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J. David Cummins

J. David Cummins

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
69
Citations
16689
World Ranking
493
National Ranking
324

J. David Cummins 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 J. David Cummins sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 246 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

J. David Cummins 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 J. David Cummins sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

J. David Cummins is affiliated with Temple University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with specific focus on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Applied Psychology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Social and Intergroup Psychology, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Insurance and Financial Risk Management, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Child and Animal Learning Development, and Cultural Differences and Values.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • Social Cognition
  • Economic Analysis and Policy
  • Behavior Research Methods
  • Collabra Psychology

J. David Cummins has collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors. These include:

  • Jan De Houwer
  • Bryan Roche
  • Pieter Van Dessel
  • Sean Hughes
  • Femke Cathelyn

Notable recent papers by Cummins include:

  • Country factor behavior for integration improvement of European life insurance markets (2021) published in Economic Analysis and Policy
  • Measuring differential nodal distance using the function acquisition speed test (2020) published in Behavioural Processes

Other related works in the broader collaborative network include:

  • Reflecting on 25 Years of Research Using Implicit Measures: Recommendations for Their Future Use (2020) published in Social Cognition
  • Effects on the Affect Misattribution Procedure are strongly moderated by influence awareness (2022) published in Behavior Research Methods
  • Earnings management surrounding forced CEO turnover: evidence from the U.S. property-casualty insurance industry (2020) published in Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Best Publications

  • Consolidation and efficiency in the US life insurance industry

    J.David Cummins;Sharon Tennyson;Mary A. Weiss

  • Organizational Form and Efficiency: The Coexistence of Stock and Mutual Property-Liability Insurers

    J. David Cummins;Mary A. Weiss;Hongmin Zi

  • Risk-Based Premiums for Insurance Guaranty Funds

    J. David Cummins

  • Price, Financial Quality, and Capital Flows in Insurance Markets

    J.David Cummins;Patricia M. Danzon

  • Capital and risk in property-liability insurance markets

    J. David Cummins;David W. Sommer

  • Comparison of Frontier Efficiency Methods: An Application to the U.S. Life Insurance Industry

    J. David Cummins;Hongmin Zi

  • The coexistence of multiple distribution systems for financial services: the case of property-liability insurance

    Allen N. Berger;Allen N. Berger;J David Cummins;Mary A. Weiss

  • The Coexistence of Multiple Distribution Systems for Financial Services: The Case of Property- Liability Insurance

    Allen N. Berger;Allen N. Berger;J. David Cummins;Mary A. Weiss

  • Regulatory solvency prediction in property-liability insurance: risk-based capital, audit ratios, and cash flow simulation

    J. David Cummins;Martin F. Grace;Richard D. Phillips

  • Convergence of Insurance and Financial Markets: Hybrid and Securitized Risk‐Transfer Solutions

    J. David Cummins;Mary A. Weiss

  • Economies of scope in financial services: A DEA efficiency analysis of the US insurance industry.

    J. David Cummins;Mary A. Weiss;Xiaoying Xie;Hongmin Zi

  • Deregulation, Consolidation, and Efficiency: Evidence from the Spanish Insurance Industry

    J. David Cummins;Maria Rubio-Misas

  • The Economics of Insurance Intermediaries

    J. David Cummins;Neil A. Doherty

  • The market value impact of operational loss events for US banks and insurers

    J. David Cummins;Christopher M. Lewis;Ran Wei

  • Conglomeration versus strategic focus: evidence from the insurance industry

    Allen Berger;John Cummins;Mary Weiss;Hongmin Zi

  • Can insurers pay for the ''big one''? Measuring the capacity of the insurance market to respond to catastrophic losses

    J.David Cummins;Neil Doherty;Anita Lo

  • Measuring cost efficiency in the property-liability insurance industry☆

    J.David Cummins;Mary A. Weiss

  • Financial Pricing of Insurance in the Multiple-Line Insurance Company

    Richard D. Phillips;J. David Cummins;Franklin Allen

  • Optimal Capital Utilization by Financial Firms: Evidence from the Property-Liability Insurance Industry

    J. David Cummins;Gregory P. Nini

  • Securitization of Life Insurance Assets and Liabilities

    Alex Cowley;J. David Cummins

  • Conglomeration versus Strategic Focus: Evidence from the Insurance Industry

    Allen N. Berger;Allen N. Berger;J.David Cummins;Mary A. Weiss;Hongmin Zi

  • DERIVATIVES AND CORPORATE RISK MANAGEMENT: PARTICIPATION AND VOLUME DECISIONS IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY

    J. David Cummins;Richard D. Phillips;Stephen D. Smith

  • The basis risk of catastrophic-loss index securities

    J.David Cummins;David Lalonde;Richard D. Phillips

  • Mergers and acquisitions in the US property-liability insurance industry: Productivity and efficiency effects

    J. David Cummins;Xiaoying Xie

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary A. Weiss
Mary A. Weiss Temple University
Georges Dionne
Georges Dionne HEC Montréal
Allen N. Berger
Allen N. Berger University of South Carolina
Scott E. Harrington
Scott E. Harrington University of Pennsylvania
Hélyette Geman
Hélyette Geman Birkbeck, University of London
James B. McDonald
James B. McDonald Brigham Young University
Jeffrey R. Brown
Jeffrey R. Brown University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Patricia M. Danzon
Patricia M. Danzon University of Pennsylvania
Franklin Allen
Franklin Allen Imperial College London
Rajiv D. Banker
Rajiv D. Banker Temple University

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