2026 Lawrence H. Summers: 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	106	70	60	57	48	263	91981

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
2002 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1993 - John Bates Clark Medal, the American Economic Association
1987 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1985 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
1985 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Lawrence H. Summers is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with 21 publications in this main category. Subfields of research include Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Finance, Accounting, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's research topics span several areas, including:

Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
Economic Theory and Policy
Housing Market and Economics
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Summers include:

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the $16 Trillion Virus, 2020, JAMA
The Declining Worker Power Hypothesis: An Explanation for the Recent Evolution of the American Economy, 2020, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Global health 2050: the path to halving premature death by mid-century, 2024, The Lancet
Bad news for the Fed from the Beveridge space, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
Negative Nominal Interest Rates and the Bank Lending Channel, 2023, The Review of Economic Studies

Frequent co-authors in Summers' work are:

Gauti B. Eggertsson
Ragnar Juelsrud
Ella Getz Wold
Natasha Sarin
David Cutler

The scientist's publications frequently appear in the following venues:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
SSRN Electronic Journal
European Finance Review
Commentaire
JAMA

Throughout their career, Lawrence H. Summers has received several awards, including:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2002)
John Bates Clark Medal, the American Economic Association (1993)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1987)
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1985)
Fellows of the Econometric Society (1985)

Best Publications

Noise Trader Risk in Financial Markets

J. Bradford De Long;Andrei Shleifer;Lawrence H. Summers;Robert J. Waldmann

9202
Citations
Positive Feedback Investment Strategies and Destabilizing Rational Speculation

J. Bradford De Long;Andrei Shleifer;Lawrence H. Summers;Robert J. Waldmann

6932
Citations
Mean reversion in stock prices: Evidence and Implications

James M. Poterba;James M. Poterba;Lawrence H. Summers;Lawrence H. Summers

4240
Citations
Hysteresis and the European Unemployment Problem

Olivier J. Blanchard;Lawrence H. Summers

3639
Citations
Equipment Investment and Economic Growth

J. Bradford De Long;Lawrence H. Summers

2976
Citations
Central Bank Independence and Macroeconomic Performance: Some Comparative Evidence

Alberto Alesina;Lawrence H. Summers

2943
Citations
EFFICIENCY WAGES AND THE INTER-INDUSTRY WAGE STRUCTURE

Alan B. Krueger;Lawrence H. Summers

2736
Citations
The Noise Trader Approach to Finance

Andrei Shleifer;Lawrence H. Summers

2624
Citations
The Strategic Bequest Motive

Andrei Shleifer;Lawrence H. Summers;B. Douglas Bernheim

2253
Citations
Breach of Trust in Hostile Takeovers

Andrei Shleifer;Lawrence Summers

2160
Citations
Mean reversion in stock prices

James M. Poterba;Lawrence H. Summers

2129
Citations
The Persistence of Volatility and Stock Market Fluctuations

James M. Poterba;Lawrence H. Summers

2119
Citations
The Role of Intergenerational Transfers in Aggregate Capital Accumulation

Laurence J. Kotlikoff;Lawrence H. Summers

1869
Citations
Wealthier is healthier

Lant Pritchett;Lawrence H. Summers

1789
Citations
The Strategic Bequest Motive

B. Douglas Bernheim;Andrei Shleifer;Lawrence H. Summers

1728
Citations
What moves stock prices

David M. Cutler;James M. Poterba;Lawrence H. Summers

1659
Citations
[Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation].

Dean T. Jamison;Lawrence H. Summers;George Alleyne;Kenneth J. Arrow

1572
Citations
Does the Stock Market Rationally Reflect Fundamental Values

Lawrence H. Summers

1489
Citations
Intertemporal Substitution in Macroeconomics

N. Gregory Mankiw;Julio J. Rotemberg;Lawrence H. Summers

1287
Citations
Taxation and Corporate Investment: A q-Theory Approach

Lawrence H. Summers;Barry P. Bosworth;James Tobin;Philip M. White

1266
Citations
Equipment Investment and Economic Growth

J. Bradford DeLong;J. Bradford DeLong;J. Bradford DeLong;Lawrence H. Summers;Lawrence H. Summers

177
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Poterba MIT

Olivier J. Blanchard Peterson Institute for International Economics

Andrei Shleifer Harvard University

Laurence J. Kotlikoff Boston University

N. Gregory Mankiw Harvard University

David M. Cutler Harvard University

Julio J. Rotemberg Harvard University

Jeremy Bulow Stanford University

Dean T. Jamison University of California, San Francisco

Lant Pritchett London School of Economics and Political Science

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