 2015
H. Kent Baker, Shantanu Dutta and Samir Saadi
American University - Kogod School of Business, The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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Management Views on Real Options in Capital Budgeting

Journal of Applied Finance, Spring/Summer 2011, Volume 21, Issue 1, pp. 18-29
Posted: 08 Aug 2012
H. Kent Baker, Shantanu Dutta and Samir Saadi
American University - Kogod School of Business, The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and Queen's University - Smith School of Business

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real options, Canada, capital budgeting, growth options, options to defer

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The Psychology of Financial Professionals and Their Clients

Investments & Wealth Monitor, September-October 2019, pp. 15-20
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 18 Oct 2019
H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business, Pennsylvania State University and Ursinus College
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Investor psychology, personal finance, financial planning, biases, behavioral finance, behavioural finance, financial behavior, behavioral economics, cognitive issues, affect, emotion, belief perseverance, confirmation bias, control, hindsight, framing, mental accounting, familiarity, overconfidence

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Information Needs of Individual Investors

Journal of Accountancy, pp. 64-69, November 1973
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2015
H. Kent Baker, John A. Haslem and John A. Haslem
American University - Kogod School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Assessing Credit Rating Agencies by Bond Issuers and Institutional Investors

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Nov 2001
Sattar Mansi and H. Kent Baker
Virginia Tech and American University - Kogod School of Business
Downloads 1,838 (19,725)
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Credit Ratings, Credit Rating Agencies, Bond Issuers, Institutional Investors

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International Cross-Listing and Visibility

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Dec 1998
H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger and Daniel G. Weaver
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Alaska Anchorage and Rutgers Business School
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Identification and Performance of Equity Mutual Funds with High Management Fees and Expense Ratios

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Identification and Performance of Equity Mutual Funds with High Management Fees and Expense Ratios

Journal of Investing, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 32-51, Summer 2007
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 24 May 2008 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2017
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem, H. Kent Baker and David M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, American University - Kogod School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business
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actively managed, equity mutual funds, management fees, expense ratios, associations with performance

Identification and Performance of Equity Mutual Funds with High Management Fees and Expense Ratios

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 May 2012 Last Revised: 29 Feb 2016
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem, H. Kent Baker and David M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, American University - Kogod School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business
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mutual funds, expense ratios, price competition, management fees, performance measures, active vs. passive portfolios, fiduciary duty

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Issuer Assessments of Credit Rating Agencies by Investment Grade

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Issuer Assessments of Credit Rating Agencies by Investment Grade

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Jun 2001
Sattar Mansi and H. Kent Baker
Virginia Tech and American University - Kogod School of Business
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Credit Ratings

Issuer Assessments of Credit Rating Agencies by Investment Grade

Posted: 25 Jul 2001
Sattar Mansi and H. Kent Baker
Virginia Tech and American University - Kogod School of Business

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Credit Ratings

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The Impact of Investor Socioeconomic Characteristics on Risk and Return Preferences

Journal of Business Research, Vol. 2. No. 4, pp. 469-476, October 1974
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 21 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2015
H. Kent Baker, John A. Haslem and John A. Haslem
American University - Kogod School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Performance and Characteristics of Actively Managed Retail Mutual Funds with Diverse Expense Ratios

Financial Services Review, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 49-68, Spring 2008
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2017
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem, H. Kent Baker and David M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, American University - Kogod School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business
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mutual funds, retail actively managed funds, expense ratios, performance, expense ratio class, characteristics, larger vs. smaller funds

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Corporate Finance Practices in Canada: Where Do We Stand?

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Corporate Finance Practices in Canada: Where Do We Stand?

Multinational Finance Journal, 2011, Vol. 15, No. 3/4, pp. 157–192
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Jan 2013
H. Kent Baker, Shantanu Dutta and Samir Saadi
American University - Kogod School of Business, The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
Downloads 351 (178,049)
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capital budgeting, cost of capital, risk analysis, real options

Corporate Finance Practices in Canada: Where Do We Stand?

