2026 Charles I. Jones: 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	56	974	868	609	530	139	26059

Overview

Charles I. Jones is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and works primarily within the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their research spans multiple subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Management Science and Operations Research, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Strategy and Management.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Economic Growth and Productivity
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Economic Theories and Models
Economic Theory and Policy
Firm Innovation and Growth
Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting
Digital Platforms and Economics

Jones has published research in a number of prominent academic venues. These venues include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
American Economic Review
Journal of Political Economy
Annual Review of Economics
American Economic Review Insights

Notable recent papers authored by Jones are:

"Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find?" published in 2020 in American Economic Review
"Nonrivalry and the Economics of Data" published in 2020 in American Economic Review
"The Past and Future of Economic Growth: A Semi-Endogenous Perspective" published in 2022 in Annual Review of Economics
"Taxing Top Incomes in a World of Ideas" published in 2022 in Journal of Political Economy
"The AI Dilemma: Growth versus Existential Risk" published in 2024 in American Economic Review Insights

The scientist has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

Peter J. Klenow
Nicholas Bloom
John Van Reenen
Michael A. Webb
Christopher Tonetti

Best Publications

Why do Some Countries Produce So Much More Output Per Worker than Others

Robert E. Hall;Charles I. Jones

10433
Citations
R&D-BASED MODELS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH

Charles I. Jones

5114
Citations
Time Series Tests of Endogenous Growth Models

Charles I. Jones

2487
Citations
Measuring the Social Return to R&D

Charles I. Jones;John C. Williams

1363
Citations
Introduction to Economic Growth

Charles I. Jones

1278
Citations
The Value of Life and the Rise in Health Spending

Robert E. Hall;Charles I. Jones

1268
Citations
Comparing Apples to Oranges: Productivity Convergence & Measurement across Industries & Countries

Andrew B. Bernard;Charles I. Jones

1033
Citations
Growth: With or Without Scale Effects?

Charles I. Jones

1009
Citations
The Productivity of Nations

Robert Hall;Charles Jones

952
Citations
Measuring the Social Return to R&D

Unknown

924
Citations
The New Kaldor Facts: Ideas, Institutions, Population, and Human Capital

Charles I. Jones;Paul M. Romer

916
Citations
Growth and Ideas

Charles I. Jones

891
Citations
Too Much of a Good Thing? The Economics of Investment in R&D

Charles I. Jones;John C. Williams

831
Citations
Was an Industrial Revolution Inevitable? Economic Growth Over the Very Long Run

Charles I. Jones

816
Citations
Productivity across industries and countries : time series theory and evidence

Andrew B. Bernard;Charles I. Jones

804
Citations
Comparing Apples to Oranges: Productivity Convergence and Measurement across Industries and Countries: Reply

Andrew B. Bernard;Charles I. Jones

791
Citations
Too Much of a Good Thing? The Economics of Investment in R&D

Unknown

759
Citations
Sources of U.S. Economic Growth in a World of Ideas

Charles I. Jones

751
Citations
On the Evolution of the World Income Distribution

Charles I. Jones

709
Citations
Why Do Some Countries Produce so Much More Output Per Worker than Others

Robert E. Hall;Robert E. Hall;Charles I. Jones;Charles I. Jones

641
Citations
Are ideas getting harder to find

Nicholas Bloom;Charles I Jones;John Van Reenen;Michael Webb

612
Citations
The Shape of Production Functions and the Direction of Technical Change

Charles I. Jones

577
Citations
Technology and Convergence

Andrew B. Bernard;Charles I. Jones

559
Citations
Intermediate Goods and Weak Links in the Theory of Economic Development

Charles I. Jones

551
Citations
Estimating and Simulating a SIRD Model of COVID-19 for Many Countries, States, and Cities

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde;Charles I Jones

470
Citations
Nonrivalry and the Economics of Data

Charles I. Jones;Christopher Tonetti

462
Citations
The Productivity of Nations

Robert E. Hall;Robert E. Hall;Charles I. Jones;Charles I. Jones

460
Citations
The Allocation of Talent and U.S. Economic Growth

Chang-Tai Hsieh;Erik Hurst;Charles I. Jones;Charles I. Jones;Peter J. Klenow

422
Citations
The Allocation of Talent and U.S. Economic Growth

Chang-Tai Hsieh;Erik Hurst;Charles Jones;Charles Jones;Pete Klenow

267
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Hall Hoover Institution

Andrew B. Bernard Dartmouth College

Peter J. Klenow Stanford University

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde University of Pennsylvania

Paul M. Romer Boston College

John G. Fernald INSEAD

John C. Williams Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Chang-Tai Hsieh University of Chicago

Philippe Aghion London School of Economics and Political Science

Erik Hurst University of Chicago

External Links

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