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D-Index
32
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5857
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3412
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1839

Kala Krishna 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 Kala Krishna sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 140 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kala Krishna 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 Kala Krishna sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Trade restrictions as facilitating practices

    Kala Krishna;Kala Krishna

  • Understanding Rules of Origin

    Kala Krishna

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

    Xue Bai;Kala Krishna;Hong Ma

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

    Jiandong Ju;Kala Krishna

  • Advanced international trade: theory and evidence

    Kala Krishna

  • Tariffs versus quotas with endogenous quality

    Kala Krishna;Kala Krishna

  • Auctions with endogenous valuations: The persistence of monopoly revisited

    Kala Krishna

  • CONTENT PROTECTION AND OLIGOPOLISTIC INTERACTIONS

    Kala Krishna;Motoshige Itoh

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

    Veronica Frisancho;Kala Krishna

  • Employment Protection Legislation and Plant-Level Productivity in India

    Sean Dougherty;Verónica C. Frisancho Robles;Kala Krishna

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

    Svetlana Demidova;Hiau Looi Kee;Kala Krishna

  • Employment, deterrence, and crime in a dynamic model

    Susumu Imai;Kala Krishna

  • Trade, Investment and Growth: Nexus, Analysis and Prognosis ⁄

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

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

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

  • Firm heterogeneity and firm behavior with conditional policies

    Svetlana Demidova;Kala Krishna;Kala Krishna

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

    Kala Krishna;Refik Erzan;Ling Hui Tan

  • Optimal policies with strategic distortions

    Kala Krishna;Marie Thursby

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

    Kala Krishna;Ling Hui Tan

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

    Hiau Looi Kee;Kala Krishna

Frequent Co-Authors

Marie C. Thursby
Marie C. Thursby Georgia Institute of Technology
Anne O. Krueger
Anne O. Krueger Johns Hopkins University
John Morgan
John Morgan University of California, Berkeley
Norman R. Swanson
Norman R. Swanson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Will Martin
Will Martin International Food Policy Research Institute
Andrew Caplin
Andrew Caplin New York University

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