Benjamin Moll

6.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
41 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Moll is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Moll has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 19 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Moll's work include Economic theories and models (18 papers), Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (12 papers) and Economic Theory and Policy (9 papers). Benjamin Moll is often cited by papers focused on Economic theories and models (18 papers), Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (12 papers) and Economic Theory and Policy (9 papers). Benjamin Moll collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Benjamin Moll's co-authors include Greg Kaplan, Giovanni L. Violante, Pierre-Louis Lions, Abhijit Banerjee, Robert E. Lucas, Francisco Buera, Yves Achdou, Xavier Gabaix, Galo Nuño and Oleg Itskhoki and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Moll

39 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Monetary Policy According to HANK 2009 2026 2014 2020 2018 2014 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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. Monetary Policy According to HANK
    2018 589 citations Greg Kaplan, Benjamin Moll et al. profile →
  2. Productivity Losses from Financial Frictions: Can Self-Financing Undo Capital Misallocation?
    2014 439 citations Benjamin Moll profile →
  3. Why Does Misallocation Persist?
    2009 185 citations Abhijit Banerjee, Benjamin Moll American Economic Journal Macroeconomics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin Moll United States 21 2.1k 1.1k 653 536 180 41 2.7k
Daniel Hardy United States 16 407 0.2× 175 0.2× 583 0.9× 333 0.6× 104 0.6× 55 1.0k
Ray C. Fair United States 34 3.1k 1.5× 2.3k 2.1× 979 1.5× 263 0.5× 380 2.1× 148 4.6k
Kon S. Lai United States 27 3.2k 1.6× 2.5k 2.4× 1.7k 2.6× 159 0.3× 89 0.5× 55 4.0k
Anton Korinek United States 25 1.1k 0.6× 912 0.9× 1.4k 2.1× 283 0.5× 177 1.0× 66 2.1k
Guy Laroque France 30 3.0k 1.4× 1.2k 1.2× 910 1.4× 726 1.4× 311 1.7× 97 3.9k
Gordon Anderson Canada 18 1.3k 0.6× 394 0.4× 478 0.7× 153 0.3× 378 2.1× 84 2.2k
Franz C. Palm Netherlands 27 2.6k 1.3× 1.4k 1.3× 1.1k 1.7× 295 0.6× 129 0.7× 117 3.8k
Ian Domowitz United States 29 3.1k 1.5× 1.6k 1.5× 2.7k 4.2× 1.5k 2.8× 188 1.0× 76 5.2k
Leonard J. Mirman United States 26 2.4k 1.2× 745 0.7× 594 0.9× 334 0.6× 145 0.8× 108 3.1k
Liyan Yang Canada 24 1.1k 0.5× 167 0.2× 1.5k 2.2× 922 1.7× 64 0.4× 102 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Moll

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Moll

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fagereng, Andreas, et al.. (2025). Asset-Price Redistribution. Journal of Political Economy. 133(11). 3494–3549. 2 indexed citations
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Bachmann, Rüdiger, David Baqaee, Christian Bayer, et al.. (2024). What if? The macroeconomic and distributional effects for Germany of a stop of energy imports from Russia. Economica. 91(364). 1157–1200. 15 indexed citations
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Aguiar, Mark, Benjamin Moll, & Florian Scheuer. (2024). Putting the "Finance" into "Public Finance": A Theory of Capital Gains Taxation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Maxted, Peter, David Laibson, & Benjamin Moll. (2024). Present Bias Amplifies the Household Balance-Sheet Channels of Macroeconomic Policy. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 140(1). 691–743. 5 indexed citations
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Moll, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). The Power of Substitution: The Great German Gas Debate in Retrospect. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. 2023(2). 395–481. 10 indexed citations
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Laibson, David, Peter Maxted, & Benjamin Moll. (2021). Present Bias Amplifies the Household Balance-Sheet Channels of Macroeconomic Policy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Moll, Benjamin. (2020). Comment on "Sources of U.S. Wealth Inequality: Past, Present, and Future". London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 468–479. 1 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Greg, Benjamin Moll, & Giovanni L. Violante. (2020). The Great Lockdown and the Big Stimulus: Tracing the Pandemic Possibility Frontier for the U.S.. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations
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Gabaix, Xavier, et al.. (2016). The Dynamics of Inequality. Econometrica. 84(6). 2071–2111. 202 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Greg, Benjamin Moll, & Giovanni L. Violante. (2016). Monetary Policy According to HANK. SSRN Electronic Journal. 31 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Greg, Benjamin Moll, & Giovanni L. Violante. (2016). A Note on Unconventional Monetary Policy in HANK. 6 indexed citations
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Lagakos, David, Benjamin Moll, Tommaso Porzio, Nancy Qian, & Todd Schoellman. (2015). Life-Cycle Human Capital Accumulation Across Countries: Lessons from U.S. Immigrants. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Buera, Francisco & Benjamin Moll. (2015). Aggregate Implications of a Credit Crunch: The Importance of Heterogeneity. American Economic Journal Macroeconomics. 7(3). 1–42. 73 indexed citations
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Lucas, Robert E. & Benjamin Moll. (2014). Knowledge Growth and the Allocation of Time. Journal of Political Economy. 122(1). 1–51. 168 indexed citations
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Buera, Francisco, Benjamin Moll, & Yongseok Shin. (2012). Well-intended policies. Review of Economic Dynamics. 16(1). 216–230. 39 indexed citations
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Lucas, Robert E. & Benjamin Moll. (2011). Knowledge Growth and the Allocation of Time. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 7 indexed citations
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Cruz‐Suárez, Lucía Elizabeth, et al.. (2010). Shrimp/Ulva co-culture: A sustainable alternative to diminish the need for artificial feed and improve shrimp quality. Aquaculture. 301(1-4). 64–68. 116 indexed citations
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Banerjee, Abhijit & Benjamin Moll. (2009). Why Does Misallocation Persist?. American Economic Journal Macroeconomics. 2(1). 189–206. 185 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moll, Benjamin, et al.. (1990). Streptomycin and lincomycin resistances are selective plastid markers in cultured Nicotiana cells. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 221(2). 245–250. 23 indexed citations

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