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D-Index
50
Citations
15901
World Ranking
1360
National Ranking
824

Jeffrey R. Brown 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 Jeffrey R. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 199 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeffrey R. Brown 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 Jeffrey R. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jeffrey R. Brown is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields, including accounting, demography, general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, and water science and technology. The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, with a focus on retirement, disability, and employment; financial literacy, pension, and retirement analysis; global health care issues; political influence and corporate strategies; auditing, earnings management, and governance; fiscal policies and political economy; and pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism.

They have published several papers, often collaborating with other researchers. Notable recent publications include:

  • All the president's friends: Political access and firm value, 2020, Journal of Financial Economics
  • Prevalence of Potential Drug-drug Interactions With Ritonavir-containing COVID-19 Therapy in the United States: An Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2023, Clinical Therapeutics
  • Trends in retirement and retirement income choices by TIAA participants: 2000-2018, 2023, Journal of Pensions Economics and Finance
  • Trends in Retirement and Retirement Income Choices by Tiaa Participants: 2000-2018, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geographic information system protocol for mapping areas targeted for mosquito control in North Carolina, 2023, PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors include James M. Poterba, David P. Richardson, Jiekun Huang, Ebuwa Igho-Osagie, and Kaylen Brzozowski.

The journals where the scientist has most often published comprise:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Financial Economics
  • Clinical Therapeutics
  • Journal of Pensions Economics and Finance
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Does the Internet Make Markets More Competitive? Evidence from the Life Insurance Industry

    Jeffrey R. Brown;Austan Goolsbee

  • New Evidence on the Money's Worth of Individual Annuities

    Olivia S. Mitchell;James M. Poterba;Mark J. Warshawsky;Jeffrey R. Brown

  • Neighbors Matter: Causal Community Effects and Stock Market Participation

    Jeffrey R Brown;Zoran Ivković;Paul A. Smith;Scott J Weisbenner

  • Annuities and Individual Welfare

    Thomas Davidoff;Jeffrey R. Brown;Peter A. Diamond

  • JOINT LIFE ANNUITIES AND ANNUITY DEMAND BY MARRIED COUPLES

    Jeffrey R. Brown;James M. Poterba

  • The Interaction of Public and Private Insurance: Medicaid and the Long-Term Care Insurance Market

    Jeffrey R. Brown;Amy Finkelstein

  • Private pensions, mortality risk, and the decision to annuitize

    Jeffrey R Brown

  • Why Don't People Insure Late Life Consumption: A Framing Explanation of the Under-Annuitization Puzzle

    Jeffrey R. Brown;Jeffrey R. Kling;Sendhil Mullainathan;Marian Vaillant Wrobel

  • Why is the market for long-term care insurance so small? ☆

    Jeffrey R. Brown;Amy Finkelstein

  • Tax Policy and the Economy

    Lawrence H. Summers;David F. Bradford;James Poterba

  • Executive Financial Incentives and Payout Policy: Firm Responses to the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut

    Jeffrey R. Brown;Nellie Liang;Scott Weisbenner

  • Along-axis variations in seafloor spreading in the MARK area

    J. A. Karson;G. Thompson;S. E. Humphris;J. M. Edmond

  • The Private Market for Long‐Term Care Insurance in the United States: A Review of the Evidence

    Jeffrey R. Brown;Amy Finkelstein

  • The Role of Annuity Markets in Financing Retirement

    Jeffrey R. Brown;Olivia S. Mitchell;Olivia S. Mitchell;James M. Poterba;Mark J. Warshawsky

  • Rational and Behavioral Perspectives on the Role of Annuities in Retirement Planning

    Jeffrey R Brown

  • Insuring long-term care in the United States

    Jeffrey R. Brown;Amy Finkelstein

  • Discounting State and Local Pension Liabilities

    Jeffrey R. Brown;David W. Wilcox

  • THE EFFECT OF INHERITANCE RECEIPT ON RETIREMENT

    Jeffrey R. Brown;Courtney C. Coile;Scott J. Weisbenner

  • The Role of Real Annuities and Indexed Bonds in an Individual Accounts Retirement Program

    Jeffrey R. Brown;Olivia S. Mitchell;James M. Poterba

  • Does the Internet Make Markets More Competitive? Evidence from the Life Insurance Industry

    Jeffrey R. Brown;Austan Goolsbee;Austan Goolsbee

  • Neighbors Matter: Causal Community Effects and Stock Market Participation

    Jeffrey Brown;Zoran Ivkovich;Paul A. Smith;Scott Weisbenner

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott J. Weisbenner
Scott J. Weisbenner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Olivia S. Mitchell
Olivia S. Mitchell University of Pennsylvania
Arie Kapteyn
Arie Kapteyn University of Southern California
Erzo F. P. Luttmer
Erzo F. P. Luttmer Dartmouth College
Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee University of Chicago
David A. Wise
David A. Wise Harvard University
Jeffrey R. Kling
Jeffrey R. Kling National Bureau of Economic Research

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