Multinational Finance Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3/4, p. 157-192, 2011
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Jun 2015
H. Kent Baker, Shantanu Dutta and Samir Saadi
American University - Kogod School of Business, The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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Capital budgeting; cost of capital; risk analysis; real options

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Performance and Characteristics of Actively Managed Institutional Equity Mutual Funds

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Performance and Characteristics of Actively Managed Institutional Equity Mutual Funds

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 29 Feb 2016
H. Kent Baker, John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem and David M. Smith
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business
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mutual funds, institutional actively managed, economies of scale, fund performance and characteristics, expense ratios, active alpha

Performance and Characteristics of Actively Managed Institutional Equity Mutual Funds

Journal of Investing, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 27-44, Spring 2009, https://doi.org/10.3905/JOI.2009.18.1.027
Posted: 22 May 2019
H. Kent Baker, John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem and David M. Smith
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business

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performance characteristics, actively managed institutional mutual funds, expense ratio class, Miller active alpha, 12b-1 fees, deferred loads, management fees, portfolio turnover, institutional investors, beta, dividend yield

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Performance and Characteristics of Actively Managed Retail Equity Mutual Funds with Diverse Expense Ratios

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 May 2008 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2018
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem, H. Kent Baker and David M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, American University - Kogod School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business
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mutual funds, actively managed retail, performance, characteristics, expense ratios

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The Review of Accounting Studies at Age 25: A Retrospective Using Bibliometric Analysis

Baker, H.K., Kumar, Satish., Pandey, Nitesh and Srivastava, Anup (2022) “The Review of Accounting Studies at age 25: A retrospective using bibliometric analysis”, Review of Accounting Studies (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 28 Sep 2022
H. Kent Baker, Satish Kumar, Nitesh Pandey and Anup Srivastava
American University - Kogod School of Business, Indian Institute of Management Nagpur, Amrita School of Business and University of Calgary - Haskayne School of Business
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Bibliometric analysis, Accounting journals, Review of Accounting Studies, Performance analysis, Science mapping, Bibliographic coupling, Citations analysis.

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Institutional S&P 500 Index Mutual Funds as Financial Commodities: Fact or Fiction?

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Institutional S&P 500 Index Mutual Funds as Financial Commodities: Fact or Fiction?

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2017
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem, H. Kent Baker and David M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, American University - Kogod School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business
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mutual funds, institutional index, financial commodity, price competition, minimum initial purchase

Institutional S&P 500 Index Mutual Funds as Financial Commodities: Fact or Fiction?

Journal of Investing, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 24-34, Summer 2008
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 15 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2016
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem, H. Kent Baker and David M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, American University - Kogod School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business
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mutual funds, S&P 500 Index funds, financial commodities, price competition, expense ratio, performance, characteristics, standard deviation classes, retail index funds, 12b-1 fees, uninformed investors

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Performance and Characteristics of Retail S&P 500 Index Mutual Funds

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 13 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2017
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem, H. Kent Baker and David M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, American University - Kogod School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business
Downloads 283 (226,040)
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mutual funds, retail index funds, performance, characteristics, expense ratio, 12b-1 fees, Sharpe index, Jensen alpha

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An Empirical Analysis of the Risk-Return Preferences of Individual Investors

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 377-389, September 1977
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2012
H. Kent Baker, Michael Hargrove, John A. Haslem and John A. Haslem
American University - Kogod School of Business, Independent and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Are Retail S&P 500 Index Funds a Financial Commodity? Insights for Investors

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Are Retail S&P 500 Index Funds a Financial Commodity? Insights for Investors

Financial Services Review, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp., 99-116, Summer 2006
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 14 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2016
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem, H. Kent Baker and David M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, American University - Kogod School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business
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mutual funds, S&P 500 Index funds, financial commodities, price competition, expense ratio, performance, characteristics, standard deviation classes, retail index funds, 12b-1 fees, uninformed investors

