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37
Citations
14538
World Ranking
2593
National Ranking
1445

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2000 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Hugo A. Hopenhayn is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a focus on several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, General Health Professions, Management Science and Operations Research, and Marketing.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as Economic Growth and Productivity, Firm Innovation and Growth, Economic Policies and Impacts, Labor Market Dynamics and Wage Inequality, Innovation Policy and R&D, Global Trade and Economics, and the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts.

Publications by the scientist appear in various reputable venues including:

  • Journal of Political Economy
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Working Papers
  • World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks
  • Theoretical Economics
  • Econometrica

Recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

  • On the Direction of Innovation, 2021, Journal of Political Economy
  • Big Push in Distorted Economies, 2021, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Working Papers
  • The Economic Ripple Effects of COVID-19, 2021, World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks
  • Optimal information disclosure and market outcomes, 2023, Theoretical Economics
  • From Population Growth to Firm Demographics: Implications for Concentration, Entrepreneurship and the Labor Share, 2022, Econometrica

Frequent co-authors collaborating with the scientist include Francisco Buera, Yongseok Shin, Nicholas Trachter, Francesco Squintani, and Roberto N. Fattal Jaef.

Hugo A. Hopenhayn has been recognized by several awards during their career, including being named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2001 and a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Entry, exit, and firm dynamics in long run equilibrium

    Hugo A. Hopenhayn

  • Job Turnover and Policy Evaluation: A General Equilibrium Analysis

    Hugo Hopenhayn;Richard Rogerson

  • Optimal Unemployment Insurance

    Hugo A. Hopenhayn;Juan Pablo Nicolini

  • A Theory of Financing Constraints and Firm Dynamics

    Gian Luca Clementi;Hugo A. Hopenhayn

  • Optimal Lending Contracts and Firm Dynamics

    Rui Albuquerque;Hugo A. Hopenhayn

  • Vintage Human Capital, Growth, and the Diffusion of New Technology

    Varadarajan V Chari;Hugo Hopenhayn

  • Market Size Matters

    Jeffrey R. Campbell;Hugo A. Hopenhayn

  • Stochastic monotonicity and stationary distributions for dynamic economies

    Hugo A. Hopenhayn;Edward C. Prescotti

  • Firms, Misallocation, and Aggregate Productivity: A Review

    Hugo A. Hopenhayn

  • Information, Misallocation, and Aggregate Productivity

    Joel M. David;Hugo A. Hopenhayn;Venky Venkateswaran

  • Risk Taking by Entrepreneurs

    Galina Vereshchagina;Hugo A. Hopenhayn

  • Tacit collusion in repeated auctions

    Andrzej Skrzypacz;Hugo Hopenhayn;Hugo Hopenhayn

  • Rewarding Sequential Innovators: Prizes, Patents, and Buyouts

    Hugo Hopenhayn;Gerard Llobet;Matthew Mitchell

  • From Population Growth to Firm Demographics: Implications for Concentration, Entrepreneurship and the Labor Share

    Hugo Hopenhayn;Julian Neira;Rish Singhania

  • Exit, selection, and the value of firms

    Hugo A. Hopenhayn

  • A Theory of Financing Constraints and Firm Dynamics*

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  • Take the Short Route: Equilibrium Default and Debt Maturity

    Mark Aguiar;Manuel Amador;Hugo Hopenhayn;Iván Werning

  • Innovation Variety and Patent Breadth

    Hugo A. Hopenhayn;Matthew F. Mitchell

  • Labor-market flexibility and aggregate employment volatility

    Antonio Cabrales;Antonio Cabrales;Hugo A. Hopenhayn;Hugo A. Hopenhayn

  • A Theory of Financing Constraints and Firm Dynamics

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  • Labor Market Policies and Employment Duration: The Effects of Labor Market Reform in Argentina

    Hugo A. Hopenhayn

  • Innovation Variety and Patent Breadth

    Matthew F. Mitchell;Hugo A. Hopenhayn

Frequent Co-Authors

Sebastian Galiani
Sebastian Galiani University of Maryland, College Park
Mark Aguiar
Mark Aguiar Princeton University
Timothy M. Smeeding
Timothy M. Smeeding University of Wisconsin–Madison
Manfred Zeller
Manfred Zeller University of Hohenheim
Nora Lustig
Nora Lustig Tulane University
Luis Servén
Luis Servén Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros
José-Víctor Ríos-Rull
José-Víctor Ríos-Rull University of Pennsylvania
Elisabeth Sadoulet
Elisabeth Sadoulet University of California, Berkeley
Orazio Attanasio
Orazio Attanasio Yale University

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