| An empirical evaluation of accounting income numbers R Ball, P Brown Journal of accounting research, 159-178, 1968 | 8965 | 1968 |
| The effect of international institutional factors on properties of accounting earnings R Ball, SP Kothari, A Robin Journal of accounting and economics 29 (1), 1-51, 2000 | 3907 | 2000 |
| Earnings quality in UK private firms: comparative loss recognition timeliness R Ball, L Shivakumar Journal of accounting and economics 39 (1), 83-128, 2005 | 2694 | 2005 |
| Incentives versus standards: properties of accounting income in four East Asian countries R Ball, A Robin, JS Wu Journal of accounting and economics 36 (1-3), 235-270, 2003 | 2498 | 2003 |
| International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): pros and cons for investors R Ball Accounting and business research 36 (sup1), 5-27, 2006 | 1972 | 2006 |
| The role of accruals in asymmetrically timely gain and loss recognition R Ball, L Shivakumar Journal of accounting research 44 (2), 207-242, 2006 | 1172 | 2006 |
| Anomalies in relationships between securities' yields and yield-surrogates R Ball Journal of financial economics 6 (2-3), 103-126, 1978 | 1127 | 1978 |
| Infrastructure requirements for an economically efficient system of public financial reporting and disclosure R Ball Brookings-Wharton papers on financial services 2001 (1), 127-169, 2001 | 953 | 2001 |
| Earnings quality at initial public offerings R Ball, L Shivakumar Journal of Accounting and Economics 45 (2-3), 324-349, 2008 | 686 | 2008 |
| Nonstationary expected returns: Implications for tests of market efficiency and serial correlation in returns R Ball, SP Kothari Journal of Financial Economics 25 (1), 51-74, 1989 | 663 | 1989 |
| Some time series properties of accounting income R Ball, R Watts The Journal of Finance 27 (3), 663-681, 1972 | 629 | 1972 |
| Corporate financial reporting: A methodological review of empirical research R Ball, G Foster Journal of accounting Research, 161-234, 1982 | 571 | 1982 |
| Is financial reporting shaped by equity markets or by debt markets? An international study of timeliness and conservatism R Ball, A Robin, G Sadka Review of accounting studies 13 (2-3), 168-205, 2008 | 543 | 2008 |
| Market and political/regulatory perspectives on the recent accounting scandals R Ball Journal of accounting research 47 (2), 277-323, 2009 | 477 | 2009 |
| Problems in measuring portfolio performance An application to contrarian investment strategies R Ball, SP Kothari, J Shanken Journal of Financial Economics 38 (1), 79-107, 1995 | 476 | 1995 |
| Security returns around earnings announcements R Ball, SP Kothari Accounting Review, 718-738, 1991 | 468 | 1991 |
| How naive is the stock market's use of earnings information? R Ball, E Bartov Journal of Accounting and Economics 21 (3), 319-337, 1996 | 405 | 1996 |
| Changes in accounting techniques and stock prices R Ball Journal of Accounting Research, 1-38, 1972 | 369 | 1972 |
| How much new information is there in earnings? R Ball, L Shivakumar Journal of Accounting Research 46 (5), 975-1016, 2008 | 343 | 2008 |
| Audited financial reporting and voluntary disclosure as complements: A test of the confirmation hypothesis R Ball, S Jayaraman, L Shivakumar Journal of Accounting and Economics 53 (1-2), 136-166, 2012 | 327 | 2012 |
