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D-Index
48
Citations
16441
World Ranking
1487
National Ranking
899

Zhiguo He 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 Zhiguo He sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 178 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhiguo He 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 Zhiguo He 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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Zhiguo He is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their research spans multiple subfields including Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Management Information Systems, and Information Systems.

The scientist's primary research topics cover a broad range of themes such as banking stability, regulation, and efficiency; corporate finance and governance; global financial crisis and policies; housing market and economics; financial markets and investment strategies; fintech, crowdfunding, and digital finance; as well as economic theories and models.

Zhiguo He has published research in notable academic venues including the SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, The Journal of Finance, and Journal of Alloys and Compounds. Their publication record includes the following recent papers:

  • The financing of local government in China: Stimulus loan wanes and shadow banking waxes (2020, Journal of Financial Economics)
  • Decentralized Mining in Centralized Pools (2020, Review of Financial Studies)
  • Open banking: Credit market competition when borrowers own the data (2022, Journal of Financial Economics)
  • China's Financial System and Economy: A Review (2023, Annual Review of Economics)
  • Pledgeability and Asset Prices: Evidence from the Chinese Corporate Bond Markets (2023, The Journal of Finance)

In addition to journal articles, Zhiguo He has contributed to book publications, including the title "Impact of COVID-19 on Asian Economies and Policy Responses" published by World Scientific in 2020.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, notably:

  • Zhaogang Song
  • Jiasun Li
  • Peter M. DeMarzo
  • Cecilia Parlatore
  • Jing Huang

Zhiguo He was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Blockchain Disruption and Smart Contracts

    Lin William Cong;Zhiguo He

  • Intermediary Asset Pricing

    Zhiguo He;Arvind Krishnamurthy

  • Blockchain Disruption and Smart Contracts

    Lin William Cong;Zhiguo He

  • Intermediary asset pricing: New evidence from many asset classes

    Zhiguo He;Bryan T. Kelly;Asaf Manela

  • Rollover Risk and Credit Risk

    Zhiguo He;Wei Xiong

  • A Model of Capital and Crises

    Zhiguo He;Arvind Krishnamurthy

  • The Financing of Local Government in China: Stimulus Loan Wanes and Shadow Banking Waxes

    Zhuo Chen;Zhiguo He;Chun Liu

  • Decentralized Mining in Centralized Pools

    Lin William Cong;Zhiguo He;Jiasun Li

  • Dynamic Debt Runs

    Zhiguo He;Wei Xiong

  • Dynamic Agency and the q Theory of Investment

    Peter M. Demarzo;Michael J. Fishman;Zhiguo He;Neng Wang

  • A Macroeconomic Framework for Quantifying Systemic Risk

    Zhiguo He;Arvind Krishnamurthy

  • Decentralized Mining in Centralized Pools

    Lin William Cong;Zhiguo He;Jiasun Li

  • Endogenous Liquidity and Defaultable Bonds

    Zhiguo He;Konstantin Milbradt

  • A Theory of Debt Maturity: The Long and Short of Debt Overhang

    Douglas W. Diamond;Zhiguo He

  • A Theory of Debt Maturity: The Long and Short of Debt Overhang: Short-Term Debt Overhang

    Douglas W. Diamond;Zhiguo He

  • Quantifying Liquidity and Default Risks of Corporate Bonds over the Business Cycle

    Hui Chen;Rui Cui;Zhiguo He;Konstantin Wilhelm Milbradt

  • Optimal Executive Compensation when Firm Size Follows Geometric Brownian Motion

    Zhiguo He

  • Intermediary Asset Pricing

    Zhiguo He;Arvind Krishnamurthy

  • A model of dynamic compensation and capital structure

    Zhiguo He

  • Open banking: Credit market competition when borrowers own the data

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  • A Model of Safe Asset Determination

    Zhiguo He;Arvind Krishnamurthy;Konstantin Wilhelm Milbradt

  • Balance Sheet Adjustments during the 2008 Crisis

    Zhiguo He;In Gu Khang;Arvind Krishnamurthy

  • Treasury inconvenience yields during the COVID-19 crisis

    Zhiguo He;Zhiguo He;Stefan Nagel;Stefan Nagel;Zhaogang Song

  • Dynamic Debt Runs

    Wei Xiong;Zhiguo He

  • Endogenous liquidity and defaultable bonds

    Konstantin Milbradt;Zhiguo He

Frequent Co-Authors

Arvind Krishnamurthy
Arvind Krishnamurthy University of Washington
Wei Xiong
Wei Xiong Princeton University
Peter M. DeMarzo
Peter M. DeMarzo Stanford University
Gregor Matvos
Gregor Matvos Northwestern University
Stefan Nagel
Stefan Nagel University of Chicago
Douglas W. Diamond
Douglas W. Diamond University of Chicago
Hao Zhou
Hao Zhou Tsinghua University
Elena Carletti
Elena Carletti Bocconi University
Patrick Bolton
Patrick Bolton Imperial College London
Chang-Tai Hsieh
Chang-Tai Hsieh University of Chicago

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