2026 David S. Scharfstein: 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	64	613	553	391	345	152	48440

David S. Scharfstein 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 S. Scharfstein sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 521+

This scientist: 152 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David S. Scharfstein 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 S. Scharfstein sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA)
1993 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Fellow of the Financial Management Association
Fellow of the Financial Management Association
Fellow of the Financial Management Association
Fellow of the Financial Management Association
Fellow of the Financial Management Association

Overview

David S. Scharfstein is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a particular emphasis on subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Sociology and Political Science, Accounting, and Marketing.

Their publications reflect a focus on topics such as Housing Market and Economics, Banking stability, regulation, and efficiency, Taxation and Compliance Studies, Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research, Financial Literacy, Pension, and Retirement Analysis, Sharing Economy and Platforms, and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Scharfstein are:

"Racial Disparities in the Paycheck Protection Program," 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Racial disparities in the Paycheck Protection Program," 2024, Journal of Financial Economics
"Bank Capital and the Growth of Private Credit," 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Applications or Approvals: What Drives Racial Disparities in the Paycheck Protection Program?" 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
"The Limits of Algorithmic Measures of Race in Studies of Outcome Disparities," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal

Scharfstein frequently publishes in the following venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Financial Economics
Annual Review of Financial Economics
Review of Financial Studies
The Journal of Finance

Frequent coauthors include Sergey Chernenko, Nathan Kaplan, Asani Sarkar, Robert Ialenti, and Antonio Falato.

Awards received by Scharfstein are:

Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA), 2018
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1993
Fellow of the Financial Management Association

Best Publications

Herd Behavior and Investment

David S. Scharfstein;Jeremy C. Stein

5178
Citations
Risk Management: Coordinating Corporate Investment and Financing Policies

Kenneth A. Froot;David S. Scharfstein;Jeremy C. Stein

4514
Citations
Corporate Structure, Liquidity, and Investment: Evidence from Japanese Industrial Groups

Takeo Hoshi;Anil Kashyap;David Scharfstein

3835
Citations
Bank Lending During the Financial Crisis of 2008

Victoria Ivashina;David S. Scharfstein

3773
Citations
The Dark Side of Internal Capital Markets: Divisional Rent-Seeking and Inefficient Investment

David S. Scharfstein;Jeremy C. Stein

2811
Citations
A Theory of Predation Based on Agency Problems in Financial Contracting

Patrick Bolton;David S Scharfstein

2657
Citations
The Role of Banks in Reducing the Costs of Financial Distress in Japan

Takeo Hoshi;Anil Kashyap;David Scharfstein

2088
Citations
Optimal Debt Structure and the Number of Creditors

Patrick Bolton;David S. Scharfstein

2065
Citations
Herd on the Street: Informational Inefficiencies in a Market with Short-Term Speculation

Kenneth A. Froot;David S. Scharfstein;Jeremy C. Stein

1736
Citations
Anatomy of Financial Distress: An Examination of Junk-Bond Issuers

Paul Asquith;Robert Gertner;David Scharfstein

1383
Citations
Internal versus External Capital Markets

Robert H. Gertner;David S. Scharfstein;Jeremy C. Stein

1299
Citations
A Theory of Workouts and the Effects of Reorganization Law

Robert Gertner;David Scharfstein

1030
Citations
The Dark Side of Internal Capital Markets II: Evidence from Diversified Conglomerates

David S. Scharfstein

950
Citations
Entrepreneurial Spawning: Public Corporations and the Genesis of New Ventures, 1986-1999

Paul A. Gompers;Josh Lerner;David S. Scharfstein

944
Citations
Capital Market Imperfections and Countercyclical Markups: Theory and Evidence

Judith A Chevalier;David S Scharfstein

820
Citations
The Disciplinary Role of Takeovers

David S. Scharfstein

801
Citations
Capital Market Imperfections and Countercyclical Markups: Theory and Evidence

Judith A Chevalier;Judith A Chevalier;David S Scharfstein;David S Scharfstein

783
Citations
Product-market competition and managerial slack

David S. Scharfstein

761
Citations
Performance persistence in entrepreneurship

Paul Gompers;Paul Gompers;Anna Kovner;Josh Lerner;David Scharfstein

753
Citations
Venture capital investment cycles: The impact of public markets

Paul Gompers;Paul Gompers;Anna Kovner;Josh Lerner;Josh Lerner;David Scharfstein;David Scharfstein

738
Citations
Dollar Funding and the Lending Behavior of Global Banks

Victoria Ivashina;David Stuart Scharfstein;David Stuart Scharfstein;Jeremy C. Stein;Jeremy C. Stein

655
Citations
The Growth of Finance

Robin Greenwood;David S. Scharfstein

647
Citations
Risk Management: Coordinating Corporate Investment and Financing Policies

Kenneth Froot;Kenneth Froot;David S. Scharfstein;David S. Scharfstein;Jeremy C. Stein;Jeremy C. Stein

235
Citations
A theory of predation based on agency problems in financial contracting

P. Bolton;D. Scharfstein

111
Citations
The Dark Side of Internal Capital Markets: Divisional Rent-Seeking and Inefficient

David S. Scharfstein;Jeremy C. Stein

14
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy C. Stein Harvard University

Anil K. Kashyap University of Chicago

Robert J. Shiller Yale University

John H. Cochrane Hoover Institution

Frederic S. Mishkin Columbia University

Matthew J. Slaughter Dartmouth College

Douglas W. Diamond University of Chicago

Josh Lerner Harvard University

Kenneth R. French Dartmouth College

Darrell Duffie Stanford University

External Links

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