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D-Index
90
Citations
41449
World Ranking
170
National Ranking
122

Anjan V. Thakor 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 Anjan V. Thakor sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 408 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Anjan V. Thakor 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 Anjan V. Thakor sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 90 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Anjan V. Thakor is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within economics, finance, and business management, with a particular focus on banking stability, regulation, and efficiency.

Their recent papers include:

  • P2P Lenders versus Banks: Cream Skimming or Bottom Fishing? (2021), The Review of Corporate Finance Studies
  • Intermediation Variety (2021), The Journal of Finance
  • Higher purpose, banking and stability (2021), Journal of Banking & Finance
  • Corrigendum to: Fintech and Banking: What Do We Know? (2020), Journal of Financial Intermediation
  • The Carrot and the Stick: Bank Bailouts and the Disciplining Role of Board Appointments (2021), SSRN Electronic Journal

Anjan V. Thakor frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Financial Intermediation
  • The Review of Corporate Finance Studies
  • Management Science
  • Journal of Applied Corporate Finance

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Kim S. Cameron
  • Jeff DeGraff
  • Robert R. Quinn
  • Fenghua Song
  • Loriana Pelizzon

Thakor's main fields of study are Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Business, Management and Accounting. Their subfields of study are Finance, Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Management Information Systems, and Strategy and Management.

The scientist's primary research topics include:

  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
  • Global Financial Crisis and Policies
  • FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
  • Economic theories and models
  • Housing Market and Economics

In addition to journal publications, Anjan V. Thakor has also contributed to book publications. Notably, they have published a book titled Competing Values Leadership with Edward Elgar Publishing in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Contemporary Banking Theory

    Sudipto_Bhattacharya;Anjan_Thakor

  • Contemporary Banking Theory

    Sudipto Bhattacharya;Anjan V. Thakor

  • Can Relationship Banking Survive Competition

    Arnoud W. A. Boot;Anjan V. Thakor

  • Information Reliability and a Theory of Financial Intermediation

    Ram T. S. Ramakrishnan;Anjan V. Thakor

  • Collateral and Rationing: Sorting Equilibria in Monopolistic and Competitive Credit Markets

    David Besanko;Anjan V. Thakor

  • Firms, Contracts and Financial Structures.

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  • MORAL HAZARD AND SECURED LENDING IN AN INFINITELY REPEATED CREDIT MARKET GAME

    Arnoud W. A. Boot;Anjan V. Thakor

  • Financial System Architecture

    Arnoud W. A. Boot;Anjan V. Thakor

  • Capital Requirements, Monetary Policy, and Aggregate Bank Lending: Theory and Empirical Evidence

    Anjan V. Thakor

  • Managerial Conservatism, Project Choice, and Debt

    David Hirshleifer;Anjan V Thakor

  • Fintech and banking: What do we know?

    Anjan V. Thakor

  • The Economics of Bank Regulation

    Sudipto Bhattacharya;Arnoud W. A. Boot;Anjan V. Thakor

  • Secured Lending and Default Risk: Equilibrium Analysis, Policy Implications and Empirical Results

    Arnoud W. A. Boot;Anjan V. Thakor;Gregory F. Udell

  • Contemporary Financial Intermediation

    Stuart I. Greenbaum;Anjan V. Thakor

  • Bank Capital and Value in the Cross-Section

    Hamid Mehran;Anjan Thakor

  • Self-interested bank regulation

    Anjan V. Thakor;Arnoud W. A. Boot

  • Reputation and Discretion in Financial Contracting

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  • A Theory of Stock Price Responses to Alternative Corporate Cash Disbursement Methods: Stock Repurchases and Dividends

    Aharon R. Ofer;Anjan V. Thakor

  • OVERCONFIDENCE, CEO SELECTION, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

    Anand M. Goel;Anjan V. Thakor

  • Shareholder Preferences and Dividend Policy

    Michael J. Brennan;Anjan Thakor

  • Shareholder Preferences and Dividend Policy

    Michael J. Brennan;Anjan V. Thakor

  • Competitive Equilibrium in the Credit Market under Asymmetric Information

    David Besanko;Anjan Thakor

  • Collateral and Competitive Equilibria with Moral Hazard and Private Information

    Yuk-Shee Chan;Anjan Thakor

  • Relationship Banking, Deposit Insurance and Bank Portfolio Choice

    David Besanko;Anjan V. Thakor

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnoud W. A. Boot
Arnoud W. A. Boot University of Amsterdam
Kim S. Cameron
Kim S. Cameron University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Hamid Mehran
Hamid Mehran Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Viral V. Acharya
Viral V. Acharya New York University
Gregory F. Udell
Gregory F. Udell Indiana University
David A. Hirshleifer
David A. Hirshleifer University of Southern California
David Besanko
David Besanko Northwestern University
Loriana Pelizzon
Loriana Pelizzon Ca Foscari University of Venice
Til Schuermann
Til Schuermann Oliver Wyman
Robert E. Quinn
Robert E. Quinn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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