2026 Richard H. Thaler: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	115	48	41	38	32	235	157134

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

21235
Citations
Toward a positive theory of consumer choice

Richard H. Thaler

8986
Citations
Mental Accounting and Consumer Choice

Richard H. Thaler

8293
Citations
Anomalies: The Endowment Effect, Loss Aversion, and Status Quo Bias

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

8034
Citations
Experimental Tests of the Endowment Effect and the Coase Theorem

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

6206
Citations
Does the Stock Market Overreact

Werner F. M. De Bondt;Richard Thaler

6135
Citations
Fairness as a Constraint on Profit Seeking: Entitlements in the Market

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

5183
Citations
A survey of behavioral finance

Nicholas Barberis;Richard Thaler

5169
Citations
Mental accounting matters

Richard H. Thaler

5026
Citations
MYOPIC LOSS AVERSION AND THE EQUITY PREMIUM PUZZLE

Shlomo Benartzi;Richard H Thaler

4862
Citations
A Behavioral Approach to Law and Economics

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

4530
Citations
Experimental Tests of the Endowment Effect and the Coase Theorem

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4397
Citations
An Economic Theory of Self-Control

H. M Shefrin;Richard Thaler

4251
Citations
Gambling with the house money and trying to break even: the effects of prior outcomes on risky choice

R. H. Thaler;E. J. Johnson

3876
Citations
Fairness and the Assumptions of Economics

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

3805
Citations
Further Evidence On Investor Overreaction and Stock Market Seasonality

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

3672
Citations
Save More Tomorrow™: Using Behavioral Economics to Increase Employee Saving

Richard H. Thaler;Shlomo Benartzi

3566
Citations
Investor Sentiment and the Closed-End Fund Puzzle

Charles Lee;Andrei Shleifer;Richard H. Thaler

3352
Citations
Libertarian Paternalism Is Not an Oxymoron

Cass S. Sunstein;Richard H. Thaler

3222
Citations
Some empirical evidence on dynamic inconsistency

Richard Thaler

3143
Citations
Investor Sentiment and the Closed-End Fund Puzzle

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

2886
Citations
Libertarian Paternalism Is Not an Oxymoron

Cass R. Sunstein;Richard H. Thaler

2764
Citations
THE BEHAVIORAL LIFE‐CYCLE HYPOTHESIS

Hersh M. Shefrin;Richard H. Thaler

2349
Citations
Anomalies: Ultimatums, Dictators and Manners

Colin F. Camerer;Richard H. Thaler

2292
Citations
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics

Richard H. Thaler

2269
Citations
Naive Diversification Strategies in Defined Contribution Saving Plans

Shlomo Benartzi;Richard H. Thaler

2131
Citations
The Equity Premium Puzzle

Jeremy J. Siegel;Richard H. Thaler

30
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cass R. Sunstein Harvard University

Daniel Kahneman Princeton University

Roni Michaely University of Hong Kong

Jack L. Knetsch Simon Fraser University

Nicholas Barberis Yale University

Andrei Shleifer Harvard University

Colin F. Camerer California Institute of Technology

Charles M.C. Lee Stanford University

Owen A. Lamont Acadian Asset Management

George Loewenstein Carnegie Mellon University

External Links

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