Are Retail S&P 500 Index Funds a Financial Commodity? Insights for Investors

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2016
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem, H. Kent Baker and David M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, American University - Kogod School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business
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mutual funds, S&P 500 Index funds, financial commodities, price competition, expense ratio, performance, characteristics, standard deviation classes, retail index funds, 12b-1 fees, uninformed investors

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Financial Performance Measures: A Back-to-Basics Approach

Deo, Prakash and Kent Baker, 2015, "Financial Performance Measures: A Review and Synthesis." Journal of Finance and Economic Education, Journal of the Academy of Economics and Finance (Summer).
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Oct 2016
H. Kent Baker and Prakash Deo
American University - Kogod School of Business and University of Houston - Downtown
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ROIC, EVA, MVA, NPV, FCF, return on investment, economic value added, market value added, free cash flow, net present value

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EVA Revisited

Journal of Financial Education, Vol. 35, pp. 1-22, Fall 2009
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Oct 2016
H. Kent Baker, Prakash Deo and Tarun K. Mukherjee
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Houston - Downtown and University of New Orleans
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EVA, MVA, NOPAT, Return on Invested Capital, ROIC

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S&P 500 Index Mutual Funds

Journal of Indexes, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 34-38, March/April 2007
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 26 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2017
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem, H. Kent Baker and David M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, American University - Kogod School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business
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S&P 500 index mutual funds, expense ratio, management fees, risk/return performance measures, portfolio turnover, 12b-1 fees, statistical relationships

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Another Look at S&P 500 Retail Index Funds: Are S&P 500 Funds a Financial Commodity?

Journal of Indexes, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 38-42, March/April 2008
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 17 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2017
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem, H. Kent Baker and David M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, American University - Kogod School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business
Downloads 139 (434,565)

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500 index mutual funds, retail funds, performance, expense ratios, deferred charges, 12b-1 fees, fund size, fund age, financial commodity, less-than-perfect competition, uninformed investors, minimum initial purchase

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Does Corporate Governance Influence Trade Credit? Evidence from an Emerging Market

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Jun 2022
Debidutta Pattnaik, H. Kent Baker and SATISH R
affiliation not provided to SSRN, American University - Kogod School of Business and NITIE Mumbai
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Corporate governance, Trade credit, receivables, payables, panel data

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Excessive Mutual Fund Expenses Also Mean Higher Risk and Worse Performance

Journal of Indexes, Vol. 7, No. 4. pp. 40-41, July/August 2005
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 02 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2015
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem, H. Kent Baker and David M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, American University - Kogod School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business
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mutual funds, expense ratios, portfolio characteristics, trading costs, earnings, total returns, risk, risk/return performance, performance attributes

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Disclosure of Material Information: A Cross-National Comparison

International Journal of Accounting Education and Research, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 1-16, Fall 1977
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2015
H. Kent Baker, Robert H. Chenhall, John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem and Roger Juchau
American University - Kogod School of Business, Monash University - Department of Accounting, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Nepean College of Advanced Education - School of Business
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Does Media Coverage Affect Credit Rating Change Decisions?

Baker, H. K., Dutta, S., Saadi, S., Zhong, L. (2022). Does Media Coverage Affect Credit Rating Change Decisions? Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming.
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 22 Sep 2022
H. Kent Baker, Shantanu Dutta, Samir Saadi and Ligang Zhong
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Ottawa - Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa - Telfer School of Management and University of Windsor - Odette School of Business
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Media Coverage; Credit Rating; Credit Rating Change; Reputational Capital

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Toward the Development of Client-Specified Valuation Models

Journal of Finance, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 1255-1263, September 1974
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 06 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2015
H. Kent Baker, John A. Haslem and John A. Haslem
American University - Kogod School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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S&P 500 Index Mutual Funds: Diverse Expenses and Performance Characteristics

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 04 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2017
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem, H. Kent Baker and David M. Smith
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, American University - Kogod School of Business and State University of New York at Albany - School of Business
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mutual funds, S&P 500 index funds, expense ratios, Sharpe ratio, Jensen alpha, star ratings, portfolio turnover, 12b-1 fees

