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2023
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Economics and Finance

D-Index
38
Citations
7007
World Ranking
2534
National Ranking
17

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Mark Gradstein is affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Their academic work spans various areas within social sciences and economics, with a particular focus on topics related to culture, economy, and development studies, as well as natural resource management and economic development.

Their recent research contributions include several papers published in peer-reviewed journals, covering a range of economic and social issues:

  • Natural resource access and local economic growth (2020), European Economic Review
  • Social Status Inequality and Populism (2024), Journal of Comparative Economics
  • Government Bailout Funds: Balancing Rules and Discretion (2021), Journal of Money Credit and Banking
  • Cultural attributes, income inequality, and ethnic differentials (2021), Review of Economic Dynamics
  • Mother Africa: The long run effects of income shocks on fertility (2024), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Mark Gradstein frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Phoebe W. Ishak
  • Alberto Chong
  • Marc Klemp
  • Markus Brückner
  • Moshe Justman

Their publications commonly appear in these venues:

  • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Journal of Law Economics and Organization
  • European Economic Review
  • Journal of Comparative Economics

Mark Gradstein's work is situated mainly within the fields of social sciences as well as economics, econometrics, and finance. They have contributed to multiple subfields, including sociology and political science, economics and econometrics, demography, general economics, econometrics and finance, and political science and international relations.

The primary research topics covered in their work comprise:

  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • Natural Resources and Economic Development
  • Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Mining and Resource Management

Best Publications

  • Inequality and Institutions

    Alberto Chong;Mark Gradstein

  • What causes firms to hide output? The determinants of informality

    Era Dabla-Norris;Mark Gradstein;Gabriela Inchauste

  • Education, Social Cohesion, and Economic Growth

    Mark Gradstein;Moshe Justman

  • Orchestrating Rent Seeking Contests

    Mark Gradstein;Kai A. Konrad

  • What determines foreign aid? The donors' perspective

    Alberto Chong;Mark Gradstein

  • Inequality and informality

    Alberto Chong;Mark Gradstein

  • Does Libertè = Egalité? A Survey of the Empirical Links between Democracy and Inequality with Some Evidence on the Transition Economies

    Mark Gradstein;Branko Milanovic

  • Human capital, social capital, and public schooling

    Mark Gradstein;Moshe Justman

  • The Industrial Revolution, Political Transition, and the Subsequent Decline in Inequality in 19th-Century Britain

    Moshe Justman;Mark Gradstein

  • Inequality, democracy and the protection of property rights*

    Mark Gradstein

  • The Political Economy of Education: Implications for Growth and Inequality

    Mark Gradstein;Moshe Justman;Volker Meier

  • Governance and growth

    Mark Gradstein;Mark Gradstein

  • Aging population and education finance

    Mark Gradstein;Mark Gradstein;Michael Kaganovich

  • Can foreign aid reduce income inequality and poverty

    Alberto Chong;Mark Gradstein;Cecilia Calderon

  • INTENSITY OF COMPETITION, ENTRY AND ENTRY DETERRENCE IN RENT SEEKING CONTESTS

    Mark Gradstein

  • Democracy and Income In-Equality: An Empirical Analysis

    Mark Gradstein;Branko Milanovic;Yvonne Ying

  • Democratic Choice of an Education System: Implications for Growth and Income Distribution

    Mark Gradstein;Mark Gradstein;Moshe Justman

  • Rent seeking and the provision of public goods

    Mark Gradstein

  • Democracy and Income Inequality: An Empirical Analysis

    Branko Milanovic;Branko Milanovic;Mark Gradstein;Yvonne Ying

  • Time Dynamics and Incomplete Information in the Private Provision of Public Goods

    Mark Gradstein

  • What Causes Firms to Hide Output?: The Determinants of Informality

    Era Dabla-Norris;Mark Gradstein;Gabriela Inchauste

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto Chong
Alberto Chong Georgia State University
Shmuel Nitzan
Shmuel Nitzan Bar-Ilan University
Branko Milanovic
Branko Milanovic City University of New York
Amihai Glazer
Amihai Glazer University of California, Irvine
Maurice Schiff
Maurice Schiff Institute of Labor Economics
Kai A. Konrad
Kai A. Konrad Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
Heng-fu Zou
Heng-fu Zou Central University of Finance and Economics

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