2026 Dani Rodrik: 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	127	27	24	21	19	343	134871

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in United States Leader Award
2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2002 - Leontief Prize, Global Development and Environment Institute
The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Economics
The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Economics
The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Economics

Overview

Dani Rodrik is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has an extensive research profile in economics and related social sciences. Their work spans several areas within economics, econometrics, political science, and sociology.

The primary fields of study for Dani Rodrik include:

Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Social Sciences

The subfields they focus on are:

Economics and Econometrics
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Political Science and International Relations
Sociology and Political Science
Accounting

Main topics of their research work cover:

Global trade and economics
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Economic Growth and Productivity
Economic Theory and Policy
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
Social Policy and Reform Studies
Political Economy and Marxism

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Dani Rodrik include:

Why Does Globalization Fuel Populism? Economics, Culture, and the Rise of Right-Wing Populism, 2021, Annual Review of Economics
Why Does Globalization Fuel Populism? Economics, Culture, and the Rise of Right-Wing Populism, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

Other influential papers in their academic network relevant to Rodrik's research themes include:

Rebirth of Industrial Policy and an Agenda for the Twenty-First Century, 2020, Journal of Industry Competition and Trade (authored by Karl Aiginger)
The New Economics of Industrial Policy, 2024, Annual Review of Economics (authored by Réka Juhász)
The Political Economy of Liberal Democracy, 2020, The Economic Journal (authored by Sharun Mukand)

Dani Rodrik frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

Sharun Mukand
Réka Juhász
Nathaniel Lane
Xinshen Diao
Margaret McMillan

The most common publication venues where Dani Rodrik's work appears are:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Globalization and Development
Annual Review of Economics
The Economic Journal
Oxford Review of Economic Policy

In book publishing, Dani Rodrik has contributed through Princeton University Press with the title Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World, expected in 2025.

Awards received by Dani Rodrik include:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2018
Leontief Prize, Global Development and Environment Institute, 2002
The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi for Economics

Best Publications

Distributive Politics and Economic Growth

Alberto Alesina;Dani Rodrik

13711
Citations
Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions over Geography and Integration in Economic Development

Dani Rodrik;Arvind Subramanian;Francesco Trebbi

9833
Citations
Trade Policy and Economic Growth: A Skeptic's Guide to the Cross-National Evidence

Francisco Rodríguez;Dani Rodrik

6377
Citations
What you export matters

Ricardo Hausmann;Jason Hwang;Dani Rodrik

4983
Citations
Institutions for high-quality growth: What they are and how to acquire them

Dani Rodrik

4514
Citations
Why do More Open Economies Have Bigger Governments

Dani Rodrik

4033
Citations
Has Globalization Gone Too Far

Dani Rodrik

3565
Citations
One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth

Dani Rodrik

3541
Citations
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS SELF-DISCOVERY

Ricardo Hausmann;Dani Rodrik

3363
Citations
Globalization, Structural Change and Productivity Growth

Margaret McMillan;Dani Rodrik

3178
Citations
Where Did All the Growth Go? External Shocks, Social Conflict, and Growth Collapses

Dani Rodrik

3105
Citations
Industrial Policy for the Twenty-First Century

Dani Rodrik

2690
Citations
The Real Exchange Rate and Economic Growth

Dani Rodrik

2538
Citations
The New Global Economy and Developing Countries: Making Openness Work

Dani Rodrik

2448
Citations
Goodbye Washington Consensus, Hello Washington Confusion? A Review of the World Bank's Economic Growth in the 1990s: Learning from a Decade of Reform

Dani Rodrik

2362
Citations
Understanding Economic Policy Reform

Dani Rodrik

2358
Citations
What's So Special about China's Exports?

Dani Rodrik

2345
Citations
WHO NEEDS CAPITAL-ACCOUNT CONVERTIBILITY?

Dani Rodrik

2160
Citations
Growth Accelerations

Ricardo Hausmann;Lant Pritchett;Dani Rodrik

2029
Citations
Populism and the Economics of Globalization

Dani Rodrik

1680
Citations
Premature deindustrialization

Dani Rodrik

1169
Citations
Policy uncertainty and private investment in developing countries

Dani Rodrik

1066
Citations
The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy

Dani Rodrik

931
Citations
Why Do Open Economies Have Bigger Governments

Dani Rodrik;Dani Rodrik;Dani Rodrik

818
Citations
In Search of Prosperity: Analytic Narratives on Economic Growth

Dani Rodrik

789
Citations
Unconditional Convergence in Manufacturing

Dani Rodrik

773
Citations
How Far Will International Economic Integration Go

Dani Rodrik

739
Citations
Globalization, Structural Change, and Productivity Growth, with an Update on Africa

Margaret McMillan;Dani Rodrik;Íñigo Verduzco-Gallo

701
Citations
Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions Over Integration and Geography in Economic Development

Dani Rodrik;Dani Rodrik;Dani Rodrik;Arvind Subramanian;Arvind Subramanian;Francesco Trebbi;Francesco Trebbi

528
Citations
Rule of law, democracy, openness, and income

Roberto Rigobon;Dani Rodrik

425
Citations
4. Industrial Policy for the Twenty-first Century

Dani Rodrik;Dani Rodrik;Dani Rodrik

253
Citations
Has globalization gone too far? (1997)

Dani Rodrik

214
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret S. McMillan Tufts University

Arvind Subramanian Center for Global Development

Ricardo Hausmann Harvard University

Francesco Trebbi University of California, Berkeley

Shantayanan Devarajan Georgetown University

Alberto Alesina Harvard University

Raquel Fernandez New York University

Roberto Rigobon MIT

Andrés Velasco London School of Economics and Political Science

Xinshen Diao International Food Policy Research Institute

External Links

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