2026 Kala Krishna: 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	3412	3104	1839	1620	140	5857

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Economics and Finance

3412

3104

1839

1620

140

5857

Overview

Kala Krishna is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and specializes in the broader field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their research contributions span multiple subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Organic Chemistry, Education, and Safety Research.

The scientist's work frequently appears in the SSRN Electronic Journal, with eight publications, along with contributions to AEA Randomized Controlled Trials, the Journal of Labor Research, the Journal of International Economics, and the Journal of Development Economics.

Key topics addressed in their research include:

Global trade and economics
Merger and Competition Analysis
Economic Policies and Impacts
Online Learning and Analytics
Game Theory and Voting Systems
Innovations in Educational Methods
Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kala Krishna include:

"Pareto Improvements in the Contest for College Admissions," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Learning to Use Trade Agreements," 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Taking PISA Seriously: How Accurate are Low-Stakes Exams?", 2021, Journal of Labor Research
"Trade and Minimum Wages in General Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence," 2021, Journal of International Economics
"Winners and Losers from the U.S.-China Trade War," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

Pelin Akyol
Sergey Lychagin
Carlos Salamanca
Yuta Suzuki
Christian Volpe Martincus

Best Publications

Implementing Free Trade Areas: Rules of Origin and Hidden Protection

Kala Krishna;Anne Krueger

678
Citations
Trade restrictions as facilitating practices

Kala Krishna;Kala Krishna

574
Citations
Understanding Rules of Origin

Kala Krishna

287
Citations
How you export matters: Export mode, learning and productivity in China*

Xue Bai;Kala Krishna;Hong Ma

271
Citations
Firm behaviour and market access in a Free Trade Area with rules of origin

Jiandong Ju;Kala Krishna

193
Citations
Advanced international trade: theory and evidence

Kala Krishna

189
Citations
Tariffs versus quotas with endogenous quality

Kala Krishna;Kala Krishna

169
Citations
Auctions with endogenous valuations: The persistence of monopoly revisited

Kala Krishna

135
Citations
CONTENT PROTECTION AND OLIGOPOLISTIC INTERACTIONS

Kala Krishna;Motoshige Itoh

127
Citations
Affirmative action in higher education in India: targeting, catch up, and mismatch

Veronica Frisancho;Kala Krishna

126
Citations
Employment Protection Legislation and Plant-Level Productivity in India

Sean Dougherty;Verónica C. Frisancho Robles;Kala Krishna

125
Citations
Do trade policy differences induce sorting? Theory and evidence from Bangladeshi apparel exporters

Svetlana Demidova;Hiau Looi Kee;Kala Krishna

117
Citations
Employment, deterrence, and crime in a dynamic model

Susumu Imai;Kala Krishna

115
Citations
Trade, Investment and Growth: Nexus, Analysis and Prognosis ⁄

Kala Krishna;Kala Krishna;Ataman Ozyildirim;Norman R. Swanson

109
Citations
Firm heterogeneity and costly trade: a new estimation strategy and policy experiments

Ivan Cherkashin;Svetlana Demidova;Hiau Looi Kee;Kala M. Krishna

104
Citations
Firm heterogeneity and firm behavior with conditional policies

Svetlana Demidova;Kala Krishna;Kala Krishna

101
Citations
Rent sharing in the multi-fibre arrangement : theory and evidence from US apparel imports from Hong Kong

Kala Krishna;Refik Erzan;Ling Hui Tan

84
Citations
Optimal policies with strategic distortions

Kala Krishna;Marie Thursby

77
Citations
Rags and Riches: Implementing Apparel Quotas under the Multi-Fibre Arrangement

Kala Krishna;Ling Hui Tan

75
Citations
Firm-Level Heterogeneous Productivity and Demand Shocks: Evidence from Bangladesh

Hiau Looi Kee;Kala Krishna

70
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne O. Krueger Johns Hopkins University

John Morgan University of California, Berkeley

Norman R. Swanson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Will Martin International Food Policy Research Institute

Andrew Caplin New York University

External Links

Personal website of Kala Krishna Google Scholar page

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