2026 John Thornton: 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	39	2390	2160	279	255	229	8698

Overview

John Thornton is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research centers on topics within economics, econometrics, and finance, with a particular focus on banking stability, regulation, and efficiency, as well as monetary policy and its economic impact.

They have contributed extensively to various fields, including Economics, Econometrics and Finance with 38 publications and Business, Management and Accounting with 16 publications. Their subfields of study cover finance, economics and econometrics, accounting, general economics, econometrics and finance, alongside sociology and political science.

John Thornton's main research topics include:

Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
Corporate Finance and Governance
Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
Global Financial Crisis and Policies
Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth

Frequent collaborators in their work are:

Yener Altunbaş
Chrysovalantis Vasilakis
Nonna Sorokina
Md. Atiqur Rahman Khan
Xiaoxi Qu

John Thornton has published in several academic venues, with multiple publications in:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Data Science
International Journal of Finance & Economics
Journal of Financial Stability
Economics and Business Letters

Their recent contributions include the following papers:

"Do ESG scores effect bank risk taking and value? Evidence from European banks," 2020, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
"Robust Methods in Event Studies: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Implications," 2021, Journal of Data Science
"The effect of non-performing loans on credit expansion: Do capital and profitability matter? Evidence from European banks," 2020, International Journal of Finance & Economics
"European Banking Union and bank risk disclosure: the effects of the Single Supervisory Mechanism," 2021, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
"Does inflation targeting increase income inequality?" 2022, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics

Best Publications

Determinants of European bank profitability: A note

Philip Molyneux;John Thornton

2040
Citations
Competitive conditions in european banking

Philip Molyneux;D.M. Lloyd-Williams;John Thornton

655
Citations
The Volatility and Price Sensitivities of Managerial Stock Option Portfolios and Corporate Hedging

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439
Citations
Natural resource endowments and the domestic revenue effort

Fabian Bornhorst;Sanjeev Gupta;John Thornton

346
Citations
Fiscal decentralization and economic growth reconsidered

John Thornton

331
Citations
Do ESG scores effect bank risk taking and value? Evidence from European banks

Caterina Di Tommaso;John Thornton

314
Citations
Market structure and performance in Spanish banking

D.M. Lloyd-Williams;Phil Molyneux;John Thornton

289
Citations
Competition and market contestability in Japanese commercial banking

Philip Molyneux;John Thornton;D Michael Llyod-Williams

249
Citations
Taxation and Economic Performance

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204
Citations
Cointegration, causality and export-led growth in Mexico, 1895-1992

Unknown

169
Citations
Explaining Procyclical Fiscal Policy in African Countries

John Thornton

149
Citations
Big-Bank Mergers in Europe: An Analysis of the Cost Implications

Yener Altunbarş;Philip Molyneux;John Thornton

146
Citations
The relationship between inflation and inflation uncertainty in emerging market economies

John Thornton

109
Citations
The Kuznets inverted-U hypothesis: panel data evidence from 96 countries

John Thornton

103
Citations
Cointegration, causality and Wagner's Law in 19th century Europe

John Thornton

98
Citations
Tax Havens and Effective Tax Rates: An Analysis of Private versus Public European Firms

Aziz Jaafar;John Thornton

96
Citations
Tax Havens and Effective Tax Rates: An Analysis of Private versus Public European Firms

Aziz Jaafar;John Thornton

96
Citations
The impact of financial development on income inequality: A quantile regression approach

Yener Altunbaş;John Thornton

93
Citations
The Effect of Managerial Incentives to Bear Risk on Corporate Capital Structure and R&D Investment

Unknown

90
Citations
Fiscal Decentralization and Governance

Yener Altunbaş;John Thornton

83
Citations
Population Growth and Economic Growth: Long-Run Evidence from Latin America

John Thornton

75
Citations
Inflation and inflation uncertainty in Argentina, 1810–2005

John Thornton

66
Citations
Natural Resource Endowments, Governance, and the Domestic Revenue Effort: Evidence from a Panel of Countries

Fabian Bornhorst;Sanjeev Gupta;John Thornton

61
Citations
Financial deepening and economic growth in developing economics

John Thornton

55
Citations
Natural Resource Endowments, Governance, and the Domestic Revenue Effort

John Thornton;Fabian Bornhorst;Sanjeev Gupta

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yener Altunbas Bangor University

Philip Molyneux Bangor University

Sanjeev Gupta Center for Global Development

Sanjeev Gupta Imperial College London

External Links

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