2026 Yoto V. Yotov: 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	41	2155	1946	1242	1093	194	10014

Overview

Yoto V. Yotov is affiliated with Drexel University in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, totaling 134 publications in this area.

The main subfields of study include:

General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Economics and Econometrics
Strategy and Management
Political Science and International Relations
Development

Their work covers a range of topics prominently featuring:

Global trade and economics
Economic Sanctions and International Relations
Global Trade and Competitiveness
Economic Policies and Impacts
World Trade Organization Law
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
Economic Growth and Productivity

Yotov's recent papers include:

"The global sanctions data base" (2020), published in European Economic Review
"On the role of domestic trade flows for estimating the gravity model of trade" (2022), published in Contemporary Economic Policy
"The International Trade and Production Database for Estimation (ITPD-E)" (2020), published in International Economics
"Economic Sanctions: Evolution, Consequences, and Challenges" (2023), published in The Journal of Economic Perspectives
"Gravity Estimations with Interval Data: Revisiting the Impact of Free Trade Agreements" (2021), published in Economica

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

Mario Larch
Constantinos Syropoulos
Gabriel Felbermayr
Erdal Yalçin
James E. Anderson

Yotov has contributed to book publications with World Bank-affiliated presses, including:

"Deep Trade Agreements and FDI in Partial and General Equilibrium: A Structural Estimation Framework" (2023) published by World Bank policy research working paper
"A Simple Method to Quantify the Ex-Ante Effects of "Deep" Trade Liberalization and "Hard" Trade Protection" (2021) published by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks

Their research is widely disseminated in several publication venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Review of International Economics
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économie
European Economic Review
Journal of Hypertension

Best Publications

An Advanced Guide to Trade Policy Analysis: The Structural Gravity Model

Unknown

835
Citations
Terms of Trade and Global Efficiency Effects of Free Trade Agreements, 1990-2002

James E. Anderson;Yoto V. Yotov;Yoto V. Yotov

583
Citations
An Advanced Guide to Trade Policy Analysis: The Structural Gravity Model

Yoto V. Yotov;Roberta Piermartini;José-Antonio Monteiro;Mario Larch

564
Citations
On the widely differing effects of free trade agreements: Lessons from twenty years of trade integration

Scott L. Baier;Yoto V. Yotov;Yoto V. Yotov;Thomas Zylkin

516
Citations
Economic Integration Agreements, Border Effects, and Distance Elasticities in the Gravity Equation

Jeffrey H. Bergstrand;Mario Larch;Yoto V. Yotov;Yoto V. Yotov

514
Citations
The Changing Incidence of Geography

James E. Anderson;Yoto V. Yotov

504
Citations
Dynamic Gravity: Endogenous Country Size and Asset Accumulation

María Pía Olivero;Yoto V. Yotov

407
Citations
On the trade-diversion effects of free trade agreements

Mian Dai;Yoto V. Yotov;Yoto V. Yotov;Thomas Zylkin

316
Citations
The Global Sanctions Data Base

Gabriel Felbermayr;Aleksandra Kirilakha;Constantinos Syropoulos;Erdal Yalcin

314
Citations
The Global Sanctions Data Base

Gabriel Felbermayr;Aleksandra Kirilakha;Constantinos Syropoulos;Erdal Yalcin

314
Citations
Gold Standard Gravity

James E. Anderson;Yoto V. Yotov

307
Citations
Currency Unions and Trade: A PPML Re‐assessment with High‐dimensional Fixed Effects

Mario Larch;Joschka Wanner;Yoto V. Yotov;Thomas Zylkin

305
Citations
Estimating the Effects of Non-discriminatory Trade Policies within Structural Gravity Models

Benedikt Heid;Mario Larch;Yoto V. Yotov

289
Citations
A Simple Solution to the Distance Puzzle in International Trade

Yoto Yotov

280
Citations
A simple solution to the distance puzzle in international trade

Yoto V. Yotov

280
Citations
Estimating trade policy effects with structural gravity

Roberta Piermartini;Yoto V. Yotov

220
Citations
On the role of domestic trade flows for estimating the gravity model of trade

Unknown

163
Citations
Gold Standard Gravity

James E. Anderson;James E. Anderson;Yoto V. Yotov

158
Citations
Intra-national Trade Costs: Measurement and Aggregation

Delina E. Agnosteva;James E. Anderson;Yoto V. Yotov

142
Citations
The International Trade and Production Database for Estimation (ITPD-E)

Ingo Borchert;Mario Larch;Serge Shikher;Yoto V. Yotov

136
Citations
Growth and Trade with Frictions: A Structural Estimation Framework

James E. Anderson;Mario Larch;Yoto V. Yotov

126
Citations
Institutions, Trade and Development: A Quantitative Analysis

Cosimo Beverelli;Alexander Keck;Mario Larch;Yoto V. Yotov

119
Citations
Specialization: Pro- and Anti-globalizing, 1990-2002

James E. Anderson;Yoto V. Yotov

90
Citations
The Currency Union Effect: A PPML Re-assessment with High-Dimensional Fixed Effects

Mario Larch;Joschka Wanner;Yoto V. Yotov;Thomas Zylkin

88
Citations
GEPPML: General equilibrium analysis with PPML

James E. Anderson;Mario Larch;Mario Larch;Yoto V. Yotov;Yoto V. Yotov

73
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James E. Anderson Boston College

Mario Larch University of Bayreuth

Gabriel Felbermayr Austrian Institute of Economic Research

Peter Egger ETH Zurich

Aaditya Mattoo World Bank

External Links

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