Alan Heston

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Alan Heston is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Heston has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 16 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 6 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Alan Heston's work include Economic Growth and Productivity (11 papers), Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (9 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 papers). Alan Heston is often cited by papers focused on Economic Growth and Productivity (11 papers), Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (9 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 papers). Alan Heston collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and India. Alan Heston's co-authors include Robert Summers, Irving B. Kravis, T. Barna, P. C. Mahalanobis, Jude Lal Fernando, William Diebold, Dharma Kumar, Manuel J. Carvajal, Alice Nakamura and Robert E. Lipsey and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Alan Heston

58 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Penn World Table (Mark 5): An Expanded Set of International Comparisons, 1950-1988

1991 884 citations Robert Summers, Alan Heston profile →
A NEW SET OF INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF REAL PRODUCT AND PRICE LEVELS ESTIMATES FOR 130 COUNTRIES, 1950–1985

1988 701 citations Robert Summers, Alan Heston Review of Income and Wealth profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Heston United States	24	2.4k	1.3k	781	412	333	63	3.5k
Christian Morrisson France	21	1.5k 0.6×	629 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	255 0.6×	131 0.4×	90	2.6k
Irma Adelman United States	26	1.4k 0.6×	610 0.5×	868 1.1×	243 0.6×	109 0.3×	111	2.6k
Timothy Besley United Kingdom	15	2.2k 0.9×	426 0.3×	829 1.1×	417 1.0×	288 0.9×	27	4.0k
A. P. Thirlwáll United Kingdom	33	3.3k 1.4×	2.8k 2.1×	741 0.9×	436 1.1×	565 1.7×	175	4.4k
Gilles Saint‐Paul France	27	3.2k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	640 0.8×	521 1.3×	502 1.5×	131	4.0k
Ronald Findlay United States	24	2.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	424 0.5×	351 0.9×	327 1.0×	73	3.3k
Noel Gaston Australia	24	1.7k 0.7×	789 0.6×	730 0.9×	465 1.1×	216 0.6×	68	2.8k
Stephen L. Parente United States	20	2.5k 1.0×	985 0.7×	446 0.6×	234 0.6×	141 0.4×	38	3.2k
Antonio Ciccone Spain	23	2.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	943 1.2×	627 1.5×	260 0.8×	58	4.0k
Guillermo Perry Colombia	20	1.7k 0.7×	592 0.4×	1.0k 1.3×	584 1.4×	209 0.6×	68	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Heston

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Heston

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

1.

Heston, Alan. (2013). In Memoriam: Robert Summers. Review of Income and Wealth. 59(1). 169–172.

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Feenstra, Robert C., Alan Heston, Marcel P. Timmer, & Haiyan Deng. (2009). Estimating Real Production and Expenditures across Nations: A Proposal for Improving the Penn World Tables. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 91(1). 201–212. 24 indexed citations

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Heston, Alan. (2003). Crusades and Jihads: a Long-run Economic Perspective. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 588(1). 112–135. 3 indexed citations

4.

Fernando, Jude Lal & Alan Heston. (1998). The role of NGOs : charity and empowerment. Sage eBooks. 13 indexed citations

5.

Heston, Alan & Robert Summers. (1996). International Price and Quantity Comparisons: Potentials and Pitfalls. American Economic Review. 86(2). 20–24. 66 indexed citations

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Heston, Alan & Himanshu Prabha Ray. (1989). Monastery and Guild: Commerce under the Satavahanas.. The Economic History Review. 42(1). 164–164. 6 indexed citations

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Heston, Alan & Robert Summers. (1988). What We Have Learned about Prices and Quantities from International Comparisons: 1987. American Economic Review. 78(2). 467–473. 14 indexed citations

8.

Heston, Alan, et al.. (1985). The Economics of Camel Transport in Pakistan. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 34(1). 121–141. 7 indexed citations

9.

Heston, Alan & Dharma Kumar. (1983). The persistence of land fragmentation in peasant agriculture: An analysis of South Asian cases. Explorations in Economic History. 20(2). 199–220. 40 indexed citations

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Kravis, Irving B., Robert Summers, & Alan Heston. (1982). COMMENTS ON: “SELECTED PROBLEMS OF INTERCOUNTRY COMPARISONS ON THE BASIS OF THE EXPERIENCE OF THE EEC”. Review of Income and Wealth. 28(4). 407–410. 5 indexed citations

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Lambert, Richard D. & Alan Heston. (1980). New Directions in International Education.. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 449. 5 indexed citations

12.

Heston, Alan & Robert Summers. (1980). Comparative Indian economic growth: 1870 to 1970.. American Economic Review. 70(2). 96–101. 7 indexed citations

13.

Summers, Robert, Irving B. Kravis, & Alan Heston. (1980). INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF REAL PRODUCT AND ITS COMPOSITION: 1950–77. Review of Income and Wealth. 26(1). 19–33. 61 indexed citations

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Simoons, Frederick J., A. K. Chakravarti, Paul Diener, et al.. (1979). Questions in the Sacred-Cow Controversy [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 20(3). 467–493. 24 indexed citations

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Kravis, Irving B., Alan Heston, & Robert Summers. (1978). Real GDP Per Capita for More Than One Hundred Countries. The Economic Journal. 88(350). 215–215. 202 indexed citations

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Kravis, Irving B., et al.. (1976). A System of International Comparisons of Gross Product and Purchasing Power. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique. 9(2). 376–376. 135 indexed citations

17.

Heston, Alan & Amiya Kumar Bagchi. (1973). Private Investment in India, 1900-1939.. Pacific Affairs. 46(4). 596–596. 2 indexed citations

18.

Heston, Alan. (1973). A COMPARISON OF SOME SHORT‐CUT METHODS OF ESTIMATING REAL PRODUCT PER CAPITA. Review of Income and Wealth. 19(1). 79–104. 6 indexed citations

19.

Heston, Alan. (1971). An Approach to the Sacred Cow of India. Current Anthropology. 12(2). 191–209. 29 indexed citations

20.

Heston, Alan & P. C. Mahalanobis. (1964). The Approach of Operational Research to Planning in India.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 59(308). 1307–1307. 71 indexed citations

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