2026 Roger H. Gordon: 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	52	1244	1105	751	650	163	14753

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Economics and Finance

1244

1105

751

650

163

14753

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1995 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Roger H. Gordon is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Economics, Econometrics and Finance as well as Energy.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Energy

Subfields of study for their research are:

Economics and Econometrics
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Political Science and International Relations
Accounting

The central topics covered in their publications are:

Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Climate Change Policy and Economics
Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
Local Government Finance and Decentralization
Corporate Taxation and Avoidance

Recent papers authored by Roger H. Gordon include:

Fiscal Federalism and the Role of the Income Tax (2023), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
Carbon Taxes: Many Strengths But Key Weaknesses (2023), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
Carbon Taxes: Many Strengths but Key Weaknesses (2024), published in Tax Policy and the Economy

Their work has been published most frequently in the following venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Tax Policy and the Economy

Roger H. Gordon has been recognized by several organizations with awards including:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)
Fellows of the Econometric Society (1995)

Best Publications

Why Is Capital So Immobile Internationally?: Possible Explanations and Implications for Capital Income Taxation

Roger Gordon;Lans Bovenberg

2244
Citations
TAX STRUCTURE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: MANY PUZZLES AND A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION

Roger Gordon;Wei Li

1152
Citations
Tax structure and economic growth

Young Lee;Roger H. Gordon

1128
Citations
An Optimal Taxation Approach to Fiscal Federalism

Roger H. Gordon

920
Citations
Taxation of Investment and Savings in a World Economy

Roger H Gordon

547
Citations
Reconsidering the Work Disincentive Effects of Social Security

Alan S. Blinder;Roger H. Gordon;Donald E. Wise

483
Citations
The Association Between Men's Economic Status and Their Family and Community Origins

Mary Corcoran;Roger Gordon;Gary Solon

435
Citations
Intergenerational Risk Sharing

Roger H. Gordon;Hal R. Varian

396
Citations
Are "Real" Responses to Taxes Simply Income Shifting Between Corporate and Personal Tax Bases?

Roger H Gordon;Joel Slemrod

396
Citations
Effects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on Corporate Financial Policy and Organizational Form

Roger Gordon;Jeffrey Mackie-Mason

393
Citations
An Examination of Multijurisdictional Corporate Income Taxes Under Formula Apportionment

Roger H Gordon;John D Wilson

330
Citations
Taxes and entrepreneurial risk-taking: Theory and evidence for the U.S. ☆

Julie Berry Cullen;Roger H. Gordon

308
Citations
Do Taxes Affect Corporate Debt Policy? Evidence from US Corporate Tax Return Data

Roger H Gordon;Young Lee

306
Citations
Can Capital Income Taxes Survive in Open Economies

Roger H. Gordon

305
Citations
A Longitudinal Analysis of Sibling Correlations in Economic Status

Gary Solon;Mary Corcoran;Roger Gordon

281
Citations
How Much Do Taxes Discourage Incorporation

Jeffrey K. Mackie-Mason;Roger H. Gordon

254
Citations
Market wages, reservation wages, and retirement decisions

Roger Gordon;Alan Blinder

214
Citations
Tax distortions to the choice of organizational form

Roger H. Gordon;Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason

207
Citations
Government as a discriminating monopolist in the financial market: the case of China

Roger H. Gordon;Wei Li

201
Citations
Taxes and Entrepreneurial Activity: Theory and Evidence for the U.S.

Roger H Gordon;Julie Berry Cullen

197
Citations
Can Capital Income Taxes Survive in an Open Economies

Roger Gordon

12
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel Slemrod University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Gary Solon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Alan S. Blinder Princeton University

Hal R. Varian Google (United States)

David F. Bradford Princeton University

James R. Hines University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Don Fullerton University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Gilbert E. Metcalf Tufts University

Lawrence H. Summers Harvard University

Mark Schankerman London School of Economics and Political Science

External Links

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