2026 Ernesto Stein: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	47	293	259	169	142	183	14536
Economics and Finance	49	1418	1261	862	748	205	14907

Overview

Ernesto Stein is affiliated with the Inter-American Development Bank in the United States, contributing to research in the fields of economics, econometrics, finance, social sciences, and business management. Their work spans various subfields including economics and econometrics, general economics, accounting, political science, international relations, and development. The main topics addressed in their research include global trade and economics, economic growth and productivity, innovation policy and R&D, fiscal policy and economic growth, taxation and compliance studies, energy and environmental impacts on economic growth, and international development and aid.

The scientist's recent scholarly output includes publications in a diverse set of academic venues. The publication venues are:

World Development
Journal of International Economics
CEPAL Review
Publius The Journal of Federalism
SSRN Electronic Journal

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Ernesto Stein are:

Public support to R&D, productivity, and spillover effects: Firm-level evidence from Chile (2020, World Development)
How issue framing shapes trade attitudes: Evidence from a multi-country survey experiment (2021, Journal of International Economics)
The development of venture capital in Latin America and the Caribbean: A comparative perspective (2020, CEPAL Review)
Legislating Fiscal Imbalance: Using Tax Policy to Protect Fiscal Decentralization in the Argentine Congress (2020, Publius The Journal of Federalism)
Export Take-Offs and Acceleration: Unpacking Cross-Sector Linkages in the Evolution of Comparative Advantage (2024, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Ernesto Stein has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

Rodrigo Wagner
Gustavo Crespi
Lucas Figal Garone
Alessandro Maffioli
Marisol Rodríguez Chatruc

Their book contributions have been published by Inter-American Development Bank eBooks, comprising at least two titles focused on regional economic and policy issues:

From Lockdown to Reopening: Strategic Considerations for the Resumption of Activities in Latin America and the Caribbean within the framework of Covid-19 (2020)
Political Economy of Trade Policy in Latin America (2022)

Best Publications

Trading blocs and the Americas: The natural, the unnatural, and the super-natural

Jeffrey Frankel;Jeffrey Frankel;Ernesto Stein;Ernesto Stein;Ernesto Stein;Shang-jin Wei;Shang-jin Wei;Shang-jin Wei

