2026 Bruce Sacerdote: 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	48	1475	1315	891	774	108	22415

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Economics and Finance

1475

1315

891

774

108

22415

Overview

Bruce Sacerdote is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad area of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Sacerdote has contributed to several subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Education, Finance, and Gender Studies.

The topics covered in their work include Taxation and Compliance Studies, Corporate Taxation and Avoidance, Higher Education Research Studies, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Housing Market and Economics, Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Sacerdote has published research in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
Journal of Public Economics
American Economic Review
National Tax Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sacerdote include:

"Do senators and house members beat the stock market? Evidence from the STOCK Act" (2022), Journal of Public Economics
"Geographic Dispersion of Economic Shocks: Evidence from the Fracking Revolution: Reply" (2020), American Economic Review
"Relief Rally: Senators as Feckless as the Rest of Us at Stock Picking" (2020), SSRN Electronic Journal
"Automated Tax Filing: Simulating a Prepopulated Form 1040" (2023), National Tax Journal
"Automatic Tax Filing: Simulating a Pre-Populated Form 1040" (2022), SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaborators who frequently co-author work with Sacerdote include:

Lucas Goodman
Andrew Whitten
William Belmont
Ian Van Hoek
Douglas O. Staiger

Best Publications

Peer Effects with Random Assignment: Results for Dartmouth Roommates

Bruce I. Sacerdote

2980
Citations
Crime and Social Interactions

Edward L Glaeser;Bruce Sacerdote;Jose A Scheinkman

2934
Citations
An Economic Approach to Social Capital

Edward L. Glaeser;David Laibson;Bruce Sacerdote

2820
Citations
Why Doesn't the US Have a European-Style Welfare System?

Alberto Alesina;Edward Glaeser;Bruce Sacerdote

2113
Citations
Peer Effects in Education: How Might They Work, How Big Are They and How Much Do We Know Thus Far?

Bruce Sacerdote

1257
Citations
Why Doesn't the United States Have a European-Style Welfare State?

Alberto Francesco Alesina;Edward Ludwig Glaeser;Bruce Sacerdote

1084
Citations
Work and Leisure in the United States and Europe: Why So Different?

Alberto Alesina;Edward Glaeser;Bruce Sacerdote

901
Citations
Why is There More Crime in Cities

Edward L. Glaeser;Bruce Sacerdote

890
Citations
THE SOCIAL MULTIPLIER

Edward L. Glaeser;Bruce I. Sacerdote;Jose A. Scheinkman

827
Citations
Estimating the effect of unearned income on labor supply, earnings, savings and consumption: Evidence from a survey of lottery players

Guido W. Imbens;Donald B. Rubin;Bruce I. Sacerdote

812
Citations
From Natural Variation to Optimal Policy? The Importance of Endogenous Peer Group Formation

Scott E. Carrell;Bruce I. Sacerdote;James E. West

624
Citations
8. Student Perceptions of College Opportunities: The Boston COACH Program

Christopher Avery;Thomas J. Kane;Bruce Sacerdote

555
Citations
The Economic Approach to Social Capital

Edward L. Glaeser;David Laibson;Bruce Sacerdote

526
Citations
Katrina's Children: Evidence on the Structure of Peer Effects from Hurricane Evacuees

Scott A. Imberman;Adriana D. Kugler;Bruce I. Sacerdote

500
Citations
Work and Leisure in the U.S. and Europe: Why So Different?

Alberto F Alesina;Edward L Glaeser;Bruce Sacerdote

489
Citations
Why Doesn't the US Have a European-Style Welfare System?

Alberto Alesina;Alberto Alesina;Alberto Alesina;Edward L. Glaeser;Edward L. Glaeser;Edward L. Glaeser;Bruce Sacerdote;Bruce Sacerdote

454
Citations
Geographic Dispersion of Economic Shocks: Evidence from the Fracking Revolution

James Feyrer;Erin T. Mansur;Bruce Sacerdote

424
Citations
The Nature and Nurture of Economic Outcomes

Bruce Sacerdote

416
Citations
Peer and social networks in job search

David Marmaros;Bruce Sacerdote

404
Citations
How Large are the Effects from Changes in Family Environment? A Study of Korean American Adoptees

Bruce Sacerdote

384
Citations
The Social Consequences of Housing

Edward L. Glaeser;Bruce Sacerdote

377
Citations
Colonialism and Modern Income -- Islands as Natural Experiments

James Feyrer;Bruce Sacerdote

353
Citations
How Do Friendships Form

David Marmaros;Bruce Sacerdote

349
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward L. Glaeser Harvard University

Alberto Alesina Harvard University

Jose A. Scheinkman Columbia University

Eric Bettinger Stanford University

David Laibson Harvard University

Erin T. Mansur Dartmouth College

Adriana D. Kugler Georgetown University

Guido W. Imbens Stanford University

Thomas J. Kane Harvard University

External Links

Wikipedia of Bruce Sacerdote Personal website of Bruce Sacerdote Google Scholar page

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