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Peter Egger

Peter Egger

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Economics and Finance
Switzerland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
78
Citations
23479
World Ranking
310
National Ranking
5

Peter Egger 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 Peter Egger sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 510 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Egger 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 Peter Egger sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Peter Egger is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has a research focus within the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their scholarly work spans key subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Strategy and Management, Global and Planetary Change, and Accounting.

Their research covers a range of topics with a concentration on Global trade and economics, Economic Policies and Impacts, International Business and FDI, Spatial and Panel Data Analysis, Merger and Competition Analysis, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth.

Peter Egger has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include World Economy, SSRN Electronic Journal, arXiv (Cornell University), Review of International Economics, and European Economic Review.

Recent papers authored by Peter Egger include the following:

  • Gravity Estimations with Interval Data: Revisiting the Impact of Free Trade Agreements (2021, Economica)
  • Local border reforms and economic activity (2021, Journal of Economic Geography)
  • The US-Chinese trade war: an event study of stock-market responses (2020, Economic Policy)

In addition to journal articles, Peter Egger has contributed to book publications under the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks, including "Scarcity Nationalism during COVID-19: Identifying the Impact on Trade Costs" (2022) and "Deep Trade Agreements and Firm Ownership in GVCs" (2023).

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter Egger include:

  • Susie Xi Rao
  • David Greenaway
  • Chris Milner
  • Hai Yu
  • Katharina Erhardt

Best Publications

  • A note on the proper econometric specification of the gravity equation

    Peter Egger

  • An Econometric View on the Estimation of Gravity Models and the Calculation of Trade Potentials

    Peter Egger

  • Evidence on corruption as an incentive for foreign direct investment

    Peter Egger;Hannes Winner

  • Going NUTS: The effect of EU Structural Funds on regional performance

    Sascha O. Becker;Peter H. Egger;Maximilian von Ehrlich

  • Estimating models of complex FDI: Are there third-country effects?

    Badi H. Baltagi;Peter Egger;Peter Egger;Michael Pfaffermayr

  • Interdependent preferential trade agreement memberships: An empirical analysis

    Peter Egger;Mario Larch

  • A knowledge-and-physical-capital model of international trade flows, foreign direct investment, and multinational enterprises

    Jeffrey H. Bergstrand;Peter Egger;Peter Egger

  • The proper panel econometric specification of the gravity equation: A three-way model with bilateral interaction effects

    Peter Egger;Michael Pfaffermayr

  • ENDOGENOUS PRODUCT VERSUS PROCESS INNOVATION AND A FIRM'S PROPENSITY TO EXPORT

    Sascha O. Becker;Peter H. Egger

  • A generalized design for bilateral trade flow models

    Badi H. Baltagi;Peter Egger;Michael Pfaffermayr

  • Too much of a good thing? On the growth effects of the EU's regional policy

    Sascha O. Becker;Peter H. Egger;Maximilian von Ehrlich

  • The impact of bilateral investment treaties on foreign direct investment

    Peter Egger;Michael Pfaffermayr

  • Absorptive Capacity and the Growth and Investment Effects of Regional Transfers: A Regression Discontinuity Design with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects

    Sascha O. Becker;Peter H. Egger;Maximilian von Ehrlich

  • The Trade Effects of Endogenous Preferential Trade Agreements

    Peter Egger;Mario Larch;Kevin E. Staub;Rainer Winkelmann

  • Distance, trade and FDI: a Hausman–Taylor SUR approach

    Peter Egger;Michael Pfaffermayr

  • Estimating regional trade agreement effects on FDI in an interdependent world

    Badi H. Baltagi;Peter Egger;Michael Pfaffermayr;Michael Pfaffermayr

  • INTERNATIONAL OUTSOURCING AND THE PRODUCTIVITY OF LOW-SKILLED LABOR IN THE EU

    Hartmut Egger;Peter Egger

  • How Corruption Influences Foreign Direct Investment: A Panel Data Study

    Peter Egger;Hannes Winner

  • On Two-Step Estimation of a Spatial Autoregressive Model with Autoregressive Disturbances and Endogenous Regressors

    David M. Drukker;Peter Egger;Ingmar R. Prucha

  • Do Economic Integration Agreements Actually Work? Issues in Understanding the Causes and Consequences of the Growth of Regionalism

    Scott L. Baier;Jeffrey H. Bergstrand;Peter Egger;Patrick A. McLaughlin

  • Distance, Trade, and FDI: A Hausman-Taylor Sur Approach

    Michael Pfaffermayr;Michael Pfaffermayr;Peter H. Egger;Peter H. Egger

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Pfaffermayr
Michael Pfaffermayr University of Innsbruck
Badi H. Baltagi
Badi H. Baltagi Syracuse University
Mario Larch
Mario Larch University of Bayreuth
Sascha O. Becker
Sascha O. Becker University of Warwick
Christian Keuschnigg
Christian Keuschnigg University of St. Gallen
Michael Smart
Michael Smart Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David Greenaway
David Greenaway University of Nottingham
Rainer Winkelmann
Rainer Winkelmann University of Zurich
James R. Markusen
James R. Markusen University of Colorado Boulder
Joseph Francois
Joseph Francois University of Bern

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