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D-Index
42
Citations
7391
World Ranking
2076
National Ranking
22

Arne Bigsten 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 Arne Bigsten sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 196 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Arne Bigsten 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 Arne Bigsten sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Do African Manufacturing Firms Learn from Exporting

    Arne Bigsten;Paul Collier;Stefan Dercon;Marcel Fafchamps

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

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

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

    Arne Bigsten;I. Adelman;S. Robinson

  • Can China´s Growth be Sustained? A Productivity Perspective

    Jinghai Zheng;Arne Bigsten;Angang Hu

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

    Arne Bigsten;Mulu Gebreeyesus

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

    Jinghai Zheng;Xiaoxuan Liu;Arne Bigsten

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

    Arne Bigsten;Paul Collier;Stefan Dercon;Marcel Fafchamps

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

    Jinghai Zheng;Xiaoxuan Liu;Arne Bigsten

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

    Arne Bigsten;Mans Soderbom

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

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

  • International coordination and the effectiveness of aid

    Arne Bigsten;Sven Tengstam

  • Contract Flexibility and Conflict Resolution: Evidence from African Manufacturing

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

  • Firm Productivity and Exports: Evidence from Ethiopian Manufacturing

    Arne Bigsten;Mulu Gebreeyesus

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

    Arne Bigsten;Paul Collier;Stefan Dercon;Bernard Gauthier

  • Growth, Income Distribution, and Poverty: A Review

    Arne Bigsten;Jörgen Levin

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

    Thushyanthan Baskaran;Arne Bigsten

  • Poverty Transition and Persistence in Ethiopia: 1994–2004

    Arne Bigsten;Abebe Shimeles

  • The circular migration of smallholders in Kenya.

    Arne Bigsten

  • Exports and Firm-level Efficiency in African Manufacturing

    Arne Bigsten;Paul Collier;Stefan Dercon;Marcel Fafchamps

Frequent Co-Authors

Måns Söderbom
Måns Söderbom University of Gothenburg
Jan Willem Gunning
Jan Willem Gunning Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Stefan Dercon
Stefan Dercon University of Oxford
Paul Collier
Paul Collier University of Oxford
Marcel Fafchamps
Marcel Fafchamps Stanford University
Francis Teal
Francis Teal University of Oxford
Catherine Pattillo
Catherine Pattillo International Monetary Fund
Germano Mwabu
Germano Mwabu University of Nairobi
Stijn Claessens
Stijn Claessens Yale University
Susan Horton
Susan Horton University of Waterloo

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