2026 Michelle J. White: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	46	1648	979	129	10888

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Economics and Finance

1648

979

129

10888

Overview

Michelle J. White is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with significant work in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Emergency Medicine, Education, and Epidemiology.

The main research topics covered by Michelle J. White include:

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Emergency and Acute Care Studies
Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
Early Childhood Education and Development
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Health disparities and outcomes
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

Several recent publications highlight the range of their work:

Associations between milk fat content and obesity, 1999 to 2016 (2020), Pediatric Obesity
Interfacility Transfers Among Patients With Complex Chronic Conditions (2020), Hospital Pediatrics
Urban empires: Cities as global rulers in the new urban world (2021), Papers of the Regional Science Association
The Built Environment and Pediatric Health (2023), PEDIATRICS
Changes in the Recreational Built Environment and Youth Body Mass Index (2020), Academic Pediatrics

Michelle J. White frequently publishes in the following venues:

Hospital Pediatrics
PEDIATRICS
Academic Pediatrics
Childhood Obesity
The Journal of Pediatrics

Collaboration is an important aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

Eliana M. Perrin
Aparna Bole
Victoria Parente
H. Shonna Yin
Kori B. Flower

Best Publications

Measuring the Benefits of Homeowning: Effects on Children

Richard K. Green;Michelle J. White

848
Citations
Bankruptcy and Small Firms' Access to Credit

Jeremy Berkowitz;Michelle J. White

783
Citations
The Household Bankruptcy Decision

Scott Fay;Erik Hurst;Michelle J. White

701
Citations
The Corporate Bankruptcy Decision

Michelle J. White

663
Citations
Personal Bankruptcy and Credit Supply and Demand

Reint Gropp;John Karl Scholz;Michelle J. White

605
Citations
Personal Bankruptcy and the Level of Entrepreneurial Activity

Wei Fan;Michelle J. White

506
Citations
URBAN COMMUTING JOURNEYS ARE NOT "WASTEFUL

Michelle J. White

434
Citations
Bankruptcy Reform and Credit Cards

Michelle J. White

408
Citations
Firm suburbanization and urban subcenters

Michelle J. White

340
Citations
Why Don't More Households File for Bankruptcy?

Michelle J. White

332
Citations
Location Choice and Commuting Behavior in Cities with Decentralized Employment

Michelle J. White

275
Citations
Corporate Bankruptcy as a Filtering Device: Chapter 11 Reorganizations and Out-of-Court Debt Restructurings

Michelle J. White

262
Citations
Bankruptcy Costs and the New Bankruptcy Code

Jerold B. Warner;Michelle J. White

261
Citations
Sex Differences in Urban Commuting Patterns

Michelle J. White

254
Citations
A model of residential location choice and commuting by men and women workers

Michelle J. White

252
Citations
Medical malpractice : an empirical examination of the litigation process

Henry S. Farber;Michelle J. White

196
Citations
Personal Bankruptcy Under the 1978 Bankruptcy Code: An Economic Analysis

Michelle J White

194
Citations
Public Policy toward Bankruptcy: Me-First and Other Priority Rules

Michelle J. White

193
Citations
Urban areas with decentralized employment: Theory and empirical work

Michelle J. White

177
Citations
The "Arms Race" on American Roads: The Effect of Sport Utility Vehicles and Pickup Trucks on Traffic Safety

Michelle J. White

164
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Neumark University of California, Irvine

Henry S. Farber Princeton University

Erik Hurst University of Chicago

John Karl Scholz University of Oregon

Donald Wittman University of California, Santa Cruz

Patrick Honohan Trinity College Dublin

Reinier Kraakman Harvard University

Charles F. Sabel Columbia University

Bernard S. Black Northwestern University

Steven Shavell Harvard University

External Links

Personal website of Michelle J. White

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