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Xavier Giné

Xavier Giné

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
48
Citations
13372
World Ranking
1492
National Ranking
903

Xavier Giné 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 Xavier Giné sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 217 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xavier Giné 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 Xavier Giné sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Xavier Giné is affiliated with the World Bank in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in economics, development, and finance. The scholar's recent work includes influential papers published in notable academic journals and book chapters primarily through outlets associated with the World Bank.

The scholar has published several papers, including:

  • "Consumer Protection for Financial Inclusion in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Bridging Regulator and Academic Perspectives" (2021, Annual Review of Financial Economics)
  • "Efficient irrigation and water conservation: Evidence from South India" (2023, Journal of Development Economics)
  • "Mission and the Bottom Line: Performance Incentives in a Multigoal Organization" (2020, The Review of Economics and Statistics)
  • "The role of gender in agent banking: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo" (2021, World Development)
  • "Consumer Protection for Financial Inclusion in Low and Middle Income Countries: Bridging Regulator and Academic Perspectives" (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Frequent co-authors in the scholar's collaborations include Ghazala Mansuri, Dean Karlan, Hanan G. Jacoby, and Robert Cull.

The primary publication venues for Xavier Giné's research are:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Development Economics
  • Annual Review of Financial Economics

Regarding book publications, the scholar has authored multiple works under the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks, such as "The Role of Gender in Agent Banking: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo" (2020), "Toward Successful Development Policies: Insights from Research in Development Economics" (2020), and "Efficient Irrigation and Water Conservation: Evidence from South India" (2021), among others. Additionally, there is a working paper published in 2023 titled "Alternative Delivery Channels and Impacts: Agent Banking" under the World Bank policy research working paper series.

Xavier Giné's research spans multiple subfields and topics, with key areas including:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Media Technology

The main research topics emphasized in their work are:

  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • ICT Impact and Policies
  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Best Publications

  • Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India

    Shawn A. Cole;Xavier Gine;Jeremy Tobacman;Petia Topalova

  • Insurance, credit, and technology adoption : field experimental evidence from Malawi.

    Xavier Giné;Dean Yang;Dean Yang

  • Patterns of rainfall insurance participation in rural India

    Xavier Giné;Robert Townsend;James Vickery

  • Put your money where your butt is : a commitment contract for smoking cessation

    Xavier Gine;Dean Karlan;Jonathan Zinman

  • Put Your Money Where Your Butt Is: A Commitment Contract for Smoking Cessation

    Xavier Gine;Dean Karlan;Jonathan Zinman

  • How Does Risk Management Influence Production Decisions? Evidence from a Field Experiment

    Shawn Allen Cole;Xavier Gine;James Vickery

  • Measuring subjective expectations in developing countries: A critical review and new evidence

    Adeline Delavande;Xavier Giné;David McKenzie

  • Finding missing markets (and a disturbing epilogue) : evidence from an export crop adoption and marketing intervention in Kenya

    Nava Ashraf;Xavier Gine;Dean S. Karlan

  • Commitments to save : a field experiment in rural Malawi

    Lasse Brune;Xavier Giné;Jessica Goldberg;Dean Yang

  • Evaluation of financial liberalization : a general equilibrium model with constrained occupation choice

    Xavier Giné;Robert M. Townsend

  • How does risk management influence production decisions? evidence from a field experiment

    Shawn A. Cole;Xavier Gine;James Vickery

  • Group versus individual liability : a field experiment in the Philippines

    Xavier Gine;Dean S. Karlan

  • Group versus individual liability: Short and long term evidence from Philippine microcredit lending groups

    Xavier Giné;Dean S. Karlan

  • Being surveyed can change later behavior and related parameter estimates

    Alix Peterson Zwane;Jonathan Zinman;Jonathan Zinman;Eric Van Dusen;William Pariente

  • Facilitating Savings for Agriculture: Field Experimental Evidence from Malawi

    Lasse Brune;Xavier Giné;Jessica Goldberg;Dean Yang

  • Access to capital in rural Thailand: an estimated model of formal versus informal credit

    Xavier Gine

  • Money or ideas ? a field experiment on constraints to entrepreneurship in rural Pakistan

    Xavier Gine;Ghazala Mansuri

  • Access to capital in rural Thailand : an estimated model of formal versus informal credit

    Xavier Gine

  • Money or ideas ? a field experiment on constraints to entrepreneurship in rural Pakistan

    Xavier Gine;Ghazala Mansuri

  • Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India

    Shawn Allen Cole;Xavier Giné;Jeremy Tobacman;Petia B. Topalova

  • Revising Commitments: Field Evidence on the Adjustment of Prior Choices

    Xavier Giné;Jessica Goldberg;Daniel Silverman;Dean Yang

  • Group versus individual liability : long term evidence from Philippines microcredit lending groups

    Xavier Gine;Dean S. Karlan

  • Barriers to Household Risk Management : Evidence from India

    Robert M. Townsend;Shawn Cole;Jeremy Tobacman;Xavier Gine

  • AJAE appendix for “Finding Missing Markets (and a Disturbing Epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya”

    Nava Ashraf;Xavier Giné;Dean S. Karlan

Frequent Co-Authors

Dean Yang
Dean Yang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Dean Karlan
Dean Karlan Northwestern University
James Vickery
James Vickery Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Robert Cull
Robert Cull World Bank
Jonathan Zinman
Jonathan Zinman Dartmouth College
Shawn Cole
Shawn Cole Harvard University
David McKenzie
David McKenzie World Bank
Petia Topalova
Petia Topalova International Monetary Fund

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