2026 James Harrigan: 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	32	3462	3151	1856	1636	74	4342

James Harrigan 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 James Harrigan sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 521+

This scientist: 74 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James Harrigan 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 James Harrigan sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James Harrigan is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of economics, econometrics, and finance, with a specialization in economics and econometrics. The main topics explored in their work include firm innovation and growth, labor market dynamics and wage inequality, regional economics and spatial analysis, economic growth and productivity, and economic policies and impacts.

Harrigan has published research in several academic venues, notably including the SSRN Electronic Journal and Research Policy. Their frequent publication venues are:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Research Policy

Among their recent papers are:

"The March of the Techies: Job Polarization Within and Between Firms" (2020, Research Policy)
"Techies and Firm Level Productivity" (2023, SSRN Electronic Journal)
"Techies and Firm Level Productivity" (2023, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Harrigan has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

Ariell Reshef
Farid Toubal

Their work covers topics such as the transformation of labor markets with technological change, firm productivity dynamics, and the spatial distribution of economic activity. These topics align closely with their focus on firm innovation, growth, and labor market outcomes.

Best Publications

Zeros, Quality, and Space: Trade Theory and Trade Evidence

Richard Baldwin;James Harrigan

1422
Citations
Technology, Factor Supplies, and International Specialization: Estimating the Neoclassical Model

James Harrigan

780
Citations
Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, and Trade Liberalization

Donald R. Davis;James Harrigan

507
Citations
Specialization and the Volume of Trade: Do the Data Obey the Laws?

James Harrigan

414
Citations
OECD imports and trade barriers in 1983

James Harrigan

347
Citations
Specialization and the Volume of Trade: Do the Data Obey the Laws?

James Harrigan

333
Citations
Estimation of cross-country differences in industry production functions

James Harrigan

285
Citations
Distance, time, and specialization : Lean retailing in general equilibrium

Carolyn L. Evans;James Harrigan

278
Citations
Handbook of International Trade

E. Kwan Choi;James Harrigan

273
Citations
Openness to trade in manufactures in the OECD

James Harrigan

272
Citations
Factor endowments and the international location of production: Econometric evidence for the OECD, 1970–1985

James Harrigan

204
Citations
Airplanes and Comparative Advantage

James Harrigan

199
Citations
Skill Biased Heterogeneous Firms, Trade Liberalization and the Skill Premium

James Harrigan;Ariell Reshef

162
Citations
Testing the Theory of Trade Policy: Evidence from the Abrupt End of the Multifiber Arrangement

James Harrigan;Geoffrey Barrows

158
Citations
Zeros, quality and space

Richard E Baldwin;James Harrigan

136
Citations
The March of the Techies: Technology, Trade, and Job Polarization in France, 1994-2007

James Harrigan;Ariell Reshef;Farid Toubal

128
Citations
SCALE ECONOMIES AND THE VOLUME OF TRADE

James Harrigan

126
Citations
Timeliness and Agglomeration.

James Harrigan;James Harrigan;Anthony J. Venables;Anthony J. Venables

121
Citations
International Trade and American Wages in General Equilibrium, 1967-1995

James Harrigan

116
Citations
Factor Supplies and Specialization in the World Economy

James Harrigan;Egon Zakrajsek

109
Citations
Zeros, Quality and Space: Trade Theory and Trade Evidence

Richard E. Baldwin;Richard E. Baldwin;Richard E. Baldwin;James Harrigan;James Harrigan

109
Citations
China's Local Comparative Advantage

James Harrigan;Haiyan Deng

89
Citations
Technology, Factor Supplies, and International Specialization

James Harrigan

76
Citations
Technology, Factor Supplies and International Specialization: Estimating the Neoclassical Model

James Harrigan;James Harrigan

73
Citations
Distance, Time, and Specialization

Carolyn L. Evans;James Harrigan;James Harrigan

72
Citations
Distance, time, and specialization

Carolyn L. Evans;James Harrigan;James Harrigan

66
Citations
Testing the Theory of Trade Policy: Evidence from the Abrupt End of the Multifibre Arrangement

James Harrigan;Geoffrey Barrows

15
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Baldwin IMD Business School

Anthony J. Venables University of Manchester

Peter K. Schott Yale University

Philippe Martin Sciences Po

Kenneth N. Kuttner Williams College

Lee Branstetter Carnegie Mellon University

C. Fritz Foley Harvard University

Donald R. Davis Columbia University

J. Bradford Jensen Georgetown University

Egon Zakrajsek Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

External Links

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