2026 Nicholas Oulton: 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	34	3093	2809	361	333	131	5604

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Overview

Nicholas Oulton is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with specific work spanning subfields such as General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their work covers several key topics, including:

Economic Theory and Policy
Global trade and economics
Economic theories and models
Economic Growth and Productivity
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact

Oulton has published multiple research papers, with recent contributions including:

The effect of changes in the terms of trade on GDP and welfare: A Divisia approach to the System of National Accounts (2023), published in Manchester School
To chain or not to chain? measuring real GDP in the US and the choice of index number (2024), published in Journal of Productivity Analysis

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

Manchester School
Journal of Productivity Analysis

Best Publications

Growth and Size of Firms

Peter E. Hart;Nicholas Oulton

603
Citations
The Case of the Missing Productivity Growth, or Does Information Technology Explain Why Productivity Accelerated in the United States but Not in the United Kingdom?

Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald;Nicholas Oulton;Sylaja Srinivasan

568
Citations
Must the growth rate decline? Baumol's unbalanced growth revisited

Nicholas Oulton

483
Citations
Must the growth rate decline? Baumol's unbalanced growth revisited

Nicholas Oulton

453
Citations
ICT and productivity growth in the United Kingdom

Nicholas Oulton

400
Citations
The Case of the Missing Productivity Growth: Or, Does Information technology explain why productivity accelerated in the United States but not the United Kingdom?

Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald;Nicholas Oulton;Sylaja Srinivasan

174
Citations
Productivity and Growth: A Study of British Industry 1954-86

Nicholas Oulton;Mary O’Mahony

174
Citations
Competition and the Dispersion of Labour Productivity amongst UK Companies

Nicholas Oulton

161
Citations
Competition and the dispersion of labour productivity amongst UK companies

Nicholas Oulton

156
Citations
Productivity and Growth

Nicholas Oulton;Mary O'Mahony

154
Citations
Capital stocks, capital services, and depreciation: an integrated framework

Nicholas Oulton;Sylaja Srinivasan

147
Citations
Capital Stocks, Capital Services, and Depreciation: An Integrated Framework

Nicholas Oulton;Sylaja Srinivasan

145
Citations
Long term implications of the ICT revolution: applying the lessons of growth theory and growth accounting

Nicholas Oulton

137
Citations
ICT and productivity growth in the United Kingdom

Nicholas Oulton

128
Citations
Gibrat, Galton and job generation

Peter E. Hart;Nicholas Oulton

120
Citations
The Case of the Missing Productivity Growth: Or, Does Information Technology Explain Why Productivity Accelerated in the United States But Not the United Kingdom?

Susanto Basu;Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald;Nicholas Oulton;Sylaja Srinivasan

112
Citations
EX POST VERSUS EX ANTE MEASURES OF THE USER COST OF CAPITAL

Nicholas Oulton

105
Citations
The Case of the Missing Productivity Growth: Or, Does Information Technology Explain why Productivity Accelerated in the US but not the UK?

Susanto Basu;John G. Fernald;Nicholas Oulton;Sylaja Srinivasan

105
Citations
Increasing returns and externalities in UK manufacturing: myth or reality?

Nicholas Oulton

84
Citations
Inheritance and the distribution of wealth

Nicholas Oulton

81
Citations
Workforce skills and export competitiveness: an Anglo-German comparison

Nicholas Oulton

80
Citations
Supply Side Reform and UK Economic Growth: What Happened To The Miracle?

Nicholas Oulton

79
Citations
Market Services: Productivity Benchmarks for the UK

Mary O'Mahony;Nicholas Oulton;Jennet Vass

76
Citations
Investment-specific technological change and growth accounting

Nicholas Oulton

73
Citations
Investment, capital and foreign ownership in UK manufacturing

Nicholas Oulton

73
Citations
Acquiring skills: Empirical Consequences Of Skills Gaps

Alison L. Booth;Dennis J. Snower

7
Citations
Productivity and Growth: A Study of British Industry, 1954-1986.

Charles Bean;Nicholas Oulton;Mary O'Mahoney

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanto Basu Boston College

John G. Fernald INSEAD

Bart van Ark University of Manchester

Davide Castellani University of Reading

Charles R. Bean London School of Economics and Political Science

Marco Vivarelli Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

External Links

Personal website of Nicholas Oulton Google Scholar page

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