2026 Oliver Hart: 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	79	284	254	209	182	233	81087

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
2016 - Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA)
2016 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for their contributions to contract theory".
2016 - Nobel Prize for their contributions to contract theory
2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1988 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1987 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1979 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
Fellow of the Financial Management Association
Fellow of the Financial Management Association
Fellow of the Financial Management Association

Overview

Oliver Hart is a researcher affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields, with a primary focus on Physics and Astronomy, alongside contributions in Economics and Econometrics and related subfields.

The main topics of their research include:

Quantum many-body systems
Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
Corporate Finance and Governance
Theoretical and Computational Physics
Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
Economic Sanctions and International Relations
Protein Structure and Dynamics

In terms of subfields, Oliver Hart has published extensively in:

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Safety Research
Economics and Econometrics
Condensed Matter Physics
Accounting

Their recent papers illustrate a diverse research portfolio across economics, law, and physics. Notable publications include:

"Exit versus Voice," 2022, Journal of Political Economy
"Overcoming contractual incompleteness: the role of guiding principles," 2023, The Journal of Law Economics and Organization
"The New Corporate Governance," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Private sanctions," 2023, Economic Policy
"Correlation holes and slow dynamics induced by fractional statistics in gapped quantum spin liquids," 2020, Apollo (University of Cambridge)

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Oliver Hart include:

Luigi Zingales
Rahul Nandkishore
David Thesmar
Eleonora Broccardo
David T. Stephen

Oliver Hart has also published books, with at least one title available from Cambridge University Press:

More is Less, 2024

Their papers are regularly published in several venues, especially:

arXiv (Cornell University)
SSRN Electronic Journal
AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
Physical Review B
Journal of Political Economy

Oliver Hart's contributions have been recognized through multiple awards and fellowships over the years, including:

Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (2019)
Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics (2016) for contributions to contract theory
Nobel Prize (2016) for contributions to contract theory
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)
Fellow of the American Finance Association (2016)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1988)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1987)
Fellows of the Econometric Society (1979)
Fellow of the Financial Management Association

This extensive record reflects a career combining research in physics with significant interdisciplinary engagement in economics and related fields.

Best Publications

The Costs and Benefits of Ownership: A Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration

Sanford J. Grossman;Oliver D. Hart

12728
Citations
Firms, Contracts, and Financial Structure

Oliver Hart

9131
Citations
Property Rights and the Nature of the Firm

Oliver D. Hart;John Moore

7813
Citations
Takeover Bids, The Free-Rider Problem, and the Theory of the Corporation

Oliver Hart;S. Grossman

4189
Citations
Corporate Financial Structure and Managerial Incentives

Sanford Grossman;Oliver Hart

3869
Citations
AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL-AGENT PROBLEM

Sanford J. Grossman;Sanford J. Grossman;Oliver D. Hart;Oliver D. Hart

3511
Citations
The Proper Scope of Government: Theory and an Application to Prisons

Oliver Hart;Andrei Shleifer;Robert W. Vishny

3004
Citations
A theory of debt based on the inalienability of human capital

Oliver D. Hart;John Moore

2373
Citations
Incomplete contracts and renegotiation

Oliver D. Hart;John Moore

2063
Citations
The theory of contracts

Oliver Hart;Bengt Holmström

1864
Citations
The Market Mechanism as an Incentive Scheme

Oliver D. Hart

1860
Citations
One share-one vote and the market for corporate control

Sanford J. Grossman;Oliver D. Hart

1735
Citations
Corporate Governance: Some Theory and Implications

Oliver Hart

1558
Citations
Default and Renegotiation: A Dynamic Model of Debt

Oliver D. Hart;John Moore

1474
Citations
VERTICAL INTEGRATION AND MARKET FORECLOSURE

Oliver Hart;Jean Tirole

1451
Citations
Vertical integration and market foreclosure

Oliver D. Hart;Jean Tirole

1449
Citations
Corporate Financial Structure and Managerial Incentives

Sanford J Grossman;Sanford J Grossman;Oliver D Hart;Oliver D Hart

1383
Citations
Core and Equilibria of a Large Economy.

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1282
Citations
Firms, Contracts and Financial Structures.

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1185
Citations
Foundations of incomplete contracts

Oliver Hart;John Moore

1178
Citations
Debt and Seniority: An Analysis of the Role of Hard Claims in Constraining Management

Oliver Hart;John Moore

1176
Citations
Incomplete Contracts and Public Ownership: Remarks, and an Application to Public‐Private Partnerships*

Oliver Hart

1138
Citations
Debt Enforcement Around the World

Andrei Shleifer;Caralee McLiesh;Oliver Hart;Simeon Djankov

1093
Citations
Disclosure Laws and Takeover Bids

S. J. Grossman;O. D. Hart

1055
Citations
Firms, contracts, and financial structure

Oliver Hart

1039
Citations
An Analysis of the Principal-Agent Problem

Sanford J Grossman;Oliver D Hart

295
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Luigi Zingales University of Chicago

Sanford J. Grossman University of Pennsylvania

Andrei Shleifer Harvard University

Philippe Aghion London School of Economics and Political Science

Eric Maskin Harvard University

Ernst Fehr University of Zurich

Bengt Holmstrom MIT

John C. Moore Beijing Normal University

Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes SKEMA Business School

Jean Tirole Toulouse School of Economics

External Links

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