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Joshua S. Gans

Joshua S. Gans

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
60
Citations
21354
World Ranking
809
National Ranking
13

Joshua S. Gans publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 495 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joshua S. Gans 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 Joshua S. Gans sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 60 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Joshua S. Gans is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans several interconnected disciplines primarily within the fields of management science, economics, and strategy.

The scientist's work has been published extensively, including books and numerous scholarly articles. Two book publications with The MIT Press are notable: The Pandemic Information Gap (2020) and Economics in the Age of COVID-19 (2020).

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Joshua S. Gans include:

  • Some simple economics of the blockchain, 2020, Communications of the ACM
  • The Microeconomics of Cryptocurrencies, 2022, Journal of Economic Literature
  • Do we want less automation?, 2023, Science
  • Enabling Entrepreneurial Choice, 2021, Management Science
  • The Allocation of Decision Authority to Human and Artificial Intelligence, 2020, AEA Papers and Proceedings

Frequent coauthors working with Gans include:

  • Avi Goldfarb
  • Ajay Agrawal
  • Scott Stern
  • Richard Holden
  • Hanna Hałaburda

The venues where Joshua S. Gans regularly publishes include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Management Science
  • Strategy Science
  • Economics Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Gans's academic expertise crosses several main subfields of study:

  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Strategy and Management
  • Accounting
  • Information Systems

Their research topics cover a diverse range of subjects including:

  • Auction Theory and Applications
  • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Digital Platforms and Economics
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Game Theory and Applications
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management

Best Publications

  • The product market and the market for “ideas”: commercialization strategies for technology entrepreneurs

    Joshua S. Gans;Scott Stern

  • Some simple economics of the blockchain

    Christian Catalini;Joshua S. Gans

  • When does start-up innovation spur the gale of creative destruction?

    Joshua S. Gans;David H. Hsu;Scott Stern

  • The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda

    Ajay Agrawal;Joshua Gans;Avi Goldfarb

  • The Impact of Uncertain Intellectual Property Rights on the Market for Ideas: Evidence from Patent Grant Delays

    Joshua S. Gans;David H. Hsu;Scott Stern

  • Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence

    Avi Goldfarb;Ajay Agrawal;Joshua Gans

  • Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain

    Christian Catalini;Joshua S. Gans

  • Artificial Intelligence: The Ambiguous Labor Market Impact of Automating Prediction

    Ajay Agrawal;Joshua S. Gans;Avi Goldfarb

  • Majority voting with single-crossing preferences

    Joshua S. Gans;Joshua S. Gans;Michael Smart

  • How Are the Mighty Fallen: Rejected Classic Articles by Leading Economists

    Joshua S. Gans;George B. Shepherd

  • Incumbency and R&D Incentives: Licensing the Gale of Creative Destruction

    Joshua S. Gans;Scott Stern

  • Initial Coin Offerings and the Value of Crypto Tokens

    Christian Catalini;Joshua Gans

  • The Neutrality of Interchange Fees in Payment Systems

    Joshua Gans;Stephen Peter King

  • Initial Coin Offerings and the Value of Crypto Tokens

    Christian Catalini;Joshua S Gans

  • Economic Policy for Artificial Intelligence

    Ajay K Agrawal;Joshua S Gans;Avi Goldfarb

  • Exploring the impact of artificial Intelligence: Prediction versus judgment

    Ajay K Agrawal;Joshua S Gans;Avi Goldfarb

  • Using ‘bill and keep’ interconnect arrangements to soften network competition

    Joshua S. Gans;Stephen P. King

  • Foundations of entrepreneurial strategy

    Joshua S. Gans;Scott Stern;Jane Wu

  • The Economics of Artificial Intelligence

    Ajay Agrawal;Joshua Gans;Avi Goldfarb

  • Is there a market for ideas

    Joshua S. Gans;Scott Stern

  • Born on the first of July: An (un)natural experiment in birth timing

    Joshua S. Gans;Andrew Leigh

  • When Does Start-Up Innovation Spur the Gale of Creative Destruction?

    Joshua S. Gans;Joshua S. Gans;David H. Hsu;Scott Stern;Scott Stern

  • Vertical Integration in the Presence of Upstream Competition

    Catherine C. de Fontenay;Joshua S. Gans

  • Mobile network competition, customer ignorance and fixed-to-mobile call prices

    Joshua S. Gans;Stephen P. King

  • The Product Market and the Market for 'Ideas': Commercialization Strategies for Technology Entrepreneurs

    Joshua S. Gans;Joshua S. Gans;Scott Stern;Scott Stern

Frequent Co-Authors

Ajay Agrawal
Ajay Agrawal University of Toronto
Avi Goldfarb
Avi Goldfarb University of Toronto
Susan Athey
Susan Athey Stanford University
Neil Gandal
Neil Gandal Tel Aviv University
Simon P. Anderson
Simon P. Anderson University of Virginia
John Quiggin
John Quiggin University of Queensland
Dennis W. Carlton
Dennis W. Carlton University of Chicago
Michael L. Katz
Michael L. Katz University of California, Berkeley
Michael Waldman
Michael Waldman Cornell University

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