2026 Michele Ruta: 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	2090	1889	1205	1064	204	6450

Overview

Michele Ruta is affiliated with the International Monetary Fund in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance; Business, Management and Accounting; and Social Sciences. Within these broad categories, their work focuses on subfields such as General Economics, Econometrics and Finance; Economics and Econometrics; Strategy and Management; Development; and Political Science and International Relations.

The scientist's main research topics include Global trade and economics, International Development and Aid, International Business and FDI, World Trade Organization Law, Global Trade and Competitiveness, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth.

Their recent papers feature contributions in notable venues and cover topics relevant to global economic challenges and trade dynamics. These recent papers include:

Geo-Economic Fragmentation and the Future of Multilateralism, 2023, IMF staff discussion note
Pandemic trade: COVID-19, remote work and global value chains, 2021, World Economy
Trade effects of the New Silk Road: A gravity analysis, 2020, Journal of Development Economics
Deep Trade Agreements and Global Value Chains, 2020, Review of Industrial Organization
Trade policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis: Evidence from a new data set, 2021, World Economy

Michele Ruta's frequent co-authors reflect ongoing collaborative networks, with repeated collaborative efforts involving:

Nadia Rocha
Alen Mulabdić
Aaditya Mattoo
Caroline Freund
Simon J. Evenett

The scientist has published extensively in several prominent venues, including:

SSRN Electronic Journal (16 publications)
World Economy (3 publications)
Journal of International Economics (3 publications)
IMF Working Paper (3 publications)
Journal of Development Economics (2 publications)

Michele Ruta's book publications are notable, especially with the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks, where 16 books have been published. Significant book titles include:

Covid-19 and Food Protectionism: The Impact of the Pandemic and Export Restrictions on World Food Markets, 2020
Is US Trade Policy Reshaping Global Supply Chains?, 2023
Machine Learning in International Trade Research: Evaluating the Impact of Trade Agreements, 2021
Pandemic Trade: Covid-19, Remote Work and Global Value Chains, 2021
The Effectiveness of Environmental Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements, 2021
The Covid-19 Vaccine Production Club: Will Value Chains Temper Nationalism?, 2021
The Evolution of Deep Trade Agreements, 2020

Additional book publications appear under other World Bank imprints, such as World Bank policy research working paper, The World Bank eBooks, and Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks, as well as publishers like Springer Science+Business Media.

Best Publications

The global trade slowdown: cyclical or structural ?

Cristina Constantinescu;Aaditya Mattoo;Michele Ruta

381
Citations
Horizontal depth : a new database on the content of preferential trade agreements

Claudia Hofmann;Alberto Osnago;Michele Ruta;Michele Ruta

326
Citations
Geo-Economic Fragmentation and the Future of Multilateralism

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277
Citations
Trade Creation and Trade Diversion in Deep Agreements

Aaditya Mattoo;Alen Mulabdic;Michele Ruta;Michele Ruta

253
Citations
The Relationship between Exchange Rates and International Trade: A Literature Review

Marc Auboin;Michele Ruta

224
Citations
Trade Effects of the New Silk Road: A Gravity Analysis

Suprabha Baniya;Nadia Rocha;Michele Ruta

205
Citations
Belt and Road economics: opportunities and risks of transport corridors

Michele Ruta;Matias Herrera Dappe;Somik V. Lall;Chunlin Zhang

194
Citations
Pandemic trade: COVID-19, remote work and global value chains.

Alvaro Espitia;Aaditya Mattoo;Nadia Rocha;Michele Ruta

190
Citations
Depreciations without exports ? global value chains and the exchange rate elasticity of exports

Swarnali Ahmed;Maximiliano Andres Appendino;Michele Ruta

187
Citations
Common transport infrastructure: A quantitative model and estimates from the Belt and Road Initiative

Francois Michel Marie Raphael De Soyres;Alen Mulabdic;Michele Ruta

163
Citations
How Much Will the Belt and Road Initiative Reduce Trade Costs

François de Soyres;Alen Mulabdic;Siobhan Murray;Nadia Rocha

160
Citations
The relationship between exchange rates and International Trade: A review of economic literature

Marc Auboin;Michele Ruta

157
Citations
International Trade in Natural Resources: Practice and Policy

Michele Ruta;Anthony J. Venables

151
Citations
Deep trade agreements and global value chains

Edith Laget;Alberto Osnago;Nadia Rocha;Michele Ruta

129
Citations
Economic Theories of Political (Dis)integration

Michele Ruta

121
Citations
Food prices and the multiplier effect of trade policy

Paolo E. Giordani;Nadia Rocha;Michele Ruta

120
Citations
Does Vertical Specialization Increase Productivity

Cristina Constantinescu;Aaditya Mattoo;Michele Ruta;Michele Ruta;Ileana Cristina Constantinescu

119
Citations
Handbook of Deep Trade Agreements

Aaditya Mattoo;Nadia Rocha;Michele Ruta

109
Citations
Covid-19 and Food Protectionism : The Impact of the Pandemic and Export Restrictions on World Food Markets

Alvaro Espitia;Nadia Rocha;Michele Ruta

105
Citations
The Content of Preferential Trade Agreements

Claudia Hofmann;Alberto Osnago;Michele Ruta

102
Citations
Economic Integration, Political Integration or Both?

Daniel Brou;Michele Ruta

96
Citations
International Trade in Natural Resources: Practice and Policy

Michele Ruta;Anthony J. Venables

93
Citations
The WTO and Preferential Trade Agreements: From Co-Existence to Coherence

Marc Bacchetta;Cosimo Beverelli;Cosimo Beverelli;John Hancock;Alexander Keck

85
Citations
The Global Trade Slowdown: Cyclical or Structural?

Cristina Constantinescu;Aaditya Mattoo;Michele Ruta;Michele Ruta

53
Citations
Trade Effects of the New Silk Road

Suprabha Baniya;Nadia Rocha;Michele Ruta

32
Citations
Common Transport Infrastructure

Francois De Soyres;Alen Mulabdic;Michele Ruta

10
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaditya Mattoo World Bank

Bernard Hoekman European University Institute

Caroline Freund University of California, San Diego

Anthony J. Venables University of Manchester

Simon J. Evenett IMD Business School

Chad P. Bown Peterson Institute for International Economics

Lionel Fontagné Banque de France

David Dollar Brookings Institution

Daria Taglioni World Bank

Dominique van der Mensbrugghe Purdue University West Lafayette

External Links

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