2026 Paul A. David: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	69	473	312	220	52508

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Economics and Finance

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52508

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1979 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1975 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
1975 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Paul A. David was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on engineering, with a significant emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering. Additional subfields included aerospace engineering, media technology, computer networks and communications, and building and construction.

The scientist contributed to topics such as:

Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling
Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
Power Line Communications and Noise
Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
Smart Parking Systems Research

Publications by Paul A. David appeared frequently in venues including:

Sensors
IEEE Access
IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Best Publications

Clio and the economics of QWERTY

Paul A. David

9889
Citations
Sources, Procedures, and Microeconomic Effects of Innovation

Giovanni Dosi;Fabio Arcangeli;Paul David;Frank Engelman

8244
Citations
Toward a new economics of science

Dasgupta Partha;Paul A. David

3826
Citations
Is Public R&D a Complement or Substitute for Private R&D? A Review of the Econometric Evidence

Paul A. David;Paul A. David;Bronwyn H. Hall;Bronwyn H. Hall;Bronwyn H. Hall;Andrew A. Toole

2895
Citations
The explicit economics of knowledge codification and tacitness

Robin Cowan;D. Foray;P.A. David

2236
Citations
The Dynamo and the Computer: An Historical Perspective on the Modern Productivity Paradox

Paul A David

2042
Citations
Technical Choice Innovation and Economic Growth: Essays on American and British Experience in the Nineteenth Century

Paul A. David

1501
Citations
The Economics Of Compatibility Standards: An Introduction To Recent Research 1

Paul A. David;Shane Greenstein

1439
Citations
Why are institutions the ‘carriers of history’?: Path dependence and the evolution of conventions, organizations and institutions

Paul A. David

1316
Citations
An Introduction to the Economy of the Knowledge Society

Paul A. David

843
Citations
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ECONOMY OF THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

Paul A. David;Dominique Foray

838
Citations
Accessing and expanding the science and technology knowledge base

Paul A. David;Dominique Foray

820
Citations
Path dependence, its critics and the quest for ‘historical economics’

Paul David

767
Citations
Technical choice innovation and economic growth

Phyllis Deane;Paul A. David

759
Citations
Understanding the economics of QWERTY : The necessity of history

P. A. David

711
Citations
Economic Fundamentals Of the Knowledge Society

Paul A. David;Dominique Foray

641
Citations
COMPUTER AND DYNAMO: THE MODERN PRODUCTIVITY PARADOX IN A NOT-TOO DISTANT MIRROR

Paul David

580
Citations
Knowledge, Property, and the System Dynamics of Technological Change

Paul A. David

513
Citations
Nations and households in economic growth : essays in honor of Moses Abramovitz

Moses Abramovitz;Paul A. David;Melvin Warren Reder

449
Citations
Path Dependence: A Foundational Concept for Historical Social Science

Paul David

440
Citations
Science, Technology and Innovation for Economic Growth: Linking Policy Research and Practice in "STIG Systems"

Philippe Aghion;Paul A. David;Paul A. David;Dominique Foray

414
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bronwyn H. Hall University of California, Berkeley

Cristiano Antonelli University of Turin

Philippe Aghion London School of Economics and Political Science

Peter Temin MIT

Warren C. Sanderson Stony Brook University

Richard R. Nelson Columbia University

Robert W. Hahn University of Oxford

Paul Stoneman University of Warwick

Shane Greenstein Harvard University

William H. Dutton University of Oxford

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