2026 Michael Grossman: 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	63	664	598	418	369	232	40909

Overview

Michael Grossman is affiliated with the City University of New York in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on economics and medicine within the social sciences. The subfields of study where they have made contributions include economics and econometrics, physiology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, epidemiology, and gender studies.

Grossman's recent publications cover a range of topics related to health economics, taxation, smoking behavior, and substance abuse. Their work includes the following papers:

"E-cigarettes and adult smoking: Evidence from Minnesota" (2020, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty)
"The effect of changes in alcohol tax differentials on alcohol consumption" (2021, Journal of Public Economics)
"Association of e-cigarette advertising with e-cigarette and cigarette use among US adults" (2020, Addiction)
"The demand for health turns 50: Reflections" (2022, Health Economics)
"The Effect of Changes in Alcohol Tax Differentials on Alcohol Consumption" (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Their research topics show a focus on taxation and compliance studies, smoking behavior and cessation, air quality and health impacts, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, gender, labor, and family dynamics, health disparities and outcomes, and nutrition, health, and food behavior.

Taxation and Compliance Studies
Smoking Behavior and Cessation
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Health disparities and outcomes
Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior

Grossman frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Henry Saffer, Markus Gehrsitz, Daniel Dench, Dhaval Dave, and Ronald Eric Matthews. These collaborations have resulted in multiple publications.

Henry Saffer
Markus Gehrsitz
Daniel Dench
Dhaval Dave
Ronald Eric Matthews

Their work has been published in several scholarly venues, with the most frequent appearing journals and repositories being SSRN Electronic Journal, Health Economics, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Journal of Public Economics, and Addiction.

SSRN Electronic Journal
Health Economics
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
Journal of Public Economics
Addiction

Best Publications

On the Concept of Health Capital and the Demand for Health

Michael Grossman

8510
Citations
On the Concept of Health Capital and the Demand for Health

Unknown

5499
Citations
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction

Gary Becker;Michael Grossman;Kevin Murphy

2814
Citations
The Demand for Health: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation

Michael Grossman

2165
Citations
An economic analysis of adult obesity: results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Shin-Yi Chou;Michael Grossman;Michael Grossman;Henry Saffer;Henry Saffer

1658
Citations
The Human Capital Model

Michael Grossman

1455
Citations
Education and Nonmarket Outcomes

Michael Grossman

1384
Citations
An Empirical Analysis of Cigarette Addiction

Gary S Becker;Michael Grossman;Kevin M Murphy

1333
Citations
The effects of price on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems

Frank J. Chaloupka;Michael Grossman;Henry Saffer

819
Citations
Price, Tobacco Control Policies and Youth Smoking

Frank J. Chaloupka;Michael Grossman

775
Citations
The Effects of Government Regulation on Teenage Smoking

Eugene M. Lewit;Douglas Coate;Michael Grossman

728
Citations
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption

Gary Becker;Michael Murphy;Kevin M.

647
Citations
The Correlation between Health and Schooling

Michael Grossman

608
Citations
The Human Capital Model of the Demand for Health

Michael Grossman

567
Citations
Fast-Food Restaurant Advertising on Television and Its Influence on Childhood Obesity

Shin-Yi Chou;Inas Rashad;Michael Grossman

533
Citations
Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan

Shin-Yi Chou;Jin-Tan Liu;Michael Grossman;Theodore J Joyce

499
Citations
The Human Capital Model of the Demand for Health

Michael Grossman

475
Citations
Alcohol Control Policies and Motor Vehicle Fatalities

Frank J. Chaloupka;Henry Saffer;Michelle G. Grossman

428
Citations
Marijuana and Youth

Rosalie Liccardo Pacula;Michael Grossman;Frank J. Chaloupka;Patrick M. O'Malley

422
Citations
Effects of Alcoholic Beverage Prices and Legal Drinking Ages on Youth Alcohol Use

Douglas Coate;Michelle G. Grossman

410
Citations
PRICE, TOBACCO CONTROL POLICIES AND YOUTH SMOKING

Frank J Chaloupka;Frank J Chaloupka;Michael Grossman;Michael Grossman

384
Citations
Rational Addiction and the Effect of Price on Consumption

Gary S. Becker;Michael Grossman;Kevin M. Murphy

381
Citations
Education and Nonmarket Outcomes

Michael Grossman;Michael Grossman

365
Citations
Unobservables, Pregnancy Resolutions, and Birthweight Production Functions in New York City

Michael Grossman;Theodore J. Joyce

359
Citations
The Demand for Cocaine by Young Adults: A Rational Addiction Approach

Michael Grossman;Michael Grossman;Frank J. Chaloupka;Frank J. Chaloupka

358
Citations
AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF ALCOHOL ADDICTION: RESULTS FROM THE MONITORING THE FUTURE PANELS

Michael Grossman;Frank J. Chaloupka;Ismail Sirtalan

319
Citations
The Super Size of America: An Economic Estimation of Body Mass Index and Obesity in Adults

Inas Rashad;Michael Grossman;Shin-Yi Chou

311
Citations
Chapter 10 Education and Nonmarket Outcomes

Michael Grossman

249
Citations
Effects of Alcohol Price Policy on Youth: A Summary of Economic Research

Michael Grossman;Frank J. Chaloupka;Henry Saffer;Adit Laixuthai

232
Citations
Variations in infant mortality rates among counties of the United States: The roles of public policies and programs

Michael Grossman;Steven Jacobowitz

229
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank J. Chaloupka University of Illinois at Chicago

Theodore J. Joyce Baruch College

Sara Markowitz Emory University

Robert Kaestner University of Chicago

Henry Saffer National Bureau of Economic Research

Dhaval Dave National Bureau of Economic Research

Kevin M. Murphy University of Chicago

Rosalie Liccardo Pacula University of Southern California

Gary S. Becker University of Chicago

Warren K. Bickel Virginia Tech

External Links

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