2026 Michael R. Carter: 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	65	597	540	384	340	209	20827

Overview

Michael R. Carter is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable number of publications in the subfields of Soil Science, Economics and Econometrics, and Accounting. They also work within Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics as well as General Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

Agricultural risk and resilience
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
Climate change impacts on agriculture
Agricultural Economics and Policy
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
Land Rights and Reforms

Michael R. Carter has contributed to several recent papers, including the following:

"Uniting remote sensing, crop modelling and economics for agricultural risk management," 2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
"Can digital technologies reshape rural microfinance? Implications for savings, credit, & insurance," 2021, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
"Can digitally-enabled financial instruments secure an inclusive agricultural transformation?," 2022, Agricultural Economics
"Bundling Genetic and Financial Technologies for More Resilient and Productive Small-Scale Farmers in Africa," 2024, The Economic Journal
"Filling a niche? The maize productivity impacts of adaptive breeding by a local seed company in Kenya," 2022, Journal of Development Economics

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael R. Carter include:

Julián Arteaga
Andrew Hobbs
Elinor Benami
Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku
Zhenong Jin

They have regularly published in venues such as:

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
SSRN Electronic Journal
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
Agricultural Economics

In addition to journal articles, Michael R. Carter has contributed to book publications. One notable book published with Cambridge University Press is titled Escaping Poverty Traps and Unlocking Prosperity in the Face of Climate Risk (2024).

Best Publications

The economics of poverty traps and persistent poverty: An asset-based approach

Michael R. Carter;Christopher B. Barrett

2336
Citations
Asset smoothing, consumption smoothing and the reproduction of inequality under risk and subsistence constraints

Frederick J. Zimmerman;Michael R. Carter

853
Citations
Poverty Traps and Natural Disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras

Michael R. Carter;Peter D. Little;Tewodaj Mogues;Workneh Negatu

799
Citations
Searching for land tenure security in Africa

John W. Bruce;Shem E. Migot-Adholla;Frank Place;Michael Roth

737
Citations
Getting Institutions “Right” for Whom? Credit Constraints and the Impact of Property Rights on the Quantity and Composition of Investment

Michael R. Carter;Pedro Olinto

702
Citations
Exploring Poverty Traps and Social Exclusion in South Africa Using Qualitative and Quantitative Data

Michelle Adato;Michael R. Carter;Julian May

639
Citations
One Kind of Freedom: Poverty Dynamics in Post-apartheid South Africa

Michael R. Carter;Julian May

612
Citations
IDENTIFICATION OF THE INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FARM SIZE AND PRODUCTIVITY: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF PEASANT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

Michael R. Carter

597
Citations
Poverty, livelihood and class in rural South Africa

Michael R. Carter;Julian May

551
Citations
Risk Rationing and Wealth Effects in Credit Markets: Theory and Implications for Agricultural Development

Stephen R. Boucher;Michael R. Carter;Catherine Guirkinger

481
Citations
The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Nutrition: The South African Child Support Grant

Jorge Aguero;Michael Carter;Ingrid Woolard

466
Citations
Designing Index-Based Livestock Insurance for Managing Asset Risk in Northern Kenya

Sommarat Chantarat;Andrew G. Mude;Christopher B. Barrett;Michael R. Carter

439
Citations
The Economics of Poverty Traps and Persistent Poverty: Empirical and Policy Implications

Christopher B. Barrett;Michael R. Carter

403
Citations
EQUILIBRIUM CREDIT RATIONING OF SMALL FARM AGRICULTURE

Michael R. Carter

377
Citations
Dimensions and diversity of property rights in rural China: Dilemmas on the road to further reform

Shouying Liu;Michael R. Carter;Yang Yao

363
Citations
Climate-smart agriculture global research agenda: scientific basis for action

Kerri L Steenwerth;Amanda K Hodson;Arnold J Bloom;Michael R Carter

340
Citations
The Power and Pitfalls of Experiments in Development Economics: Some Non‐random Reflections

Christopher B. Barrett;Michael R. Carter

339
Citations
Environment, Technology, and the Social Articulation of Risk in West African Agriculture

Michael R. Carter

331
Citations
Social Capital and Coping with Economic Shocks: An Analysis of Stunting of South African Children

Michael R. Carter;John A. Maluccio

317
Citations
Credit constraints, credit unions, and small-scale producers in Guatemala

Bradford L. Barham;Stephen Boucher;Michael R. Carter

314
Citations
Access to Capital and Its Impact on Agrarian Structure and Productivity in Kenya

Michael R. Carter;Keith D. Wiebe

297
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher B. Barrett Cornell University

Dean Yang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Bradford L. Barham University of Wisconsin–Madison

John A. Maluccio Middlebury College

Peter D. Little Emory University

Jean-Paul Chavas University of Wisconsin–Madison

Alain de Janvry University of California, Berkeley

Elisabeth Sadoulet University of California, Berkeley

Frederick J. Zimmerman University of California, Los Angeles

Anthony Patt ETH Zurich

External Links

Personal website of Michael R. Carter Google Scholar page

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