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Laurence J. Kotlikoff

Laurence J. Kotlikoff

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
73
Citations
28504
World Ranking
390
National Ranking
266

Laurence J. Kotlikoff 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 Laurence J. Kotlikoff sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 333 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Laurence J. Kotlikoff 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 Laurence J. Kotlikoff sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 73 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1992 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a researcher affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their academic work spans a range of topics primarily within the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a specific focus on subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Gender Studies.

Their research covers key topics including:

  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
  • Economic Theory and Policy

Laurence J. Kotlikoff has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Economic Policy
  • Journal of Money Credit and Banking
  • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • International Economic Review

Recent papers authored by Laurence J. Kotlikoff include:

  • "MAKING CARBON TAXATION A GENERATIONAL WIN WIN", 2020, International Economic Review
  • "Pareto-improving carbon-risk taxation", 2021, Economic Policy
  • "Can today's and tomorrow's world uniformly gain from carbon taxation?", 2024, European Economic Review

Notable frequent co-authors collaborating with Laurence J. Kotlikoff include:

  • Felix Kübler
  • Andrey Polbin
  • Simon Scheidegger
  • Victor Yifan Ye
  • David Altig

Laurence J. Kotlikoff's contributions to academic research have been recognized through awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005
  • Fellows of the Econometric Society, 1992

Best Publications

  • Dynamic fiscal policy

    Alan J Auerbach;Laurence J Kotlikoff

  • The Role of Intergenerational Transfers in Aggregate Capital Accumulation

    Laurence J. Kotlikoff;Lawrence H. Summers

  • The Family as an Incomplete Annuities Market

    Laurence J. Kotlikoff;Avia Spivak

  • Is the Extended Family Altruistically Linked? Direct Tests Using Micro Data

    Joseph G. Altonji;Fumio Hayashi;Laurence J. Kotlikoff

  • Generational Accounts: A Meaningful Alternative to Deficit Accounting

    Alan J. Auerbach;Jagadeesh Gokhale;Laurence J. Kotlikoff

  • Parental Altruism and Inter Vivos Transfers: Theory and Evidence

    Joseph G. Altonji;Fumio Hayashi;Laurence J. Kotlikoff

  • Generational Accounting: A Meaningful Way to Evaluate Fiscal Policy

    Alan J. Auerbach;Jagadeesh Gokhale;Laurence J. Kotlikoff

  • Simulating Fundamental Tax Reform in the United States

    David Altig;Alan J. Auerbach;Laurence J. Kotlikoff;Kent A. Smetters

  • Intergenerational Transfers and Savings

    Laurence J. Kotlikoff

  • Generational Accounting Around the World

    Alan J Auerbach;Laurence J Kotlikoff;Willi Leibfritz

  • The Efficiency Gains from Dynamic Tax Reform

    Alan J Auerbach;Laurence J Kotlikoff;Jonathan Skinner

  • The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America's Economic Future

    Laurence J. Kotlikoff;Scott Burns

  • Risk-sharing between and within families

    Fumio Hayashi;Joseph Altonji;Laurence Kotlikoff

  • SOCIAL SECURITY: A FINANCIAL APPRAISAL ACROSS AND WITHIN GENERATIONS****

    Michael J Boskin;Laurence J Kotlikoff;Douglas J Puffert;John B Shoven

  • Testing the Theory of Social Security and Life Cycle Accumulation

    Laurence J. Kotlikoff

  • Privatization of Social Security: How It Works and Why It Matters

    Laurence J. Kotlikoff

  • Health, Children, and Elderly Living Arrangements: A Multiperiod-Multinomial Probit Model with Unobserved Heterogeneity and Autocorrelated Errors

    Axel Borsch-Supan;Vassilis Hajivassiliou;Laurence Kotlikoff;John N. Morris

  • Optimal Life-Cycle Investing with Flexible Labor Supply: A Welfare Analysis of Life-Cycle Funds

    Francisco Gomes;Laurence Kotlikoff;Luis Viceira

  • Generational Accounting: A New Approach for Understanding the Effects of Fiscal Policy on Saving

    Alan. J. Auerbach;Jagadeesh Gokhale;Laurence J. Kotlikoff

  • Social Contracts as Assets : A Possible Solution to the Time-Consistency Problem

    Laurence J. Kotlikoff;Torsten Persson;Lars E.O. Svensson

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan J. Auerbach
Alan J. Auerbach University of California, Berkeley
Joseph G. Altonji
Joseph G. Altonji Yale University
David A. Wise
David A. Wise Harvard University
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs Columbia University
Lawrence H. Summers
Lawrence H. Summers Harvard University
B. Douglas Bernheim
B. Douglas Bernheim Stanford University
Michael J. Boskin
Michael J. Boskin Stanford University
Axel Börsch-Supan
Axel Börsch-Supan Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
David N. Weil
David N. Weil Brown University
Edward E. Leamer
Edward E. Leamer University of California, Los Angeles

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