Chunrong Ai

9.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Chunrong Ai is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Statistics and Probability and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Chunrong Ai has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 21 papers in Statistics and Probability and 10 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Chunrong Ai's work include Statistical Methods and Inference (17 papers), Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (11 papers) and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (10 papers). Chunrong Ai is often cited by papers focused on Statistical Methods and Inference (17 papers), Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (11 papers) and Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (10 papers). Chunrong Ai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Chunrong Ai's co-authors include Edward C. Norton, Hua Wang, Xiaohong Chen, David E. M. Sappington, Xiaohong Chen, Frank M. Song, Arjun Chatrath, Steven P. Cassou, Yuanqing Zhang and Jean‐Louis Arcand and has published in prestigious journals such as Econometrica, Energy and Journal of Econometrics.

In The Last Decade

Chunrong Ai

40 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

Interaction terms in logi... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2004 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Interaction terms in logit and probit models
    2003 4.4k citations Chunrong Ai, Edward C. Norton Economics Letters profile →
  2. Computing Interaction Effects and Standard Errors in Logit and Probit Models
    2004 1.4k citations Edward C. Norton, Chunrong Ai 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
Chunrong Ai United States 17 2.7k 1.8k 1.4k 1.1k 958 45 7.0k
Hristos Doucouliagos Australia 45 3.8k 1.4× 1.0k 0.6× 1.7k 1.2× 922 0.9× 637 0.7× 146 8.5k
Jonah B. Gelbach United States 19 2.9k 1.1× 1.0k 0.6× 1.8k 1.3× 488 0.5× 762 0.8× 65 6.9k
Hidehiko Ichimura Japan 18 4.0k 1.5× 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 703 0.7× 732 0.8× 39 8.5k
Rajeev Dehejia United States 24 3.1k 1.2× 1.2k 0.6× 1.5k 1.1× 605 0.6× 592 0.6× 68 8.4k
Sadek Wahba United States 6 2.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 968 0.7× 560 0.5× 556 0.6× 8 6.3k
Marco Caliendo Germany 34 4.0k 1.5× 973 0.5× 1.7k 1.2× 572 0.5× 402 0.4× 173 8.8k
Mark E. Schaffer United Kingdom 24 2.7k 1.0× 1.0k 0.6× 902 0.6× 728 0.7× 658 0.7× 74 5.0k
Steven Stillman New Zealand 29 2.6k 1.0× 909 0.5× 1.8k 1.3× 533 0.5× 474 0.5× 140 5.5k
Leslie E. Papke United States 19 2.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 696 0.5× 760 0.7× 518 0.5× 31 4.8k
Orley Ashenfelter United States 50 6.4k 2.4× 1.2k 0.7× 2.6k 1.8× 876 0.8× 532 0.6× 148 11.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Chunrong Ai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chunrong Ai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chunrong Ai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chunrong Ai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chunrong Ai 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 Chunrong Ai. Chunrong Ai 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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Ai, Chunrong, et al.. (2024). Gender preference in China: A study with indirect utility function. Journal of Asian Economics. 94. 101780–101780.
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Liu, Feng, et al.. (2023). Heterogeneous impacts of oil prices on China's stock market: Based on a new decomposition method. Energy. 268. 126644–126644. 16 indexed citations
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Ai, Chunrong, Li‐Hsien Sun, Zheng Zhang, & Li Zhu. (2022). Testing unconditional and conditional independence via mutual information. Journal of Econometrics. 240(2). 105335–105335.
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Ai, Chunrong, et al.. (2021). A unified framework for efficient estimation of general treatment models. Quantitative Economics. 12(3). 779–816. 9 indexed citations
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Ai, Chunrong, et al.. (2021). Estimation and inference for the counterfactual distribution and quantile functions in continuous treatment models. Journal of Econometrics. 228(1). 39–61. 7 indexed citations
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Ai, Chunrong, et al.. (2020). A Mann–Whitney test of distributional effects in a multivalued treatment. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference. 209. 85–100. 5 indexed citations
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Ai, Chunrong, et al.. (2018). A Simple and Efficient Estimation Method for Models with Nonignorable Missing Data. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Ai, Chunrong, et al.. (2015). Estimation of panel data partly specified Tobit regression with fixed effects. Journal of Econometrics. 188(2). 316–326. 7 indexed citations
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Ai, Chunrong, et al.. (2012). A root-N consistent estimator for some fixed-effects panel data sample selection models. Economics Letters. 116(3). 411–413. 1 indexed citations
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Ai, Chunrong, et al.. (2011). A locally linear estimation of regression discontinuity. Frontiers of Economics in China. 6(4). 495–506. 3 indexed citations
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Ai, Chunrong, Jinhong You, & Yong Zhou. (2010). Statistical inference using a weighted difference-based series approach for partially linear regression models. Journal of Multivariate Analysis. 102(3). 601–618. 3 indexed citations
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Ai, Chunrong, et al.. (2009). Inefficacité marshallienne, partage de coûts et modèles contractuels avec marchés manquants. L Actualité économique. 74(3). 315–341.
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Ai, Chunrong & Xiaohong Chen. (2009). Semiparametric Efficiency Bound for Models of Sequential Moment Restrictions Containing Unknown Functions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Arcand, Jean‐Louis, et al.. (2006). Moral hazard and Marshallian inefficiency: Evidence from Tunisia. Journal of Development Economics. 83(2). 411–445. 23 indexed citations
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Ai, Chunrong, et al.. (2004). Incentive Regulation and Telecommunications Service Quality. Journal of Regulatory Economics. 26(3). 263–285. 41 indexed citations
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Ai, Chunrong & Edward C. Norton. (2003). Interaction terms in logit and probit models. Economics Letters. 80(1). 123–129. 4385 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ai, Chunrong & Edward C. Norton. (2000). Standard errors for the retransformation problem with heteroscedasticity. Journal of Health Economics. 19(5). 697–718. 70 indexed citations
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Ai, Chunrong. (1997). An improved estimator for models with randomly missing data. Journal of nonparametric statistics. 7(4). 331–347. 3 indexed citations
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Ai, Chunrong, et al.. (1997). De l'efficacité allocative des contrats agricoles : Cheung avait-il raison ?. Revue d économie du développement. 5(2). 103–127. 3 indexed citations
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Ai, Chunrong & Chaoying Chen. (1992). Estimation of a fixed effects bivariate censored regression model. Economics Letters. 40(4). 403–406. 3 indexed citations

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