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D-Index
47
Citations
11363
World Ranking
1573
National Ranking
943

Tomas Philipson 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 Tomas Philipson sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 249 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Tomas Philipson 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 Tomas Philipson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% 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

  • 1996 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Tomas Philipson is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research lies predominantly in the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a specific focus on topics related to Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening.

Philipson's work also extends into subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Oncology, Accounting, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Immunology.

Frequent coauthors include A. Mark Fendrick, Adam Jørring, Andrew W. Lo, Manita Singh, and Richard T. Thakor. Collaboration with these researchers has resulted in multiple joint publications.

Publication venues where Philipson's research has appeared most often include:

  • Value in Health
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • The Review of Corporate Finance Studies
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Forum for Health Economics & Policy

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Philipson demonstrate a focus on the economic and health impacts of medical innovation and cancer screening. These include:

  • The aggregate value of cancer screenings in the United States: full potential value and value considering adherence (2023), published in BMC Health Services Research
  • Sharing R&D Risk in Healthcare via FDA Hedges (2021), published in The Review of Corporate Finance Studies
  • The Value of Medical Innovation Versus Industry Rewards (2022), published in Value in Health
  • Table of Contents (2023), published in Value in Health
  • Replication Files for: Sharing R&D Risk in Healthcare via FDA Hedges (2021), published in Harvard Dataverse

Philipson's research frequently addresses the economic and financial impacts of cancer, especially in terms of screening and detection, as well as innovation policy and research and development in healthcare.

Among the recognitions received, Philipson was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1996.

Best Publications

  • The Growth of Obesity and Technological Change: A Theoretical and Empirical Examination

    Darius Lakdawalla;Tomas Philipson

  • The Long-Run Growth in Obesity as a Function of Technological Change

    Tomas J. Philipson;Richard A. Posner

  • The Growth of Obesity and Technological Change: A Theoretical and Empirical Examination *

    Darius Lakdawalla;Darius Lakdawalla;Darius Lakdawalla;Tomas Philipson;Tomas Philipson

  • The Growth of Obesity and Technological Change: A Theoretical and Empirical Examination

    Darius Lakdawalla;Tomas Philipson

  • An Empirical Examination of Information Barriers to Trade in Insurance

    John Cawley;Tomas Philipson

  • The Long-Run Growth in Obesity as a Function of Technological Change

    Tomas Philipson;Tomas Philipson;Richard A. Posner;Richard A. Posner

  • Disease Eradication: Private versus Public Vaccination

    Pierre-Yves Geoffard;Tomas Philipson

  • The growth of obesity and technological change.

    Darius Lakdawalla;Tomas Philipson

  • Rational Epidemics and Their Public Control

    Pierre-YVES Geoffard;Tomas Philipson

  • Welfare-Enhancing Technological Change and the Growth of Obesity.

    Darius Noshir Lakdawalla;Tomas J. Philipson;Jay Bhattacharya

  • The world-wide growth in obesity: an economic research agenda.

    Tomas Philipson

  • Private Choices and Public Health: The AIDS Epidemic in an Economic Perspective

    Tomas J. Philipson;Richard A. Posner

  • The nonprofit sector and industry performance

    Darius Noshir Lakdawalla;Tomas Philipson

  • Old-Age Longevity and Mortality-Contingent Claims

    Tomas j. Philipson;Gary S. Becker

  • Longevity Complementarities Under Competing Risks

    William H. Dow;Tomas J. Philipson;Xavier Sala-i-Martin

  • Private Vaccination and Public Health: An Empirical Examination for U.S. Measles

    Tomas Philipson

  • The Rise in Old-Age Longevity and the Market for Long-Term Care

    Darius Noshir Lakdawalla;Tomas Philipson

  • The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality

    Gary S. Becker;Tomas Philipson;Tomas Philipson;Rodrigo R. Soares;Rodrigo R. Soares

  • Chapter 33 Economic epidemiology and infectious diseases

    Tomas Philipson

  • How Cancer Patients Value Hope and the Implications for Cost-Effectiveness Assessments of High-Cost Cancer Therapies

    Darius N. Lakdawalla;John A. Romley;Yuri Sanchez;J. Ross Maclean

  • Cost-effectiveness analysis and innovation.

    Anupam B. Jena;Tomas J. Philipson

  • Industry funding of the FDA: effects of PDUFA on approval times and withdrawal rates.

    Ernst R. Berndt;Adrian H. B. Gottschalk;Tomas J. Philipson;Matthew W. Strobeck

  • An economic evaluation of the war on cancer.

    Darius N. Lakdawalla;Eric C. Sun;Anupam B. Jena;Carolina M. Reyes

  • The Microeconomics of the AIDS Epidemic in Africa

    Tomas Philipson;Richard A. Posner

  • The Dual Effects of Intellectual Property Regulations: Within‐ and Between‐Patent Competition in the U.S. Pharmaceuticals Industry*

    Frank R. Lichtenberg;Tomas J. Philipson

  • OPTIMAL REGULATION OF AIDS

    Richard A. Posner;Tomas J. Philipson

  • The Long-Run Growth in Obesity as a Function of Technological Change

    Tomas J. Philipson;Richard A. Posner

Frequent Co-Authors

Darius N. Lakdawalla
Darius N. Lakdawalla University of Southern California
Anupam B. Jena
Anupam B. Jena Harvard University
Dana P. Goldman
Dana P. Goldman University of Southern California
Richard A. Posner
Richard A. Posner University of Chicago
Casey B. Mulligan
Casey B. Mulligan University of Chicago
Gary S. Becker
Gary S. Becker University of Chicago
Kevin M. Murphy
Kevin M. Murphy University of Chicago
Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Xavier Sala-i-Martin Columbia University
Anirban Basu
Anirban Basu University of Washington

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