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46
Citations
9530
World Ranking
1662
National Ranking
986

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)

Overview

Robert E. Litan is affiliated with the Brookings Institution in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Business, Management and Accounting, and Social Sciences, with significant contributions in specific subfields such as Accounting, Strategy and Management, Finance, Information Systems and Management, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics with a focus on Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Corporate Finance and Governance, Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds, Research, Science, and Academia, Biomedical and Engineering Education, Legal Issues in Education, and Legal Systems and Judicial Processes.

Notable papers by Robert E. Litan include:

  • "What ESG-Related Disclosures Should the SEC Mandate?" (2022) published in Financial Analysts Journal
  • "On Its Own: Bangladesh Can Save Itself from Some Climate Change" (2021) published in Innovations Technology Governance Globalization
  • "Decision Time for the Ivy League: What the NCAA v. Alston Supreme Court Decision Means for the Ivy League's Policy of Not Providing Athletic Scholarships" (2021) published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Their work features collaboration with frequent co-authors such as Jonathan M. Karpoff, Catherine M. Schrand, Roman L. Weil, E. J. Reedy, and Michael S. Teitelbaum.

Robert E. Litan has published in various venues, including:

  • Financial Analysts Journal
  • Innovations Technology Governance Globalization
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among professional recognitions, they are noted as a Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC).

Best Publications

  • Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity

    Robert E Litan;William J. Baumol;Carl J. Schramm

  • Good capitalism, bad capitalism, and the economics of growth and prosperity

    W. Baumol;R. Litan;C. Schramm

  • The Promise of Prediction Markets

    Kenneth J. Arrow;Robert Forsythe;Michael Gorham;Robert Hahn

  • Projecting the Economic Impact of the Internet

    Robert E. Litan;Alice M. Rivlin

  • Worldwide Financial Reporting: The Development and Future of Accounting Standards

    George J. Benston;Michael Bromwich;Robert E. Litan;Alfred Wagenhofer

  • What should banks do

    Robert E. Litan

  • The Origins of the Financial Crisis

    Martin N. Baily;Robert E. Litan;Matthew S. Johnson

  • The effects of broadband deployment on output and employment: a cross-sectional analysis of U.S. data

    Robert W. Crandall;Robert E. Litan;William Lehr

  • Commercializing University Innovations: Alternative Approaches

    Robert Litan;Lesa Mitchell;E. J. Reedy

  • Growth with equity

    Gary S. Fields;Martin Neil Baily;Gary Burtless;Robert E. Litan

  • Following the Money: The Enron Failure and the State of Corporate Disclosure

    George J. Benston;Michael Bromwich;Robert E. Litan;Alfred Wagenhofer

  • Financial regulation in the global economy

    Richard Herring;Robert E. Litan

  • A Prescription to Relieve Worker Anxiety

    Lori Kletzer;Robert Litan

  • The Wireless Craze, The Unlimited Bandwidth Myth, The Spectrum Auction Faux Pas, and the Punchline to Ronald Coase’s ‘Big Joke’ An Essay on Airwave Allocation Policy

    Thomas W. Hazlett;Robert W. Hahn;Robert E. Litan

  • Globaphobia: Confronting Fears about Open Trade

    Erik Izraelewicz;Gary Burtless;Robert Z. Lawrence;Robert E. Litan

  • Down in the Dumps: Administration of the Unfair Trade Laws

    Richard Boltuck;Robert E. Litan

  • Gap Filling, Hedge Funds, and Financial Innovation

    Frank Partnoy;Randall S. Thomas;Yasuyuki Fuchita;Robert E. Litan

  • The Future of American Banking

    James R. Barth;Robert E. Litan;R.Dan Brumbaugh

  • Open Doors: Foreign Participation in Financial Systems in Developing Countries

    Robert E. Litan;Paul R. Masson;Michael Pomerleano

  • Promoting Efficient Use of Spectrum Through Elimination of Barriers to the Development of Secondary Markets

    Martin Neil Baily;Jonathan Dickinson Baker;Timothy F. Bresnahan;Ronald Harry Coase

  • Brookings-Wharton papers on financial services

    Robert E. Litan;Anthony M. Santomero;Richard Herring

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert W. Hahn
Robert W. Hahn University of Oxford
William J. Baumol
William J. Baumol New York University
Maureen L. Cropper
Maureen L. Cropper University of Maryland, College Park
William D. Nordhaus
William D. Nordhaus Yale University
Martin Neil Baily
Martin Neil Baily Brookings Institution
Richard J. Herring
Richard J. Herring University of Pennsylvania
Vernon L. Smith
Vernon L. Smith Chapman University
Robert N. Stavins
Robert N. Stavins Harvard University
Robert Z. Lawrence
Robert Z. Lawrence Harvard University

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