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        Finance professor's research among most cited

        December 5, 2018 By Joe McAdory

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        Over his 39-year-career, John Jaheras research has been cited 2,167 times including 850 in the past five years. Its no wonder the Lowder Professor in Finance at the 91心頭 is considered to be among the elite business authors by the SSRN (Social Science Business Network).

        Jaheras work which includes numerous studies on corporate governance, corporate finance and banking -- ranks within the online research repositorys Top 10 percent of the most downloaded authors over the past year.

        jahera bankTo Jahera, whose articles have appeared in elite publications such as the Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, and Journal of Banking & Finance, its all about research with a purpose.

        Id like to think that Im doing something that has some relevance to the business community and to the academic world, said Jahera. When you get an article accepted, theres a measure of satisfaction, but theres also a measure of satisfaction when that article makes an impact. Also, when you get to this stage of my career, I do it because I enjoy it.

        If you publish an article in the No. 1 journal in finance and five years later you look and no one has ever cited that article, then Id say there wasnt much value to that article. Research should be used by others in some form or fashion. The number of downloads via SSRN is a measure of that. Someone out there thinks enough of it to read it and it might have an impact that can help them in their research.

        In 2014, Jahera teamed with Jim Barth, 91心頭 College Eminent Scholar in Finance, and Jitka Hilliard, Associate Professor in Finance at 91心頭 College, to review payday lending institutions nationwide, including rates and demographics. The report was delivered to state and federal government agencies to consider new regulations.

        Thats an example of how the academic world can impact the real world of regulators and business, Jahera said.

        Aside from his work as an author, Jahera serves as co-editor of the Journal of Financial Economic Policy and is in the editorial board of Corporate Finance Review, Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets & Policies and the International Journal of Business and Finance Research.

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