2026 Michael H. Riordan: 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	39	2392	2162	1356	1192	97	8629

Research.com Recognitions

1999 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contributions to particle physics, the history of particle physics and solid state physics and his outstanding science writing
1999 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1994 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Michael H. Riordan is a researcher affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of Computer Science, with notable contributions to Information Systems, Political Science and International Relations, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Strategy and Management, and Computer Networks and Communications.

Their research topics cover several areas, including:

International Science and Diplomacy
Digital Platforms and Economics
Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies
Information and Cyber Security
Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security

Michael H. Riordan has published extensively in venues such as:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Physics Today
Physics World
Journal of Cybersecurity
Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy

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

"Privacy Protection, Security, and Consumer Retention", 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Empirically Evaluating the Effect of Security Precautions on Cyber Incidents", 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
"The Simple Economics of an External Shock on a Crowdsourced 'Bug Bounty Platform'", 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
"The simple economics of an external shock to a bug bounty platform", 2024, Journal of Cybersecurity
"The Three Rs of Fear Messaging in a Global Pandemic: Recommendations, Ramifications and Remediation", 2024, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy

Their frequent collaborators include Neil Gandal, Aviram Zrahia, Sarit Markovich, Bruno Jullien, and Yassine Lefouili.

Over the course of their career, Michael H. Riordan has been recognized with several awards, including:

Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1999, cited for contributions to particle physics, the history of particle physics, solid state physics, and science writing
Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1999
Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1994

Best Publications

High and Declining Prices Signal Product Quality

Kyle Bagwell;Michael H Riordan

1119
Citations
Asset specificity and economic organization

Michael H. Riordan;Oliver E. Williamson

844
Citations
Advertising as a Signal

Richard E. Kihlstrom;Michael H. Riordan

780
Citations
Awarding Monopoly Franchises

Michael H. Riordan;David E. M. Sappington

408
Citations
THE LEARNING CURVE, MARKET DOMINANCE, AND PREDATORY PRICING

Luis M. B. Cabral;Michael H. Riordan

396
Citations
PRICE AND VARIETY IN THE SPOKES MODEL

Yongmin Chen;Michael H. Riordan

354
Citations
Incentives for Cost Reduction under Price Cap Regulation

Luis M. B. Cabral;Luis M. B. Cabral;Michael H. Riordan

337
Citations
Predatory Pricing : Strategic Theory and Legal Policy

Patrick Bolton;J.F. Brodley;M.H. Riordan

317
Citations
Price‐increasing competition

Yongmin Chen;Michael H. Riordan

256
Citations
Anticompetitive vertical integration by a dominant firm

Michael H. Riordan

251
Citations
Regulation and Preemptive Technology Adoption

Michael H. Riordan

194
Citations
On governing multilateral transactions with bilateral contracts

Jacques Cremer;Michael H. Riordan

183
Citations
Imperfect Information and Dynamic Conjectural Variations

Michael H. Riordan

173
Citations
Dynamics of price regulation

Gary Biglaiser;Michael Riordan

171
Citations
The Learning Curve, Predation, Antitrust, and Welfare †

Luís M. B. Cabral;Luís M. B. Cabral;Michael H. Riordan

168
Citations
Optimal contracts with public ex post information

Michael H Riordan;David E.M Sappington

163
Citations
Regulating Complementary Products: A Comparative Institutional Analysis

Richard J. Gilbert;Michael H. Riordan

161
Citations
Capital markets and financial intermediation: Competition and bank performance: a theoretical perspective

Michael H. Riordan

151
Citations
Price and Quality in a New Product Monopoly

Kenneth L. Judd;Michael H. Riordan

143
Citations
Monopolistic Competition with Experience Goods

Michael H. Riordan

143
Citations
Competitive effects of vertical integration

Michael H. Riordan

101
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis M. B. Cabral New York University

Thomas G. McGuire Harvard University

Bruno Jullien Toulouse School of Economics

Neil Gandal Tel Aviv University

Patrick Bolton Imperial College London

Richard J. Gilbert University of California, Berkeley

Robert W. Staiger Dartmouth College

David E. M. Sappington University of Florida

Shane Greenstein Harvard University

W. A. Zajc Columbia University

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