David Backus

11.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
55 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

David Backus is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, David Backus has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 29 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 28 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in David Backus's work include Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (27 papers), Economic theories and models (22 papers) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (14 papers). David Backus is often cited by papers focused on Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (27 papers), Economic theories and models (22 papers) and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (14 papers). David Backus collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. David Backus's co-authors include Patrick J. Kehoe, Finn E. Kydland, Allan W. Gregory, Gregor W. Smith, Chris Telmer, Silverio Foresi, Mario J. Crucini, Stanley E. Zin, Mikhail Chernov and John Driffill and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Journal of Political Economy.

In The Last Decade

David Backus

53 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David Backus 3.9k 3.9k 3.1k 286 218 55 5.5k
Nelson C. Mark 3.6k 0.9× 3.1k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 374 1.3× 216 1.0× 66 4.8k
Martı́n Uribe 6.3k 1.6× 6.3k 1.6× 3.3k 1.1× 433 1.5× 171 0.8× 111 8.1k
Refet S. Gürkaynak 4.1k 1.0× 4.5k 1.1× 4.3k 1.4× 466 1.6× 97 0.4× 70 6.4k
Stephen G. Cecchetti 3.3k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 2.6k 0.8× 546 1.9× 81 0.4× 128 4.7k
Charles I. Plosser 4.8k 1.2× 4.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 459 1.6× 130 0.6× 48 5.7k
Charles Engel 5.5k 1.4× 6.1k 1.6× 4.1k 1.3× 266 0.9× 98 0.4× 163 7.4k
Brian Sack 5.4k 1.4× 6.4k 1.6× 5.8k 1.9× 582 2.0× 109 0.5× 75 8.6k
Pierre L. Siklos 2.6k 0.7× 2.5k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 270 0.9× 133 0.6× 259 3.6k
Robin L. Lumsdaine 2.8k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 2.2k 0.7× 397 1.4× 209 1.0× 46 4.0k
Christina Romer 4.7k 1.2× 4.4k 1.1× 2.3k 0.7× 675 2.4× 130 0.6× 60 6.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Backus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Backus

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Backus, David, Bryan Routledge, & Stanley E. Zin. (2018). Asset Prices in Business Cycle Analysis. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University). 3 indexed citations
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Backus, David. (2013). The Effect of a Field Shaper on Electromagnetic Forming of Aluminum Tubes. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 3 indexed citations
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Zin, Stanley E., Bryan Routledge, & David Backus. (2009). The Cyclical Component of US Asset Returns. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 15 indexed citations
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Backus, David. (2005). Recursive Preferences. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Backus, David, Silverio Foresi, & Liuren Wu. (2004). Accounting for Biases in Black-Scholes. SSRN Electronic Journal. 81 indexed citations
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Backus, David, Silverio Foresi, & Liuren Wu. (2002). Accouting for Biases in Black-Scholes. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 26 indexed citations
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Backus, David. (2001). Predictable changes in yields and forward rates. Journal of Financial Economics. 59(3). 281–311. 71 indexed citations
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Backus, David, Silverio Foresi, & Stanley E. Zin. (1998). Arbitrage Opportunities in Arbitrage-Free Models of Bond Pricing. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. 16(1). 13–26. 9 indexed citations
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Backus, David, Silverio Foresi, & Stanley E. Zin. (1998). Arbitrage Opportunities in Arbitrage-Free Models of Bond Pricing. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. 16(1). 13–13. 7 indexed citations
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Backus, David, Silverio Foresi, & Chris Telmer. (1995). Interpreting the Forward Premium Anomaly. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique. 28. S108–S108. 22 indexed citations
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Backus, David, Silverio Foresi, & Chris Telmer. (1994). The Forward Premium Anomaly: Three Examples in Search of a Solution. The Faculty Digital Archive (New York University). 5 indexed citations
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Backus, David, Allan W. Gregory, & Chris Telmer. (1993). Accounting for Forward Rates in Markets for Foreign Currency. The Journal of Finance. 48(5). 1887–1908. 139 indexed citations
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Backus, David & Gregor W. Smith. (1993). Consumption and real exchange rates in dynamic economies with non-traded goods. Journal of International Economics. 35(3-4). 297–316. 411 indexed citations
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Backus, David & Allan W. Gregory. (1993). Theoretical Relations between Risk Premiums and Conditional Variances. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics. 11(2). 177–177. 42 indexed citations
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Bernhardt, Dan & David Backus. (1990). Borrowing Constraints, Occupational Choice, and Labor Supply. Journal of Labor Economics. 8(1, Part 1). 145–173. 15 indexed citations
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Backus, David, Allan W. Gregory, & Stanley E. Zin. (1989). Risk premiums in the term structure. Journal of Monetary Economics. 24(3). 371–399. 163 indexed citations
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Backus, David & Allan W. Gregory. (1989). Risk premiums in asset prices and returns. Econometric Reviews. 8(2). 187–195. 5 indexed citations
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Backus, David, et al.. (1983). Studies in Business Cycle Theory. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique. 16(4). 736–736. 24 indexed citations
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Backus, David & Douglas D. Purvis. (1980). An Integrated Model of Household Flow-of-Funds Allocations. Journal of money credit and banking. 12(2). 400–400. 22 indexed citations
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Jones, Derek C. & David Backus. (1977). British Producer Cooperatives in the Footware Industry: An Empirical Evaluation of the Theory of Financing. The Economic Journal. 87(347). 488–488. 47 indexed citations

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