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D-Index
148
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World Ranking
9
National Ranking
7

Alberto Alesina publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alberto Alesina sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 535 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Alberto Alesina D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alberto Alesina sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 148 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 1989 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
  • Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association

Overview

Alberto Alesina was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research focused on various topics within social sciences, with main fields including sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, political science and international relations, demography, and education.

Alesina's work covered a range of interconnected subjects. The main topics examined throughout their career included:

  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Key recent papers by Alberto Alesina included:

  • Intergenerational Mobility in Africa (2021) published in Econometrica
  • Violence Against Women: A Cross-cultural Analysis for Africa (2020) published in Economica
  • The Polarization of Reality (2020) published in AEA Papers and Proceedings
  • Nation-Building and Education (2021) published in The Economic Journal
  • Immigration and preferences for redistribution in Europe (2021) published in Journal of Economic Geography

Frequent collaborators included:

  • Stefanie Stantcheva (10 joint publications)
  • Armando Miano (8 joint publications)
  • Davide Furceri (5 joint publications)
  • Sebastian Hohmann (4 joint publications)
  • Stelios Michalopoulos (4 joint publications)

Alesina published in multiple venues, with notable frequency in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (7 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (5 publications)
  • Economica (2 publications)
  • AEA Papers and Proceedings (2 publications)
  • Nature (2 publications)

Their contributions to economics and social sciences were recognized by awards such as the Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1989 and election as Fellow of the European Economic Association, acknowledging their involvement in the academic community.

Alberto Alesina's extensive body of work addressed issues of inequality, migration, and economic policy from interdisciplinary and empirical perspectives, contributing insights across several subfields and research topics within social sciences.

Best Publications

  • Distributive Politics and Economic Growth

    Alberto Alesina;Dani Rodrik

  • Distributive Politics and Economic Growth

    Alberto F Alesina;Dani Rodrik

  • Income Distribution, Political Instability, and Investment

    Roberto Perotti;Alberto Alesina

  • Public goods and ethnic divisions

    Alberto Alesina;Reza Baqir;William Easterly

  • Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why

    Alberto Alesina;Alberto Alesina;David Dollar

  • Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance

    Alberto Alesina;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Fractionalization

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  • Political instability and economic growth

    Alberto Alesina;Alberto Alesina;Sule Ozler;Nouriel Roubini;Nouriel Roubini;Phillip Swagel

  • Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe: A World of Difference

    Alberto Alesina;Edward L. Glaeser

  • Participation in Heterogeneous Communities

    Alberto Alesina;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different?

    Alberto Alesina;Rafael Di Tella;Robert MacCulloch

  • Central Bank Independence and Macroeconomic Performance: Some Comparative Evidence

    Alberto Alesina;Lawrence H. Summers

  • Who trusts others

    Alberto Alesina;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Culture and Institutions

    A. Alesina;Paola Giuliano

  • Why Are Stabilizations Delayed

    Alberto Alesina;Allan Drazen

  • On the Number and Size of Nations

    Alberto Alesina;Enrico Spolaore

  • Large Changes in Fiscal Policy: Taxes Versus Spending

    Alberto Francesco Alesina;Silvia Ardagna

  • Income distribution, political instability, and investment

    Alberto Alesina;Alberto Alesina;Roberto Perotti

  • A Positive Theory of Fiscal Deficits and Government Debt

    Alberto Alesina;Guido Tabellini

  • Macroeconomic Policy in a Two-party System as a Repeated Game

    Alberto Alesina

  • On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough*

    Alberto Francesco Alesina;Paola Giuliano;Nathan Nunn

  • Political Cycles and the Macroeconomy

    Alberto Alesina;Nouriel Roubini;Gerald D. Cohen

  • Fairness and redistribution

    Alberto Alesina;George-Marios Angeletos

  • Partisan Politics, Divided Government, and the Economy

    Alberto Alesina;Howard Rosenthal

  • The Size of Nations

    Alberto Alesina;Enrico Spolaore

  • Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe

    Alberto Alesina;Edward Glaeser

  • Openness, Country Size and Government

    Romain Wacziarg;Alberto Alesina

  • Intergenerational Mobility and Preferences for Redistribution

    Alberto Alesina;Stefanie Stantcheva;Edoardo Teso

  • Credibility and Policy Convergence in a Two-party System with Rational Voters

    Alberto Alesina

  • Fiscal expansions and adjustments in OECD countries

    Alberto Alesina;Roberto Perotti

  • Economic Integration and Political Disintegration

    Alberto Alesina;Enrico Spolaore;Romain Wacziarg

  • Work and Leisure in the United States and Europe: Why So Different?

    Alberto Alesina;Edward Glaeser;Bruce Sacerdote

  • Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions

    Alberto F. Alesina;Alberto F. Alesina;Alberto F. Alesina;William Easterly;Reza Baqir

  • The output effect of fiscal consolidation plans

    Alberto Alesina;Carlo Ambrogio Favero;Carlo Ambrogio Favero;Francesco Giavazzi

  • Political Jurisdictions in Heterogeneous Communities

    Alberto Alesina;Reza Baqir;Caroline Hoxby

  • Bureaucrats or Politicians? Part I: A Single Policy Task

    Alberto Alesina;Guido Tabellini

  • External Debt, Capital Flight and Political Risk

    Alberto Alesina;Alberto Alesina;Guido Tabellini;Guido Tabellini

  • Tales of fiscal adjustment

    Alberto Alesina;Silvia Ardagna

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Perotti
Roberto Perotti Bocconi University
Francesco Giavazzi
Francesco Giavazzi Bocconi University
Guido Tabellini
Guido Tabellini Bocconi University
Carlo A. Favero
Carlo A. Favero Bocconi University
Howard Rosenthal
Howard Rosenthal New York University
Edward L. Glaeser
Edward L. Glaeser Harvard University
Philippe Aghion
Philippe Aghion London School of Economics and Political Science
Silvia Ardagna
Silvia Ardagna Harvard University
Eliana La Ferrara
Eliana La Ferrara Harvard University
Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel Roubini New York University

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