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D-Index
73
Citations
52711
World Ranking
380
National Ranking
259

Paul A. Gompers publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul A. Gompers sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 196 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Paul A. Gompers D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul A. Gompers sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 73 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Paul A. Gompers is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States.

The primary fields of study for this researcher include Business, Management and Accounting, with a substantial focus on Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, and Gender Studies.

Their research covers main topics such as:

  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • State Capitalism and Financial Governance
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
  • Firm Innovation and Growth

Paul A. Gompers has published extensively in several venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Working paper
  • Journal of Financial Economics
  • Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Recent papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • Gender Gaps in Venture Capital Performance, 2021, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
  • Private equity and Covid-19, 2022, Journal of Financial Intermediation
  • The Market for CEOs: Evidence from Private Equity, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Other recent works where they contributed as a co-author are:

  • And the children shall lead: Gender diversity and performance in venture capital, 2021, Journal of Financial Economics
  • Getting schooled: Universities and VC-backed immigrant entrepreneurs, 2023, Research Policy

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Vladimir Mukharlyamov
  • Natee Amornsiripanitch
  • George Hu
  • Sophie Calder-Wang
  • Steven N. Kaplan

Best Publications

  • Corporate Governance and Equity Prices

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  • The venture capital cycle

    Paul A. Gompers;Joshua Lerner

  • Optimal Investment, Monitoring, and the Staging of Venture Capital

    Paul A. Gompers

  • Corporate Governance and Equity Prices

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  • Institutional Investors and Equity Prices

    Paul A Gompers;Andrew Metrick

  • The Venture Capital Revolution

    Paul Gompers;Josh Lerner

  • Myth or Reality? The Long‐Run Underperformance of Initial Public Offerings: Evidence from Venture and Nonventure Capital‐Backed Companies

    Alon Brav;Paul A. Gompers

  • Grandstanding in the venture capital industry

    Paul A. Gompers

  • Money chasing deals? The impact of fund inflows on private equity valuation

    Paul Gompers;Josh Lerner

  • Is the Abnormal Return Following Equity Issuances Anomalous

    Alon Brav;Christopher C Geczy;Paul A Gompers

  • The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Successes: Organizational Structure, Incentives, and Complementarities

    Paul A. Gompers;Josh Lerner

  • An Analysis of Compensation in the U.S. Venture Capital Partnership

    Paul Gompers;Josh Lerner

  • Entrepreneurial Spawning: Public Corporations and the Genesis of New Ventures, 1986-1999

    Paul A. Gompers;Josh Lerner;David S. Scharfstein

  • Extreme Governance: An Analysis of Dual-Class Firms in the United States

    Paul Gompers;Joy Ishii;Andrew Metrick

  • Extreme Governance: An Analysis of Dual-Class Firms in the United States

    Paul A. Gompers;Joy Ishii;Andrew Metrick

  • What Drives Venture Capital Fundraising

    Paul Gompers;Josh Lerner

  • The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering

    Malcolm Baker;Paul A. Gompers

  • The Use of Covenants: An Empirical Analysis of Venture Partnership Agreements

    Paul Gompers;Josh Lerner

  • The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth

    Paul A. Gompers;Josh Lerner

  • Performance persistence in entrepreneurship

    Paul Gompers;Paul Gompers;Anna Kovner;Josh Lerner;David Scharfstein

  • Venture capital investment cycles: The impact of public markets

    Paul Gompers;Paul Gompers;Anna Kovner;Josh Lerner;Josh Lerner;David Scharfstein;David Scharfstein

  • How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions

    Paul A. Gompers;Paul A. Gompers;William Gornall;Steven N. Kaplan;Steven N. Kaplan;Ilya A. Strebulaev;Ilya A. Strebulaev

  • The Role of Lockups in Initial Public Offerings

    Alon Brav;Paul A. Gompers

  • Institutions, Capital Constraints and Entrepreneurial Firm Dynamics: Evidence from Europe

    Mihir Desai;Paul Gompers;Josh Lerner

  • Institutional Investors and Equity Prices

    Paul Gompers;Andrew Metrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Josh Lerner
Josh Lerner Harvard University
Andrew Metrick
Andrew Metrick Yale University
David S. Scharfstein
David S. Scharfstein Harvard University
Steven N. Kaplan
Steven N. Kaplan University of Chicago
Alon Brav
Alon Brav Duke University
Ilya A. Strebulaev
Ilya A. Strebulaev Stanford University
Malcolm P. Baker
Malcolm P. Baker Harvard University
Mihir A. Desai
Mihir A. Desai Harvard University
Victoria Ivashina
Victoria Ivashina Harvard University
Amitabh Chandra
Amitabh Chandra Harvard University

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