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D-Index
41
Citations
9272
World Ranking
2161
National Ranking
1246

Brian D. Wright 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 Brian D. Wright sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 189 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian D. Wright 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 Brian D. Wright sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Brian D. Wright is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with notable contributions in areas such as Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Accounting, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Finance.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Innovation Policy and R&D
  • Intellectual Property and Patents
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies

Brian D. Wright's recent publications showcase a range of research interests and collaboration engagements. Some selected papers include:

  • "Government targets, end-of-year patenting rush and innovative performance in China," 2021, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Citations backward and forward: Insights into the patent examiner's role," 2022, Research Policy
  • "Putting the Empirical Commodity Storage Model Back on Track: Crucial Implications of a "Negligible" Trend," 2020, American Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • "An improved measure of conforming tax avoidance," 2023, Journal of financial reporting & accounting
  • "Estimation of Endogenous Volatility Models with Exponential Trends," 2022, Mathematics

Their frequent collaborators include Eugenio Bobenrieth, Juan Bobenrieth, Zhen Sun, Yang Lou, and Yicheng Wang, reflecting ongoing cooperative research efforts.

Publication venues in which they frequently appear include the SSRN Electronic Journal, Proceedings of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting, Nature Biotechnology, Research Policy, and the Journal of financial reporting & accounting.

Best Publications

  • Storage and Commodity Markets

    Jeffrey Carr Williams;Brian Wright

  • Technology transfer under asymmetric information

    Nancy T. Gallini;Brian D. Wright

  • The Economics of Invention Incentives: Patents, Prizes, and Research Contracts

    Brian Davern Wright

  • The Economics of Grain Price Volatility

    Brian D. Wright

  • Sovereign Debt as Intertemporal Barter

    Kenneth M. Kletzer;Brian D. Wright

  • The Economic Role of Commodity Storage

    Brian D. Wright;Jeffrey C. Williams

  • International grain reserves and other instruments to address volatility in grain markets

    Brian Wright

  • International Grain Reserves and Other Instruments to Address Volatility in Grain Markets

    Brian D. Wright

  • The Welfare Effects of the Introduction of Storage

    Brian D. Wright;Jeffrey C. Williams

  • Global Biofuels: Key to the Puzzle of Grain Market Behavior

    Brian Wright

  • All-Risk Crop Insurance: Lessons from Theory and Experience

    B. D. Wright;J. A. Hewitt

  • The empirical relevance of the competitive storage model

    Carlo Cafiero;Eugenio S.A. Bobenrieth H.;Juan R.A. Bobenrieth H.;Brian D. Wright

  • The Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis: A Reappraisal Independent of Stationarity Hypotheses

    Pier Giorgio Ardeni;Brian Wright

  • A theory of negative prices for storage

    Brian D. Wright;Jeffrey C. Williams

  • South-North Trade, Intellectual Property Jurisdictions, and Freedom to Operate in Agricultural Research on Staple Crops*

    Eran Binenbaum;Carol Nottenburg;Philip G. Pardey;Brian D. Wright

  • Grain reserves and food security in the Middle East and North Africa.

    Brian Wright;Carlo Cafiero

  • The Roles of Public and Private Storage in Managing Oil Import Disruptions

    Brian D. Wright;Jeffrey C. Williams

  • CONVENIENCE YIELD WITHOUT THE CONVENIENCE: A SPATIAL–TEMPORAL INTERPRETATION OF STORAGE UNDER BACKWARDATION

    Donna Brennan;Jeffrey Williams;Brian D. Wright

  • Patents versus patenting: implications of intellectual property protection for biological research.

    Zhen Lei;Rakhi Juneja;Brian D Wright

  • Costing the Ex Situ Conservation of Genetic Resources: Maize and Wheat at CIMMYT

    Philip G. Pardey;Bonwoo Koo;Brian D. Wright;M. Eric Van Dusen

  • Designing Optimal Crop Revenue Insurance

    Olivier Mahul;Brian D. Wright

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip G. Pardey
Philip G. Pardey University of Minnesota
Jean-Paul Chavas
Jean-Paul Chavas University of Wisconsin–Madison
David Hummels
David Hummels Purdue University West Lafayette
David M Newbery
David M Newbery University of Cambridge
Robert E. Evenson
Robert E. Evenson Yale University
David Zilberman
David Zilberman University of California, Berkeley
Peter Warr
Peter Warr Australian National University
Gordon C. Rausser
Gordon C. Rausser University of California, Berkeley
Alan B. Bennett
Alan B. Bennett University of California, Davis
Maximilian Auffhammer
Maximilian Auffhammer University of California, Berkeley

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