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D-Index
38
Citations
8308
World Ranking
2522
National Ranking
299

Ramana Nanda 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 Ramana Nanda sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 167 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ramana Nanda 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 Ramana Nanda sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 38 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ramana Nanda is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily intersects multiple disciplines within business and economics, with a focus on areas such as private equity and venture capital, corporate finance and governance, and entrepreneurship studies. Their work explores firm innovation, growth, and financial mechanisms influencing entrepreneurial activity.

Their research contributions are documented across several major academic publication venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Financial Economics
  • The Journal of Finance
  • The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Key recent papers authored by Nanda include:

  • "The persistent effect of initial success: Evidence from venture capital" (2020), published in the Journal of Financial Economics
  • "Venture Capital's Role in Financing Innovation: What We Know and How Much We Still Need to Learn" (2020), published in The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • "The Employment Effects of Faster Payment: Evidence from the Federal Quickpay Reform" (2020), published in The Journal of Finance
  • "Financial Distancing: How Venture Capital Follows the Economy Down and Curtails Innovation" (2020), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Financing constraints, home equity and selection into entrepreneurship" (2021), published in Journal of Financial Economics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nanda include:

  • Josh Lerner
  • William R. Kerr
  • Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
  • Rembrand Koning
  • Michael Ewens

Their expertise spans multiple main fields and subfields of study, notably:

  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

  • Accounting
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Management Information Systems
  • Finance

Within these areas, the central topics addressed in their body of work include:

  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
  • Innovation Policy and R&D
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

Best Publications

  • Entrepreneurship as Experimentation

    William Kerr;Ramana Nanda;Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

  • Workplace Peers and Entrepreneurship

    Ramana Nanda;Jesper B. Sørensen

  • Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship

    William R. Kerr;Ramana Nanda

  • Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts

    Ethan Mollick;Ramana Nanda

  • Investment cycles and startup innovation

    Ramana Nanda;Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

  • Seeking the Roots of Entrepreneurship: Insights from Behavioral Economics

    Thomas Astebro;Holger Herz;Ramana Nanda;Roberto Weber

  • Seeking the Roots of Entrepreneurship: Insights from Behavioral Economics

    Thomas Åstebro;Holger Herz;Ramana Nanda;Roberto A. Weber

  • Venture Capital’s Role in Financing Innovation: What We Know and How Much We Still Need to Learn

    Joshua Lerner;Ramana Nanda

  • Cost of Experimentation and the Evolution of Venture Capital

    Michael Ewens;Ramana Nanda;Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

  • Financing Innovation

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  • Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship

    William R. Kerr;Ramana Nanda

  • Financing Risk and Innovation

    Ramana Nanda;Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

  • A darker side to decentralized banks: Market power and credit rationing in SME lending ☆

    Rodrigo Canales;Ramana Nanda

  • Diasporas and Domestic Entrepreneurs: Evidence from the Indian Software Industry

    Ramana Nanda;Tarun Khanna

  • Did Bank Distress Stifle Innovation During the Great Depression

    Ramana Nanda;Tom Nicholas

  • Did bank distress stifle innovation during the Great Depression

    Ramana Nanda;Thomas Nicholas

  • The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital

    Ramana Nanda;Sampsa Samila;Olav Sorenson

  • Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship

    William R. Kerr;Ramana Nanda;Ramana Nanda

  • Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Firm Entry Size

    William R. Kerr;Ramana Nanda

  • Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector

    Ramana Nanda;Ramana Nanda;Shikhar Ghosh

  • Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship

    William R. Kerr;Ramana Nanda;Ramana Nanda

  • House Money and Entrepreneurship

    Sari Kerr;William R. Kerr;Ramana Nanda

  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy

    Ramana Nanda;Ken Younge;Lee Fleming

  • The Employment Effects of Faster Payment: Evidence from the Federal Quickpay Reform

    Jean‐Noël Barrot;Ramana Nanda

  • Networking Frictions in Venture Capital, and the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship

    Sabrina T. Howell;Ramana Nanda

  • Investment Cycles and Startup Innovation

    Ramana Nanda;Ramana Nanda;Matthew Rhodes-Kropf;Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

  • Entrepreneurship and the Discipline of External Finance

    Ramana Nanda

Frequent Co-Authors

William R. Kerr
William R. Kerr Harvard University
Josh Lerner
Josh Lerner Harvard University
Roberto A. Weber
Roberto A. Weber University of Zurich
Tarun Khanna
Tarun Khanna Harvard University
Diego Comin
Diego Comin Dartmouth College
Olav Sorenson
Olav Sorenson University of California, Los Angeles
David G. Robinson
David G. Robinson Heidelberg University
Lee Fleming
Lee Fleming University of California, Berkeley
Robert D. Cooter
Robert D. Cooter University of California, Berkeley
Robert E. Litan
Robert E. Litan Brookings Institution

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