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D-Index
39
Citations
10474
World Ranking
2373
National Ranking
1347

Gary H. Jefferson 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 Gary H. Jefferson sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 142 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gary H. Jefferson 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 Gary H. Jefferson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gary H. Jefferson is affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States and focuses on research primarily within the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their scholarly work spans a range of interrelated subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Environmental Engineering.

Their research covers key topics such as Economic Growth and Productivity, Economic Theory and Policy, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Market Dynamics and Volatility, Innovation Policy and R&D, and Economic Theories and Models.

Recent academic contributions include the following papers:

  • Prices, Investment and Energy Efficiency: Evidence from China's Industrial Firms, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Identifying technology spillovers: evidence from firm-level patents, R&D intensity, and market value, 2025, The Journal of Technology Transfer
  • A DSGE model of energy efficiency with vintage capital in Chinese industry, 2024, Economic Modelling
  • Making Growth Theory Relevant: Connecting Capital-Labor Augmentation, Theory And Empirical Research, And Economics And Nature, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Embodied Growth Accounting with Recombinant Innovation: A New Approach, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

Gary H. Jefferson frequently collaborates with several coauthors including Le Tang, Z.F. Gong, Luosha Du, Ann Harrison, and Renai Jiang. The most recurrent collaborators are Le Tang and Z.F. Gong, each appearing as coauthor on multiple publications.

The primary venues for publication have been the SSRN Electronic Journal, with fifteen publications, followed by The Journal of Technology Transfer, Economic Modelling, and the African Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research.

Best Publications

  • What is driving China's decline in energy intensity?

    Karen Fisher-Vanden;Gary H. Jefferson;Hongmei Liu;Quan Tao

  • R&D Performance in Chinese industry

    Gary H. Jefferson;Bai Huamao;Guan Xiaojing;Yu Xiaoyun

  • R&D and Technology Transfer: Firm-Level Evidence from Chinese Industry

    Albert G. Z. Hu;Gary H. Jefferson;Qian Jinchang

  • A great wall of patents: What is behind China's recent patent explosion?

    Albert Guangzhou Hu;Gary H. Jefferson

  • Enterprise Reform in Chinese Industry

    Gary H. Jefferson;Thomas G. Rawski

  • Growth, Efficiency, and Convergence in China's State and Collective Industry

    Gary H. Jefferson;Thomas G. Rawski;Yuxin Zheng

  • Productivity change in Chinese industry: 1953–1985☆

    Chen Kuan;Wang Hongchang;Zheng Yuxin;Gary H Jefferson

  • FDI Impact and Spillover: Evidence from China's Electronic and Textile Industries

    Albert G. Z. Hu;Gary H. Jefferson

  • Technology development and energy productivity in China

    Karen Fisher-Vanden;Gary H. Jefferson;Ma Jingkui;Xu Jianyi

  • Chinese Industrial Productivity: Trends, Measurement Issues, and Recent Developments

    Gary H. Jefferson;Thomas G. Rawski;Yuxin Zheng

  • Ownership, performance, and innovation in China's large- and medium-size industrial enterprise sector

    Gary Jefferson;Albert G.Z. Hu;Xiaojing Guan;Xiaoyun Yu

  • Ownership, Productivity Change, and Financial Performance in Chinese Industry

    Gary H. Jefferson;Thomas G. Rawski;Wang Li;Zheng Yuxin

  • Privatization and restructuring in China: Evidence from shareholding ownership, 1995–2001

    Gary H. Jefferson;Jian Su

  • Lessons from China's economic reform

    Kang Chen;Gary H Jefferson;Inderjit Singh

  • Productivity growth and convergence across China's industrial economy

    Gary H. Jefferson;Thomas G. Rawski;Yifan Zhang

  • Structural change, productivity growth and industrial transformation in China

    Shiyi Chen;Gary H. Jefferson;Jun Zhang

  • Returns to research and development in Chinese industry: Evidence from state-owned enterprises in Beijing

    Albert Guangzhou Hu;Gary H. Jefferson

  • The impact of reform on socialist enterprises in transition: Structure, conduct, and performance in Chinese industry

    Gary H Jefferson;Wenyi Xu

  • Testing for horizontal and vertical foreign investment spillovers in China, 1998–2007

    Luosha Du;Ann Harrison;Gary H. Jefferson

  • New Estimates of Fixed Investment and Capital Stock for Chinese State Industry

    Kuan Chen;Gary H. Jefferson;Thomas G. Rawski;Hongchang Wang

  • FDI Spillovers and Industrial Policy: The Role of Tariffs and Tax Holidays

    Luosha Du;Ann Harrison;Gary Jefferson

  • R&D and Technology Transfer: Firm-Level Evidence from Chinese Industry

    Albert G. Z. Hu;Gary H. Jefferson;Xiaojing Guan;Qian Jinchang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann E. Harrison
Ann E. Harrison University of California, Berkeley
David S. Scharfstein
David S. Scharfstein Harvard University
Sudipto Dasgupta
Sudipto Dasgupta Chinese University of Hong Kong

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