2026 Michael Woodford: 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	102	92	81	73	63	650	73386

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1998 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1991 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
1981 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Michael Woodford is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Neuroscience, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to understanding economic behavior and neural mechanisms.

The main topics covered in Woodford's work include:

Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Economic theories and models
Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Woodford has published research in several frequent venues, including:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
SSRN Electronic Journal
American Economic Review
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Annual Review of Economics

Notable recent papers authored by Woodford are:

"Modeling Imprecision in Perception, Valuation, and Choice," 2020, Annual Review of Economics
"Effective Demand Failures and the Limits of Monetary Stabilization Policy," 2022, American Economic Review
"Fiscal and monetary stabilization policy at the zero lower bound: Consequences of limited foresight," 2021, Journal of Monetary Economics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Woodford include:

Arthur Prat-Carrabin
Rava Azeredo da Silveira
Rafael Polanía
Guy Aridor
Miguel Barretto García

Throughout their career, Woodford has received a number of fellowships and recognitions:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1998
Fellows of the Econometric Society, 1991
Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation, 1981

Best Publications

Interest and prices : foundations of a theory of monetary policy

Michael Woodford

12065
Citations
Structural impact

Unknown

3115
Citations
Interest and Prices

Michael Woodford

2855
Citations
An Optimization-Based Econometric Framework for the Evaluation of Monetary Policy

Julio J. Rotemberg;Michael Woodford

2805
Citations
Optimal Monetary Policy Inertia

Michael Woodford

2803
Citations
Inflation Forecasts and Monetary Policy

Ben S Bernanke;Michael Woodford

1719
Citations
Fiscal Requirements for Price Stability

Michael Woodford

1661
Citations
Simple Analytics of the Government Expenditure Multiplier

Michael Woodford

1614
Citations
Frontiers of business cycle research

Unknown

1472
Citations
Price Level Determinacy Without Control of a Monetary Aggregate

Michael Woodford

1448
Citations
Imperfect Common Knowledge and the Effects of Monetary Policy

Michael Woodford

1316
Citations
Interest-Rate Rules in an Estimated Sticky Price Model

Julio J. Rotemberg;Michael Woodford

1313
Citations
Control of the Public Debt: A Requirement for Price Stability?

Michael Woodford

1178
Citations
Imperfect Competition and the Effects of Energy Price Increases on Economic Activity

Julio Rotemberg;Michael Woodford

1141
Citations
Central Bank Communication and Policy Effectiveness

Michael Woodford

1132
Citations
The Taylor Rule and Optimal Monetary Policy

Michael Woodford

1126
Citations
Monetary policy and price level determinacy in a cash-in-advance economy*

Michael Woodford

1082
Citations
Credit Spreads and Monetary Policy

Vasco Cúrdia;Michael Woodford

1075
Citations
The central-bank balance sheet as an instrument of monetarypolicy

Unknown

1060
Citations
Oligopolistic Pricing and the Effects of Aggregate Demand on Economic Activity

Julio J. Rotemberg;Michael Woodford

1046
Citations
The Cyclical Behavior of Prices and Costs

Julio Rotemberg;Michael Woodford

1045
Citations
THE CENTRAL-BANK BALANCE SHEET AS AN INSTRUMENT OF MONETARY POLICY

Vasco Curdia;Michael Woodford

921
Citations
Handbook of macroeconomics

John B. Taylor;Michael Woodford;Harald Uhlig

328
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daron Acemoglu MIT

Julio J. Rotemberg Harvard University

Kenneth Rogoff Harvard University

Pierpaolo Benigno University of Bern

Jonathan A. Parker MIT

Marc P. Giannoni Barclays (United Kingdom)

Lars E.O. Svensson Stockholm School of Economics

Ben S. Bernanke Brookings Institution

Gauti B. Eggertsson Brown University

Jose A. Scheinkman Columbia University

External Links

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