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2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
112
Citations
127494
World Ranking
55
National Ranking
43

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1998 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1991 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 1986 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Kenneth Rogoff is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their scholarly contributions cover various subfields including Finance, Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Information Systems, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research spans several main topics, notably:

  • Global Financial Crisis and Policies
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security

The scientist has published extensively in various venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Policy Modeling
  • Economic Policy
  • Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
  • China & World Economy

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Has China's Housing Production Peaked?, 2021, China & World Economy
  • Emerging Market Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic, 2022, The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • Long-Run Trends in Long-Maturity Real Rates, 1311-2022, 2024, American Economic Review
  • Falling real interest rates, rising debt: A free lunch?, 2020, Journal of Policy Modeling

Rogoff has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Carmen Reinhart
  • Ethan Ilzetzki
  • Yuanchen Yang
  • Paul Schmelzing
  • Hassan Afrouzi

In addition to academic articles, they have authored books published by the World Bank and Yale University Press. Titles published through the World Bank include "Decrypting New Age International Capital Flows" and "The Aftermath of Debt Surges," both released in 2021. Through Yale University Press, they authored "Our Dollar, Your Problem" slated for release in 2025.

Their research output reflects a strong focus on global financial systems, monetary and fiscal policy, and long-term economic trends.

Recognition for their scholarly work includes:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2010)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1998)
  • Fellows of the Econometric Society (1991)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1986)

Best Publications

  • This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

    Carmen M. Reinhart;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • This Time is Different

    Carmen M. Reinhart;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • Equilibrium Political Budget Cycles

    Kenneth Rogoff

  • Foundations of International Macroeconomics

    Maurice Obstfeld;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • Foundations of International Macroeconomics

    Maurice Obstfeld;Kenneth Rogoff

  • Empirical exchange rate models of the seventies: Do they fit out of sample?

    Richard A. Meese;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • Exchange rate dynamics redux

    Maurice Obstfeld;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • The Modern History of Exchange Rate Arrangements: A Reinterpretation

    Carmen M. Reinhart;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • The Optimal Degree of Commitment to an Intermediate Monetary Target

    Kenneth Rogoff

  • Growth in a Time of Debt

    Carmen M. Reinhart;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • The Purchasing Power Parity Puzzle

    Kenneth Rogoff

  • Elections and Macroeconomic Policy Cycles

    Kenneth Rogoff;Anne Sibert

  • The Six Major Puzzles in International Macroeconomics: Is There a Common Cause?

    Maurice Obstfeld;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • Exchange Rate Dynamics Redux

    Maurice Obstfeld;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • The mirage of fixed exchange rates

    Maurice Obstfeld;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • Sovereign Debt: Is To Forgive To Forget?

    Jeremy I Bulow;Kenneth Rogoff

  • Equilibrium Political Budget Cycles

    Kenneth Rogoff;Kenneth Rogoff

  • The Aftermath of Financial Crises

    Carmen M. Reinhart;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • The Aftermath of Financial Crises

    Carmen M. Reinhart;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • From Financial Crash to Debt Crisis

    Carmen M Reinhart;Kenneth S Rogoff

  • It's Baaack: Japan's Slump and the Return of the Liquidity Trap

    Paul R. Krugman;Kathryn M. Dominquez;Kenneth Rogoff

  • Is the 2007 US Sub-prime Financial Crisis So Different? An International Historical Comparison

    Carmen M. Reinhart;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • The modern history of exchange rate arrangements: A reinterpretation

    Carmen Reinhart;Kenneth Rogoff

  • Perspectives on PPP and long-run real exchange rates

    Kenneth Froot;Kenneth Rogoff

  • Effects of Financial Globalization on Developing Countries: Some Empirical Evidence

    Eswar Prasad;Kenneth Rogoff;Shang-Jin Wei;M. Ayhan Kose

  • Elections and Macroeconomic Policy Cycles

    Kenneth Rogoff;Anne Sibert

  • Exchange Rate Volatility and Productivity Growth: The Role of Financial Development

    Philippe Aghion;Philippe Aghion;Philippe Bacchetta;Philippe Bacchetta;Philippe Bacchetta;Romain Ranciere;Romain Ranciere;Kenneth S. Rogoff;Kenneth S. Rogoff

  • Financial Globalization: A Reappraisal

    M. Ayhan Kose;Eswar Prasad;Kenneth S Rogoff;Shang-Jin Wei

Frequent Co-Authors

Carmen M. Reinhart
Carmen M. Reinhart Harvard University
Maurice Obstfeld
Maurice Obstfeld University of California, Berkeley
Michael Woodford
Michael Woodford Columbia University
Jeremy Bulow
Jeremy Bulow Stanford University
Mark Gertler
Mark Gertler New York University
Shang-Jin Wei
Shang-Jin Wei Columbia University
Eswar S. Prasad
Eswar S. Prasad Cornell University
Kenneth A. Froot
Kenneth A. Froot Harvard University
Barbara Rossi
Barbara Rossi Pompeu Fabra University

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