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Michael D. Whinston

Michael D. Whinston

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
43
Citations
24091
World Ranking
1898
National Ranking
1105

Michael D. Whinston 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 Michael D. Whinston sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 68 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael D. Whinston 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 Michael D. Whinston sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% 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

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1993 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 1990 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Michael D. Whinston is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of economics, econometrics, and finance, as well as health professions. Their research work covers a range of subfields including economics and econometrics, general health professions, demography, accounting, and management science and operations research.

Whinston's recent academic contributions include the following papers:

  • Concentration Thresholds for Horizontal Mergers, 2022, American Economic Review
  • Optimal Targeted Lockdowns in a Multigroup SIR Model, 2021, American Economic Review Insights
  • Optimal Long-Term Health Insurance Contracts: Characterization, Computation, and Welfare Effects, 2023, The Review of Economic Studies
  • Optimal Long-Term Health Insurance Contracts: Characterization, Computation, and Welfare Effects, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Concentration Screens for Horizontal Mergers, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Whinston include Soheil Ghili, Igal Hendel, Benjamin Handel, Volker Nocke, and Robin S. Lee. These collaborations reflect ongoing research partnerships across several economic and health-related topics.

The venues where their work appears most frequently are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • American Economic Review
  • American Economic Review Insights
  • The Review of Economic Studies

The main topics addressed in Whinston's research portfolio are:

  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Merger and Competition Analysis
  • Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Auction Theory and Applications
  • Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing

Over the course of their career, Whinston has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2008. They have also been made a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1993 and received fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1990.

Best Publications

  • Microeconomic Theory

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  • Multimarket contact and collusive behavior

    B. Douglas Bernheim;Michael D. Whinston

  • Menu Auctions, Resource Allocation, and Economic Influence

    B. Douglas Bernheim;Michael D. Whinston

  • Free entry and social inefficiency

    N. Gregory Mankiw;Michael D. Whinston

  • Coalition-Proof Nash Equilibria I. Concepts

    B.Douglas Bernheim;Bezalel Peleg;Michael D Whinston

  • Multiproduct Monopoly, Commodity Bundling, and Correlation of Values

    R. Preston McAfee;John McMillan;Michael D. Whinston

  • Tying, Foreclosure, and Exclusion

    Michael D. Whinston

  • Incomplete Contracts and Strategic Ambiguity

    B. Douglas Bernheim;Michael D. Whinston

  • Lectures on Antitrust Economics

    Michael Dennis Whinston

  • Naked Exclusion: Comment

    Ilya R. Segal;Michael D. Whinston

  • On the Transaction Cost Determinants of Vertical Integration

    Michael D. Whinston

  • Optimal targeted lockdowns in a multi-group sir model

    Daron Acemoglu;Victor Chernozhukov;Iván Werning;Michael D Whinston

  • Exclusive Dealing

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  • A Multi-Risk SIR Model with Optimally Targeted Lockdown

    Daron Acemoglu;Victor Chernozhukov;Iván Werning;Michael D Whinston

  • Patent Expiration, Entry, and Competition in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry

    Richard E. Caves;Michael D. Whinston;Mark A. Hurwitz

  • Incomplete Contracts, Vertical Integration, and Supply Assurance

    Patrick Bolton;Michael D. Whinston

  • Common marketing agency as a device for facilitating collusion

    B. Douglas Bernheim;Michael D. Whinston

  • Optimal Targeted Lockdowns in a Multi-Group SIR Model

    Daron Acemoglu;Victor Chernozhukovz;Iván Werning;Michael D. Whinston

  • Exclusive contracts and protection of investments

    Ilya R. Segal;Michael D. Whinston

  • Antitrust in Innovative Industries

    Ilya R. Segal;Michael D. Whinston

  • Equilibria in Health Exchanges: Adverse Selection versus Reclassification Risk

    Benjamin R Handel;Igal Hendel;Michael D Whinston

  • The Welfare Effects of Vertical Integration in Multichannel Television Markets

    Gregory S Crawford;Robin S Lee;Michael D Whinston;Ali Yurukoglu

Frequent Co-Authors

B. Douglas Bernheim
B. Douglas Bernheim Stanford University
John McMillan
John McMillan Stanford University
R. Preston McAfee
R. Preston McAfee Google (United States)
Patrick Bolton
Patrick Bolton Imperial College London
Patrick Rey
Patrick Rey Toulouse School of Economics
Michael J. Boskin
Michael J. Boskin Stanford University
David Evans
David Evans University of Bristol

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