| Determinants of capital structure CF Thies, MS Klock Review of Financial Economics 1 (2), 40, 1992 | 298 | 1992 |
| Decriminalization of marijuana and the demand for alcohol, marijuana and cocaine CF Thies, CA Register The Social Science Journal 30 (4), 385-399, 1993 | 192 | 1993 |
| Deposit insurance: A history of failure CF Thies, DA Gerlowski Cato J. 8, 677, 1988 | 119 | 1988 |
| A test of Stulz's overinvestment hypothesis M Klock, CF Thies Financial Review 30 (3), 387-398, 1995 | 46 | 1995 |
| The effect of war on economic growth CF Thies, CF Baum Cato J. 40, 199, 2020 | 44 | 2020 |
| Tobin's Q and measurement error: Caveat investigator M Klock, CF Thies, CF Baum Journal of Economics and Business 43 (3), 241-252, 1991 | 42 | 1991 |
| Business price expectations: 1947-83 CF Thies Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 18 (3), 336-354, 1986 | 35 | 1986 |
| The first minimum wage laws CF Thies Cato J. 10, 715, 1990 | 34 | 1990 |
| What did inflation accounting tell us? CF Thies, T Sturrock Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 2 (4), 375-391, 1987 | 30 | 1987 |
| The success of American communes CF Thies Southern Economic Journal 67 (1), 186-199, 2000 | 29 | 2000 |
| Q, cash flow and investment: an econometric critique CF Baum, CF Thies Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 12, 35-48, 1999 | 24 | 1999 |
| Tobin's Q, intangible capital, and financial policy M Klock, CF Baum, CF Thies Journal of Economics and Business 48 (4), 387-400, 1996 | 23 | 1996 |
| Bank capital and bank failure, 1921–1932: Testing the White hypothesis C Thies, D Gerlowski The Journal of Economic History 53 (4), 908-914, 1993 | 22 | 1993 |
| The pension-augmented balance sheet CF Thies, T Sturrock Journal of Risk and Insurance, 467-480, 1988 | 22 | 1988 |
| The American railroad network during the early 19th century: Private versus public enterprise CF Theis Cato J. 22, 229, 2002 | 20 | 2002 |
| The social responsibility of business: Milton Friedman reconsidered J Elrick, CF Thies Journal of Markets & Morality 21 (2), 2018 | 19 | 2018 |
| The shaping of a future president's economic thought: Richard T. Ely and Woodrow Wilson at" The Hopkins" CF Thies, GM Pecquet The Independent Review 15 (2), 257-277, 2010 | 18 | 2010 |
| Estimating the effects of casinos and of lotteries on bankruptcy: A panel data set approach B Daraban, CF Thies Journal of Gambling Studies 27, 145-154, 2011 | 17 | 2011 |
| The relationship between political and economic freedom reconsidered CF Thies Journal of Private Enterprise 22 (2), 95-118, 2007 | 16 | 2007 |
| The paradox of thrift: RIP CF Thies Cato J. 16, 119, 1996 | 15 | 1996 |
