2026 Samuel Gregory Hanson: 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	33	3195	2902	1736	1529	99	7857

Overview

Samuel Gregory Hanson is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and works primarily in the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their research spans over 25 publications, with significant contributions across subfields including Finance, Economics and Econometrics, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Their recent academic output features papers published in key venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. These venues have hosted work covering diverse economic topics and policy implications.

Notable recent papers by Hanson include:

"A Quantity-Driven Theory of Term Premia and Exchange Rates" (2023), published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
"Business Credit Programs in the Pandemic Era" (2020), published in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
"Rate-Amplifying Demand and the Excess Sensitivity of Long-Term Rates" (2021), published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
"The Evolution of Banking in the 21st Century: Evidence and Regulatory Implications" (2024), published in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
"Demand-and-Supply Imbalance Risk and Long-Term Swap Spreads" (2022), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Hanson collaborates frequently with a group of co-authors including Robin Greenwood, Jeremy C. Stein, Adi Sunderam, Eric Zwick, and David O. Lucca. These collaborations have contributed to various interdisciplinary studies within economic and financial research.

Their work often focuses on topics such as:

Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
Monetary policy and economic impact
Insurance and financial risk management
Global financial crisis and policies
Economic theories and models
Housing market and economics
Credit risk and financial regulations

Frequent publication venues for Hanson include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Harvard Dataverse
Annual Review of Financial Economics

In summary, Samuel Gregory Hanson's research integrates analysis of financial markets, regulatory frameworks, and macroeconomic policy with a specialization in banking and financial risk. This body of work provides an empirical and theoretical foundation for understanding complex financial systems.

Best Publications

A Macroprudential Approach to Financial Regulation

Samuel G. Hanson;Anil K Kashyap;Jeremy C. Stein

1556
Citations
Monetary policy and long-term real rates

Samuel Gregory Hanson;Jeremy C. Stein

754
Citations
A Gap-Filling Theory of Corporate Debt Maturity Choice ∗

Robin Greenwood;Samuel G. Hanson;Jeremy C. Stein

452
Citations
Banks as patient fixed-income investors

Samuel Gregory Hanson;Andrei Shleifer;Jeremy C. Stein;Robert W. Vishny

444
Citations
Issuer Quality and Corporate Bond Returns

Robin Marc Greenwood;Samuel Gregory Hanson

436
Citations
An Analysis of the Impact of 'Substantially Heightened' Capital Requirements on Large Financial Institutions

Anil Kashyap;Jeremy C. Stein;Samuel G. Hanson

432
Citations
A Comparative‐Advantage Approach to Government Debt Maturity

Robin Marc Greenwood;Samuel Gregory Hanson;Jeremy C. Stein

296
Citations
Waves in Ship Prices and Investment

Robin Greenwood;Samuel G. Hanson

284
Citations
A Comparative-Advantage Approach to Government Debt Maturity: Government Debt Maturity

Robin Greenwood;Samuel G. Hanson;Jeremy C. Stein

194
Citations
The Growth and Limits of Arbitrage: Evidence from Short Interest

Samuel Gregory Hanson;Aditya Vikram Sunderam

180
Citations
The Decline of Big-Bank Lending to Small Business: Dynamic Impacts on Local Credit and Labor Markets

Brian S. Chen;Samuel G. Hanson;Jeremy C. Stein

175
Citations
The Decline of Big-Bank Lending to Small Business: Dynamic Impacts on Local Credit and Labor Markets

Brian S Chen;Samuel G Hanson;Jeremy C Stein;Jeremy C Stein

175
Citations
A Macroprudential Approach to Financial Regulation

Samuel Gregory Hanson;Anil K. Kashyap;Anil K. Kashyap;Anil K. Kashyap;Jeremy C. Stein;Jeremy C. Stein

166
Citations
Do Hedge Funds Profit From Mutual-Fund Distress?

Joseph Chen;Samuel Hanson;Harrison Hong;Jeremy C. Stein

163
Citations
Asset Price Dynamics in Partially Segmented Markets

Robin Greenwood;Samuel Gregory Hanson;Gordon Y. Liao

152
Citations
Share Issuance and Factor Timing

Robin Greenwood;Samuel G. Hanson

129
Citations
Strengthening and Streamlining Bank Capital Regulation

Robin Greenwood;Jeremy C. Stein;Samuel G. Hanson;Adi Sunderam

119
Citations
Confidence intervals for probabilities of default

Samuel G. Hanson;Til Schuermann

117
Citations
GOVERNMENT DEBT MANAGEMENT AT THE ZERO LOWER BOUND

Robin Greenwood;Samuel G. Hanson;Joshua S. Rudolph;Lawrence H. Summers

109
Citations
Do Hedge Funds Profit From Mutual-Fund Distress?

Joseph Chen;Samuel Hanson;Harrison Hong;Jeremy Stein

104
Citations
Are there too many safe securities? Securitization and the incentives for information production

Samuel Gregory Hanson;Aditya Vikram Sunderam

102
Citations
A Comparative-Advantage Approach to Government Debt Maturity

Robin M. Greenwood;Robin M. Greenwood;Samuel Gregory Hanson;Jeremy C. Stein;Jeremy C. Stein

60
Citations
Firm Heterogeneity and Credit Risk Diversification

M. Hashem Pesaran;Samuel Gregory Hanson;Til Schuermann

19
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin Greenwood Harvard University

Jeremy C. Stein Harvard University

Til Schuermann Oliver Wyman

David S. Scharfstein Harvard University

Andrei Shleifer Harvard University

Anil K. Kashyap University of Chicago

Dimitri Vayanos London School of Economics and Political Science

Harrison G. Hong Columbia University

Jonathan H. Wright Johns Hopkins University

M. Hashem Pesaran University of Cambridge

External Links

Personal website of Samuel Gregory Hanson

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