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A Test of a Revised Theory of the Investment Life Cycle

Baylor Business Studies, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 17-33, May-June-July 1979
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2015
H. Kent Baker, Michael Hargrove, John A. Haslem and John A. Haslem
American University - Kogod School of Business, Independent and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Excessive Mutual Fund Expenses: Not the Complete Story

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 23 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2016
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem, David M. Smith and H. Kent Baker
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, State University of New York at Albany - School of Business and American University - Kogod School of Business
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mutual funds, excessive expense ratios, portfolio attributes, standard deviations, diversification, trading costs, performance attributes

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Investor Risk/Return Preferences (Part II): Personal Characteristics

Atlanta Economic Review, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 19-23, July-August 1977
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 06 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2015
H. Kent Baker, Michael Hargrove, John A. Haslem and John A. Haslem
American University - Kogod School of Business, Independent and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Why Firms Offer New-Issue Direct Stock Purchase Plans

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Why Firms Offer New-Issue Direct Stock Purchase Plans

Journal of Applied Finance (Formerly Financial Practice and Education), Vol. 22, No. 2, 2012
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 12 Nov 2015
Tarun K. Mukherjee, Helena He and H. Kent Baker
University of New Orleans, Mississippi State University and American University - Kogod School of Business
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Why Firms Offer New-Issue Direct Stock Purchase Plans

Journal of Applied Finance, Fall/Winter 2012, Volume 22, No.2
Posted: 07 Sep 2012
Tarun K. Mukherjee, He Wei Bin and H. Kent Baker
University of New Orleans, affiliation not provided to SSRN and American University - Kogod School of Business

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Direct Stock Purchase Plans (DSPPs), seasoned equity offerings (SEOs), Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs)

Why Firms Offer New-Issue Direct Stock Purchase Plans

Journal of Applied Finance, Fall/Winter 2012, Volume 22, No. 2
Posted: 16 Jul 2013
Tarun K. Mukherjee and H. Kent Baker
University of New Orleans and American University - Kogod School of Business

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Direct Stock Purchase Plan (DSPP), seasoned equity offerings, new shares

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The Influence of Consultation on Investor Risk/Return Behavior

Akron Business and Economic Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 38-43, Spring 1976
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 06 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2015
H. Kent Baker, John A. Haslem and John A. Haslem
American University - Kogod School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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An Analysis of Investor Behavior: Males vs. Females

Pittsburgh Business Review, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 1-5, December 1977
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 05 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2017
H. Kent Baker, John A. Haslem and John A. Haslem
American University - Kogod School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Investor Risk/Return Preferences (Part I): Professional and Financial Characteristics

Atlanta Economic Review, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 48-54, May-June 1977
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 06 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2015
H. Kent Baker, Michael Hargrove, John A. Haslem and John A. Haslem
American University - Kogod School of Business, Independent and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Strategic Planning for the New Bank

Magazine of Bank Administration, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 28-32, April 1974
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 29 May 2015 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2015
John A. Haslem, John A. Haslem and H. Kent Baker
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and American University - Kogod School of Business
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Commitment to Climate Action: Global Evidence from Carbon Performance Disclosure

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 Mar 2025 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2025
Hai Hong Trinh and H. Kent Baker
Massey University and American University - Kogod School of Business
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Carbon performance disclosure, corporate ESG profiles, corporate climate action, ESG controversies G00, G1, G3, Q5

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Payout Composition: Evidence from Sweden

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Feb 2025
H. Kent Baker and Gotland University
American University - Kogod School of Business and Gotland University
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Dividends, payout composition, stock ownership, domiciles, individual investors, stock buybacks

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Chapter 11: Behavioral Finance Moving Forward

Advanced Introduction to Behavioral Finance. Elgar Advanced Introductions Series, pp. 144-155, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. (forthcoming)

Posted: 05 Aug 2024
H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Alaska Anchorage and Ursinus College

