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Richard N. Cooper

Richard N. Cooper

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
72
Citations
28577
World Ranking
412
National Ranking
280

Overview

Richard N. Cooper was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research focused primarily on the social sciences, with specific work in development as well as sociology and political science.

The main topics covered in their work included international development and aid, as well as income, poverty, and inequality. These subjects were central to the two publications they contributed to during their career.

Richard N. Cooper's book publications include two notable works. One was published by Harvard University, titled A Half-Century of Development, released in 2020 with 15 citations. The other, titled Issues For Trade Policy in The Seventies, was published by Mohr Siebeck eBooks in 2025 and has received 1 citation.

  • International Development and Aid
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality

  • Development
  • Sociology and Political Science

Best Publications

  • The East Asian Financial Crisis: Diagnosis, Remedies, Prospects

    Steven Radelet;Jeffrey D. Sachs;Richard N. Cooper;Barry P. Bosworth

  • The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time

    Richard N. Cooper;Jeffrey D. Sachs

  • Growing World Trade: Causes and Consequences

    Paul Krugman;Richard N. Cooper;T. N. Srinivasan

  • The Current Account and Macroeconomic Adjustment in the 1970s

    Jeffrey D. Sachs;Richard N. Cooper;Stanley Fischer

  • Trading up: Consumer and Environmental Regulation in a Global Economy

    Richard N. Cooper;David Vogel

  • Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict

    Richard N. Cooper;Michael T. Klare

  • Boom, crisis, and adjustment : the macroeconomic experience of developing countries

    Andy C. C. Kwan;I. M. D. Little;Richard N. Cooper;Max W. Gorden

  • Dams and Development: Transnational Struggles for Water and Power

    Richard N. Cooper;Sanjeev Khagram

  • CURRENCY DEVALUATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

    Unknown

  • Flexible Exchange Rates in the Short Run

    Rudiger Dornbusch;Paul Krugman;Richard N. Cooper;Marina v. N. Whitman

  • Foreign Direct Investment and Development: The New Policy Agenda for Developing Countries and Economies in Transition

    Richard N. Cooper;Theodore H. Moran

  • Training and the Private Sector: International Comparisons

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  • The economics of interdependence : economic policy in the Atlantic community

    Richard N. Cooper

  • The economics of interdependence

    Richard N. Cooper

  • Economic interdependence and coordination of economic policies

    Richard N. Cooper

  • Toward a new international financial architecture : a practical post-Asia agenda

    Richard N. Cooper;Barry Eichengreen

  • Realistic mitigation options for global warming.

    Edward S. Rubin;Richard N. Cooper;Robert A. Frosch;Thomas H. Lee

  • Boom, Crisis, and Adjustment: The Macroeconomic Experience of Developing Countries

    Richard Cooper;I. M. D. Little;Richard N. Cooper;W. Max Corden

  • Regional Trading Blocs in the World Trading System

    Richard N. Cooper;Jeffrey A. Frankel

  • The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Booms and Petro-States

    Richard N. Cooper;Terry Lynn Karl

  • The Flight of the Creative Class: The New Global Competition for Talent

    Richard N. Cooper;Richard Florida

  • The Economics of Global Warming

    Richard Cooper;William R. Cline

  • Climate Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change

    Richard N. Cooper;James P. Bruce

  • Freer Markets, More Rules: Regulatory Reform in Advanced Industrial Countries

    Richard N. Cooper;Steven K. Vogel

  • Assessing Financial Vulnerability: An Early Warning System for Emerging Markets

    Richard N. Cooper;Morris Goldstein;Graciela L. Kaminsky;Carmen M. Reinhart

  • Against the Tide: An Intellectual History of Free Trade

    Richard N. Cooper;Douglas A. Irwin

  • Phishing for phools: : The economics of manipulation and deception

    Richard N. Cooper

  • Without a Map: Political Tactics and Economic Reform in Russia

    Richard N. Cooper;Andrei Shleifer;Daniel Treisman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey D. Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs Columbia University
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman Princeton University
John Williamson
John Williamson Peterson Institute for International Economics
Michael D. Bordo
Michael D. Bordo Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Barry Eichengreen
Barry Eichengreen University of California, Berkeley
Richard Layard
Richard Layard London School of Economics and Political Science
William H. Branson
William H. Branson Princeton University
Robert E. Hall
Robert E. Hall Hoover Institution
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Jeremiah P. Ostriker Columbia University

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