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D-Index
55
Citations
22524
World Ranking
1036
National Ranking
30

Lawrence J. Lau 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 Lawrence J. Lau sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 187 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lawrence J. Lau 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 Lawrence J. Lau sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 55 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1976 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Lawrence J. Lau is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a focus on subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Economics and Econometrics, Epidemiology, Surgery, and Modeling and Simulation.

The research topics associated with Lawrence J. Lau cover a range of areas, notably:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

They have contributed to publications in several venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • China and the World
  • Canadian Journal of Cardiology
  • JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
  • BMJ Global Health
  • Telecommunications Policy

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Lawrence J. Lau include:

  • "The benefits and potential costs of a digital economy," 2023, Telecommunications Policy
  • "Aortic Stenosis Progression," 2022, JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
  • "Distinguishing between Economies of Scale and Technical Progress," 2022, International Journal of Empirical Economics
  • "Country performance against COVID-19: rankings for 35 countries," 2020, BMJ Global Health
  • "Don't Panic, Be Cautious, and Together We Can Stop the Coronavirus Epidemic!", 2020, Asia-Pacific Biotech News

Lawrence J. Lau has frequent collaborations with several co-authors, including:

  • Yanyan Xiong
  • Ian G. Burwash
  • David Messika-Zeitoun
  • Graeme Prosperi-Porta
  • Rudy R Unni

They also have notable contributions in book publishing, with three titles released by World Scientific:

  • The COVID-19 Epidemic in China (2020)
  • Are There Laws of Innovation? (2021)
  • Is the Chinese Economy a Miracle or a Bubble? (2024)

Throughout their career, Lawrence J. Lau has been recognized by scholarly societies, including being named a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1976 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1973.

Best Publications

  • TRANSCENDENTAL LOGARITHMIC PRODUCTION FRONTIERS

    Laurits R. Christensen;Dale W Jorgenson;Lawrence J. Lau

  • Transcendental Logarithmic Utility Functions

    Dale Jorgenson;L. R. Christensen;L.J. Lau

  • CONJUGATE DUALITY AND THE TRANSCENDENTAL LOGARITHMIC FUNCTION

    L R Christensen;D W Jorgenson;L J Lau

  • Modeling the effects of health on economic growth

    Alok Bhargava;Dean T. Jamison;Lawrence J. Lau;Christopher J. L. Murray

  • The Sources of Economic Growth of the East Asian Newly Industrialized Countries

    Jong-Il Kim;Lawrence J. Lau

  • Reform without Losers: An Interpretation of China's Dual‐Track Approach to Transition

    Lawrence J. Lau;Yingyi Qian;Gerard Roland

  • On identifying the degree of competitiveness from industry price and output data

    Lawrence J. Lau

  • A TEST FOR RELATIVE EFFICIENCY AND APPLICATION TO INDIAN AGRICULTURE

    L J Lau;P A Yotopoulos

  • Farmer education and farm efficiency: a survey

    M.E. Lockheed;D.T. Jamison;L.J. Lau

  • The Relationship between Credit and Productivity in Chinese Agriculture: A Microeconomic Model of Disequilibrium

    Gershon Feder;Lawrence J. Lau;Justin Y. Lin;Xiaopeng Luo

  • A Characterization of the Normalized Restricted Profit Function

    Lawrence J Lau

  • The Transcendental Logarithmic Model of Aggregate Consumer Behavior

    Dale Jorgenson;L.J. Lau;T. M. Stoker;R. L. Basmann

  • Applications of Profit Functions

    Lawrence J. Lau

  • Profit, Supply, and Factor Demand Functions

    Lawrence J. Lau;Pan A. Yotopoulos

  • The meta-production function approach to technological change in world agriculture☆

    Lawrence J. Lau;Pan A. Yotopoulos

  • FUNCTIONAL FORMS IN ECONOMETRIC MODEL BUILDING

    Lawrence J. Lau

  • Profit Functions of Technologies with Multiple Inputs and Outputs

    Lawrence J. Lau

  • Education and economic growth Some cross-sectional evidence from Brazil☆

    Lawrence J. Lau;Dean T. Jamison;Shu Cheng Liu;Steven Rivkin

  • Domestic Value Added and Employment Generated by Chinese Exports: A Quantitative Estimation

    Xikang Chen;Leonard K. Cheng;K.C. Fung;Lawrence J. Lau

  • Farmer education and farm efficiency.

    D. T. Jamison;L. J. Lau

  • The Relationship between Credit and Productivity in Chinese Agriculture

    Gershon Feder;Lawrence J. Lau;Justin Y. Lin;Xiaopeng Luo

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Boskin
Michael J. Boskin Stanford University
Dale W. Jorgenson
Dale W. Jorgenson Harvard University
Dean T. Jamison
Dean T. Jamison University of California, San Francisco
Yingyi Qian
Yingyi Qian Tsinghua University
Gérard Roland
Gérard Roland University of California, Berkeley
Gershon Feder
Gershon Feder International Food Policy Research Institute
Justin Yifu Lin
Justin Yifu Lin Peking University
Eytan Sheshinski
Eytan Sheshinski Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Bruno S. Frey
Bruno S. Frey University of Basel

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