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Economics and Finance
USA
2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Economics and Finance D-index 87 Citations 51,463 408 World Ranking 121 National Ranking 95

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award

2014 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association

1999 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1989 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Finance
  • China

His main research concerns Actuarial science, Microeconomics, Incentive, Reputation and Financial economics. His Actuarial science research incorporates themes from Rationality, Econometrics, Risk assessment and Willingness to pay. His work in the fields of Public good, Price discrimination and Ultimatum bargaining overlaps with other areas such as Offset.

His studies deal with areas such as Earnings, Earnings management, Investment decisions, Control and Adverse selection as well as Incentive. His study on Reputation system is often connected to Work as part of broader study in Reputation. His study in the field of Trading strategy also crosses realms of Database transaction.

His most cited work include:

  • Status quo bias in decision making (3383 citations)
  • Reputation systems (2090 citations)
  • Earnings Management to Exceed Thresholds (1899 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Richard J. Zeckhauser mainly investigates Actuarial science, Microeconomics, Public economics, Monetary economics and Incentive. Richard J. Zeckhauser specializes in Actuarial science, namely Reinsurance. Richard J. Zeckhauser has included themes like Consumption and Private information retrieval in his Microeconomics study.

As part of his studies on Public economics, Richard J. Zeckhauser often connects relevant subjects like Government. His Monetary economics study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Event study.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Actuarial science (25.17%)
  • Microeconomics (16.33%)
  • Public economics (15.13%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Monetary economics (10.04%)
  • Actuarial science (25.17%)
  • Climate change (6.69%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Richard J. Zeckhauser spends much of his time researching Monetary economics, Actuarial science, Climate change, Event study and Social psychology. His research investigates the connection between Monetary economics and topics such as Stock market that intersect with issues in Corporate tax. His study looks at the relationship between Actuarial science and fields such as Health insurance, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.

The Climate change study combines topics in areas such as Econometrics and Damages. His research on Event study also deals with topics like

  • Commercial policy which intersects with area such as Predictability,
  • Legislative process and Cash flow most often made with reference to Tax reform,
  • Corporate social responsibility that connect with fields like Agency,
  • Nomination which connect with Institutional investor and Market economy. His Social psychology study combines topics in areas such as Phenomenon, Perception and Value.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Company stock price reactions to the 2016 election shock: Trump, taxes, and trade (45 citations)
  • Owning, Using and Renting: Some Simple Economics of the Sharing Economy (41 citations)
  • Owning, Using and Renting: Some Simple Economics of the Sharing Economy (41 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Finance
  • China

His primary scientific interests are in Monetary economics, Event study, Stock market, Surprise and Climate change. Richard J. Zeckhauser has researched Monetary economics in several fields, including Insider trading, Emerging markets, Stock split, Market efficiency and Financial system. The Surprise study which covers Earnings that intersects with Contrast, Value and Enterprise value.

His work carried out in the field of Climate change brings together such families of science as Econometrics and Heuristic. His Climate science research includes elements of Actuarial science and Value. His Actuarial science research includes themes of Total cost, Cost–benefit analysis, Affect, Government and Distribution.

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Best Publications

Status quo bias in decision making

William F. Samuelson;Richard J. Zeckhauser.
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (1988)

6738 Citations

Earnings Management to Exceed Thresholds

Francois Degeorge;Jayendu Patel;Richard Zeckhauser.
The Journal of Business (1999)

4203 Citations

The online laboratory: conducting experiments in a real labor market

John Joseph Horton;David Gertler Rand;Richard Jay Zeckhauser.
Experimental Economics (2011)

3754 Citations

Reputation systems

Paul Resnick;Ko Kuwabara;Richard Zeckhauser;Eric Friedman.
Communications of The ACM (2000)

3506 Citations

Trust among strangers in internet transactions: Empirical analysis of eBay' s reputation system

Paul Resnick;Richard Zeckhauser.
Applied Microeconomics, The Economics of the Internet and E-Commerce (2002)

2674 Citations

An economic theory of alliances

Mancur Olson;Richard Zeckhauser.
(1966)

2074 Citations

Hot Hands in Mutual Funds: Short‐Run Persistence of Relative Performance, 1974–1988

Darryll Hendricks;Jayendu Patel;Richard Zeckhauser.
Journal of Finance (1993)

1721 Citations

The value of reputation on eBay: A controlled experiment

Paul Resnick;Richard Zeckhauser;John Swanson;Kate Lockwood.
Experimental Economics (2006)

1569 Citations

A primer for policy analysis

Edith. Stokey;Richard. Zeckhauser.
(1978)

1378 Citations

Principals and Agents: The Structure of Business

John W. Pratt;Richard Zeckhauser.
(1990)

1346 Citations

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