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Abhijit Banerjee

Global rank #95 99%

Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Primary Field: Development (weighted toward more recent publications)

Homepage: https://economics.mit.edu/faculty/banerjee

First Publication: 1991

Most Recent: 2025

RePEc ID: pba1710 ↗

Publication Scores

Scores use coauthorship adjustment: α/n credit per paper, where n = number of authors. α = 2.01: calibrated so average adjusted count equals average raw count (a zero-sum adjustment).

Period S (4x) A (2x) B (1x) C (½x) Total
Last 5 Years 3.27 5.06 0.00 0.00 23.19
Last 10 Years 7.82 6.80 0.00 0.00 45.24
All Time 31.69 18.77 7.88 0.00 172.49

Publication Statistics

Raw Publications 72
Coauthorship-Adjusted Count 59.25

Publications (72)

Year Article Journal Tier Authors
2025 Corrigendum to ‘Unpacking a multi-faceted program to build sustainable income for the very poor’ [J. Dev. Econ., 155 (2022) 102781] Journal of Development Economics A 5
2025 Better strategies for saving more: Evidence from three interventions in Chile Journal of Development Economics A 3
2025 Selecting the Most Effective Nudge: Evidence From a Large‐Scale Experiment on Immunization Econometrica S 11
2024 Public Information Is an Incentive for Politicians: Experimental Evidence from Delhi Elections American Economic Journal: Applied Economics A 4
2024 How important are matching frictions in the labor market? Experimental & non-experimental evidence from a large Indian firm Journal of Development Economics A 2
2024 Changes in Social Network Structure in Response to Exposure to Formal Credit Markets Review of Economic Studies S 6
2024 When Less Is More: Experimental Evidence on Information Delivery During India’s Demonetisation Review of Economic Studies S 4
2024 Consensus and Disagreement: Information Aggregation under (Not So) Naive Learning Journal of Political Economy S 2
2023 Electronic Food Vouchers: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia American Economic Review S 5
2023 Learning by searching: Spatial mismatches and imperfect information in Southern labor markets Journal of Development Economics A 2
2022 Unpacking a multi-faceted program to build sustainable income for the very poor Journal of Development Economics A 5
2021 Naïve Learning with Uninformed Agents American Economic Review S 4
2021 The Challenges of Universal Health Insurance in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Indonesia's National Health Insurance American Economic Review S 6
2021 Improving Police Performance in Rajasthan, India: Experimental Evidence on Incentives, Managerial Autonomy, and Training American Economic Journal: Economic Policy A 5
2021 Long-Term Effects of the Targeting the Ultra Poor Program American Economic Review: Insights A 3
2020 A Theory of Experimenters: Robustness, Randomization, and Balance American Economic Review S 4
2020 Field Experiments and the Practice of Economics American Economic Review S 1
2020 E-governance, Accountability, and Leakage in Public Programs: Experimental Evidence from a Financial Management Reform in India American Economic Journal: Applied Economics A 5
2020 On the road: Access to transportation infrastructure and economic growth in China Journal of Development Economics A 3
2019 Using Gossips to Spread Information: Theory and Evidence from Two Randomized Controlled Trials Review of Economic Studies S 4
2019 Private Outsourcing and Competition: Subsidized Food Distribution in Indonesia Journal of Political Economy S 5
2018 How Much do Existing Borrowers Value Microfinance? Evidence from an Experiment on Bundling Microcredit and Insurance Economica C 3
2018 Can iron-fortified salt control anemia? Evidence from two experiments in rural Bihar Journal of Development Economics A 3
2018 Tangible Information and Citizen Empowerment: Identification Cards and Food Subsidy Programs in Indonesia Journal of Political Economy S 5
2016 Network Structure and the Aggregation of Information: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia American Economic Review S 5
2016 Self-Targeting: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia Journal of Political Economy S 6
2015 Six Randomized Evaluations of Microcredit: Introduction and Further Steps American Economic Journal: Applied Economics A 3
