2026 Steven J. Davis: 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	99	112	100	89	78	224	72884

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Economics and Finance

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72884

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award

Overview

Steven J. Davis is affiliated with the Hoover Institution in the United States and has made significant contributions primarily in the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their research spans 97 publications in this main field, with a focus on subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, and Finance.

Their research topics cover a range of economic and social issues. Key areas of work include:

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
Market Dynamics and Volatility
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
Employment and Welfare Studies
Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Work-Family Balance Challenges

Among their recent papers are:

The Unprecedented Stock Market Reaction to COVID-19 (2020) published in The Review of Asset Pricing Studies
Economic uncertainty before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) published in Journal of Public Economics
Why Working From Home Will Stick (2020) published in SSRN Electronic Journal
The Evolution of Work from Home (2023) published in The Journal of Economic Perspectives
COVID-19 Shifted Patent Applications toward Technologies That Support Working from Home (2021) published in AEA Papers and Proceedings

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Davis include:

Nicholas Bloom
Jose Maria Barrero
Cevat Giray Aksoy
Mathias Dolls
Pablo Zarate

The publication venues where Davis has most actively contributed are:

SSRN Electronic Journal (69 publications)
AEA Papers and Proceedings (3 publications)
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (2 publications)
Working paper (2 publications)
The Review of Asset Pricing Studies (1 publication)

In addition to articles, Davis has contributed to book publications, including "The Asian Monetary Policy Forum" published by World Scientific in 2021.

Best Publications

Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty

Scott Ross Baker;Nicholas Bloom;Steven J. Davis

13657
Citations
Job Creation and Destruction

Steven J. Davis;John C. Haltiwanger;Scott Schuh

3620
Citations
Gross Job Creation, Gross Job Destruction, and Employment Reallocation

Steven J. Davis;John Haltiwanger

2751
Citations
COVID-Induced Economic Uncertainty

Scott R. Baker;Nicholas Bloom;Steven J. Davis;Stephen J. Terry

2418
Citations
Consumption-based accounting of CO2 emissions

Steven J. Davis;Ken Caldeira

2190
Citations
Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

Pete Smith;Steven J. Davis;Felix Creutzig;Sabine Fuss

1587
Citations
The Unprecedented Stock Market Reaction to COVID-19

Scott R Baker;Nicholas Bloom;Steven J Davis;Kyle Kost

1535
Citations
Systems integration for global sustainability

Jianguo Liu;Harold A. Mooney;Vanessa Hull;Steven J. Davis

1416
Citations
Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification

Jennifer A. Burney;Steven J. Davis;David B. Lobell

1404
Citations
Gross job flows

Steven Davis;John Haltiwanger

1165
Citations
Carbon Lock-In: Types, Causes, and Policy Implications

Karen C. Seto;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis;Ronald B. Mitchell;Eleanor C. Stokes

1112
Citations
Small business and job creation: Dissecting the myth and reassessing the facts

Steven J. Davis;John Haltiwanger;Scott Schuh

1111
Citations
Sectoral job creation and destruction responses to oil price changes

Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis;John Haltiwanger;John Haltiwanger

1056
Citations
Transboundary health impacts of transported global air pollution and international trade

Qiang Zhang;Xujia Jiang;Dan Tong;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis

1055
Citations
A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018

William F. Lamb;Thomas Wiedmann;Julia Pongratz;Robbie Andrew

1052
Citations
Economic uncertainty before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Dave Altig;Scott Baker;Jose Maria Barrero;Nicholas Bloom

1045
Citations
International Trade and American Wages in the 1980s: Giant Sucking Sound or Small Hiccup?

Robert Z. Lawrence;Matthew J. Slaughter;Robert E. Hall;Steven J. Davis

1027
Citations
Recessions and the Costs of Job Loss

Steven J Davis;Till M von Wachter

991
Citations
The Unprecedented Stock Market Impact of COVID-19

Scott R Baker;Nicholas Bloom;Steven J Davis;Kyle J Kost

904
Citations
Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty

Scott R. Baker;Nicholas Bloom;Nicholas Bloom;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis;Steven J. Davis

888
Citations
Labor Market Fluidity and Economic Performance

Steven J Davis;John Haltiwanger

828
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John Haltiwanger University of Maryland, College Park

Nicholas Bloom Stanford University

Javier Miranda Halle Institute for Economic Research

Ron S. Jarmin United States Census Bureau

Kevin M. Murphy University of Chicago

Magnus Henrekson Research Institute of Industrial Economics

Paul S. Willen Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Josh Lerner Harvard University

Robert H. Topel University of Chicago

Olivier Boucher Sorbonne University

External Links

Personal website of Steven J. Davis Google Scholar page

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