2026 Thomas Philippon: 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	50	1352	1203	819	711	152	20247

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Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Thomas Philippon is affiliated with New York University in the United States. The primary field of study for their research is Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a focus that includes several specialized subfields and topics.

The main fields of study covered in their publications are:

Economics and Econometrics
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Modeling and Simulation
Soil Science
Accounting

Key topics in Thomas Philippon's research include:

Merger and Competition Analysis
Economic theories and models
Economic Theory and Policy
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
Agricultural risk and resilience
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Thomas Philippon are:

Optimal Mitigation Policies in a Pandemic: Social Distancing and Working from Home (2021), published in Review of Financial Studies
How European Markets Became Free: A Study of Institutional Drift (2022), published in Journal of the European Economic Association
Labor share (2020), published in Economics Letters
Discussion of "The dynamic effects of antitrust policy on growth and welfare" (2021), published in Journal of Monetary Economics
The case for free markets (2021), published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Frequent collaborators include:

Callum Jones
Venky Venkateswaran
Germán Gutiérrez
Gilbert Cette
Lorraine Koehl

Publication venues frequently featuring this researcher's work are:

Harvard Dataverse
Review of Financial Studies
Journal of the European Economic Association
Economics Letters
Journal of Monetary Economics

Thomas Philippon was awarded fellowship in the Econometric Society in 2020.

Best Publications

CEO incentives and earnings management

Daniel Bergstresser;Thomas Philippon

3886
Citations
Measuring Systemic Risk

Unknown

1778
Citations
Optimal Mitigation Policies in a Pandemic: Social Distancing and Working from Home

Callum J Jones;Thomas Philippon;Venky Venkateswaran

856
Citations
Has the U.S. Finance Industry Become Less Efficient? On the Theory and Measurement of Financial Intermediation

Thomas Philippon

840
Citations
The FinTech Opportunity

Thomas Philippon

804
Citations
The Rise in Firm-Level Volatility: Causes and Consequences

Diego Comin;Thomas Philippon

744
Citations
The Risk-Adjusted Cost of Financial Distress*

Heitor Almeida;Thomas Philippon

703
Citations
The Economics of Fraudulent Accounting

Simi Kedia;Thomas Philippon

677
Citations
Wages and Human Capital in the U.S. Financial Industry: 1909-2006

Thomas Philippon;Thomas Philippon;Ariell Reshef;Ariell Reshef;Ariell Reshef

636
Citations
The Financial Crisis of 2007‐2009: Causes and Remedies

Viral Acharya;Thomas Philippon;Matthew Richardson;Nouriel Roubini

614
Citations
Investment-less Growth: An Empirical Investigation

Germán Gutiérrez;Thomas Philippon

524
Citations
Competing on Speed

Emiliano S. Pagnotta;Thomas Philippon;Thomas Philippon;Thomas Philippon

375
Citations
Have financial markets become more informative

Jennie Bai;Thomas Philippon;Thomas Philippon;Alexi Savov;Alexi Savov

369
Citations
The Bond Market's q

Thomas Philippon

352
Citations
Optimal Interventions in Markets with Adverse Selection

Thomas Philippon;Vasiliki Skreta

350
Citations
The Impact of Differential Payroll Tax Subsidies on Minimum Wage Employment

Francis Kramarz;Thomas Philippon

332
Citations
An International Look at the Growth of Modern Finance

Thomas Philippon;Ariell Reshef

328
Citations
The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets

Thomas Philippon

319
Citations
Household Leverage and the Recession

Virgiliu Midrigan;Thomas Philippon

309
Citations
Declining Competition and Investment in the U.S.

Germán Gutiérrez;Thomas Philippon

288
Citations
Household Leverage and the Recession

Virgiliu Midrigin;Thomas Philippon;Thomas Philippon

284
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Viral V. Acharya New York University

Matthew Richardson New York University

Dimitri Vayanos London School of Economics and Political Science

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas International Monetary Fund

Lawrence J. White New York University

Olivier J. Blanchard Peterson Institute for International Economics

Nicholas Economides New York University

Lasse Heje Pedersen Copenhagen Business School

Laura Veldkamp Columbia University

Francis Kramarz Collège de France

External Links

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