Christopher Avery

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Christopher Avery is a scholar working on Education, Economics and Econometrics and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Avery has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Education, 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Christopher Avery's work include Higher Education Research Studies (20 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (5 papers) and School Choice and Performance (5 papers). Christopher Avery is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Research Studies (20 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (5 papers) and School Choice and Performance (5 papers). Christopher Avery collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Slovakia. Christopher Avery's co-authors include Peter Zemsky, Caroline Hoxby, Sarah Turner, Richard Zeckhauser, Judith A. Chevalier, Paul Resnick, Susan Athey, Richard A. Posner, Alvin E. Roth and Christine Jolls and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Avery

60 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Multidimensional Uncertainty and Herd Behavior in Financi... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2013 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. Multidimensional Uncertainty and Herd Behavior in Financial Markets
    1998 521 citations Christopher Avery, Peter Zemsky American Economic Review profile →
  2. The Missing "One-Offs": The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students
    2013 243 citations Caroline Hoxby, Christopher Avery Brookings Papers on Economic Activity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Avery United States 23 1.3k 612 580 491 464 61 2.9k
Christopher Harris United Kingdom 25 2.1k 1.7× 105 0.2× 855 1.5× 309 0.6× 359 0.8× 53 3.8k
Eleonora Patacchini Italy 28 1.3k 1.0× 460 0.8× 264 0.5× 235 0.5× 154 0.3× 105 2.9k
Paula E. Stephan United States 38 2.1k 1.6× 491 0.8× 249 0.4× 71 0.1× 512 1.1× 105 6.0k
Basit Zafar United States 25 1.6k 1.3× 858 1.4× 79 0.1× 349 0.7× 605 1.3× 99 3.3k
John Morgan United States 23 646 0.5× 276 0.5× 583 1.0× 104 0.2× 219 0.5× 128 2.2k
David Colander United States 31 2.6k 2.0× 399 0.7× 208 0.4× 418 0.9× 219 0.5× 197 4.1k
Michael Sauder United States 19 285 0.2× 487 0.8× 185 0.3× 132 0.3× 312 0.7× 42 3.7k
Pierre Azoulay United States 26 1.6k 1.2× 103 0.2× 245 0.4× 92 0.2× 573 1.2× 50 3.6k
Pedro Bordalo United States 15 1.4k 1.1× 56 0.1× 290 0.5× 972 2.0× 488 1.1× 31 2.7k
Antoni Calvó‐Armengol Spain 20 1.1k 0.9× 265 0.4× 731 1.3× 72 0.1× 102 0.2× 43 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Avery

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Avery

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Avery, Christopher, et al.. (2025). Navigating complex waters: Designing a process for the development of the National Climate Assessment. Climatic Change. 178(3). 4 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher, et al.. (2024). To be policy-relevant, future climate research must include the noncontiguous United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(13). e2315505121–e2315505121. 8 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher & Joshua Goodman. (2022). Ability signals and rigorous coursework: Evidence from AP Calculus participation. Economics of Education Review. 88. 102237–102237. 5 indexed citations
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Reidmiller, D. R., Christopher Avery, B. J. DeAngelo, et al.. (2019). The Fourth National Climate Assessment: Summary Findings and Overview. 1 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher, Jessica Howell, Matea Pender, & Bruce Sacerdote. (2019). Policies and Payoffs to Addressing America's College Graduation Deficit. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. 2019(2). 93–172. 5 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher, et al.. (2018). The Fourth National Climate Assessment: Frequently Asked Questions. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher, Jessica S. Howell, & Lindsay C. Page. (2014). A Review of the Role of College Applications on Students' Postsecondary Outcomes. Research Brief.. 2 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher, Jessica S. Howell, & Lindsay C. Page. (2014). A Review of the Role of College Counseling, Coaching, and Mentoring on Students' Postsecondary Outcomes. Research Brief.. 6 indexed citations
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Hoxby, Caroline & Christopher Avery. (2013). The Missing "One-Offs": The Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. 2013(1). 1–65. 243 indexed citations breakdown →
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Avery, Christopher. (2013). Evaluation of the College Possible Program: Results from a RandomizedControlled Trial. NBER Working Paper No. 19562.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 7 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher, Travis St. Clair, Michael J. Levin, & Kenneth Hill. (2013). The ‘Own Children’ fertility estimation procedure: A reappraisal. Population Studies. 67(2). 171–183. 13 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher. (2010). The Effects of College Counseling on High-Achieving, Low-Income Students. NBER Working Paper No. 16359.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 11 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher & Jonathan Levin. (2009). Early Admissions at Selective Colleges. NBER Working Paper No. 14844.. National Bureau of Economic Research. 1 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher, Abhigyan Som, Yong‐Jiang Xu, Gregory N. Tew, & Zhan Chen. (2009). Dependence of Antimicrobial Selectivity and Potency on Oligomer Structure Investigated Using Substrate Supported Lipid Bilayers and Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry. 81(20). 8365–8372. 22 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher, Judith A. Chevalier, & Richard Zeckhauser. (2009). The 'CAPS' Prediction System and Stock Market Returns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher & Thomas J. Kane. (2004). Student Perceptions of College Opportunities. The Boston COACH Program. NBER Chapters. 355–394. 12 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher. (2000). How Teamwork Can Be Developed as an Individual Skill. Journal for Quality and Participation. 23. 5 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher & Judith A. Chevalier. (2000). Identifying Investor Sentiment from Price Paths: The Case of Football Betting. 10 indexed citations
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Avery, Christopher & Peter Zemsky. (1998). Multidimensional Uncertainty and Herd Behavior in Financial Markets. American Economic Review. 88(4). 724–748. 521 indexed citations breakdown →
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Avery, Christopher, et al.. (1998). Discovering and defining the process of strategy development. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 9 indexed citations

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