| On the timing of CEO stock option awards E Lie Management Science 51 (5), 802-812, 2005 | 707 | 2005 |
| Does backdating explain the stock price pattern around executive stock option grants? RA Heron, E Lie Journal of Financial Economics 83 (2), 271-295, 2007 | 609 | 2007 |
| Operating performance and the method of payment in takeovers R Heron, E Lie Journal of Financial and quantitative analysis 37 (1), 137-155, 2002 | 534 | 2002 |
| Multiples used to estimate corporate value E Lie, HJ Lie Financial Analysts Journal 58 (2), 44-54, 2002 | 510 | 2002 |
| Dividend changes and catering incentives W Li, E Lie Journal of financial economics 80 (2), 293-308, 2006 | 476 | 2006 |
| Operating performance following open market share repurchase announcements E Lie Journal of Accounting and Economics 39 (3), 411-436, 2005 | 427 | 2005 |
| Excess funds and agency problems: an empirical study of incremental cash disbursements E Lie The Review of Financial Studies 13 (1), 219-248, 2000 | 413 | 2000 |
| The role of investment banker directors in M&A Q Huang, F Jiang, E Lie, K Yang Journal of Financial Economics 112 (2), 269-286, 2014 | 250 | 2014 |
| Financial flexibility, performance, and the corporate payout choice E Lie The journal of Business 78 (6), 2179-2202, 2005 | 227 | 2005 |
| The role of personal taxes in corporate decisions: An empirical analysis of share repurchases and dividends E Lie, HJ Lie Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 34 (4), 533-552, 1999 | 210 | 1999 |
| What fraction of stock option grants to top executives have been backdated or manipulated? RA Heron, E Lie Management Science 55 (4), 513-525, 2009 | 205 | 2009 |
| Detecting abnormal operating performance: Revisited E Lie Financial Management, 77-91, 2001 | 190 | 2001 |
| On the use of poison pills and defensive payouts by takeover targets RA Heron, E Lie The Journal of Business 79 (4), 1783-1807, 2006 | 174 | 2006 |
| A comparison of the motivations for and the information content of different types of equity offerings RA Heron, E Lie The Journal of business 77 (3), 605-632, 2004 | 150 | 2004 |
| Share repurchases, catering, and dividend substitution Z Jiang, KA Kim, E Lie, S Yang Journal of Corporate Finance 21, 36-50, 2013 | 139 | 2013 |
| Cash holding adjustments and managerial entrenchment Z Jiang, E Lie Journal of Corporate Finance 36, 190-205, 2016 | 138 | 2016 |
| Operating performance following dividend decreases and omissions E Lie Journal of Corporate Finance 12 (1), 27-53, 2005 | 136 | 2005 |
| The strategic use of CEO compensation in labor contract negotiations F Jiang, E Lie, T Que Working paper, University of Iowa, 2010 | 128* | 2010 |
| Earnings signals in fixed-price and Dutch auction self-tender offers E Lie, JJ McConnell Journal of Financial Economics 49 (2), 161-186, 1998 | 120 | 1998 |
| Price uncertainty and corporate value GD Haushalter, RA Heron, E Lie Journal of Corporate Finance 8 (3), 271-286, 2002 | 116 | 2002 |
