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D-Index
65
Citations
20827
World Ranking
597
National Ranking
384

Michael R. Carter 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 R. Carter sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 209 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael R. Carter 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 R. Carter sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 65 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

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

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

    Frederick J. Zimmerman;Michael R. Carter

  • Poverty Traps and Natural Disasters in Ethiopia and Honduras

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

  • Searching for land tenure security in Africa

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

  • 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

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

    Michelle Adato;Michael R. Carter;Julian May

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

    Michael R. Carter;Julian May

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

    Michael R. Carter

  • Poverty, livelihood and class in rural South Africa

    Michael R. Carter;Julian May

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

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

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

    Jorge Aguero;Michael Carter;Ingrid Woolard

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

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

  • The Economics of Poverty Traps and Persistent Poverty: Empirical and Policy Implications

    Christopher B. Barrett;Michael R. Carter

  • EQUILIBRIUM CREDIT RATIONING OF SMALL FARM AGRICULTURE

    Michael R. Carter

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

    Shouying Liu;Michael R. Carter;Yang Yao

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

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

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

    Christopher B. Barrett;Michael R. Carter

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

    Michael R. Carter

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

    Michael R. Carter;John A. Maluccio

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

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

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

    Michael R. Carter;Keith D. Wiebe

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher B. Barrett
Christopher B. Barrett Cornell University
Dean Yang
Dean Yang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bradford L. Barham
Bradford L. Barham University of Wisconsin–Madison
John A. Maluccio
John A. Maluccio Middlebury College
Peter D. Little
Peter D. Little Emory University
Jean-Paul Chavas
Jean-Paul Chavas University of Wisconsin–Madison
Alain de Janvry
Alain de Janvry University of California, Berkeley
Elisabeth Sadoulet
Elisabeth Sadoulet University of California, Berkeley
Frederick J. Zimmerman
Frederick J. Zimmerman University of California, Los Angeles
Anthony Patt
Anthony Patt ETH Zurich

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