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D-Index
115
Citations
157134
World Ranking
48
National Ranking
38

Richard H. Thaler 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 Richard H. Thaler sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 235 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard H. Thaler 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 Richard H. Thaler sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 115 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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 United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - Nobel Prize for his contributions to behavioural economics
  • 2017 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for his contributions to behavioural economics".
  • 2016 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
  • 2012 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA)
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Richard H. Thaler is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. They have contributed extensively to the field of behavioral economics, with a focus spanning health, epidemiology, marketing, and clinical psychology. Their research encompasses areas including vaccine coverage and hesitancy, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, influenza virus research, consumer market behavior and pricing, as well as gambling behavior and treatments.

Their recent research output includes the following papers:

  • A citywide experiment testing the impact of geographically targeted, high-pay-off vaccine lotteries, 2022, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Nudges and choice architecture in organizations: New frontiers, 2020, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
  • What's next for nudging and choice architecture?, 2020, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
  • An Experiment Evaluating the Impact of Large-Scale, High-Payoff Vaccine Regret Lotteries, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nudging is being framed, 2023, Behavioral and Brain Sciences

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues including Katherine L. Milkman, Linnea Gandhi, Sean F. Ellis, Heather N. Graci, and Dena M. Gromet.

Their publications have appeared in several key venues:

  • Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
  • Nature Human Behaviour
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  • Les Journées de l'interdisciplinarité

Richard H. Thaler's research fields cover a combination of health-related topics and modeling and simulation within behavioral economics. Subfields of particular focus include:

  • Health
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Epidemiology
  • Marketing
  • Clinical Psychology

Main topical areas addressed in their work are:

  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
  • Gambling Behavior and Treatments

Throughout their career, the scientist has received several recognitions, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018
  • Nobel Memorial Prize laureate in Economics, 2017, for contributions to behavioral economics
  • Nobel Prize, 2017, for contributions to behavioral economics
  • Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association, 2016
  • Fellow of the Econometric Society, 2012
  • Fellow of the American Finance Association, 2009
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2000

Best Publications

  • Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

    Richard H. Thaler;Cass R. Sunstein

  • Toward a positive theory of consumer choice

    Richard H. Thaler

  • Mental Accounting and Consumer Choice

    Richard H. Thaler

  • Anomalies: The Endowment Effect, Loss Aversion, and Status Quo Bias

    Daniel Kahneman;Jack L. Knetsch;Richard H. Thaler

  • Experimental Tests of the Endowment Effect and the Coase Theorem

    Daniel Kahneman;Jack L. Knetsch;Richard H. Thaler

  • Does the Stock Market Overreact

    Werner F. M. De Bondt;Richard Thaler

  • Fairness as a Constraint on Profit Seeking: Entitlements in the Market

    Daniel Kahneman;Jack L. Knetsch;Richard H. Thaler

  • A survey of behavioral finance

    Nicholas Barberis;Richard Thaler

  • Mental accounting matters

    Richard H. Thaler

  • MYOPIC LOSS AVERSION AND THE EQUITY PREMIUM PUZZLE

    Shlomo Benartzi;Richard H Thaler

  • A Behavioral Approach to Law and Economics

    Christine Jolls;Cass R. Sunstein;Richard H. Thaler

  • Experimental Tests of the Endowment Effect and the Coase Theorem

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  • An Economic Theory of Self-Control

    H. M Shefrin;Richard Thaler

  • Gambling with the house money and trying to break even: the effects of prior outcomes on risky choice

    R. H. Thaler;E. J. Johnson

  • Fairness and the Assumptions of Economics

    Daniel Kahneman;Jack L. Knetsch;Richard H. Thaler

  • Further Evidence On Investor Overreaction and Stock Market Seasonality

    Werner F. M. De Bondt;Richard H. Thaler

  • Save More Tomorrow™: Using Behavioral Economics to Increase Employee Saving

    Richard H. Thaler;Shlomo Benartzi

  • Investor Sentiment and the Closed-End Fund Puzzle

    Charles Lee;Andrei Shleifer;Richard H. Thaler

  • Libertarian Paternalism Is Not an Oxymoron

    Cass S. Sunstein;Richard H. Thaler

  • Some empirical evidence on dynamic inconsistency

    Richard Thaler

  • Investor Sentiment and the Closed-End Fund Puzzle

    Charles M. C. Lee;Andrei Shleifer;Richard H. Thaler

  • Libertarian Paternalism Is Not an Oxymoron

    Cass R. Sunstein;Richard H. Thaler

  • THE BEHAVIORAL LIFE‐CYCLE HYPOTHESIS

    Hersh M. Shefrin;Richard H. Thaler

  • Anomalies: Ultimatums, Dictators and Manners

    Colin F. Camerer;Richard H. Thaler

  • Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics

    Richard H. Thaler

  • Naive Diversification Strategies in Defined Contribution Saving Plans

    Shlomo Benartzi;Richard H. Thaler

  • The Equity Premium Puzzle

    Jeremy J. Siegel;Richard H. Thaler

Frequent Co-Authors

Cass R. Sunstein
Cass R. Sunstein Harvard University
Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman Princeton University
Roni Michaely
Roni Michaely University of Hong Kong
Jack L. Knetsch
Jack L. Knetsch Simon Fraser University
Nicholas Barberis
Nicholas Barberis Yale University
Andrei Shleifer
Andrei Shleifer Harvard University
Colin F. Camerer
Colin F. Camerer California Institute of Technology
Charles M.C. Lee
Charles M.C. Lee Stanford University
Owen A. Lamont
Owen A. Lamont Acadian Asset Management
George Loewenstein
George Loewenstein Carnegie Mellon University

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