Christopher Cornwell

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Christopher Cornwell is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Education and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Cornwell has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 9 papers in Education and 8 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Christopher Cornwell's work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (11 papers), Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (9 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (7 papers). Christopher Cornwell is often cited by papers focused on Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (11 papers), Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (9 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (7 papers). Christopher Cornwell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and South Korea. Christopher Cornwell's co-authors include Peter Schmidt, Robin C. Sickles, David B. Mustard, Scott E. Atkinson, William N. Trumbull, Paul A. Ruud, Peter Rupert, Jessica Van Parys, J. Edward Kellough and Kyung Hee Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Management Science, The Review of Economics and Statistics and Journal of Econometrics.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Cornwell

42 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Production frontiers with cross-sectional and time-series... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 250 500 750
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. Production frontiers with cross-sectional and time-series variation in efficiency levels
    1990 753 citations Christopher Cornwell, Peter Schmidt et al. 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 Cornwell United States 22 1.4k 768 568 434 425 43 2.7k
Kathy Hayes United States 24 1.3k 1.0× 736 1.0× 299 0.5× 270 0.6× 201 0.5× 77 2.1k
Lung-Fei Lee United States 19 3.2k 2.3× 326 0.4× 264 0.5× 624 1.4× 307 0.7× 28 4.4k
Geraint Johnes United Kingdom 29 1.7k 1.2× 1.5k 1.9× 693 1.2× 222 0.5× 152 0.4× 144 3.0k
Steven B. Caudill United States 26 1.7k 1.2× 510 0.7× 116 0.2× 407 0.9× 335 0.8× 146 2.8k
Edward Vytlacil United States 26 2.3k 1.7× 162 0.2× 626 1.1× 918 2.1× 233 0.5× 48 4.2k
Moshe Buchinsky United States 17 2.0k 1.5× 181 0.2× 128 0.2× 559 1.3× 434 1.0× 35 3.5k
Mark M. Pitt United States 24 3.1k 2.3× 633 0.8× 92 0.2× 701 1.6× 377 0.9× 48 4.7k
Kory Kroft United States 13 2.0k 1.5× 122 0.2× 209 0.4× 494 1.1× 152 0.4× 30 3.0k
Wing Suen Hong Kong 22 904 0.7× 453 0.6× 76 0.1× 415 1.0× 125 0.3× 82 1.6k
Edward M. Grämlich United States 26 2.3k 1.7× 95 0.1× 193 0.3× 364 0.8× 546 1.3× 78 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Cornwell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Cornwell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christopher Cornwell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christopher Cornwell based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christopher Cornwell. Christopher Cornwell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cornwell, Christopher, et al.. (2023). The Power of Lakshmi. The Journal of Human Resources. 60(4). 1253–1283. 3 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Christopher, Ian M. Schmutte, & Daniela Scur. (2021). Building a Productive Workforce: The Role of Structured Management Practices. Management Science. 67(12). 7308–7321. 19 indexed citations
3.
Cornwell, Christopher & Bing Xu. (2014). Effects of the BAPCPA on the chapter composition of consumer bankruptcies. Economics Letters. 124(3). 439–442. 6 indexed citations
4.
Cornwell, Christopher, David B. Mustard, & Jessica Van Parys. (2013). Noncognitive Skills and the Gender Disparities in Test Scores and Teacher Assessments: Evidence from Primary School. The Journal of Human Resources. 48(1). 236–264. 149 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Christopher, et al.. (2009). The Effect of Large-Scale Merit Scholarships on State Sponsored Need-based Aid 1. 4 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Christopher & Scott W. Cunningham. (2008). Sex Ratios and Risky Sexual Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Christopher, Kyung Hee Lee, & David B. Mustard. (2006). The Effects of State-Sponsored Merit Scholarships on Course Selection and Major Choice in College. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Christopher, et al.. (2006). The Enrollment Effects of Merit‐Based Financial Aid: Evidence from Georgia’s HOPE Program. Journal of Labor Economics. 24(4). 761–786. 238 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Christopher, Kyung Hee Lee, & David B. Mustard. (2005). Student Responses to Merit Scholarship Retention Rules. The Journal of Human Resources. XL(4). 895–917. 83 indexed citations
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Orfield, Gary, et al.. (2004). State Merit Scholarship Programs and Racial Inequality.. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 60 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Christopher, Kyung Hee Lee, & David B. Mustard. (2003). The Effects of Merit-Based Financial Aid on Course Enrollment, Withdrawal and Completion in College. SSRN Electronic Journal. 27 indexed citations
12.
Cornwell, Christopher & Paul A. Ruud. (2001). An Introduction to Classical Econometric Theory. Southern Economic Journal. 67(4). 1025–1025. 199 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Christopher, et al.. (2000). . 1(1). 89–99. 1 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Christopher & Peter Rupert. (1998). Unobservable Individual Effects, Marriage and the Earnings of Young Men. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Scott E. & Christopher Cornwell. (1998). Estimating Radial Measures of Productivity Growth: Frontier vs Non-Frontier Approaches. Journal of Productivity Analysis. 10(1). 35–46. 23 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Scott E. & Christopher Cornwell. (1998). Profit versus Cost Frontier Estimation of Price and Technical Inefficiency: A Parametric Approach with Panel Data. Southern Economic Journal. 64(3). 753–753. 9 indexed citations
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Cornwell, Christopher & Peter Rupert. (1995). Marriage and Earnings. Econometric Reviews. 10–20. 3 indexed citations
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Beranek, William, et al.. (1995). EXTERNAL FINANCING, LIQUIDITY, AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. The Journal of Financial Research. 18(2). 207–222. 6 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Scott E. & Christopher Cornwell. (1994). Parametric Estimation of Technical and Allocative Inefficiency with Panel Data. International Economic Review. 35(1). 231–231. 101 indexed citations
20.
Cornwell, Christopher & Peter Schmidt. (1992). Models for which the MLE and the conditional MLE coincide. Empirical Economics. 17(1). 67–75. 7 indexed citations

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