Simon Johnson

56.1k citations
145 papers · 27.5k · 21 hit papers · h-index 44

Impact in

  • Accounting top 0.05%
    • Corporate Finance and Governance
    • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
    • Economic Growth and Productivity
    • Taxation and Compliance Studies

Papers in

Simon Johnson

135 papers receiving 25.0k citations

Simon Johnson's Hit Papers

The value of connections in turbulent times: Evidence from the United States 2016 · 370 citations
3700+8+16Years since publication50010001.5k2.0k

Peers

Simon Johnson
Comparison fields: 5 of 169
  • Accounting 8.2k
  • Economics and Econometrics 13.1k
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 4.0k
  • Demography 5.2k
  • Development 1.5k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Simon Johnson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
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20015291
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The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply
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20122345
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Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
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20021767
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Tunneling
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20001666
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Unbundling Institutions
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20051558
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Corporate governance in the Asian financial crisis
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20001314
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Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth
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20041228
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The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
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20001204
9
Cronyism and capital controls: evidence from Malaysia
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20021181
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Dodging the grabbing hand: the determinants of unofficial activity in 69 countries
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2000924
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The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth
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2005916
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Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth
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2007816
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The Unofficial Economy in Transition
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1997742
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Property Rights and Finance
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2002665
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Reversal of Fortune: Geography and Institutions in the Making of the Modern World Income Distribution
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2001428
16 2001381
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The value of connections in turbulent times: Evidence from the United States
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2016370
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Mixing family with business: A study of Thai business groups and the families behind them
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2008344
19 2002331
20 1999269

About Simon Johnson

Simon Johnson is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Accounting, Demography and Finance, having authored 145 papers that have together received 27.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Corporate Finance and Governance (25 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (24 papers), Corruption and Economic Development (19 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (17 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (13 papers), Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (10 papers), Economic Growth and Development (8 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Accounting (8.2k citations), Economics and Econometrics (13.1k citations), General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (4.0k citations), Demography (5.2k citations) and Development (1.5k citations). Simon Johnson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson, Todd Mitton, Andrei Shleifer, Eric Friedman, Daniel Kaufmann, Rafael La Porta, Florencio López‐de‐Silanes, Peter Boone and John McMillan. Their work appears in journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Financial Economics, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economics of Transition and Journal of Political Economy.

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