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Michael Keen

Michael Keen

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Economics and Finance
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
67
Citations
16129
World Ranking
546
National Ranking
3

Michael Keen 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 Keen sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 202 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Keen 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 Keen 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: 67 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Japan Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Michael Keen is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research focuses primarily on economics, econometrics, and finance, complemented by work in business, management, and accounting. Within these broader fields, Keen has contributed to publications related to economics and econometrics as well as accounting and information systems, with some attention to environmental engineering and sustainability topics.

The main topics of Keen's research include corporate taxation and avoidance, taxation and compliance studies, fiscal policy and economic growth, blockchain technology applications and security, climate change policy and economics, environmental impact and sustainability, and energy, environment, and transportation policies.

Keen has a range of recent papers, including:

  • "Taxing cryptocurrencies," 2023, Oxford Review of Economic Policy
  • "Border Carbon Adjustments: Rationale, Design and Impact," 2021, IMF Working Paper
  • "Certain effects of random taxes," 2021, Journal of Public Economics
  • "Taxing Cryptocurrencies," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Only Connect! Aspects of the Tax Systems Approach," 2025, National Tax Journal

Frequent co-authors of Michael Keen include Ruud de Mooij, Shafik Hebous, Joel Slemrod, and Katherine Baer.

Keen has published in various venues, with multiple works appearing in the SSRN Electronic Journal and IMF Working Papers, alongside publications in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Journal of Public Economics, and National Tax Journal.

In addition to journal articles, Keen has contributed to book publications, including:

  • "La fiscalité et l'environnement: un aperçu des questions clés pour les pays en développement," 2023, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
  • "Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue," 2021, Princeton University Press
  • "International Tax Spillovers and Tangible Investment, with Implications for the Global Minimum Tax," 2023, World Bank policy research working paper

Best Publications

  • Jeux sans frontieres: tax competition and tax coordination when countries differ in size

    Ravi Kanbur;Michael Keen

  • The value added tax: Its causes and consequences

    Michael Keen;Ben Lockwood

  • Tax revenue and (or?) trade liberalization

    Thomas Baunsgaard;Michael Keen

  • Corruption, extortion and evasion

    Jean Hindriks;Michael Keen;Michael Keen;Abhinay Muthoo

  • Tax competition and Leviathan

    Unknown

  • Fiscal competition and the pattern of public spending

    Unknown

  • The Comparison Between Ad Valorem and Specific Taxation under Imperfect Competition

    Sofia Delipalla;Michael Keen

  • Does Federalism Lead to Excessively High Taxes

    Unknown

  • The Russian Flat Tax Reform

    Anna Ivanova;Michael Keen;Alexander Klemm

  • Vertical Tax Externalities in the Theory of Fiscal Federalism

    Unknown

  • PUBLIC GOODS, SELF-SELECTION AND OPTIMAL INCOME TAXATION*

    Robin Boadway;Michael Keen

  • The optimal threshold for a value-added tax

    Michael Keen;Jack Mintz

  • Preferential Regimes Can Make Tax Competition Less Harmful

    Unknown

  • Efficiency and the optimal direction of federal-state transfers

    Robin Boadway;Michael Keen;Michael Keen

  • VALUE-ADDED TAX AND EXCISES

    Ian Crawford;Michael Keen;Stephen Smith

  • VAT Fraud and Evasion: What Do We Know, and What Can Be Done?

    Michael Keen;Stephen Smith

  • The future of value added tax in the European Union

    Michael Keen;Stephen Smith

  • Coordinating tariff reduction and domestic tax reform

    Michael Keen;Michael Keen;Jenny E. Ligthart

  • Zero expenditures and the estimation of engel curves

    Michael Keen

  • Pareto-Efficient International Taxation

    Michael Keen;David Wildasin

  • The balance between specific and ad valorem taxation

    Michael Keen

  • VAT, tariffs, and withholding: Border taxes and informality in developing countries

    Michael Keen

  • The Taxation of Petroleum and Minerals : Principles, Problems and Practice

    Philip Daniel;Michael Keen;Charles McPherson

  • Optimal Tax Administration

    Michael Keen;Joel Slemrod

  • Tax competition and Leviathon

    Jeremy Edwards;Michael Keen

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruud A. de Mooij
Ruud A. de Mooij International Monetary Fund
Robin Boadway
Robin Boadway Queen's University
Alan J. Auerbach
Alan J. Auerbach University of California, Berkeley
Ravi Kanbur
Ravi Kanbur Cornell University
Michael P. Devereux
Michael P. Devereux University of Oxford
Ben Lockwood
Ben Lockwood University of Warwick
Joel Slemrod
Joel Slemrod University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sajal Lahiri
Sajal Lahiri Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Stephen M. Smith
Stephen M. Smith University of Oxford
Kai A. Konrad
Kai A. Konrad Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance

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