2026 Kent Daniel: 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	40	2214	2001	1262	1110	92	29154

Kent Daniel 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 Kent Daniel sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 521+

This scientist: 92 publications — 11th percentile

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

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

Kent Daniel 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 Kent Daniel sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kent Daniel is a researcher affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Business, Management and Accounting. Within these areas, their subfield expertise includes Finance, Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

The research topics covered by Kent Daniel focus strongly on aspects related to financial markets and investment strategies. They have contributed to the literature on:

Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
Housing Market and Economics
Corporate Finance and Governance
Economic theories and models
Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling
Risk and Portfolio Optimization

Kent Daniel has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Review of Financial Studies
The Journal of Finance
Annual Review of Financial Economics

Their recent papers demonstrate recurring engagement with high-profile journals, illustrating ongoing research activity. Some of the notable publications are:

"The Cross-Section of Risk and Returns" (2020), Review of Financial Studies
"Monetary Policy and Reaching for Income" (2021), The Journal of Finance
"The Dynamics of Disagreement" (2022), Review of Financial Studies
"Optimal Dynamic Asset Allocation with Transaction Costs: The Role of Hedging Demands" (2022), SSRN Electronic Journal
"Optimists, Pessimists, and Stock Prices" (2024), Annual Review of Financial Economics

Collaboration is an element of Kent Daniel's research process. Frequent coauthors include Simon Rottke, Alexander Klos, Pierre Collin-Dufresne, Mehmet Sağlam, and David Hirshleifer. These collaborations contribute to the interdisciplinary nature of their work in finance and economics.

Best Publications

Investor Psychology and Security Market Under- and Overreactions

Kent Daniel;David Hirshleifer;Avanidhar Subrahmanyam

7985
Citations
Measuring mutual fund performance with characteristic-based benchmarks

Kent Daniel;Mark Grinblatt;Sheridan Titman;Russ Wermers

3901
Citations
Evidence on the Characteristics of Cross Sectional Variation in Stock Returns

Kent Daniel;Sheridan Titman

3512
Citations
Earnings management and the underperformance of seasoned equity offerings

Siew Hong Teoh;Ivo Welch;T.J. Wong

3319
Citations
Overconfidence, Arbitrage, and Equilibrium Asset Pricing

Kent D. Daniel;David Hirshleifer;Avanidhar Subrahmanyam

1623
Citations
Market Reactions to Tangible and Intangible Information

Kent Daniel;Sheridan Titman

1514
Citations
Market Efficiency in an Irrational World

Kent Daniel;Sheridan Titman

1262
Citations
Investor Psychology in Capital Markets: Evidence and Policy Implications

Kent D Daniel;Kent D Daniel;David A Hirshleifer;Siew Hong Teoh

1096
Citations
Investor Psychology and Security Market Under- and Over-Reactions

Kent D. Daniel;Kent D. Daniel;David A. Hirshleifer;David A. Hirshleifer;Avanidhar Subrahmanyam;Avanidhar Subrahmanyam

987
Citations
Momentum crashes

Unknown

835
Citations
Measuring Mutual Fund Performance with Characteristic-Based Benchmarks

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630
Citations
Evidence on the Characteristics of Cross Sectional Variation in Stock Returns

Kent D. Daniel;Kent D. Daniel;Sheridan Titman;Sheridan Titman

588
Citations
Explaining the Cross‐Section of Stock Returns in Japan: Factors or Characteristics?

Kent Daniel;Sheridan Titman;K.C. John Wei

550
Citations
Overconfident Investors, Predictable Returns, and Excessive Trading

Kent Daniel;David Hirshleifer

442
Citations
Overconfident Investors, Predictable Returns, and Excessive Trading †

Kent Daniel;David Hirshleifer

409
Citations
Market Reactions to Tangible and Intangible Information

Kent D. Daniel;Kent D. Daniel;Sheridan Titman;Sheridan Titman

304
Citations
A Theory of Overconfidence, Self-Attribution, and Security Market Under- and Over-reactions

Kent D. Daniel;David Hirshleifer;Avanidhar Subrahmanyam

224
Citations
Testing Factor-Model Explanations of Market Anomalies

Kent Daniel;Sheridan Titman

188
Citations
Short- and Long-Horizon Behavioral Factors

Kent Daniel;David Hirshleifer;Lin Sun

183
Citations
A Theory of Costly Sequential Bidding

Kent D. Daniel;David A. Hirshleifer

176
Citations
A Theory of Costly Sequential Bidding

Kent D. Daniel;Kent D. Daniel;David A. Hirshleifer;David A. Hirshleifer

149
Citations
Declining CO2 Price Paths

Kent D. Daniel;Robert B. Litterman;Gernot Wagner

146
Citations
Investor Psychology in Capital Markets: Evidence and Policy Implications

Kent D. Daniel;Kent D. Daniel;David A. Hirshleifer;David A. Hirshleifer;David A. Hirshleifer;Siew Hong Teoh

143
Citations
A theory of overconfidence, self-attribution, and security market under- and overreactions

Kent Daniel;Kent Daniel

141
Citations
EQUITY-PREMIUM AND RISK-FREE-RATE PUZZLES AT LONG HORIZONS

Kent Daniel;David Marshall

129
Citations
Evidence on the Characteristics of Cross Sectional Variation in Stock Returns

Kent Daniel;Sheridan Titman

16
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Hirshleifer University of Southern California

Sheridan Titman The University of Texas at Austin

Avanidhar Subrahmanyam University of California, Los Angeles

Pierre Collin-Dufresne École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Robert J. Hodrick Columbia University

Ravi Jagannathan Northwestern University

Robert B. Litterman Capital University

K.C. John Wei Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Walter N. Torous MIT

Siew Hong Teoh University of California, Los Angeles

External Links

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