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 Rafael La Porta sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 110 publications — 19th percentile
19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.
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 Rafael La Porta sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 72 D-Index — 89th percentile
89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.
Rafael La Porta is affiliated with Brown University in the United States and specializes in research within the broad field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their published work spans multiple subfields including Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, and Strategy and Management.
The scientist's research primarily covers topics such as Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Market Dynamics and Volatility, Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling, Stochastic Processes and Financial Applications, and Corporate Finance and Governance.
Recent papers by Rafael La Porta include:
The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, notably Nicola Gennaioli, Andrei Shleifer, Pedro Bordalo, M. Frank O'Brien, and Florencio López-de-Silanes.
Publications by Rafael La Porta appear in venues such as the Journal of Political Economy, NBER Macroeconomics Annual, SSRN Electronic Journal, Harvard Dataverse, and the Review of Financial Studies.
In 2001, Rafael La Porta was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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