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Edward Vytlacil

Edward Vytlacil

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
45
Citations
17941
World Ranking
1706
National Ranking
1007

Edward Vytlacil 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 Edward Vytlacil sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 91 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Edward Vytlacil 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 Edward Vytlacil sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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

  • 2011 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Edward Vytlacil is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research centers on intersecting topics in economics, econometrics, and decision sciences, with contributions spanning several specialized subfields including statistics and probability, as well as experimental behavioral economics studies.

Their recent scholarly work includes papers published across different venues, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach. Selected publications are:

  • "Front Matter," 2020, Journal of Human Capital
  • "Issue Information," 2023, Journal of Applied Econometrics
  • "Eliciting Willingness-to-Pay to Decompose Beliefs and Preferences that Determine Selection into Competition in Lab Experiments," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Eliciting willingness-to-pay to decompose beliefs and preferences that determine selection into competition in lab experiments," 2024, Journal of Econometrics
  • "On the Identifying Power of Generalized Monotonicity for Average Treatment Effects," 2024, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent coauthors working with Edward Vytlacil include:

  • Sarah Moon
  • Yuehao Bai
  • Shunzhuang Huang
  • Azeem M. Shaikh
  • James J. Heckman

Publications are often featured in journals and repositories that focus on economics and econometrics as well as working papers and preprints, with several contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Econometrics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Human Capital
  • Journal of Applied Econometrics

Their research spans a range of fields and subfields, notably:

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Decision Sciences
  • Safety Research
  • Hematology

Their work addresses several main topics including:

  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Statistical Methods and Inference
  • Hemophilia Treatment and Research
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Edward Vytlacil was recognized as a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Structural Equations, Treatment Effects and Econometric Policy Evaluation

    James J. Heckman;Edward Vytlacil

  • STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS, TREATMENT EFFECTS, AND ECONOMETRIC POLICY EVALUATION

    James J. Heckman;Edward Vytlacil

  • Understanding Instrumental Variables in Models with Essential Heterogeneity

    James J. Heckman;Sergio Urzua;Edward Vytlacil

  • Understanding Instrumental Variables in Models with Essential Heterogeneity

    James J Heckman;Sergio Urzua;Edward J Vytlacil

  • Estimating marginal returns to education

    Pedro Carneiro;James J. Heckman;Edward J. Vytlacil

  • Econometric Evaluation of Social Programs, Part I: Causal Models, Structural Models and Econometric Policy Evaluation

    James Heckman;Edward Vytlacil

  • Local instrumental variables and latent variable models for identifying and bounding treatment effects.

    James J. Heckman;Edward J. Vytlacil

  • Chapter 70 Econometric Evaluation of Social Programs, Part I: Causal Models, Structural Models and Econometric Policy Evaluation ⁎

    James J. Heckman;James J. Heckman;James J. Heckman;Edward J. Vytlacil

  • Independence, Monotonicity, and Latent Index Models: An Equivalence Result

    Edward Vytlacil

  • Instrumental Variables, Selection Models, and Tight Bounds on the Average Treatment Effect

    James J. Heckman;Edward J. Vytlacil

  • Three observations on wages and measured cognitive ability

    John Cawley;James Heckman;Edward Vytlacil

  • Instrumental variables methods for the correlated random coefficient model

    James Heckman;Edward Vytlacil

  • Chapter 71 Econometric Evaluation of Social Programs, Part II: Using the Marginal Treatment Effect to Organize Alternative Econometric Estimators to Evaluate Social Programs, and to Forecast their Effects in New Environments ⁎

    James J. Heckman;James J. Heckman;James J. Heckman;Edward J. Vytlacil

  • Policy-Relevant Treatment Effects

    James J. Heckman;Edward Vytlacil

  • Identifying the Role of Cognitive Ability in Explaining the Level of and Change in the Return to Schooling

    James Heckman;Edward Vytlacil

  • Four Parameters of Interest in the Evaluation of Social Programs

    James Heckman;Justin L. Tobias;Edward Vytlacil

  • Estimating treatment effects for discrete outcomes when responses to treatment vary: an application to Norwegian vocational rehabilitation programs

    Arild Aakvik;James J. Heckman;James J. Heckman;James J. Heckman;Edward J. Vytlacil

  • Identification of Treatment Effects Using Control Functions in Models with Continuous, Endogenous Treatment and Heterogeneous Effects

    J.P. Florensy;J. Heckmanz;C. Meghirx;Edward Vytlacil

  • Local Instrumental Variables

    James J. Heckman;Edward J. Vytlacil

  • LIAR'S LOAN? EFFECTS OF ORIGINATION CHANNEL AND INFORMATION FALSIFICATION ON MORTGAGE DELINQUENCY

    Wei Jiang;Ashlyn Aiko Nelson;Edward Vytlacil

  • Understanding Instrumental Variables in Models with Essential Heterogeneity

    James J. Heckman;Edward Vytlacil;Edward Vytlacil;Sergio Urzua

  • Identification of Treatment Effects Using Control Functions in Models with Continuous, Endogenous Treatment and Heterogeneous Effects

    Jean-Pierre Florens;James J Heckman;Costas Meghir;Edward J Vytlacil

  • Evaluating Marginal Policy Changes and the Average Effect of Treatment for Individuals at the Margin

    Pedro Carneiro;James J. Heckman;Edward Vytlacil

Frequent Co-Authors

James J. Heckman
James J. Heckman University of Chicago
John Cawley
John Cawley Cornell University
Pedro Carneiro
Pedro Carneiro University College London
Jay Bhattacharya
Jay Bhattacharya Stanford University
Costas Meghir
Costas Meghir Yale University
Christopher Taber
Christopher Taber University of Wisconsin–Madison
Steven N. Durlauf
Steven N. Durlauf University of Chicago
Philip J. Reny
Philip J. Reny University of Chicago

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