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| Efficient capital markets EF Fama Journal of finance 25 (2), 383-417, 1970 | 42688* | 1970 |
| Common risk factors in the returns on stocks and bonds EF Fama, KR French Journal of financial economics 33 (1), 3-56, 1993 | 32277 | 1993 |
| The cross‐section of expected stock returns EF Fama, KR French the Journal of Finance 47 (2), 427-465, 1992 | 24764 | 1992 |
| Agency problems and the theory of the firm EF Fama Journal of political economy 88 (2), 288-307, 1980 | 20443 | 1980 |
| Risk, return, and equilibrium: Empirical tests EF Fama, JD MacBeth Journal of political economy 81 (3), 607-636, 1973 | 19945 | 1973 |
| The behavior of stock-market prices EF Fama The journal of Business 38 (1), 34-105, 1965 | 16703 | 1965 |
| Multifactor explanations of asset pricing anomalies EF Fama, KR French The journal of finance 51 (1), 55-84, 1996 | 10167 | 1996 |
| A five-factor asset pricing model EF Fama, KR French Journal of financial economics 116 (1), 1-22, 2015 | 8974 | 2015 |
| Market efficiency, long-term returns, and behavioral finance EF Fama Journal of financial economics 49 (3), 283-306, 1998 | 8234 | 1998 |
| Industry costs of equity EF Fama, KR French Journal of financial economics 43 (2), 153-193, 1997 | 7928 | 1997 |
| French, 1993, Common risk factors in the returns on stocks and bonds EF Fama, R Kenneth Journal of financial economics 33 (1), 3-56, 1993 | 5701 | 1993 |
| Size and book‐to‐market factors in earnings and returns EF Fama, KR French The journal of finance 50 (1), 131-155, 1995 | 5674 | 1995 |
| Business conditions and expected returns on stocks and bonds EF Fama, KR French Journal of financial economics 25 (1), 23-49, 1989 | 5305 | 1989 |
| Dividend yields and expected stock returns EF Fama, KR French Journal of financial economics 22 (1), 3-25, 1988 | 5069 | 1988 |
| Disappearing dividends: changing firm characteristics or lower propensity to pay? EF Fama, KR French Journal of Financial economics 60 (1), 3-43, 2001 | 4941 | 2001 |
| Stock returns, real activity, inflation, and money EF Fama The American economic review 71 (4), 545-565, 1981 | 4779 | 1981 |
| Permanent and temporary components of stock prices EF Fama, KR French Journal of political Economy 96 (2), 246-273, 1988 | 4652 | 1988 |
| The capital asset pricing model: Theory and evidence EF Fama, KR French Journal of economic perspectives 18 (3), 25-46, 2004 | 4272 | 2004 |
| French, 1992, The cross-section of expected stock returns EF Fama, R Kenneth Journal of finance 47 (2), 427-465, 1993 | 4245 | 1993 |
