2026 Michael Smart: 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	42	2068	1869	1201	1060	158	8076

Discipline name

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Economics and Finance

2068

1869

1201

1060

158

8076

Overview

Michael Smart is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a particular focus on subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Political Science and International Relations, Gender Studies, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Taxation and Compliance Studies
Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
Canadian Policy and Governance
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
Reproductive Health and Contraception

Michael Smart has contributed to various journals and publication venues, often publishing in:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Canadian Tax Journal/Revue fiscale canadienne
Journal of Public Economics
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
National Tax Journal

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Michael Smart include:

Robin Boadway
François Vaillancourt
EunSeok Cha
Betty Braxter
Melissa Spezia Faulkner

Notable recent publications by Michael Smart are:

"Small Business Taxation and Income Inequality: The View from Canada," 2021, National Tax Journal
"Policy Forum: Inequity and Inefficiency in the Tax Treatment of Capital Gains," 2021, Canadian Tax Journal/Revue fiscale canadienne
"Distributionally Sensitive Cost-Benefit Analysis," 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal

Other relevant papers where Michael Smart has contributed include:

"Preconception Care to Reduce the Risks of Overweight and Obesity in Women of Reproductive Age: An Integrative Review," 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
"Distributionally Sensitive Cost-Benefit Analysis," 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal (coauthored by Robin Boadway)

Best Publications

Income shifting, investment, and tax competition: theory and evidence from provincial taxation in Canada

Jack Mintz;Michael Smart

517
Citations
Majority voting with single-crossing preferences

Joshua S. Gans;Joshua S. Gans;Michael Smart

499
Citations
Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: International Lessons for Developing Countries

Richard M Bird;Michael Smart

450
Citations
Fiscal restraints and voter welfare

Timothy Besley;Michael Smart

445
Citations
In praise of tax havens: International tax planning and foreign direct investment

Qing Hong;Michael Smart

439
Citations
Term limits and electoral accountability

Michael Smart;Daniel M. Sturm

389
Citations
Taxation and Deadweight Loss in a System of Intergovernmental Transfers

Michael Smart

375
Citations
The Efficiency Consequences of Local Revenue Equalization: Tax Competition and Tax Distortions

Sam Bucovetsky;Michael Smart

314
Citations
Millennials and car ownership: Less money, fewer cars

Nicholas J. Klein;Michael J. Smart

296
Citations
Spatial associations of dockless shared e-scooter usage

Or Caspi;Michael J. Smart;Robert B. Noland

289
Citations
Bikeshare trip generation in New York City

Robert B. Noland;Michael J. Smart;Ziye Guo

275
Citations
Regional Grants as Pork Barrel Politics

Kevin Milligan;Michael Smart

272
Citations
Competitive Insurance Markets with Two Unobservables

Michael Smart

164
Citations
Is Targeted Tax Competition Less Harmful than its Remedies

Eckhard Janeba;Michael Smart

163
Citations
Getting by with a little help from my friends…and family: immigrants and carpooling

Evelyn Blumenberg;Michael Smart

162
Citations
Do fiscal transfers alleviate business tax competition? Evidence from Germany

Peter Egger;Peter Egger;Marko Koethenbuerger;Michael Smart

156
Citations
Car today, gone tomorrow: The ephemeral car in low-income, immigrant and minority families

Nicholas J. Klein;Michael J. Smart

137
Citations
Brother can you Spare a Ride? Carpooling in Immigrant Neighbourhoods:

Evelyn Blumenberg;Michael Smart

125
Citations
Raising taxes through equalization

Michael Smart

123
Citations
US immigrants and bicycling: Two-wheeled in Autopia

Michael Smart

108
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard M. Bird University of Toronto

Jack M. Mintz University of Calgary

Peter Egger ETH Zurich

Kevin Milligan University of British Columbia

Timothy Besley London School of Economics and Political Science

Robert B. Noland Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Steven L. Waslander University of Toronto

Susan L Handy University of California, Davis

Richard Arnott University of California, Riverside

Mark A. Delucchi University of California, Berkeley

External Links

Personal website of Michael Smart

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