1305
Citations
Budget institutions and fiscal performance in Latin America

Alberto Alesina;Ricardo Hausmann;Rudolf Hommes;Ernesto H. Stein

1171
Citations
Institutional Arrangements and Fiscal Performance: The Latin American Experience

Ernesto H. Stein;Ernesto Talvi;Alejandro Grisanti

960
Citations
The Currency Union Effect on Trade: Early Evidence from EMU

Alejandro Micco;Ernesto H. Stein;Guillermo Luis Ordoñez

897
Citations
THE QUALITY OF INSTITUTIONS AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

Christian Daude;Ernesto Stein

811
Citations
Trade intensity and business cycle synchronization: Are developing countries any different?

César Calderón;Alberto E. Chong;Ernesto H. Stein

731
Citations
Why do countries float the way they float

Ricardo Hausmann;Ugo Panizza;Ernesto H. Stein

685
Citations
Fiscal Decentralization and Government Size in Latin America

Ernesto H. Stein

515
Citations
Institutional Arrangements and Fiscal Performance: The Latin American Experience

Ernesto H. Stein;Ernesto Talvi;Alejandro Grisanti

496
Citations
Financial Turmoil and the Choice of Exchange Rate Regime

Ricardo Hausmann;Michael Gavin;Carmen Pagés-Serra;Ernesto H. Stein

472
Citations
Institutional Arrangements and Fiscal Performance: The Latin American Experience

Ernesto Stein;Ernesto Talvi;Alejandro Grisanti

459
Citations
Continental Trading Blocs: Are They Natural, or Super-Natural?

Jeffrey Frankel;Ernesto Stein;Shang-Jin Wei

341
Citations
Regional Trading Arrangements: Natural or Supernatural?

Jeffrey A. Frankel;Ernesto Stein;Shang-Jin Wei

337
Citations
La política de las políticas públicas

Ernesto Stein;Mariano Tommasi

333
Citations
Longitude matters: time zones and the location of foreign direct investment

Ernesto Stein;Christian Daude

328
Citations
Politics and Exchange Rates: A Cross-Country Approach to Latin America

Jeffry Frieden;Piero Ghezzi;Ernesto Stein

327
Citations
Regional Trading Arrangement: Natural or Super-Natural?

Jeffrey A Frankel;Ernesto Stein;Shang-Jin Wei

323
Citations
Politics and Exchange Rates: A Cross-Country Approach to Latin America

Jeffry Frieden;Piero Ghezzi;Ernesto Stein

262
Citations
Elections and the timing of devaluations

Ernesto Hugo Stein;Jorge Miguel Streb

247
Citations
The Cyclical Nature of North-South FDI Flows

Eduardo Levy Yeyati;Ugo Panizza;Ernesto H. Stein

239
Citations
Policymaking in Latin America: How Politics Shapes Policies

Pablo T. Spiller;Ernesto H. Stein;Mariano Tommasi;Carlos Scartascini

230
Citations
Regional Integration and the Location of FDI

Eduardo Levy Yeyati;Christian Daude;Ernesto Stein

208
Citations
Elections and the Timing of Devaluations

Ernesto H. Stein;Jorge M. Streb

191
Citations
Sustaining Fixed Rates: The Political Economy of Currency Pegs in Latin America

S. Brock Blomberg;Jeffry Frieden;Ernesto Stein

149
Citations
Rethinking productive development : sound policies and institutions for economic transformation

Gustavo Crespi;Eduardo Fernandez-Arias;Ernesto Stein

138
Citations
Particularism around the World

Jessica Seddon Wallack;Alejandro Gaviria;Ugo Panizza;Ernesto Stein

127
Citations
How Democracy Works: Political Institutions, Actors and Arenas in Latin American Policymaking

Carlos Scartascini;Ernesto H. Stein;Mariano Tommasi;Mark P. Jones

121
Citations
The currency game : exchange rate politics in Latin America

Jeffry Frieden;Ernesto Stein

102
Citations
Who Decides the Budget?: A Political Economy Analysis of the Budget Process in Latin America

Carlos Scartascini;Ernesto H. Stein;Emmanuel Abuelafia;Sergio Berensztein

99
Citations
Trade Agreements, Exchange Rate Disagreements

Eduardo Fernández-Arias;Ugo Panizza;Ernesto Stein

83
Citations
Political Stabilization Cycles in High Inflation Economies

Ernesto H. Stein;Jorge M. Streb

61
Citations
Beyond Borders: The New Regionalism in Latin America

Arturo Galindo;Eduardo Fernandez-Arias;José Luis Machinea;Carolyn Robert

38
Citations
Regional Trading Arrangements

Jeffrey A. Frankel;Ernesto Stein;Shang-Jin Wei

32
Citations
The Cyclical Nature of North-South FDI Flows

Eduardo Levy Levy-Yeyati;Ugo Panizza;Ugo Panizza;Ernesto Stein

25
Citations
The Institutional Determinants of State Capabilities in Latin America

Ernesto Stein;Mariano Tommasi

24
Citations
Exporting vs. outsourcing by MNC subsidiaries: which determines FDI spillovers?

Juan Blyde;Maurice Kugler;Ernesto Stein

23
Citations
Political Institutions, Actors, and Arenas in Latin American Policymaking

Carlos Scartascini;Ernesto Stein;Mariano Tommasi

5
Citations
The Ftaa and the Location of FDI

Eduardo Levy Levy-Yeyati;Ernesto Stein;Christian Daude

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mariano Tommasi University of San Andrés

Ugo Panizza Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Ricardo Hausmann Harvard University

Eduardo Levy Yeyati Torcuato di Tella University

Jeffrey A. Frankel Harvard University

Shang-Jin Wei Columbia University

Jeffry Frieden Harvard University

Alejandro Micco University of Chile

Alberto Chong Georgia State University

Sebastian M. Saiegh University of California, San Diego

External Links

Personal website of Ernesto Stein Google Scholar page

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