Robert M. Townsend

17.9k citations
158 papers · 11.5k · 3 hit papers · h-index 43

Impact in

  • Soil Science top 0.2%
    • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Accounting top 0.2%
    • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
    • Corporate Finance and Governance

Papers in

Robert M. Townsend

151 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Robert M. Townsend's Hit Papers

Risk and Insurance in Village India 1994 · 1.2k citations
1.2k0+15+31Years since publication50010001.5k2.0k

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Robert M. Townsend
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  • Soil Science 2.9k
  • Accounting 3.1k
  • Finance 2.8k
  • Economics and Econometrics 7.4k
  • Safety Research 1.8k
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Optimal contracts and competitive markets with costly state verification
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19792054
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Risk and Insurance in Village India
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19941175
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Risk and Insurance In Village India
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19911139
4 1995414
5 2008374
6 1981356
7 1984335
8 1983306
9 2003255
10 2007217
11 2008199
12 1982192
13 1991189
14 2011180
15 2012170
16 2004163
17 2005161
18 2007148
19 2012147
20 2006145

About Robert M. Townsend

Robert M. Townsend is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Finance, Soil Science and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, having authored 158 papers that have together received 11.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Economic theories and models (48 papers), Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (39 papers), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (35 papers), Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (33 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (28 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (18 papers), Economic Theory and Policy (17 papers) and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (2.9k citations), Accounting (3.1k citations), Finance (2.8k citations), Economics and Econometrics (7.4k citations) and Safety Research (1.8k citations). Robert M. Townsend has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Xavier Giné, Joseph P. Kaboski, Edward C. Prescott, James Vickery, Milton Harris, Anna L. Paulson, Christian Ahlin, Hyeok Jeong, Kenichi Ueda and Christopher Phelan. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Economic Theory, American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters and Econometrica.

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