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Behavioral finance, unified theory, behavioral corporate finance, behavioral finance challenges, behavioral finance opportunities, behavioral asset pricing models

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Chapter 10: Behavioral Finance Enters its Second Generation

Advanced Introduction to Behavioral Finance. Elgar Advanced Introductions Series, pp. 132-143, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. (forthcoming)

Posted: 05 Aug 2024
H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Alaska Anchorage and Ursinus College

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Behavioral finance, behavioral decision-making, behavioral portfolio theory, behavioral life-cycle theory, behavioral asset pricing theory, behavioral efficient markets

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Chapter 8: The Psychology of Retirement

Advanced Introduction to Behavioral Finance. Elgar Advanced Introductions Series, pp. 98-112, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. (forthcoming)

Posted: 05 Aug 2024
H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Alaska Anchorage and Ursinus College

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Retirement biases, annuities, 401k plan, individual retirement account, social security, financial planning, behavioral finance

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Chapter 9: Behavioral Corporate Finance

Advanced Introduction to Behavioral Finance. Elgar Advanced Introductions Series, pp. 113-131, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. (forthcoming)

Posted: 05 Aug 2024
H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Alaska Anchorage and Ursinus College

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Behavioral corporate finance, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, working capital management, corporate governance, behavioral finance

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Chapter 7: Choice Architecture and Nudging

Advanced Introduction to Behavioral Finance. Elgar Advanced Introductions Series, pp. 87-97, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. (forthcoming)

Posted: 04 Aug 2024
H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Alaska Anchorage and Ursinus College

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Choice architecture, nudge, nudging, decision frames, Save More Tomorrow, Save and Win, behavioral finance

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Chapter 1: A Behavioral Alternative Emerges to Standard Finance

Advanced Introduction to Behavioral Finance. Elgar Advanced Introductions Series, pp. 1-21, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. (forthcoming)

Posted: 03 Aug 2024
H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Alaska Anchorage and Ursinus College

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Chapter 2: Risk Perspectives

Advanced Introduction to Behavioral Finance. Elgar Advanced Introductions Series, pp. 22-35, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. (forthcoming)

Posted: 03 Aug 2024
H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Alaska Anchorage and Ursinus College

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Risk, risk perception, risk tolerance, uncertainty, biases, emotion, risk assessment, behavioral finance

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Chapter 6: Social Finance and Sentiment

Advanced Introduction to Behavioral Finance. Elgar Advanced Introductions Series, pp. 76-86, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023. (forthcoming)

Posted: 03 Aug 2024
H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Alaska Anchorage and Ursinus College

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Social finance, sentiment, social mood, peer effects, herding, behavioral biases, behavioral finance

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Chapter 4: Cognition and Intelligence

Advanced Introduction to Behavioral Finance Elgar Advanced Introductions Series, pp. 53-63, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
Posted: 15 Jul 2024
H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Alaska Anchorage and Ursinus College

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Chapter 5: The Human Biology of Financial Decision-Making

Advanced Introduction to Behavioral Finance. Elgar Advanced Introductions Series, pp. 64-75, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
Posted: 09 Jul 2024
H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Alaska Anchorage and Ursinus College

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Genome, testosterone, twins, physiology, health, mental health, neurofinance, behavioral finance

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Chapter 3. Heuristics and Behavioral Biases

Advanced Introduction to Behavioral Finance. Elgar Advanced Introductions Series, pp. 36-52, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.(forthcoming)
Posted: 09 Jul 2024
H. Kent Baker, John R. Nofsinger and Victor Ricciardi
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Alaska Anchorage and Ursinus College

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Availability, representativeness, anchoring, familiarity, overconfidence, prospect theory, behavioral finance

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Board Diversity and Firm Performance: The Role of Contextual Variables

British Journal of Management
Posted: 07 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2022
Nitesh Pandey, H. Kent Baker, Satish Kumar, Prashant Gupta, Searat Ali and Searat Ali
Amrita School of Business, American University - Kogod School of Business, Indian Institute of Management Nagpur, Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli and University of WollongongUniversity of Wollongong - School of Accounting, Economics & Finance

