2026 David Dollar: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	63	668	422	159	37190

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Economics and Finance

668

422

159

37190

Overview

David Dollar was affiliated with the Brookings Institution in the United States. Their research primarily focused on economics, econometrics, and finance, with a particular emphasis on economics and econometrics as a subfield.

The main topics of their work included:

Economic Growth and Productivity
Firm Innovation and Growth
Economic and Technological Innovation
Innovation Policy and R&D

David Dollar published several papers spanning from 2020 to 2022, with contributions in multiple academic journals. Notable recent papers include:

U.S.-China trade relations in an era of great power competition, 2022, China Economic Journal
A strong dollar: help or harm?, 2020, Business Economics

They also frequently collaborated with several co-authors. Their most common collaborators were:

Wenyin Cheng
Bo Meng
Yuning Gao
Nathan Sheets

David Dollar published in various venues, with the following frequently appearing publication outlets:

China Economic Journal
China Economic Review
Business Economics
SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

Growth is good for the poor

David Dollar;Aart Kraay

7082
Citations
Aid, policies, and growth

A. Craig Burnside;David Dollar

7005
Citations
Outward-Oriented Developing Economies Really Do Grow More Rapidly: Evidence from 95 LDCs, 1976-1985

David Dollar

3982
Citations
Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why

Alberto Alesina;Alberto Alesina;David Dollar

3561
Citations
TRADE, GROWTH, AND POVERTY*

David Dollar;Aart Kraay

2213
Citations
Aid allocation and poverty reduction

Paul Collier;David Dollar

2175
Citations
Institutions, trade, and growth ☆

David Dollar;Aart Kraay

1954
Citations
Are women really the "fairer" sex? Corruption and women in government

David Dollar;Raymond Fisman;Roberta Gatti

1406
Citations
Port Efficiency, Maritime Transport Costs and Bilateral Trade

Ximena Clark;David Dollar;Alejandro Micco

1310
Citations
Aid, policies, and growth : revisiting the evidence

Craig Burnside;David Dollar

1193
Citations
Increasing selectivity of foreign aid, 1984-2002

David Dollar;Victoria Levin

983
Citations
Aid allocation and poverty reduction

Unknown

916
Citations
Growth is Good for the Poor

David Dollar;Aart Kraay

889
Citations
Aid and Reform in Africa : Lessons from Ten Case Studies

Shantayanan Devarajan;David R. Dollar;Torgny Holmgren

851
Citations
Can the World Cut Poverty in Half? How Policy Reform and Effective Aid Can Meet International Development Goals

Paul Collier;David Dollar

841
Citations
Growth still is good for the poor

David R. Dollar;Tatjana Karina Kleineberg;Aart C. Kraay

694
Citations
Investment Climate and Firm Performance in Developing Economies

David Dollar;Mary Hallward‐Driemeier;Taye Mengistae

662
Citations
Competitiveness, convergence, and international specialization

David Dollar;David Dollar;Edward N. Wolff;Edward N. Wolff

635
Citations
What Explains the Success or Failure of Structural Adjustment Programs?

Unknown

575
Citations
Competitiveness, Convergence, and International Specialization

David Dollar;David Dollar;Edward Wolff;Edward Wolff

573
Citations
Globalization, Growth, and Poverty: Building an Inclusive World Economy

Paul Collier;David Dollar

541
Citations
Das (Wasted) Kapital; Firm Ownership and Investment Efficiency in China

David Dollar;Shang-Jin Wei

522
Citations
Spreading the Wealth

David Dollar;Aart Kraay

509
Citations
Gender inequality, income, and growth : are good times good for women ?

Unknown

502
Citations
Aid and Reform in Africa: Lessons from Ten Case Studies

Shantayanan Devarajan;David Dollar;Torgny Holmgren

460
Citations
Trade, Growth, and Poverty

David Dollar;Aart Kraay

424
Citations
Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why

Alberto F. Alesina;Alberto F. Alesina;Alberto F. Alesina;David Dollar

378
Citations
Aid Allocation and Poverty Reduction

David Dollar;Paul Collier

327
Citations
Can the World Cut Poverty in Half? How Policy Reform and Effective Aid Can Meet International Development Goals

David Dollar;Paul Collier

17
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Aart Kraay World Bank

Paul Collier University of Oxford

Kenneth L. Sokoloff University of California, Los Angeles

Edward N. Wolff New York University

Alberto Alesina Harvard University

Lixin Colin Xu World Bank

Shang-Jin Wei Columbia University

Alejandro Micco University of Chile

Jakob Svensson Stockholm University

William Easterly New York University

External Links

Personal website of David Dollar Google Scholar page

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