B. Ravikumar

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

B. Ravikumar is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Ravikumar has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 17 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 13 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in B. Ravikumar's work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (23 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (19 papers) and Economic theories and models (19 papers). B. Ravikumar is often cited by papers focused on Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (23 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (19 papers) and Economic theories and models (19 papers). B. Ravikumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and India. B. Ravikumar's co-authors include Gerhard Glomm, Utpal Bhattacharya, Satyajit Chatterjee, Peter Rupert, Paul Gomme, Michael Sposi, Charles H. Whiteman, Christopher Otrok, Aubhik Khan and Russell Cooper and has published in prestigious journals such as Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

B. Ravikumar

67 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Public versus Private Investment in Human Capital: Endoge... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 200 400 600
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.

  1. Public versus Private Investment in Human Capital: Endogenous Growth and Income Inequality
    1992 649 citations Gerhard Glomm, B. Ravikumar profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
B. Ravikumar United States 24 2.0k 500 416 381 255 75 2.5k
Belton M. Fleisher United States 27 1.3k 0.6× 288 0.6× 702 1.7× 364 1.0× 435 1.7× 95 2.5k
Costas Azariadis United States 21 3.0k 1.5× 1.3k 2.6× 462 1.1× 383 1.0× 206 0.8× 68 3.6k
Kalpana Kochhar United States 18 1.1k 0.6× 607 1.2× 565 1.4× 126 0.3× 189 0.7× 59 1.9k
Bo E. Honoré United States 20 1.6k 0.8× 359 0.7× 349 0.8× 224 0.6× 55 0.2× 45 2.6k
Mirko Draca United Kingdom 14 1.0k 0.5× 523 1.0× 522 1.3× 284 0.7× 252 1.0× 34 1.9k
Sauro Mocetti Italy 24 1.8k 0.9× 562 1.1× 575 1.4× 310 0.8× 119 0.5× 66 2.3k
James Albrecht United States 24 2.1k 1.0× 180 0.4× 699 1.7× 197 0.5× 200 0.8× 66 2.8k
Howard J. Wall United States 23 1.0k 0.5× 775 1.6× 363 0.9× 142 0.4× 116 0.5× 81 1.8k
Jo�ão Ricardo Faria United States 19 812 0.4× 339 0.7× 346 0.8× 227 0.6× 100 0.4× 166 1.6k
Hans Gersbach Switzerland 24 1.6k 0.8× 429 0.9× 251 0.6× 247 0.6× 281 1.1× 290 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by B. Ravikumar

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Fields of papers citing papers by B. Ravikumar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. Ravikumar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ravikumar, B., Ana María Santacreu, & Michael Sposi. (2023). TFP, Capital Deepening, and Gains from Trade. 105(3).
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Ravikumar, B., et al.. (2023). How the Death Rate Affects the Aging of the US Population. Economic Synopses. 2023(8).
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Ravikumar, B., et al.. (2018). Optimal Infant Industry Protection. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Balakrishna, Nagalla, Mysore Kalappa Sudarshan, Palla Suryanarayana, et al.. (2015). Status of Vitamin B12 and Folate among the Urban Adult Population in South India. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 68(2). 94–102. 36 indexed citations
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Ravikumar, B., et al.. (2015). Talent, labor quality, and economic development. Review of Economic Dynamics. 21. 160–181. 49 indexed citations
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Ravikumar, B., et al.. (2014). Accounting for Discouraged Workers in the Unemployment Rate. Economic Synopses. 2014(9). 2 indexed citations
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Ravikumar, B., et al.. (2013). Price Equalization, Trade Flows, and Barriers to Trade. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Ravikumar, B., et al.. (2013). Who is concealing earnings and still collecting unemployment benefits. The Regional Economist. 2 indexed citations
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Ravikumar, B. & P. Balakrishna. (2013). Discordant HIV couple: Analysis of the possible contributing factors. Indian Journal of Dermatology. 58(5). 405–405. 3 indexed citations
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Ravikumar, B., et al.. (2012). Price Equalization Does Not Imply Free Trade. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Ravikumar, B., et al.. (2012). Unemployment insurance: payments, overpayments and unclaimed benefits. The Regional Economist. 12–13. 4 indexed citations
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Ravikumar, B., et al.. (2012). Earnings growth over a lifetime: not what it used to be. The Regional Economist. 1 indexed citations
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Ravikumar, B., et al.. (2012). Enduring Relationships in an Economy with Capital and Private Information. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Ravikumar, B., et al.. (2012). Price Equalization Does Not Imply Free Trade. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute Working Papers. 2012(129). 4 indexed citations
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Ravikumar, B., et al.. (2012). Optimal auditing and insurance in a dynamic model of tax compliance. Theoretical Economics. 7(2). 241–282. 17 indexed citations
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Ravikumar, B., et al.. (2008). Entrepreneurship, Organization Capital and the Evolution of the Firm. SSRN Electronic Journal. 35 indexed citations
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Glomm, Gerhard, et al.. (2000). On the political economy of means-tested education vouchers. European Economic Review. 44(4-6). 904–915. 28 indexed citations
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Bhattacharya, Utpal & B. Ravikumar. (1997). From Cronies to Professionals: The Evolution of Family Firms. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Glomm, Gerhard & B. Ravikumar. (1995). Teorías de equilibrio de la curva de Kuznets: una revisión. Cuadernos Económicos de ICE. 79–94.
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Glomm, Gerhard & B. Ravikumar. (1994). Public investment in infrastructure in a simple growth model. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 18(6). 1173–1187. 285 indexed citations

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