2026 Kenneth J. Arrow: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	119	37	29	460	201167

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2004 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his contribution to the field of economics exemplified by his work on general equilibrium theory, social welfare theory, endogenous growth theory, health economics, and information economics. ", Presented by President George W. Bush in a White House East Room ceremony on February 13, 2006.
2003 - Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA)
2002 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
1986 - INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize
1980 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1977 - John von Neumann Lecturer
1974 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
1974 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
1972 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1972 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory.
1972 - Nobel Prize for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory
1968 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1959 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
1957 - John Bates Clark Medal, the American Economic Association

Overview

Kenneth J. Arrow was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research mainly focused on the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with specific emphasis on Economics and Econometrics, Pharmacology, and Management Science and Operations Research.

The body of work addressed a range of topics including:

Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
Healthcare Policy and Management
Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
Economic theories and models
Economic Theory and Institutions
Game Theory and Applications

Frequent co-authors included Michael D. Intriligator, Thomas C. Schelling, Robert M. Solow, L. Kamran Bilir, and Alan Sorensen.

Their publications appeared primarily in venues such as American Economic Journal Applied Economics and Manchester University Press eBooks.

Notable recent papers included:

"The Impact of Information Technology on the Diffusion of New Pharmaceuticals," 2020, American Economic Journal Applied Economics
"Index," 2021, Manchester University Press eBooks

Arrow also authored books published by Princeton University Press and The MIT Press. Among these were "Economics and Sociology" (2020) and "Lives of the Laureates" (2020).

The scientist received multiple awards during their career, including the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1972 for pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory.

Other recognitions included:

US President's National Medal of Science (2004), presented by President George W. Bush for contributions in various economic fields
Fellowships in the American Finance Association (2003), INFORMS (2002), AAAS (1980), John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1972), and American Statistical Association (1959)
INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize (1986)
John von Neumann Lecturer (1977)
Member of the National Academy of Medicine (1974) and National Academy of Sciences (1968)
Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (1974)
John Bates Clark Medal from the American Economic Association (1957)

Best Publications

The Economic Implications of Learning by Doing

Kenneth Arrow

32527
Citations
Economic Welfare and the Allocation of Resources for Invention

Kenneth Arrow

26120
Citations
Social Choice and Individual Values

Kenneth Joseph Arrow

23257
Citations
Essays in the theory of risk-bearing

Kenneth Joseph Arrow

7666
Citations
EXISTENCE OF AN EQUILIBRIUM FOR A COMPETITIVE ECONOMY

Kenneth J. Arrow;Gerard Debreu

7622
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Uncertainty and the welfare economics of medical care

Kenneth J. Arrow

6004
Citations
General competitive analysis

Kenneth Joseph Arrow;Frank. Hahn

5946
Citations
Higher education as a filter

Kenneth J. Arrow

5039
Citations
Capital-labor substitution and economic efficiency

Kenneth Joseph Arrow;Hollis B. Chenery;Bagicha S. Minhas;Robert M. Solow

4199
Citations
The Theory of Discrimination

Kenneth J. Arrow

4058
Citations
Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment

Kenneth Arrow;Bert Bolin;Robert Costanza;Partha Dasgupta

3766
Citations
Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment.

Kenneth Arrow;Bert Bolin;Robert Costanza;Partha Dasgupta

3613
Citations
A Difficulty in the Concept of Social Welfare

Kenneth J. Arrow

3151
Citations
The Role of Securities in the Optimal Allocation of Risk-bearing

K. J. Arrow

2822
Citations
Public Investment, the Rate of Return, and Optimal Fiscal Policy

Kenneth Joseph Arrow;Mordecai Kurz

2753
Citations
Environmental Preservation, Uncertainty, and Irreversibility

Kenneth Arrow;Anthony C. Fisher

2420
Citations
Aspects of the theory of risk-bearing

Kenneth Joseph Arrow;Yrjö Jahnssonin säätiö

2091
Citations
Preference, production, and capital: Optimum technical change in an aggregative model of economic growth

Hirofumi Uzawa;Kenneth J. Arrow

1848
Citations
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE MEASUREMENT OF WEALTH

Kenneth J. Arrow;Partha Dasgupta;Lawrence H. Goulder;Kevin J. Mumford

1662
Citations
The Value of Nature and the Nature of Value

Gretchen C. Daily;Tore Söderqvist;Sara Aniyar;Kenneth Arrow

1637
Citations
Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, andtheEnvironment

Kenneth Arrow;Robert Costanza;Partha Dasgupta;C. S. Holling

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Frequent Co-Authors

Partha Dasgupta University of Cambridge

Karl-Göran Mäler Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Gretchen C. Daily Stanford University

Lawrence H. Goulder Stanford University

Maureen L. Cropper University of Maryland, College Park

Thomas Sterner University of Gothenburg

Geoffrey Heal Columbia University

Robert W. Hahn University of Oxford

Samuel Karlin Stanford University

William D. Nordhaus Yale University

External Links

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