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D-Index
63
Citations
37190
World Ranking
668
National Ranking
422

David Dollar 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 David Dollar sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 159 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Dollar 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 David Dollar sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Aid, policies, and growth

    A. Craig Burnside;David Dollar

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

    David Dollar

  • Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why

    Alberto Alesina;Alberto Alesina;David Dollar

  • TRADE, GROWTH, AND POVERTY*

    David Dollar;Aart Kraay

  • Aid allocation and poverty reduction

    Paul Collier;David Dollar

  • Institutions, trade, and growth ☆

    David Dollar;Aart Kraay

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

    David Dollar;Raymond Fisman;Roberta Gatti

  • Port Efficiency, Maritime Transport Costs and Bilateral Trade

    Ximena Clark;David Dollar;Alejandro Micco

  • Aid, policies, and growth : revisiting the evidence

    Craig Burnside;David Dollar

  • Increasing selectivity of foreign aid, 1984-2002

    David Dollar;Victoria Levin

  • Aid allocation and poverty reduction

    Unknown

  • Growth is Good for the Poor

    David Dollar;Aart Kraay

  • Aid and Reform in Africa : Lessons from Ten Case Studies

    Shantayanan Devarajan;David R. Dollar;Torgny Holmgren

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

    Paul Collier;David Dollar

  • Growth still is good for the poor

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

  • Investment Climate and Firm Performance in Developing Economies

    David Dollar;Mary Hallward‐Driemeier;Taye Mengistae

  • Competitiveness, convergence, and international specialization

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

  • What Explains the Success or Failure of Structural Adjustment Programs?

    Unknown

  • Competitiveness, Convergence, and International Specialization

    David Dollar;David Dollar;Edward Wolff;Edward Wolff

  • Globalization, Growth, and Poverty: Building an Inclusive World Economy

    Paul Collier;David Dollar

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

    David Dollar;Shang-Jin Wei

  • Spreading the Wealth

    David Dollar;Aart Kraay

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

    Unknown

  • Aid and Reform in Africa: Lessons from Ten Case Studies

    Shantayanan Devarajan;David Dollar;Torgny Holmgren

  • Trade, Growth, and Poverty

    David Dollar;Aart Kraay

  • Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why

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

  • Aid Allocation and Poverty Reduction

    David Dollar;Paul Collier

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

    David Dollar;Paul Collier

Frequent Co-Authors

Aart Kraay
Aart Kraay World Bank
Paul Collier
Paul Collier University of Oxford
Kenneth L. Sokoloff
Kenneth L. Sokoloff University of California, Los Angeles
Edward N. Wolff
Edward N. Wolff New York University
Alberto Alesina
Alberto Alesina Harvard University
Lixin Colin Xu
Lixin Colin Xu World Bank
Shang-Jin Wei
Shang-Jin Wei Columbia University
Jakob Svensson
Jakob Svensson Stockholm University
Alejandro Micco
Alejandro Micco University of Chile

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