2026 Arne Bigsten: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	42	2076	1875	22	20	196	7391

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Economics and Finance

2076

1875

196

7391

Overview

Arne Bigsten is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these areas, their work focuses on subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, and Demography.

The scientist's scholarly output includes several recent publications that address a variety of economic and social issues. Notable papers include:

The relationship among enterprise clustering, prices, and productivity in Ethiopia's manufacturing sector, 2020, Review of Development Economics
Review of Franklin Obeng-Odoom, Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa, 2020, The Journal of Economic Inequality
Issue Information, 2023, African Development Review
Issue Information, 2020, Review of Development Economics

Collaborations with other researchers have been a part of their academic activity. Frequent co-authors include:

Måns Söderbom
Mulu Gebreeyesus
Pelle Ahlerup
Thushyanthan Baskaran
Eyerusalem Siba

Their work has been published in several journals with multiple papers appearing in:

Review of Development Economics
The Journal of Economic Inequality
African Development Review

The main topics explored in their research encompass:

Corruption and Economic Development
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Firm Innovation and Growth

Best Publications

Credit Constraints in Manufacturing Enterprises in Africa

Arne Bigsten;Paul Collier;Stefan Dercon;Marcel Fafchamps

500
Citations
Do African Manufacturing Firms Learn from Exporting

Arne Bigsten;Paul Collier;Stefan Dercon;Marcel Fafchamps

408
Citations
Growth and Poverty Reduction in Ethiopia: Evidence from Household Panel Surveys

Arne Bigsten;Bereket Kebede;Bereket Kebede;Abebe Shimeles;Mekonnen Taddesse

406
Citations
Income Distribution Policy in Developing Countries. A Case Study of Korea.

Arne Bigsten;I. Adelman;S. Robinson

326
Citations
Can China´s Growth be Sustained? A Productivity Perspective

Jinghai Zheng;Arne Bigsten;Angang Hu

326
Citations
The Small, the Young, and the Productive: Determinants of Manufacturing Firm Growth in Ethiopia

Arne Bigsten;Mulu Gebreeyesus

279
Citations
Efficiency, Technical Progress, and Best Practice in Chinese State Enterprises (1980-1994)

Jinghai Zheng;Xiaoxuan Liu;Arne Bigsten

231
Citations
Rates of return on physical and human capital in Africa's manufacturing sector

Arne Bigsten;Paul Collier;Stefan Dercon;Marcel Fafchamps

231
Citations
Ownership Structure and Determinants of Technical Efficiency: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis to Chinese Enterprises (1986–1990)

Jinghai Zheng;Xiaoxuan Liu;Arne Bigsten

228
Citations
What have we learned from a decade of manufacturing enterprise surveys in Africa

Arne Bigsten;Mans Soderbom

225
Citations
Rates of return on physical and human capital in Africa's manufacturing sector

A. Bigsten;J.W. Gunning;R.H. Oostendorp

205
Citations
International coordination and the effectiveness of aid

Arne Bigsten;Sven Tengstam

187
Citations
Contract Flexibility and Conflict Resolution: Evidence from African Manufacturing

A. Bigsten;J.W. Gunning;R.H. Oostendorp

172
Citations
Firm Productivity and Exports: Evidence from Ethiopian Manufacturing

Arne Bigsten;Mulu Gebreeyesus

166
Citations
Investment in Africa's Manufacturing Sector: a Four Country Panel Data Analysis

Arne Bigsten;Paul Collier;Stefan Dercon;Bernard Gauthier

162
Citations
Growth, Income Distribution, and Poverty: A Review

Arne Bigsten;JÃ¶rgen Levin

151
Citations
Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa

Thushyanthan Baskaran;Arne Bigsten

149
Citations
Poverty Transition and Persistence in Ethiopia: 1994–2004

Arne Bigsten;Abebe Shimeles

135
Citations
The circular migration of smallholders in Kenya.

Arne Bigsten

132
Citations
Exports and Firm-level Efficiency in African Manufacturing

Arne Bigsten;Paul Collier;Stefan Dercon;Marcel Fafchamps

127
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Måns Söderbom University of Gothenburg

Jan Willem Gunning Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Stefan Dercon University of Oxford

Paul Collier University of Oxford

Marcel Fafchamps Stanford University

Francis Teal University of Oxford

Germano Mwabu University of Nairobi

Stijn Claessens Yale University

Kamal Saggi Vanderbilt University

Susan Horton University of Waterloo

External Links

Personal website of Arne Bigsten Google Scholar page

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