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D-Index
44
Citations
12109
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1823
National Ranking
1075

Austan Goolsbee 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 Austan Goolsbee sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 118 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Austan Goolsbee 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 Austan Goolsbee 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: 44 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% 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

  • 2000 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Austan Goolsbee is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their work focuses extensively on topics related to the economic and epidemiological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, combining expertise in economics, modeling, simulation, and statistical physics.

Their recent publications include:

  • Fear, lockdown, and diversion: Comparing drivers of pandemic economic decline 2020 (2020, Journal of Public Economics)
  • COVID-19 Lockdown Policies at the State and Local Level (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • Fear, Lockdown, and Diversion: Comparing Drivers of Pandemic Economic Decline 2020 (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • Monopsony Power in Higher Education: A Tale of Two Tracks (2023, Journal of Labor Economics)
  • The Strange and Awful Path of Productivity in the U.S. Construction Sector (2023, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Chad Syverson
  • Rebecca Goldgof
  • Nicole Bei Luo
  • Roxanne Nesbitt
  • Joe Tatarka

Goolsbee's research has been published primarily in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (6 publications)
  • Journal of Public Economics (1 publication)
  • Journal of Labor Economics (1 publication)

Their fields of study cover:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Management Science and Operations Research

Main topics addressed in Goolsbee's research include:

  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • COVID-19 impact on air quality
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
  • Game Theory and Applications
  • Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets

In 2000, Austan Goolsbee was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Does the Internet Make Markets More Competitive? Evidence from the Life Insurance Industry

    Jeffrey R. Brown;Austan Goolsbee

  • How Do Incumbents Respond to the Threat of Entry? Evidence from the Major Airlines

    Austan Goolsbee Goolsbee;Chad Syverson Syverson

  • Fear, lockdown, and diversion: Comparing drivers of pandemic economic decline 2020

    Austan Goolsbee;Chad Syverson

  • Measuring Prices and Price Competition Online: Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com

    Judith Chevalier;Judith Chevalier;Austan Goolsbee;Austan Goolsbee

  • Evidence on Learning and Network Externalities in the Diffusion of Home Computers

    Austan Goolsbee;Peter J. Klenow

  • In a World Without Borders: The Impact of Taxes on Internet Commerce

    Austan Goolsbee

  • THE CONSUMER GAINS FROM DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITES AND THE COMPETITION WITH CABLE TV

    Austan Goolsbee;Amil Petrin

  • Does Government R&D Policy Mainly Benefit Scientists and Engineers?

    Austan Goolsbee

  • THE IMPACT OF INTERNET SUBSIDIES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    Austan Goolsbee;Austan Goolsbee;Austan Goolsbee;Jonathan Guryan;Jonathan Guryan

  • What Happens When You Tax the Rich? Evidence from Executive Compensation

    Austan Goolsbee

  • Investment Tax Incentives, Prices, and the Supply of Capital Goods

    Austan Goolsbee

  • Coveting thy neighbor’s manufacturing: the dilemma of state income apportionment

    Austan Goolsbee;Edward L. Maydew

  • Competition in the Computer Industry: Online Versus Retail

    Austan Goolsbee

  • Investment, Overhang, and Tax Policy

    Mihir A. Desai;Austan D. Goolsbee

  • Measuring Prices and Price Competition Online: Amazon and Barnes and Noble

    Austan Goolsbee;Judith Chevalier

  • Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Taxing Internet Commerce

    Austan Goolsbee;Jonathan Zittrain

  • Are Durable Goods Consumers Forward-Looking? Evidence from College Textbooks

    Judith A Chevalier;Austan Goolsbee

  • EVIDENCE ON THE HIGH-INCOME LAFFER CURVE FROM SIX DECADES OF TAX REFORM

    Austan Goolsbee

  • Competition in the Computer Industry: Online Versus Retail

    Austan Goolsbee

  • Measuring Prices and Price Competition Online: Amazon and Barnes and Noble

    Austan Goolsbee;Austan Goolsbee;Judith Chevalier;Judith Chevalier

  • Playing with Fire: Cigarettes, Taxes, and Competition from the Internet

    Austan Goolsbee;Michael F. Lovenheim;Joel Slemrod

  • Valuing Consumer Products by the Time Spent Using Them: An Application to the Internet

    Austan Goolsbee;Peter J Klenow

  • Does the Internet Make Markets More Competitive? Evidence from the Life Insurance Industry

    Jeffrey R. Brown;Austan Goolsbee;Austan Goolsbee

Frequent Co-Authors

Chad Syverson
Chad Syverson University of Chicago
Judith A. Chevalier
Judith A. Chevalier Yale University
Peter J. Klenow
Peter J. Klenow Stanford University
Edward L. Maydew
Edward L. Maydew University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alan B. Krueger
Alan B. Krueger Princeton University
Jeffrey R. Brown
Jeffrey R. Brown University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joel Slemrod
Joel Slemrod University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Steven D. Levitt
Steven D. Levitt University of Chicago
Shane Greenstein
Shane Greenstein Harvard University

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