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Stephen Knack

Stephen Knack

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Political Science
USA
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
60
Citations
38107
World Ranking
792
National Ranking
493

Stephen Knack 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 Stephen Knack sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 166 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen Knack 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 Stephen Knack 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
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award

Overview

Stephen Knack was affiliated with the World Bank in the United States. Their research primarily focused on social sciences, with particular attention to economics, econometrics, and finance, alongside contributions to computer science. Their work addressed subfields such as economics and econometrics, information systems, sociology and political science, development studies, and safety research.

Their academic interests centered around topics including fiscal policy and economic growth, economic growth and development, income, poverty, and inequality, international development and aid, poverty, education and child welfare, and local government finance and decentralization.

Stephen Knack authored several papers, including:

  • Better Policies from Policy-Selective Aid? (2020), published in The World Bank Economic Review
  • How Does the World Bank Influence the Development Policy Priorities of Low-Income and Lower-Middle Income Countries? (2025), published in Political Studies Review

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Stephen Knack included Bradley C. Parks, Ani Harutyunyan, Matthew DiLorenzo, Anton Dobronogov, and James M. Wilson.

Stephen Knack also contributed to books published by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks, such as:

  • How does the World Bank Influence the Development Policy Priorities of Low-Income and Lower-Middle Income Countries? (2020)
  • Moving up the Ladder: An Analysis of IDA Graduation Policy (2020)

Their publications appeared mainly in venues like The World Bank Economic Review and Political Studies Review, reflecting an engagement with policy-related economic research and political science.

Best Publications

  • Does Social Capital Have an Economic Payoff? A Cross-Country Investigation

    Stephen Knack;Philip Keefer

  • INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: CROSS‐COUNTRY TESTS USING ALTERNATIVE INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES

    Stephen Knack;Philip Keefer

  • Trust and Growth

    Paul J. Zak;Stephen Knack

  • Social capital and the quality of Government: evidence from the U.S. States

    Stephen Knack

  • Foreign Aid, Institutions, and Governance in Sub‐Saharan Africa*

    Deborah A. Bräutigam;Stephen Knack

  • Gender and corruption

    Anand V. Swamy;Stephen Knack;Young Lee;Omar Azfar

  • WHY DON'T POOR COUNTRIES CATCH UP? A CROSS-NATIONAL TEST OF AN INSTITUTIONAL EXPLANATION

    Philip Keefer;Stephen Knack

  • Polarization, politics and property rights: Links between inequality and growth *

    Philip Keefer;Stephen Knack

  • Aid dependence and the quality of governance : a cross-country empirical analysis

    Stephen Knack

  • Aid Dependence and the Quality of Governance: Cross-Country Empirical Tests

    Stephen Knack

  • Contract-Intensive Money: Contract Enforcement, Property Rights, and Economic Performance

    Christopher Clague;Philip Keefer;Stephen Knack;Mancur Olson

  • Donor fragmentation and bureaucratic quality in aid recipients

    Stephen Knack;Aminur Rahman

  • Social capital and the quality of Government : evidence from the U.S. States

    Stephen Knack

  • Property and Contract Rights in Autocracies and Democracies

    Christopher Clague;Philip Keefer;Stephen Knack;Mancur Olson

  • Property and Contract Rights in Autocracies and Democracies

    Christopher Clague;Philip Keefer;Stephen Knack;Mancur Olson

  • Does Foreign Aid Promote Democracy

    Stephen Knack

  • The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Six, One, or None?

    Laura Langbein;Stephen Knack

  • Social Capital and the Quality of Government: Evidence from the States

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  • Social capital, growth, and poverty : a survey of cross-country evidence

    Stephen Knack

  • Civic Norms, Social Sanctions, and Voter Turnout

    Stephen Knack

  • Building Trust: Public Policy, Interpersonal Trust, and Economic Development

    Stephen Knack;Paul J. Zak

  • The effect of aid on growth : evidence from a quasi-experiment

    Sebastian Galiani;Stephen Knack;Lixin Colin Xu;Ben Zou

  • Foreign Aid and Market-Liberalizing Reform

    Jac C. Heckelman;Stephen Knack

  • Trade intensity, country size and corruption

    Stephen Knack;Omar Azfar

  • Boondoggles, Rent-Seeking, and Political Checks and Balances: Public Investment under Unaccountable Governments

    Philip Keefer;Stephen Knack

  • Measuring Corruption in Eastern Europe and Central Asia : A Critique of the Cross-Country Indicators

    Stephen Knack

  • Social Capital and the Quality of Government: Evidence from the United States

    Stephen Knack

  • Gender and Corruption

    Anand Swamy;Young Lee;Omar Azfar;Stephen Knack

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip Keefer
Philip Keefer Inter-American Development Bank
Paul J. Zak
Paul J. Zak Claremont Graduate University
Mancur Olson
Mancur Olson University of Maryland, College Park
Lixin Colin Xu
Lixin Colin Xu World Bank
Pamela Paxton
Pamela Paxton The University of Texas at Austin
Helen V. Milner
Helen V. Milner Princeton University
Sebastian Galiani
Sebastian Galiani University of Maryland, College Park
Daniel L. Nielson
Daniel L. Nielson Brigham Young University
Katharina Michaelowa
Katharina Michaelowa University of Zurich

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