2026 William A. Brock: 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	82	246	220	183	160	251	54731

Research.com Recognitions

2004 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1987 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1974 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

William A. Brock is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans various areas within economics, econometrics, and social sciences with a focus on the intersection of climate change, economic policy, and behavioral economics.

Their recent publications include:

Polar amplification in a moist energy balance model: A structural econometric approach to estimation and testing, 2024, Journal of Econometrics
A Deep Learning Analysis of Climate Change, Innovation, and Uncertainty, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
Everybody's Talkin' at Me: Levels of Majority Language Acquisition by Minority Language Speakers, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
Polar Amplification in a Moist Energy Balance Model: A Structural Econometric Approach to Estimation and Testing, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
Climate Change Uncertainty Spillover in the Macroeconomy, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

Lars Peter Hansen
Bo Chen
Steven N. Durlauf
Shlomo Weber
Michael Barnett

Their publications are often featured in the following venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Econometrics
Ecosphere
Economic Theory
Journal of Government and Economics

The main fields covered by their research are Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Social Sciences. Subfields of particular focus include Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Global and Planetary Change, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Linguistics and Language.

Themes commonly addressed in their work encompass:

Climate Change Policy and Economics
Housing Market and Economics
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Global Energy and Sustainability Research

William A. Brock has been recognized with several honors, including:

Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association, 2004
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1998
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1987
Fellow of the Econometric Society, 1974

Best Publications

Early-warning signals for critical transitions

Marten Scheffer;Jordi Bascompte;William A. Brock;Victor Brovkin

5075
Citations
A test for independence based on the correlation dimension

W. A. Broock;J. A. Scheinkman;W. D. Dechert;B. LeBaron

4559
Citations
Simple Technical Trading Rules and the Stochastic Properties of Stock Returns

William Brock;Josef Lakonishok;Blake LeBARON

3421
Citations
A rational route to randomness

William A. Brock;Cars H. Hommes

2343
Citations
Anticipating Critical Transitions

Marten Scheffer;Marten Scheffer;Stephen R. Carpenter;Timothy M. Lenton;Jordi Bascompte

2314
Citations
Discrete Choice with Social Interactions

William A. Brock;Steven N. Durlauf

2306
Citations
Heterogeneous beliefs and routes to chaos in a simple asset pricing model

William A. Brock;Cars H. Hommes

2203
Citations
Interactions-Based Models

William A. Brock;Steven N. Durlauf

1308
Citations
Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, and Instability: Statistical Theory and Economic Evidence

Seth A. Greenblatt;William A. Brock;David A. Hsieh;Blake Lebaron

1303
Citations
MANAGEMENT OF EUTROPHICATION FOR LAKES SUBJECT TO POTENTIALLY IRREVERSIBLE CHANGE

S. R. Carpenter;D. Ludwig;W. A. Brock

1243
Citations
Economic Growth and the Environment: A Review of Theory and Empirics.

William A. Brock;M. Scott Taylor

1107
Citations
The Green Solow model

William A. Brock;M. Scott Taylor;M. Scott Taylor

1090
Citations
Methods for detecting early warnings of critical transitions in time series illustrated using simulated ecological data

Vasilis Dakos;Vasilis Dakos;Stephen R. Carpenter;William A. Brock;Aaron M. Ellison

1010
Citations
Early Warnings of Regime Shifts: A Whole-Ecosystem Experiment

S. R. Carpenter;J. J. Cole;M. L. Pace;R. Batt

1001
Citations
Optimal economic growth and uncertainty: The discounted case

William A Brock;Leonard J Mirman

996
Citations
Stochastic methods in economics and finance

A. G. Malliaris;W. A. Brock

886
Citations
Turning back from the brink: Detecting an impending regime shift in time to avert it

Reinette Biggs;Stephen R. Carpenter;William A. Brock

873
Citations
Growth empirics and reality

William A. Brock;Steven N. Durlauf

767
Citations
Black Hole Tariffs and Endogenous Policy Theory

Stephen P. Magee;William A. Brock;Leslie Young

749
Citations
Money and Growth: The Case of Long Run Perfect Foresight

William A. Brock

723
Citations
Periodic market closure and trading volume: A model of intraday bids and asks☆

William A. Brock;Allan W. Kleidon

631
Citations
Is the business cycle characterized by deterministic chaos

William A Brock;Chera L Sayers

566
Citations
Small business economics

William A. Brock;David S. Evans

161
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Anastasios Xepapadeas Athens University of Economics and Business

Steven N. Durlauf University of Chicago

Cars Hommes University of Amsterdam

Blake LeBaron Brandeis University

M. Scott Taylor University of Calgary

Jose A. Scheinkman Columbia University

R. Alexander Bentley University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Lars Peter Hansen University of Chicago

Vasilis Dakos University of Montpellier

Michael Rothschild University of Wisconsin–Madison

External Links

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