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Timothy F. Bresnahan

Timothy F. Bresnahan

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
56
Citations
31328
World Ranking
970
National Ranking
606

Timothy F. Bresnahan 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 Timothy F. Bresnahan sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 140 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Timothy F. Bresnahan 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 Timothy F. Bresnahan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% 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

  • 2017 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1990 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Timothy F. Bresnahan is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within economics and management, focusing primarily on the intersection of economics, econometrics, and finance, as well as business, management, and accounting.

The scholar's work covers several subfields, including economics and econometrics, strategy and management, artificial intelligence, management science and operations research, and management of technology and innovation.

Main topics addressed in their research include digital platforms and economics, economic growth and productivity, law, AI, and intellectual property, merger and competition analysis, firm innovation and growth, innovation diffusion and forecasting, and intellectual property and patents.

Frequent co-authors in their research publications are:

  • Nathan Miller
  • Steven Berry
  • Jonathan B. Baker
  • Martin Gaynor
  • Richard J. Gilbert

Key recent papers published by Timothy F. Bresnahan include:

  • What innovation paths for AI to become a GPT? (2023), Journal of Economics & Management Strategy
  • Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb: Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence (2023), Business Economics
  • New Economic Forces Behind the Value Distribution of Innovation (2025), SSRN Electronic Journal

Other significant papers related to topics overlapping their research, authored by co-author Nathan Miller, include:

  • On the misuse of regressions of price on the HHI in merger review (2022), Journal of Antitrust Enforcement
  • On the Misuse of Regressions of Price on the HHI in Merger Review (2021), SSRN Electronic Journal

Their research has been disseminated in several academic publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Industrial and Corporate Change
  • Journal of Economics & Management Strategy
  • Journal of Antitrust Enforcement
  • Business Economics

Throughout their career, Timothy F. Bresnahan has received several recognitions, including:

  • BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in 2017
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999
  • Fellows of the Econometric Society in 1990

Best Publications

  • Information Technology, Workplace Organization, and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Firm-Level Evidence

    Timothy F. Bresnahan;Erik Brynjolfsson;Lorin M. Hitt

  • General Purpose Technologies "Engines of Growth?"

    Timothy F Bresnahan;Manuel Trajtenberg

  • Empirical studies of industries with market power

    Timothy Bresnahan

  • Empirical studies of industries with market power

    Timothy F. Bresnahan

  • Entry and Competition in Concentrated Markets

    Timothy F. Bresnahan;Peter C. Reiss

  • Productivity Dynamics in Manufacturing Plants

    Martin Neil Baily;Charles Hulten;David Campbell;Timothy Bresnahan

  • The oligopoly solution concept is identified

    Timothy F. Bresnahan

  • ‘Old Economy’ Inputs for ‘New Economy’ Outcomes: Cluster Formation in the New Silicon Valleys

    Timothy Bresnahan;Alfonso Gambardella;Annalee Saxenian

  • Competition and Collusion in the American Automobile Industry: The 1955 Price War

    Timothy F. Bresnahan

  • Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents from Innovation: Personal Computers in the Late 1980s

    Timothy F. Bresnahan;Scott Stern;Manuel Trajtenberg

  • Entry in Monopoly Market

    Timothy F. Bresnahan;Peter C. Reiss

  • Sources of industrial leadership : studies of seven industries

    David C. Mowery;Richard R. Nelson

  • Technological Competition and the Structure of the Computer Industry

    Timothy F. Bresnahan;Shane Greenstein

  • Information Technology, Workplace Organization and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Firm-Level Evidence

    Timothy Bresnahan;Timothy Bresnahan;Erik Brynjolfsson;Erik Brynjolfsson;Lorin M. Hitt

  • Duopoly Models with Consistent Conjectures

    Timothy F Bresnahan

  • Empirical models of discrete games

    Timothy F. Bresnahan;Peter C. Reiss

  • Market Segmentation and the Sources of Rents from Innovation: Personal Computers in the late 1980s

    Timothy Bresnahan;Timothy Bresnahan;Scott Stern;Scott Stern;Manuel Trajtenberg;Manuel Trajtenberg;Manuel Trajtenberg

  • The Gains from Merger or Collusion in Product Differentiated Industries

    Jonathan B. Baker;Timothy F. Bresnahan

  • Technical Progress and Co-Invention in Computing and in the Use of Computers

    Timothy Bresnahan;Shane Greenstein

  • The Economics of New Goods

    Timothy F Bresnahan;Robert J Gordon

  • Building High-Tech Clusters: Silicon Valley and Beyond

    Timothy Bresnahan;Alfonso Gambardella

  • Quantifying the competitive effects of production joint ventures

    Timothy F. Bresnahan;Steven C. Salop

  • Estimating the residual demand curve facing a single firm

    Jonathan B. Baker;Timothy F. Bresnahan

  • Measuring the Spillovers from Technical Advance: Mainframe Computers in Financial Services

    Timothy F. Bresnahan

Frequent Co-Authors

Shane Greenstein
Shane Greenstein Harvard University
Robert J. Gordon
Robert J. Gordon Northwestern University
Manuel Trajtenberg
Manuel Trajtenberg Tel Aviv University
Jonathan Levin
Jonathan Levin Stanford University
Valerie A. Ramey
Valerie A. Ramey University of California, San Diego
Erik Brynjolfsson
Erik Brynjolfsson Stanford University
Paul Milgrom
Paul Milgrom Stanford University

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