2026 Franklin Allen: 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	97	123	111	13	12	448	60558

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award
2010 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
2001 - Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA)
Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
Fellow of the Financial Management Association
Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
Fellow of the Financial Management Association
Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
Fellow of the Financial Management Association

Overview

Franklin Allen is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. The primary fields of study for this researcher are Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with 59 publications, and Business, Management and Accounting, with 36 publications. Their notable subfields include Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Management Information Systems, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

The main research topics covered by Franklin Allen include:

FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
Banking Stability, Regulation, Efficiency
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
Corporate Finance and Governance
Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
Global Financial Crisis and Policies
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security

Some recent papers authored by Franklin Allen are:

"A survey of fintech research and policy discussion" (2021), published in Spiral (Imperial College London)
"Fintech, Cryptocurrencies, and CBDC: Financial Structural Transformation in China" (2022), published in Journal of International Money and Finance
"Dissecting the Long-Term Performance of the Chinese Stock Market" (2024), published in The Journal of Finance
"A Survey of Fintech Research and Policy Discussion" (2020), published as a Working paper
"Improving Access to Banking: Evidence from Kenya" (2020), published in European Finance Review

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Franklin Allen include:

Xian Gu
Meijun Qian
Adelina Barbalau
Julapa Jagtiani
Jun Qian

Common publication venues for this author are:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Financial Intermediation
Journal of Financial Economics
Journal of International Business Studies
Working paper

Franklin Allen has also contributed to book publications, including:

"Reducing Carbon using Regulatory and Financial Market Tools" (2023), published by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks
"Leveraging the capabilities of multinational firms to address climate change: A finance perspective" (2025), published by Elsevier BV

The researcher is the recipient of several academic fellowships, such as:

Fellows of the Econometric Society (2010)
Fellow of the American Finance Association (2001)
Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center
Fellow of the Financial Management Association

Best Publications

Comparing Financial Systems

Franklin Allen;Franklin Allen;Douglas Gale;Douglas Gale

7910
Citations
Law, finance, and economic growth in China

Franklin Allen;Jun Qian;Meijun Qian

5607
Citations
Signalling by underpricing in the IPO market

Franklin Allen;Gerald R. Faulhaber

2767
Citations
The theory of financial intermediation

Franklin Allen;Anthony M Santomero

1915
Citations
Principios de finanzas corporativas

Richard A. Brealey;Stewart C. Myers;Franklin Allen

1822
Citations
Competition and financial stability

Franklin Allen;Douglas Gale

1735
Citations
Understanding Financial Crises

Franklin Allen;Franklin Allen;Douglas Gale;Douglas Gale

1668
Citations
Optimal Financial Crises

Franklin Allen;Douglas Gale

1638
Citations
Bubbles and Crises

Franklin Allen;Douglas Gale

1612
Citations
A Theory of Dividends Based on Tax Clienteles

Franklin Allen;Antonio E. Bernardo;Ivo Welch

1529
Citations
The foundations of financial inclusion: understanding ownership and use of formal accounts

Franklin Allen;Asli Demirguc-Kunt;Leora Klapper;Maria Soledad Martinez Peria

1508
Citations
Financial Contagion

Unknown

1402
Citations
Using genetic algorithms to find technical trading rules1

Franklin Allen;Risto Karjalainen

1292
Citations
Financial Intermediaries and Markets

Franklin Allen;Douglas Gale

1181
Citations
Financial Contagion Journal of Political Economy

Franklin Allen;Douglas Gale

1120
Citations
Understanding Financial Crises

Franklin Allen;Franklin Allen;Douglas Gale;Douglas Gale

1009
Citations
Credit Market Competition and Capital Regulation

Franklin Allen;Elena Carletti;Robert Marquez

841
Citations
Networks in finance

Franklin Allen;Ana Babus

837
Citations
Beauty Contests and Iterated Expectations in Asset Markets

Franklin Allen;Stephen E. Morris;Hyun Song Shin

804
Citations
Limited market participation and volatility of asset prices

Douglas Gale;Franklin Allen;Franklin Allen

796
Citations
Mark-to-market accounting and liquidity pricing ☆

Franklin Allen;Elena Carletti

764
Citations
Stock-Price Manipulation

Franklin Allen;Douglas Gale

752
Citations
Signaling by Underpricing in the IPO Market

Franklin Allen;Gerald R. Faulhaber

728
Citations
Financial Markets, Intermediaries, and Intertemporal Smoothing

Franklin Allen;Douglas Gale

667
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena Carletti Bocconi University

Douglas Gale New York University

Lemma W. Senbet University of Maryland, College Park

Robert Cull World Bank

Itay Goldstein University of Pennsylvania

Anthony M. Santomero University of Pennsylvania

Stephen Morris MIT

Gary B. Gorton Yale University

Stewart C. Myers MIT

G. Mitu Gulati University of Virginia

External Links

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