2026 George M. Constantinides: 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	44	1783	1602	1050	919	106	23893

Research.com Recognitions

2002 - Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA)

Overview

George M. Constantinides is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with particular attention to subfields such as Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Demography, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The scientist has contributed to several main topics within these fields, including:

Stochastic processes and financial applications
Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
Economic Policies and Impacts
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
Economic theories and models
Housing Market and Economics

Among their recent publications are:

"The Supply and Demand of S&P 500 Put Options" (2021), published in Critical Finance Review
"Welfare Costs of Idiosyncratic and Aggregate Consumption Shocks" (2021), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
"What Information Drives Asset Prices?" (2021), published in The Review of Asset Pricing Studies
"Sentiment, Productivity, and Economic Growth" (2023), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
"Sentiment, productivity, and economic growth" (2022), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with George M. Constantinides include Maurizio Montone, Valerio Potì, Stella Spilioti, Lei Lian, and Anisha Ghosh.

Their work has appeared predominantly in the following venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Critical Finance Review
The Review of Asset Pricing Studies
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

George M. Constantinides has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA) since 2002.

Best Publications

Habit Formation: A Resolution of the Equity Premium Puzzle

George M. Constantinides

5622
Citations
An Empirical Comparison of Alternative Models of the Short‐Term Interest Rate

K. C. Chan;G. Andrew Karolyi;Francis A. Longstaff;Anthony B. Sanders

2570
Citations
Asset Pricing with Heterogeneous Consumers

George M. Constantinides;Darrell Duffie

1838
Citations
Capital Market Equilibrium with Transaction Costs

George Constantinides

1425
Citations
Habit persistence and durability in aggregate consumption: Empirical tests

Wayne E. Ferson;George M. Constantinides

748
Citations
Junior Can't Borrow: A New Perspective on the Equity Premium Puzzle

George M. Constantinides;John B. Donaldson;Rajnish Mehra

746
Citations
Optimal stock trading with personal taxes: Implications for prices and the abnormal January returns

George M. Constantinides

739
Citations
Asset Pricing with Heterogeneous Consumers and Limited Participation: Empirical Evidence

Alon Brav;George M. Constantinides;Christopher C. Geczy

617
Citations
Capital Market Equilibrium with Personal Tax

George M Constantinides

594
Citations
A Theory of the Nominal Term Structure of Interest Rates

George M. Constantinides

561
Citations
Portfolio selection with transactions costs

Michael J.P Magill;George M Constantinides

554
Citations
Optimal Investment with Stock Repurchase and Financing as Signals

George M Constantinides;Bruce D Grundy

476
Citations
Intertemporal Asset Pricing with Heterogeneous Consumers and Without Demand Aggregation

George M. Constantinides

443
Citations
Habit persistence and durability in aggregate consumption

Wayne E. Ferson;George M. Constantinides

434
Citations
OPTIMAL BOND TRADING WITH PERSONAL TAXES

George Constantinides;Jonathan E. Ingersoll

404
Citations
MARKET RISK ADJUSTMENT IN PROJECT VALUATION

George M. Constantinides

325
Citations
Handbook of the Economics of Finance

George Constantinides;Milton Harris;René Stulz

313
Citations
Existence of Optimal Simple Policies for Discounted-Cost Inventory and Cash Management in Continuous Time

George M. Constantinides;Scott F. Richard

242
Citations
Mispricing of S&P 500 Index Options

George M. Constantinides;Jens Carsten Jackwerth;Stylianos Perrakis

231
Citations
Multiperiod Consumption and Investment Behavior with Convex Transactions Costs

George M. Constantinides

222
Citations
Habit Persistence and Durability in Aggregate Consumption: Empirical Tests

George M. Constantinides;George M. Constantinides;Wayne E. Ferson;Wayne E. Ferson

137
Citations
The Disposition to Sell Winners Too Early and Ride Losers Too Long: Theory and Evidence: Discussion

George M. Constantinides

12
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Wayne E. Ferson University of Southern California

Darrell Duffie Stanford University

René M. Stulz The Ohio State University

Alon Brav Duke University

Dimitri Vayanos London School of Economics and Political Science

Anastasios Xepapadeas Athens University of Economics and Business

Costas Meghir Yale University

Roger B. Myerson University of Chicago

Robert H. Topel University of Chicago

Haridimos Tsoukas University of Cyprus

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