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D-Index
54
Citations
12771
World Ranking
1129
National Ranking
125

Sourafel Girma publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sourafel Girma sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 159 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Sourafel Girma D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sourafel Girma sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
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This scientist: 54 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sourafel Girma is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, contributing notably in subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, and General Health Professions. Their work also touches on broader topics including Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Global Trade and Economics, Corporate Finance and Governance, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Market Dynamics and Volatility, Employment and Welfare Studies, and Global Health Care Issues.

The researcher has published several papers in various academic journals. Recent publications include:

  • Covid-19 Vaccines As a Condition of Employment: Impact on Uptake, Staffing, and Mortality in Elderly Care Homes (2023, Management Science)
  • Is assisted suicide a substitute for unassisted suicide? (2022, European Economic Review)
  • Using double-debiased machine learning to estimate the impact of Covid-19 vaccination on mortality and staff absences in elderly care homes (2024, European Economic Review)

Frequent publication venues for Sourafel Girma include:

  • European Economic Review
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Management Science
  • Sustainability

Their collaborations involve a number of co-authors with whom they have published regularly. Notable frequent co-authors are:

  • David Paton
  • Holger Görg
  • Jun Du
  • Ignat Stepanok
  • Ye Bai

Sourafel Girma's research spans multiple areas within economics and health-related studies, analyzing complex interactions such as the impact of vaccination policies on health care staffing and mortality, as well as economic behaviors related to assisted suicide. Their interdisciplinary approach combines econometric methods with health and welfare topics.

Best Publications

  • Absorptive capacity and productivity spillovers From FDI: a threshold regression analysis

    Sourafel Girma

  • Does Exporting Increase Productivity? A Microeconometric Analysis of Matched Firms

    Sourafel Girma;Avid Greenaway;Richard Kneller

  • Who Benefits from Foreign Direct Investment in the UK

    Sourafel Girma;David Greenaway;Katharine Wakelin

  • Evaluating the foreign ownership wage premium using a difference-in-differences matching approach

    Sourafel Girma;Holger Görg

  • The Productivity and Wage Effects of Foreign Acquisition in the United Kingdom

    Martin J. Conyon;Sourafel Girma;Steve Thompson;Peter W. Wright

  • The link between immigration and trade: Evidence from the United Kingdom

    Sourafel Girma;Zhihao Yu

  • Outsourcing, foreign ownership and productivity: evidence from UK establishment level data

    Sourafel Girma;Holger Görg

  • Aid and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Accounting for Transmission Mechanisms

    Karuna Gomanee;Sourafel Girma;Oliver Morrissey

  • Exports versus FDI: An Empirical Test

    Sourafel Girma;Richard Kneller;Mauro Pisu

  • Exporting, linkages and productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment

    Sourafel Girma;Holger Görg;Mauro Pisu

  • The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Company Employment in the United Kingdom

    Martin J. Conyon;Sourafel Girma;Steve Thompson;Peter W. Wright

  • Foreign direct investment, spillovers and absorptive capacity: evidence from quantile regressions

    Sourafel Girma;Holger Görg

  • Organic and Acquisitive Growth: Re-examining, Testing and Extending Penrose's Growth Theory

    Andy Lockett;Johan Wiklund;Per Davidsson;Sourafel Girma

  • Exports, International Investment, and Plant Performance: Evidence from a Non-Parametric Test

    Sourafel Girma;Holger Görg;Holger Görg;Eric Strobl

  • The Political Economy of Financial Development

    Sourafel Girma;Anja Shortland

  • R&D and exporting: A comparison of British and Irish firms

    Sourafel Girma;Holger Görg;Holger Görg;Holger Görg;Aoife Hanley;Aoife Hanley

  • What Determines Innovation Activity in Chinese State-owned Enterprises? The Role of Foreign Direct Investment

    Sourafel Girma;Yundan Gong;Holger Görg

  • Foreign direct investment, access to finance, and innovation activity in Chinese enterprises

    Sourafel Girma;Yundan Gong;Holger Görg

  • Aid, Public Spending and Human Welfare: Evidence from Quantile Regressions

    Karuna Gomanee;Sourafel Girma;Oliver Morrissey

  • Export market exit and performance dynamics: a causality analysis of matched firms

    Sourafel Girma;David Greenaway;Richard Kneller

Frequent Co-Authors

Holger Görg
Holger Görg Kiel University
Richard Kneller
Richard Kneller University of Nottingham
Eric Strobl
Eric Strobl University of Bern
David Greenaway
David Greenaway University of Nottingham
Martin J. Conyon
Martin J. Conyon Bentley University
Oliver Morrissey
Oliver Morrissey University of Nottingham
Joachim Wagner
Joachim Wagner Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Nigel Driffield
Nigel Driffield University of Warwick
Panicos O. Demetriades
Panicos O. Demetriades University of Leicester
Peter Wright
Peter Wright Newcastle University

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