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D-Index
53
Citations
51828
World Ranking
1152
National Ranking
697

Ivo Welch 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 Ivo Welch sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 177 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ivo Welch 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 Ivo Welch sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ivo Welch is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily addresses topics within economics, econometrics, and finance, contributing extensively to these fields through various publications and collaborations.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Within these broad areas, Welch's subfields include:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Finance
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Sociology and Political Science

Welch's work addresses a range of topics, notably:

  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Game Theory and Applications
  • Insurance and Financial Risk Management
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Welch include:

  • The Wisdom of the Robinhood Crowd, 2022, The Journal of Finance
  • Simply Better Market Betas, 2022, Critical Finance Review

Other notable papers in the broader set of collaborations with others include:

  • A Comprehensive 2022 Look at the Empirical Performance of Equity Premium Prediction, 2024, Review of Financial Studies
  • Information Cascades and Social Learning, 2024, Journal of Economic Literature
  • A Comprehensive Look at the Empirical Performance of Equity Premium Prediction II, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Welch frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Sushil Bikhchandani
  • David Hirshleifer
  • Omer Tamuz
  • Amit Goyal
  • Athanasse Zafirov

Their publications appear predominantly in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Review of Financial Studies
  • The Journal of Finance
  • Journal of Economic Literature

Best Publications

  • A theory of Fads, Fashion, Custom and cultural change as informational Cascades

    Sushil Bikhchandani;David Hirshleifer;Ivo Welch

  • A Theory of Fads, Fashion, Custom, and Cultural Change as Informational Cascades

    Sushil Bikhchandani;David Hirshleifer;Ivo Welch

  • A Review of IPO Activity, Pricing, and Allocations

    Jay R. Ritter;Ivo Welch

  • Earnings Management and the Long‐Run Market Performance of Initial Public Offerings

    Siew Hong Teoh;Ivo Welch;T. J. Wong

  • A Comprehensive Look at the Empirical Performance of Equity Premium Prediction

    Ivo Welch;Amit Goyal

  • Earnings management and the underperformance of seasoned equity offerings

    Siew Hong Teoh;Ivo Welch;T.J. Wong

  • Learning from the behavior of others : conformity, fads, and informational cascades

    Sushil Bikhchandani;David Hirshleifer;Ivo Welch

  • Seasoned Offerings, Imitation Costs, and the Underpricing of Initial Public Offerings

    Ivo Welch

  • A Theory of Fads, Fashion, Custom, and Cultural Change as Informational Cascades

    Sushil Bikhchandani;Ivo Welch;Ivo Welch;David A. Hirshleifer;David A. Hirshleifer

  • Sequential Sales, Learning, and Cascades

    Ivo Welch

  • Capital Structure and Stock Returns

    Ivo Welch

  • Rational herding in financial economics

    Andrea Devenow;Ivo Welch

  • A Theory of Dividends Based on Tax Clienteles

    Franklin Allen;Antonio E. Bernardo;Ivo Welch

  • Herding among security analysts

    Ivo Welch

  • Investor Sentiment Measures

    Lily Qiu;Ivo Welch

  • Predicting the Equity Premium with Dividend Ratios

    Amit Goyal;Ivo Welch

  • The Costs of Bankruptcy: Chapter 7 Liquidation versus Chapter 11 Reorganization

    Arturo Bris;Ivo Welch;Ning Zhu

  • On the Evolution of Overconfidence and Entrepreneurs

    Antonio E. Bernardo;Ivo Welch

  • Portfolio Performance Manipulation and Manipulation-proof Performance Measures

    William Goetzmann;Jonathan Ingersoll;Matthew Spiegel;Ivo Welch

  • A Review of IPO Activity, Pricing and Allocations

    Ivo Welch;Ivo Welch;Jay R. Ritter

  • Issuer Expenses and Legal Liability in Initial Public Offerings

    Randolph P. Beatty;Ivo Welch

  • An empirical investigation of IPO returns and subsequent equity offerings

    Narasimhan Jegadeesh;Narasimhan Jegadeesh;Mark Weinstein;Ivo Welch

  • Views of Financial Economists on the Equity Premium and on Professional Controversies

    Ivo Welch

  • Corporate research & development investments international comparisons

    Sanjai Bhagat;Ivo Welch

  • Culture, Information, and Screening Discrimination

    Bradford Cornell;Ivo Welch

  • A Comprehensive Look at the Empirical Performance of Equity Premium Prediction

    Amit Goyal;Ivo Welch

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Hirshleifer
David A. Hirshleifer University of Southern California
William N. Goetzmann
William N. Goetzmann Yale University
Siew Hong Teoh
Siew Hong Teoh University of California, Los Angeles
Matthew I. Spiegel
Matthew I. Spiegel Yale University
T.J. Wong
T.J. Wong University of Southern California
Alan Schwartz
Alan Schwartz University of Illinois at Chicago
Jay R. Ritter
Jay R. Ritter University of Florida
Franklin Allen
Franklin Allen Imperial College London
Bradford Cornell
Bradford Cornell University of California, Los Angeles
Narasimhan Jegadeesh
Narasimhan Jegadeesh Emory University

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