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624
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399

Overview

Raymond Fisman is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the social sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, political science and international relations, strategy and management, and gender studies. The research topics covered in their publications focus extensively on corruption and economic development, taxation and compliance studies, culture, economy, and development studies, experimental behavioral economics studies, electoral systems and political participation, public procurement and policy, and auction theory and applications.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Social Ties and the Selection of China's Political Elite, 2020, American Economic Review
  • Do Americans want to tax wealth? Evidence from online surveys, 2020, Journal of Public Economics
  • Experience of Communal Conflicts and Intergroup Lending, 2020, Journal of Political Economy

Other prominent papers linked to related research collaborations include:

  • Tax-Exempt Lobbying: Corporate Philanthropy as a Tool for Political Influence, 2020, American Economic Review
  • Hall of Mirrors: Corporate Philanthropy and Strategic Advocacy, 2021, The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Frequent co-authors working with Fisman consist of:

  • Silvia Vannutelli
  • Yongxiang Wang
  • Francesco Decarolis
  • Paolo Pinotti
  • Matteo Francesco Ferroni

Fisman's research outputs are commonly published in several academic venues, with notable publication counts in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Public Economics
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • American Economic Review
  • The Journal of Law Economics and Organization

Best Publications

  • Estimating the Value of Political Connections

    Raymond Fisman

  • Are corruption and taxation really harmful to growth? - firm-level evidence

    Raymond Fisman;Jakob Svensson

  • Decentralization and Corruption : Evidence across Countries

    Raymond Fisman;Roberta Gatti

  • Are corruption and taxation really harmful to growth? - firm-level evidence

    Raymond Fisman;Jakob Svensson;Jakob Svensson

  • Trade credit, financial intermediary development, and industry growth

    Raymond Fisman;Inessa Love

  • Trade Credit, Financial Intermediary Development, and Industry Growth

    Raymond Fisman;Inessa Love

  • Are women really the "fairer" sex? Corruption and women in government

    David Dollar;Raymond Fisman;Roberta Gatti

  • TAX RATES AND TAX EVASION: EVIDENCE FROM "MISSING IMPORTS" IN CHINA

    Raymond Fisman;Shang-Jin Wei

  • Corruption, Norms, and Legal Enforcement: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets

    Raymond Fisman;Edward Miguel

  • Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer? Empirical Evidence from U. S. Firm-Level Panel Data

    Lee G. Branstetter;Raymond Fisman;C. Fritz Foley

  • Gender Differences in Mate Selection: Evidence From a Speed Dating Experiment

    Raymond J. Fisman;Sheena Sethi Iyengar;Emir Kamenica;Itamar Simonson

  • Individual Preferences for Giving

    Raymond Fisman;Shachar Kariv;Daniel Markovits

  • Cultural proximity and loan outcomes

    Raymond Fisman;Daniel Paravisini;Vikrant Vig

  • Consistency and heterogeneity of individual behavior under uncertainty

    Syngjoo Choi;Raymond Fisman;Douglas Gale;Shachar Kariv

  • Facilitating Development: The Role of Business Groups

    Raymond Fisman;Tarun Khanna

  • The Mortality Cost of Political Connections

    Raymond Fisman;Yongxiang Wang

  • The Mortality Cost of Political Connections

    Raymond Fisman;Yongxiang Wang

  • Financial Dependence and Growth Revisited

    Raymond Fisman;Inessa Love

  • Profiting from government stakes in a command economy: Evidence from Chinese asset sales

    Charles W. Calomiris;Raymond J. Fisman;Yongxiang Wang;Yongxiang Wang;Yongxiang Wang

  • Does Competition Encourage Credit Provision? Evidence from African Trade Credit Relationships

    Raymond Fisman;Mayank Raturi

  • Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations

    Raymond Fisman;Edward Miguel

  • The Private Returns to Public Office

    Raymond Fisman;Florian Schulz;Vikrant Vig

  • Estimating the Value of Connections to Vice-President Cheney

    David Fisman;Raymond J. Fisman;Julia Galef;Rakesh Khurana

  • Air pollution, affect, and forecasting bias: Evidence from Chinese financial analysts

    Rui Dong;Raymond Fisman;Yongxiang Wang;Yongxiang Wang;Nianhang Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward Miguel
Edward Miguel University of California, Berkeley
Inessa Love
Inessa Love University of Hawaii at Manoa
Shang-Jin Wei
Shang-Jin Wei Columbia University
Marianne Bertrand
Marianne Bertrand University of Chicago
Lee Branstetter
Lee Branstetter Carnegie Mellon University
C. Fritz Foley
C. Fritz Foley Harvard University
Francesco Trebbi
Francesco Trebbi University of California, Berkeley
Douglas Gale
Douglas Gale New York University
Tarun Khanna
Tarun Khanna Harvard University
Jakob Svensson
Jakob Svensson Stockholm University

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