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Economics and Finance
UK
2024

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
84
Citations
69382
World Ranking
219
National Ranking
26

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Simeon Djankov is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within social sciences and economics with a primary focus on economics, econometrics, and finance.

Their recent papers cover diverse topics and have appeared in several academic venues, including:

  • Economic Freedom of the World: 2022 Annual Report, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Measuring human capital using global learning data, 2021, Nature
  • Gendered Laws and Women in the Workforce, 2020, American Economic Review Insights
  • Gendered Laws and Women in the Workforce, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Do gendered laws matter for women's economic empowerment?, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors in their work include Rabah Arezki, Andrei Shleifer, Pinelopi Goldberg, Erica Bosio, and Edward L. Glaeser. These collaborations reflect a network of scholars engaged in economics, political science, and related fields.

Their research has been published mainly in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Economics Letters
  • Nature
  • American Economic Review Insights
  • The Journal of Law and Economics

Djankov's work covers main fields of study such as social sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance. Within these fields, the scientist explores subfields that include economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, gender studies, political science and international relations, and strategy and management.

Key topics addressed in their research focus on issues such as:

  • Corruption and Economic Development
  • Land Rights and Reforms
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility

In addition to their papers, Simeon Djankov has contributed books published by the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. These include:

  • Survival of Firms during Economic Crisis, 2020
  • Reform Chatter and Democracy, 2020
  • Reversal of Fortune for Political Incumbents after Oil Shocks, 2020
  • Contagious Protests, 2020

Best Publications

  • THE SEPARATION OF OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL IN EAST ASIAN CORPORATIONS

    Stijn Claessens;Simeon Djankov;Larry H.P Lang

  • The Regulation of Entry

    Simeon Djankov;Rafael La Porta;Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes;Andrei Shleifer

  • Disentangling the Incentive and Entrenchment Effects of Large Shareholdings

    Stijn Claessens;Simeon Djankov;Joseph P. H. Fan;Larry H. P. Lang

  • The Law and Economics of Self-Dealing

    Simeon Djankov;Rafael La Porta;Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes;Andrei Shleifer

  • Private credit in 129 countries

    Simeon Djankov;Caralee McLiesh;Andrei Shleifer

  • The Regulation of Labor

    J. C. Botero;Simeon Djankov;R. L. Porta;Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes

  • The Regulation of Labor

    Juan C. Botero;Simeon Djankov;Rafael La Porta;Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes

  • Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey

    Simeon Djankov;Peter Murrell

  • Enterprise Restructuring in Transition: A Quantitative Survey

    Simeon Djankov;Peter Murrell

  • The New Comparative Economics

    Simeon Djankov;Edward Ludwig Glaeser;Rafael La Porta;Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes

  • Foreign investment and productivity growth in Czech enterprises

    Simeon Djankov;Bernard Hoekman

  • Trading on Time

    Simeon Djankov;Caroline Freund;Cong S. Pham

  • Ownership Concentration and Corporate Performance in the Czech Republic

    Stijn Claessens;Simeon Djankov

  • The Effect of Corporate Taxes on Investment and Entrepreneurship

    Simeon Djankov;Tim Ganser;Caralee McLiesh;Rita Ramalho

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  • The Curse of Aid

    Simeon Djankov;Simeon Djankov;José Garcia Montalvo;Marta Reynal-Querol;Marta Reynal-Querol

  • Debt Enforcement Around the World

    Andrei Shleifer;Caralee McLiesh;Oliver Hart;Simeon Djankov

  • The Regulation of Entry

    Simeon Djankov;Simeon Djankov;Rafael La Porta;Rafael La Porta;Florencio Lopez de Silanes;Florencio Lopez de Silanes;Andrei Shleifer;Andrei Shleifer

  • Who Owns the Media

    Simeon Djankov;Caralee McLiesh;Tatiana Nenova;Andrei Shleifer

  • Economic Freedom of the World: Annual Report

    James D. Gwartney;Robert Lawson;Joshua Hall

  • Debt Enforcement around the World

    Simeon Djankov;Oliver Hart;Caralee McLiesh;Andrei Shleifer

  • The Law and Economics of Self-Dealing

    Simeon Djankov;Simeon Djankov;Florencio Lopez de Silanes;Florencio Lopez de Silanes;Rafael La Porta;Rafael La Porta;Andrei Shleifer;Andrei Shleifer

  • Expropriation of minority shareholders: evidence from East Asia

    Stijn Claessens;Simeon Djankov;Joseph P. H. Fan;Larry H. P. Lang

  • The Separation of Ownership and Control in East Asian Corporations

    Stijn Claessens;Simeon Djankov;Simeon Djankov;Larry H.P. Lang

  • Foreign Investment and Productivity Growth in Czech Enterprises

    Bernard Hoekman;Bernard Hoekman;Simeon Djankov;Simeon Djankov

Frequent Co-Authors

Stijn Claessens
Stijn Claessens Yale University
Andrei Shleifer
Andrei Shleifer Harvard University
Bernard Hoekman
Bernard Hoekman European University Institute
Rafael La Porta
Rafael La Porta Brown University
Larry H.P. Lang
Larry H.P. Lang Chinese University of Hong Kong
Joseph P. H. Fan
Joseph P. H. Fan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Edward L. Glaeser
Edward L. Glaeser Harvard University
Yingyi Qian
Yingyi Qian Tsinghua University
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya Paris School of Economics
Gérard Roland
Gérard Roland University of California, Berkeley

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