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Board Diversity, Firm Performance, Government Policy, Control Function, Systems GMM

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Contemporary Accounting Research: A Retrospective between 1984 and 2021 Using Bibliometric Analysis

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 23 Apr 2022
H. Kent Baker, Satish Kumar, Nitesh Pandey and Sascha Kraus
American University - Kogod School of Business, Indian Institute of Management Nagpur, Amrita School of Business and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

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bibliometric analysis, Contemporary Accounting Research, negative binomial regression, co-citations, citation drivers, review

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A Bibliometric Analysis on Board Diversity: Current Status, Development, and Future Directions

Journal of Business Research, 2019
Posted: 02 Jul 2020
H. Kent Baker, Nitesh Pandey, Satish Kumar and Arunima Haldar
American University - Kogod School of Business, Amrita School of Business, Indian Institute of Management Nagpur and S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research

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Board diversity, bibliometric analysis, citation network, Web of science, gender, systematic literature review

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Chapter 4: Information Needs of Individual Investors

Selected Studies in Modern Accounting, pp. 30-35, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, September 1974
Posted: 08 Jul 2015
H. Kent Baker, John A. Haslem and John A. Haslem
American University - Kogod School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

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Chapter 10: Information Needs of Individual Investors

J. K. Courtis, ed. Corporate Annual Report Analysis, AFM Exploratory Series No. 5, pp. 105-112. Armidale, AUS: University of New England, Department of Accounting and Financial Management, 1978
Posted: 09 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2015
H. Kent Baker, John A. Haslem and John A. Haslem
American University - Kogod School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

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Chapter 13: Information Needs of Individual Investors

R. A. Stevenson and S. M. Phillips eds., Investment Environment, Analysis, and Alternatives: A Book of Readings, pp. 117-122. St.Paul, MN: West Publishing Company, 1977
Posted: 09 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2015
H. Kent Baker, John A. Haslem and John A. Haslem
American University - Kogod School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

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Credit Cards and the Two-Tier Pricing Controversy: A Commentary

Eastern Finance Association, Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting, p. 5, Boston, MA: April 21-23, 1977.
Posted: 06 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2015
H. Kent Baker, John A. Haslem and John A. Haslem
American University - Kogod School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

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Book: Financial Markets: Instruments and Concepts, 2nd Ed.

Brick, John R., H. Kent Baker, and John A. Haslem, eds. Financial Markets: Instruments and Concepts, Reston, VA: Reston Publishing Company (Prentice-Hall), 1986
Posted: 18 May 2015 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2015
John Brick, H. Kent Baker, John A. Haslem and John A. Haslem
Independent, American University - Kogod School of Business and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

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Why Firms Do Not Pay Dividends: The Canadian Experience

Forthcoming in Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (JBFA)
Posted: 25 Sep 2012
H. Kent Baker, Bin Chang, Shantanu Dutta and Samir Saadi
American University - Kogod School of Business, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and Queen's University - Smith School of Business

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Dividend policy, cash dividends, taxation, stock repurchase

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Are Good Performers Bad Acquirers?

Financial Management, Volume 41, Issue 1, pages 95–118, Spring 2012
Posted: 22 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2012
H. Kent Baker, Shantanu Dutta, Samir Saadi and Peng Cheng Zhu
American University - Kogod School of Business, The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Queen's University - Smith School of Business and University of the Pacific - Eberhart School of Business

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M&As, CEO overconfidence, Long Term Performance

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Factors Influencing Dividend Policy Decisions of NASDAQ Firms

Posted: 15 Jul 2003
H. Kent Baker and E. Theodore Veit
American University - Kogod School of Business and Rollins College - Crummer Graduate School of Business

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Does NYSE Listing Affect Firm Visibility?

Posted: 03 May 1998
H. Kent Baker, Gary E. Powell and Daniel G. Weaver
American University - Kogod School of Business, Hood College and Rutgers Business School

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