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Michael D. Wittry

Business, Management and Accounting · The Ohio State University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2012
Corporate Finance and GovernanceFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesCredit Risk and Financial RegulationsCapital Investment and Risk AnalysisAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance

Publications

25

Citations

548

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

14

Publishing since 2012

Research summary
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Michael D. Wittry's research examines corporate governance, particularly takeover defenses such as poison pills, and how ownership structure and legal environments shape corporate decision-making. His work also explores how financial pressures (like debt burdens and public equity ownership) affect firm behavior in areas such as resource extraction and workplace safety. Much of this research uses empirical methods applied to real-world corporate and legal data.

Corporate governance and takeover defenses (poison pills)Corporate finance and debt/investment decisionsAntitakeover laws and legal/institutional contextPublic vs. private ownership effects on firm behaviorNatural resource and industrial firm case studies

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade with a peak around 2021, followed by a slower but steady pace of 1-2 papers per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.2/year recently
2017: 2 publications17182019: 3 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 5 publications5212022: 2 publications22232024: 2 publications242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×11
  • The Journal of Finance×1
  • Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks×1
  • The Review of Corporate Finance Studies×1
  • Review of Financial Studies×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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