2026 Hristos Doucouliagos: 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	50	1361	1212	32	29	232	15052

Overview

Hristos Doucouliagos is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia and has a research focus primarily within the social sciences and decision sciences. Their work spans various interdisciplinary fields including statistics, probability, uncertainty, and development economics.

The primary areas of study that Doucouliagos contributes to include:

Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Poverty, education, and child welfare
Statistical methods in clinical trials
International development and aid
Decision-making and behavioral economics
Economic growth and development
Forecasting techniques and applications

This researcher has published extensively, with frequent contributions to the following academic venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Research Synthesis Methods
Journal of Economic Surveys
British Journal of Industrial Relations
Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology)

Among the notable recent papers are:

"A meta-analysis of the effects of remittances on household education expenditure," 2020, World Development
"Detecting publication selection bias through excess statistical significance," 2021, Research Synthesis Methods
"Meta-analysis of social science research: A practitioner's guide," 2023, Journal of Economic Surveys
"Beyond Random Effects: When Small-Study Findings Are More Heterogeneous," 2022, Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
"Retrospective median power, false positive meta-analysis and large-scale replication," 2021, Research Synthesis Methods

Doucouliagos often collaborates with several co-authors, including:

T. D. Stanley
John P. A. Ioannidis
Anthony Doucouliagos
Kataŕına Zigová
Zohid Askarov

Their work frequently addresses methodological approaches within meta-analytic frameworks and the implications of statistical techniques in social science research. This includes evaluation of publication bias, heterogeneity in small study effects, and synthesis methods for producing more robust research outcomes.

Best Publications

The efficiency of Australian universities: a data envelopment analysis

Malcolm Abbott;C. Doucouliagos;C. Doucouliagos

1237
Citations
Meta-Regression Analysis in Economics and Business

T. D. Stanley;Hristos Doucouliagos

930
Citations
Meta-regression approximations to reduce publication selection bias

T. D. Stanley;Hristos Doucouliagos

894
Citations
The aid effectiveness literature : the sad results of 40 years of research

Hristos Doucouliagos;Martin Paldam

845
Citations
Democracy and Economic Growth: A Meta‐Analysis

Hristos Doucouliagos;Mehmet Ali Ulubaşoğlu

822
Citations
The Power of Bias in Economics Research

John P. A. Ioannidis;T. D. Stanley;Hristos Doucouliagos

689
Citations
Publication Selection Bias in Minimum‐Wage Research?: A Meta‐Regression Analysis

Hristos Doucouliagos;T. D. Stanley

672
Citations
Aid effectiveness on growth: A meta study

Hristos Doucouliagos;Martin Paldam

512
Citations
META-ANALYSIS OF ECONOMICS RESEARCH REPORTING GUIDELINES

T.D. Stanley;Hristos Doucouliagos;Margaret Giles;Jost H. Heckemeyer

503
Citations
Economic freedom and economic growth: Does specification make a difference?

Chris Doucouliagos;Mehmet Ali Ulubasoglu

485
Citations
Neither fixed nor random: weighted least squares meta-analysis

T. D. Stanley;Hristos Doucouliagos

290
Citations
ARE ALL ECONOMIC FACTS GREATLY EXAGGERATED? THEORY COMPETITION AND SELECTIVITY

Chris Doucouliagos;T.D. Stanley

289
Citations
DOES EDUCATION REDUCE INCOME INEQUALITY? A META-REGRESSION ANALYSIS

Abdul Abdullah;Hristos Doucouliagos;Elizabeth Manning

281
Citations
Reporting guidelines for meta-analysis in economics

Tomáš Havránek;T. D. Stanley;Hristos Doucouliagos;Pedro Bom

261
Citations
What Do Unions Do to Productivity? A Meta‐Analysis

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259
Citations
DOES ICT GENERATE ECONOMIC GROWTH? A META-REGRESSION ANALYSIS

T. D. Stanley;Hristos Doucouliagos;Piers Steel

246
Citations
Publication Bias in the Economic Freedom and Economic Growth Literature

Chris Doucouliagos

235
Citations
Neither fixed nor random: weighted least squares meta-regression.

T. D. Stanley;Hristos Doucouliagos

229
Citations
PICTURE THIS: A SIMPLE GRAPH THAT REVEALS MUCH ADO ABOUT RESEARCH

T.D. Stanley;Hristos Doucouliagos

209
Citations
Aid Effectiveness on Accumulation: A Meta Study

Hristos Doucouliagos;Martin Paldam

192
Citations
The ineffectiveness of development aid on growth: An update

Hristos Doucouliagos;Martin Paldam

192
Citations
Directors' remuneration and performance in Australian banking

Hristos Doucouliagos;Janto Haman;Saeed Askary

189
Citations
What do Unions do to Productivity? A Meta-Analysis

Hristos Doucouliagos;Patrice Laroche;Patrice Laroche

61
Citations
Publication Bias in the Economic Freedom and Economic Growth Literature

Hristos Doucouliagos

24
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

T. D. Stanley Deakin University

Martin Paldam Aarhus University

Richard B. Freeman Harvard University

Joan Costa-Font London School of Economics and Political Science

Jakob de Haan University of Groningen

Jakob B. Madsen University of Western Australia

Jan-Egbert Sturm ETH Zurich

Douglas L. Kruse Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

W. Kip Viscusi Vanderbilt University

Piers Steel University of Calgary

External Links

Personal website of Hristos Doucouliagos Google Scholar page

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