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Denmark
2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
65
Citations
20358
World Ranking
599
National Ranking
2

Finn Tarp 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 Finn Tarp sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 455 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Finn Tarp 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 Finn Tarp sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 65 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Finn Tarp is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and has a research profile encompassing a broad range of topics within social sciences and economics. Their scholarly work addresses key issues such as poverty, education, income inequality, agricultural risk, and the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Their recent publications include:

  • Corporate Social Responsibility in a Competitive Business Environment, 2020, The Journal of Development Studies
  • Corruption and mental health: Evidence from Vietnam, 2021, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
  • Poverty and vulnerability in Mozambique: An analysis of dynamics and correlates in light of the Covid-19 crisis using synthetic panels, 2021, Review of Development Economics
  • The impact of COVID-19 on consumption poverty in Mozambique, 2022, Journal of International Development
  • The macroeconomic impact of COVID-19 in Mozambique: A social accounting matrix approach, 2021, Journal of International Development

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Ines A. Ferreira
  • Vincenzo Salvucci
  • John Rand
  • Saurabh Singhal
  • António S. Cruz

The scientist often publishes in venues such as:

  • Working Paper Series
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Review of Development Economics
  • European Journal of Development Research
  • World Development

Finn Tarp has contributed to a range of book publications, notably including:

  • COVID-19: macroeconomic dimensions in the developing world (2020)
  • Evolution of multidimensional poverty in crisis-ridden Mozambique (2020)
  • On the impact of inequality on growth, human development, and governance (2021)
  • A 2017 Social Accounting Matrix for Myanmar (2020)
  • Estimating poverty transitions in Mozambique using synthetic panels: A validation exercise and an application to cross-sectional survey data (2021)
  • Informality and firm performance in Myanmar (2020)
  • Good business practices improve productivity in Myanmar's manufacturing sector: Evidence from two matched employer-employee surveys (2021)
  • Structural features of the Myanmar economy through the lens of a 2017 Social Accounting Matrix (2020)
  • Inequality, institutions, and cooperation (2020)
  • Agro-industry, exports, and income distribution: A multiplier decomposition analysis for Myanmar (2020)
  • Mozambique at a Fork in the Road (2023, Cambridge University Press)

The main fields of study for Finn Tarp's research are Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Safety Research, Soil Science, and Political Science and International Relations.

Their research focuses on key topics including:

  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Corruption and Economic Development
  • Global trade and economics
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Best Publications

  • Aid and growth regressions

    Henrik Hansen;Finn Tarp

  • Aid effectiveness disputed

    Henrik Hansen;Finn Tarp

  • On the Empirics of Foreign Aid and Growth

    Carl‐Johan Dalgaard;Henrik Hansen;Finn Tarp

  • Technology transfers, foreign investment and productivity spillovers

    Carol Newman;John Rand;Theodore Talbot;Finn Tarp;Finn Tarp

  • Foreign Aid and Development: Lessons Learnt and Directions For The Future

    Finn Tarp

  • Financial liberalization, financial development and economic growth in LDCs

    Thomas Barnebeck Andersen;Finn Tarp

  • Aid, Growth, and Development Have We Come Full Circle?

    Channing Arndt;Sam Jones;Finn Tarp

  • Formal and Informal Rural Credit in Four Provinces of Vietnam

    Mikkel Barslund;Finn Tarp

  • Agricultural supply response and poverty in Mozambique

    Rasmus Heltberg;Finn Tarp

  • Business Cycles in Developing Countries: Are They Different?

    John Rand;Finn Tarp

  • Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique

    Channing Arndt;Rui Benfica;Finn Tarp;James Thurlow

  • Assessing foreign aid’s long-run contribution to growth in development

    Channing Arndt;Sam Jones;Finn Tarp

  • Aid, policies, and growth: Reply

    Craig Burnside;David Dollar

  • The Long‐Run Impact of Foreign Aid in 36 African Countries: Insights from Multivariate Time Series Analysis*

    Katarina Juselius;Niels Framroze Møller;Finn Tarp

  • Aid and Growth: What Meta-Analysis Reveals

    Tseday Jemaneh Mekasha;Finn Tarp

  • The Robustness of Poverty Profiles Reconsidered

    Finn Tarp;Kenneth R. Simler;Cristina Matusse;Rasmus Heltberg

  • Enterprise Growth and Survival in Vietnam: Does Government Support Matter?

    Henrik Hansen;John Rand;Finn Tarp

  • Parameter estimation for a computable general equilibrium model: a maximum entropy approach

    Channing Arndt;Sherman Robinson;Finn Tarp

  • Does foreign aid harm political institutions

    Sam Jones;Finn Tarp;Finn Tarp

  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization

    Finn Tarp;Edward Kelley;Tony Addison

  • Aid and Growth

    Tseday Jemaneh Mekasha;Finn Tarp

Frequent Co-Authors

Channing Arndt
Channing Arndt International Food Policy Research Institute
James Thurlow
James Thurlow International Food Policy Research Institute
Tony Addison
Tony Addison World Institute for Development Economics Research
David Roland-Holst
David Roland-Holst University of California, Berkeley
Sherman Robinson
Sherman Robinson International Food Policy Research Institute
Måns Söderbom
Måns Söderbom University of Gothenburg
Morten I. Lau
Morten I. Lau Copenhagen Business School
Dominique van der Mensbrugghe
Dominique van der Mensbrugghe Purdue University West Lafayette

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