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Researcher · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · United States

James M. Poterba

James M. Poterba publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, Accounting and General Health Professions, on topics such as Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,723
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,248
of 358,040
Works
100
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
15.5

What does James M. Poterba research?

Economics and Econometrics: 41.7%Accounting: 16.7%General Health Professions: 9.3%Demography: 8.3%other fields: 24.0%42%top field
Economics and Econometrics41.7%Accounting16.7%General Health Professions9.3%Demography8.3%other fields24.0%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Economics and Econometrics42% of their works
  2. 2Accounting17% of their works
  3. 3General Health Professions9% of their works
  4. 4Demography8% of their works
  5. 5Gender Studies8% of their works
  6. 6Political Science and International Relations4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James M. Poterba's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Economic Growth, Income Tax, Fiscal Policy, Infrastructure, Taxation, Financial Literacy, Labor Force Participation and Retirement Planning.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Growth303 topics
  2. Income Tax282 topics
  3. Fiscal Policy242 topics
  4. Infrastructure191 topic
  5. Taxation191 topic
  6. Financial Literacy151 topic
  7. Labor Force Participation152 topics
  8. Retirement Planning151 topic
  9. Gender Inequality91 topic
  10. Welfare Reform91 topic
  11. Ageing Population71 topic
  12. Health Care Expenditure71 topic
  13. Aging Workforce61 topic
  14. Housing Supply61 topic
  15. Mortgage Credit Expansion61 topic
  16. Retirement61 topic
  17. Informal Economy51 topic
  18. Tax Evasion51 topic
  19. Fiscal Decentralization41 topic
  20. Governance41 topic

Where does James M. Poterba work?

James M. Poterba's main affiliation in the publication record is Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does James M. Poterba have?

Science Explorer counts 100 works and 1,545 citations for James M. Poterba, ranking #2,723 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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