Christopher Phelan

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Christopher Phelan is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Phelan has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 10 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 7 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Christopher Phelan's work include Economic theories and models (14 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (10 papers) and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (7 papers). Christopher Phelan is often cited by papers focused on Economic theories and models (14 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (10 papers) and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (7 papers). Christopher Phelan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Costa Rica and Canada. Christopher Phelan's co-authors include John Rust, Robert M. Townsend, Ana Fernandes, Ennio Stacchetti, Andrew Atkeson, Narayana Kocherlakota, Marco Bassetto, Alberto Trejos, V. V. Chari and Manuel Amador and has published in prestigious journals such as Econometrica, The Review of Economic Studies and Journal of Monetary Economics.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Phelan

31 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

How Social Security and Medicare Affect Retirement Behavi... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 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. How Social Security and Medicare Affect Retirement Behavior In a World of Incomplete Markets
    1997 543 citations Christopher Phelan et al. Econometrica 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 Phelan United States 16 1.2k 555 452 355 327 32 1.7k
Ayşe İmrohoroğlu United States 20 1.5k 1.3× 878 1.6× 285 0.6× 495 1.4× 394 1.2× 46 2.0k
Lars Ljungqvist United States 18 2.3k 2.0× 417 0.8× 189 0.4× 914 2.6× 340 1.0× 42 2.7k
Fatih Guvenen United States 21 2.2k 1.8× 1.0k 1.9× 265 0.6× 669 1.9× 347 1.1× 54 2.6k
Giuseppe Moscarini United States 21 1.1k 0.9× 116 0.2× 101 0.2× 278 0.8× 267 0.8× 46 1.4k
Bruce Fallick United States 19 1.3k 1.1× 229 0.4× 246 0.5× 215 0.6× 514 1.6× 53 1.7k
Alexander Michaelides United Kingdom 21 1.5k 1.3× 1.4k 2.5× 434 1.0× 388 1.1× 200 0.6× 76 2.1k
Omar Licandro Spain 19 1.2k 1.0× 148 0.3× 185 0.4× 319 0.9× 315 1.0× 58 1.4k
Philippe Weil United States 18 1.8k 1.5× 639 1.2× 119 0.3× 842 2.4× 123 0.4× 34 2.2k
Amar K. Parai United States 7 2.0k 1.7× 135 0.2× 105 0.2× 631 1.8× 240 0.7× 24 2.2k
Viktor Steiner Germany 19 1.0k 0.9× 322 0.6× 130 0.3× 100 0.3× 290 0.9× 143 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Phelan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Phelan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lynch, Nicholas & Christopher Phelan. (2025). Material communities: urban reuse centres and community-oriented circularity in the building sector. Urban Research & Practice. 19(1). 80–103.
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Chari, V. V., et al.. (2020). The hammer and the scalpel: On the economics of indiscriminate versus targeted isolation policies during pandemics. Review of Economic Dynamics. 42. 1–14. 24 indexed citations
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Phelan, Christopher & Aldo Rustichini. (2018). Pareto efficiency and identity. Theoretical Economics. 13(3). 979–1007. 6 indexed citations
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Phelan, Christopher, et al.. (2009). Incentive Compensation in the Banking Industry: Insights from Economic Theory. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Kocherlakota, Narayana & Christopher Phelan. (2008). On the robustness of laissez-faire. Journal of Economic Theory. 144(6). 2372–2387. 18 indexed citations
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Phelan, Christopher. (2006). Opportunity and Social Mobility. The Review of Economic Studies. 73(2). 487–504. 39 indexed citations
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Bassetto, Marco & Christopher Phelan. (2006). Tax Riots. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Phelan, Christopher. (2005). Public trust and government betrayal. Journal of Economic Theory. 130(1). 27–43. 94 indexed citations
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Phelan, Christopher. (2003). On the irrelevance of the maturity structure of government debt without commitment. Games and Economic Behavior. 46(1). 115–128. 2 indexed citations
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Phelan, Christopher & Alberto Trejos. (2001). The Aggregate Effects Of Sectoral Reallocations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Phelan, Christopher & Ennio Stacchetti. (2001). Sequential Equilibria in a Ramsey Tax Model. Econometrica. 69(6). 1491–1518. 126 indexed citations
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Phelan, Christopher & Alberto Trejos. (2000). The aggregate effects of sectoral reallocations. Journal of Monetary Economics. 45(2). 249–268. 42 indexed citations
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Fernandes, Ana & Christopher Phelan. (2000). A Recursive Formulation for Repeated Agency with History Dependence. Journal of Economic Theory. 91(2). 223–247. 145 indexed citations
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Kocherlakota, Narayana & Christopher Phelan. (1999). Explaining the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level. Quarterly Review. 23(4). 81 indexed citations
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Phelan, Christopher. (1999). Anticipation effects of looming public-pension reforms. Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy. 50. 161–164. 3 indexed citations
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Phelan, Christopher. (1998). On the Long Run Implications of Repeated Moral Hazard. Journal of Economic Theory. 79(2). 174–191. 36 indexed citations
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Phelan, Christopher. (1995). Incentives, Insurance, and the Variability of Consumption and Leisure. Financial Services Review. 4(1). 62–62. 2 indexed citations
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Atkeson, Andrew & Christopher Phelan. (1994). Reconsidering the Costs of Business Cycles with Incomplete Markets. NBER Macroeconomics Annual. 9. 187–207. 39 indexed citations
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Phelan, Christopher. (1994). Incentives and Aggregate Shocks. The Review of Economic Studies. 61(4). 681–700. 31 indexed citations
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Phelan, Christopher. (1987). A defense of rational expectations / general equilibrium analysis against Austrian objections. Critical Review. 1(4). 100–108. 2 indexed citations

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