2015 The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation American Economic Journal: Applied Economics A 4
2014 Bundling Health Insurance and Microfinance in India: There Cannot Be Adverse Selection If There Is No Demand American Economic Review S 3
2014 (Dis)organization and Success in an Economics MOOC American Economic Review S 2
2014 Do Firms Want to Borrow More? Testing Credit Constraints Using a Directed Lending Program Review of Economic Studies S 2
2013 Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India American Economic Journal: Microeconomics B 4
2012 Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia American Economic Review S 5
2010 Volatility and growth: Credit constraints and the composition of investment Journal of Monetary Economics A 4
2010 Why Does Misallocation Persist? American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics A 2
2010 Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India American Economic Journal: Economic Policy A 5
2010 Long-Run Health Impacts of Income Shocks: Wine and Phylloxera in Nineteenth-Century France Review of Economics and Statistics A 4
2008 Limited Attention and Income Distribution American Economic Review S 2
2007 The political economy of public goods: Some evidence from India Journal of Development Economics A 2
2007 Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India Quarterly Journal of Economics S 4
2006 Erratum to "A global survey of hydrogen energy research, development and policy": [Energy Policy 34 (2006) 781-792] Energy Policy B 2
2006 A global survey of hydrogen energy research, development and policy Energy Policy B 2
2006 The paradox of Indian growth: A comment on Kochhar et al. Journal of Monetary Economics A 1
2005 History, Institutions, and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India American Economic Review S 2
2005 Top Indian Incomes, 1922-2000 World Bank Economic Review B 2
2004 A corporate balance-sheet approach to currency crises Journal of Economic Theory A 3
2004 Financial development and the instability of open economies Journal of Monetary Economics A 3
2004 Wealth, Health, and Health Services in Rural Rajasthan American Economic Review S 3
2004 Educational policy and the economics of the family Journal of Development Economics A 1
2004 Eviction threats and investment incentives Journal of Development Economics A 2
2004 Word-of-mouth learning Games and Economic Behavior B 2
2004 How Efficiently is Capital Allocated? Evidence from the Knitted Garment Industry in Tirupur Review of Economic Studies S 2
2003 The World Bank of the Future American Economic Review S 2
2003 Eco-labeling for energy efficiency and sustainability: a meta-evaluation of US programs Energy Policy B 2
2003 Inequality and Growth: What Can the Data Say? Journal of Economic Growth A 2
2002 Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal Journal of Political Economy S 3
2001 Currency crises and monetary policy in an economy with credit constraints European Economic Review B 3
2001 A Simple Model of Voice Quarterly Journal of Economics S 2
2001 Inequality, Control Rights, and Rent Seeking: Sugar Cooperatives in Maharashtra Journal of Political Economy S 4
2000 A simple model of monetary policy and currency crises European Economic Review B 3
2000 Neutrally Stable Outcomes in Cheap-Talk Coordination Games Games and Economic Behavior B 2
2000 Reputation Effects and the Limits of Contracting: A Study of the Indian Software Industry Quarterly Journal of Economics S 2
1999 Dualism and Macroeconomic Volatility Quarterly Journal of Economics S 3
1998 Information, the Dual Economy, and Development Review of Economic Studies S 2
1997 A Theory of Misgovernance Quarterly Journal of Economics S 1
1996 A Walrasian Theory of Money and Barter Quarterly Journal of Economics S 2
1994 Poverty, Incentives, and Development. American Economic Review S 2
1994 Thy Neighbor's Keeper: The Design of a Credit Cooperative with Theory and a Test Quarterly Journal of Economics S 3
1993 The Economics of Rumours Review of Economic Studies S 1
1993 Occupational Choice and the Process of Development. Journal of Political Economy S 2
1992 A Simple Model of Herd Behavior Quarterly Journal of Economics S 1
1991 Risk-Bearing and the Theory of Income Distribution Review of Economic Studies S 2