2026 George A. Akerlof: 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	64	610	550	388	342	171	81181

Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
2003 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2001 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for their analyses of markets with information asymmetry
2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
2001 - Nobel Prize for their analyses of markets with asymmetric information
1985 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1979 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

George A. Akerlof is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States. Their research falls primarily within the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a focus on subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Finance.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Economic theories and models
Economic Theory and Institutions
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis

Recent papers authored by George A. Akerlof include:

"Sins of Omission and the Practice of Economics," 2020, Journal of Economic Literature
"Editorial Introduction: field experiments and public policy," 2020, Behavioural Public Policy
"Frontrunning the signals: As arbitrage between sophisticates," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Editorial Introduction: behavioural climate policy," 2021, Behavioural Public Policy
"Issue Information," 2024, Kyklos

Frequent co-authors working with Akerlof include:

Adam Oliver
Cass R. Sunstein
Tim Besley
Richard Swedberg
Gary S. Becker

The scholar has published multiple works in some key venues, notably:

Behavioural Public Policy
Journal of Economic Literature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Kyklos

In addition to journal articles, George A. Akerlof has contributed to book publications with Princeton University Press and Latin America Research Commons eBooks. Some titles are:

"Economics and Sociology," 2020
"Populism: Origins and Alternative Policy Responses," 2022

Akerlof's career includes several awards and honors, such as:

Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (2007)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2003)
Nobel Prize (2001), for analyses of markets with asymmetric information
Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2001)
Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economics (2001), for analyses of markets with information asymmetry
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1985)
Fellow of the Econometric Society (1979)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1973)

Best Publications

The Market for “Lemons”: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism

George A. Akerlof

23194
Citations
Economics and Identity

George A. Akerlof;Rachel E. Kranton

8481
Citations
Labor Contracts as Partial Gift Exchange

George A. Akerlof

5403
Citations
The Fair Wage-Effort Hypothesis and Unemployment

George A. Akerlof;Janet L. Yellen

3356
Citations
Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism

George A. Akerlof;Robert J. Shiller

2468
Citations
Identity and the Economics of Organizations

George A. Akerlof;Rachel E. Kranton

2438
Citations
A Theory of Social Custom, of which Unemployment may be One Consequence

George A. Akerlof

2240
Citations
The Economic Consequences of Cognitive Dissonance

George A Akerlof;William T Dickens

2138
Citations
The Macroeconomics of Low Inflation

George A. Akerlof;William T. Dickens;George L. Perry;Robert J. Gordon

2137
Citations
Social distance and social decisions

George A. Akerlof

2110
Citations
Identity Economics: How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being

George A. Akerlof;Rachel E. Kranton

1973
Citations
The Economics of Caste and of the Rat Race and Other Woeful Tales

George A. Akerlof

1669
Citations
Procrastination and Obedience

Richard T. Ely Lecture;George A. Akerlof

1626
Citations
A Near-Rational Model of the Business Cycle, with Wage and Price Inertia

George A. Akerlof;Janet L. Yellen

1592
Citations
Gift Exchange and Efficiency-Wage Theory: Four Views

George A Akerlof

1308
Citations
Identity and Schooling: Some Lessons for the Economics of Education

George A. Akerlof;Rachel E. Kranton

1270
Citations
Looting: The Economic Underworld of Bankruptcy for Profit

George A Akerlof;Paul M Romer

1166
Citations
Behavioral Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Behavior

George A. Akerlof

1083
Citations
Efficiency wage models of the labor market

George A. Akerlof;Janet L. Yellen

1023
Citations
An aging society: opportunity or challenge?

David M Cutler;James M Poterba;Louise M Sheiner;Lawrence H Summers

935
Citations
Self-Control and Saving for Retirement

David I. Laibson;Andrea Repetto;Jeremy Tobacman;Robert E. Hall

932
Citations
Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

George A. Akerlof;Robert J. Shiller

850
Citations
An economic theorist's book of tales: The market for “lemons”: quality uncertainty and the market mechanism

Unknown

703
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Shiller Yale University

Janet L. Yellen University of California, Berkeley

Lawrence F. Katz Harvard University

Dennis J. Snower Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Andrew K. Rose University of California, Berkeley

Joseph E. Stiglitz Columbia University

Michael Spence Stanford University

Daniel McFadden University of California, Berkeley

Robert W. Hahn University of Oxford

Paul M. Romer Boston College

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