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278

John Thornton 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 John Thornton sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 229 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Thornton 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 John Thornton sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Competitive conditions in european banking

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

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

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  • Natural resource endowments and the domestic revenue effort

    Fabian Bornhorst;Sanjeev Gupta;John Thornton

  • Fiscal decentralization and economic growth reconsidered

    John Thornton

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

    Caterina Di Tommaso;John Thornton

  • Market structure and performance in Spanish banking

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

  • Competition and market contestability in Japanese commercial banking

    Philip Molyneux;John Thornton;D Michael Llyod-Williams

  • Taxation and Economic Performance

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

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  • Explaining Procyclical Fiscal Policy in African Countries

    John Thornton

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

    Yener Altunbarş;Philip Molyneux;John Thornton

  • The relationship between inflation and inflation uncertainty in emerging market economies

    John Thornton

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

    John Thornton

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

    John Thornton

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

    Aziz Jaafar;John Thornton

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

    Aziz Jaafar;John Thornton

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

    Yener Altunbaş;John Thornton

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

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  • Fiscal Decentralization and Governance

    Yener Altunbaş;John Thornton

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

    John Thornton

  • Inflation and inflation uncertainty in Argentina, 1810–2005

    John Thornton

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

    Fabian Bornhorst;Sanjeev Gupta;John Thornton

  • Financial deepening and economic growth in developing economics

    John Thornton

  • Natural Resource Endowments, Governance, and the Domestic Revenue Effort

    John Thornton;Fabian Bornhorst;Sanjeev Gupta

Frequent Co-Authors

Yener Altunbas
Yener Altunbas Bangor University
Philip Molyneux
Philip Molyneux Bangor University
Sanjeev Gupta
Sanjeev Gupta Center for Global Development
Sanjeev Gupta
Sanjeev Gupta Imperial College London

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