2026 Paul R. Masson: 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	55	1061	940	27	22	333	13564

Overview

Paul R. Masson is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of economics, econometrics, and finance, with a particular emphasis on monetary policy, market dynamics, and financial stability.

The main fields of study for Masson include Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these fields, their work covers several subfields such as:

Finance
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Economics and Econometrics
Sociology and Political Science

Masson's research topics reflect a diverse engagement with themes like:

Market Dynamics and Volatility
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
Economic Theory and Policy
Global Financial Crisis and Policies
Banking Stability, Regulation, Efficiency
European Monetary and Fiscal Policies
Education, Sociology, and Vocational Training

Their recent papers demonstrate a range of interests and publication outlets, including policy modeling and socio-economic topics. These publications are:

"Lezioni dall'eurozona per l'Africa (Lessons for Africa from the Eurozone)", 2020, published in DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
"Commodities and monetary policy: Implications for inflation and price level targeting", 2021, published in Journal of Policy Modeling
"L'éducation populaire comme démarche", 2023, published in Cahiers de l'action

Masson has collaborated with various co-authors across different projects. Frequent co-authors include:

Donald Coletti
René Lalonde
Dirk Muir
Stephen Snudden
Emmanuel Porte

The venues where Masson's work appears consistently include:

Journal of Policy Modeling
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
Cahiers de l'action

Best Publications

Exchange Rate Regimes in an Increasingly Integrated World Economy

Andrew Berg;Paolo Mauro;Michael Mussa;Alexander K. Swoboda

723
Citations
Contagion; Monsoonal Effects, Spillovers, and Jumps Between Multiple Equilibria

Paul Masson

703
Citations
Credibility of Policies Versus Credibility of Policymakers

Allan Drazen;Paul R. Masson

663
Citations
Contagion: Monsoonal Effects, Spillovers, and Jumps Between Multiple Equilibria

Paul R. Masson;Paul R. Masson

586
Citations
Exchange Rate Regimes in an Increasingly Integrated World Economy

Andrew Berg;Paolo Mauro;Michael Mussa;Alexander K. Swoboda

579
Citations
The Scope for Inflation Targeting in Developing Countries

Miguel A Savastano;Paul Masson;Sunil Sharma

566
Citations
International Evidence on the Determinants of Private Saving

Paul R. Masson;Tamim Bayoumi;Hossein Samiei

526
Citations
Fiscal flows in the United States and Canada: Lessons for monetary union in Europe

Tamim Bayoumi;Paul R. Masson

513
Citations
Contagion:: macroeconomic models with multiple equilibria

Paul Masson

446
Citations
Currency crises, sunspots and Markov-switching regimes

Olivier Jeanne;Paul Masson

416
Citations
The Scope for Inflation Targeting in Developing Countries

Paul R. Masson;Paul R. Masson;Miguel A. Savastano;Sunil Sharma

320
Citations
The Scope for Inflation Targeting in Developing Countries

Miguel A Savastano;Paul R Masson;Sunil Sharma

277
Citations
The Monetary Geography of Africa

Paul R. Masson;Catherine A. Pattillo

256
Citations
Exchange rates in the short run: The dollar-dentschemark rate*

William H. Branson;Hannu Halttunen;Paul Masson

251
Citations
Policy issues in the operation of currency unions

Paul R. Masson;Mark P. Taylor

215
Citations
Exit Strategies: Policy Options for Countries Seeking Greater Exchange Rate Flexibility

Barry J. Eichengreen;Inci Ötker;A. J Hamann;Esteban Jadresic

208
Citations
Transition Strategies and Nominal Anchors on the Road to Greater Exchange-Rate Flexibility

Barry J. Eichengreen;Barry J. Eichengreen;Barry J. Eichengreen;Paul R. Masson;Paul R. Masson;Miguel Savastano;Sunil Sharma

205
Citations
Establishing a central bank : issues in Europe and lessons from the US

Charles Goodhart;Matthew B. Canzoneri;Vittorio Grilli;Paul R. Masson

200
Citations
Monetary union in West Africa: who might gain, who might lose, and why?

Xavier Debrun;Paul Masson;Catherine Pattillo

188
Citations
Inflation targeting as a framework for monetary policy

Guy Debelle;Miguel A Savastano;Paul R Masson;Paul R Masson;Sunil Sharma

176
Citations
Multimod Mark II: A Revised and Extended Model

Paul Masson;Steven A. Symansky;Guy Meredith

163
Citations
Global monetary conditions versus country-specific factors in the determination of emerging market debt spreads

Mansoor Dailami;Paul R. Masson;Jean Jose Padou

151
Citations
Exchange rate regime transitions

Paul R Masson

144
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark P. Taylor Washington University in St. Louis

Michael Mussa International Monetary Fund

Barry Eichengreen University of California, Berkeley

Manmohan S. Kumar International Monetary Fund

Jacob A. Frenkel Group of 30

Eduardo Borensztein Inter-American Development Bank

Guillermo A. Calvo Columbia University

Tamim Bayoumi International Monetary Fund

Allan Drazen University of Maryland, College Park

Marcus Miller University of Warwick

External Links

Personal website of Paul R. Masson

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