David Blake

12.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
276 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

David Blake is a scholar working on Demography, General Health Professions and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, David Blake has authored 276 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Demography, 129 papers in General Health Professions and 117 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in David Blake's work include Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (154 papers), Global Health Care Issues (125 papers) and Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (109 papers). David Blake is often cited by papers focused on Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (154 papers), Global Health Care Issues (125 papers) and Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (109 papers). David Blake collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Malaysia. David Blake's co-authors include Kevin Dowd, Andrew J. G. Cairns, Guy Coughlan, Allan Timmermann, David Epstein, Marwa Khalaf-Allah, Andrew Hunt, Bruce N. Lehmann, Enrico Biffis and Richard D. MacMinn and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

David Blake

262 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Two‐Factor Model for Stochastic Mortality with Parameter Uncertainty: Theory and Calibration

2006 697 citations Andrew J. G. Cairns, David Blake et al. profile →
A Quantitative Comparison of Stochastic Mortality Models Using Data From England and Wales and the United States

2009 469 citations Andrew J. G. Cairns, David Blake et al. North American Actuarial Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Blake United Kingdom	45	5.8k	4.7k	3.0k	2.3k	1.6k	276	8.1k
Steven Haberman United Kingdom	35	4.2k 0.7×	3.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	760 0.3×	768 0.5×	215	5.0k
Peter Zweifel Switzerland	29	698 0.1×	1.9k 0.4×	2.1k 0.7×	213 0.1×	339 0.2×	205	3.3k
Eric French United States	24	1.5k 0.3×	1.7k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	243 0.1×	80	3.3k
Pierre‐Carl Michaud Canada	28	756 0.1×	809 0.2×	1.0k 0.3×	1.0k 0.4×	204 0.1×	124	2.5k
Henry J. Aaron United States	30	388 0.1×	1.1k 0.2×	2.2k 0.7×	841 0.4×	295 0.2×	154	3.5k
Mark Duggan United States	26	996 0.2×	1.7k 0.4×	1.9k 0.7×	333 0.1×	218 0.1×	71	2.9k
Nicole Maestas United States	21	1.1k 0.2×	1.5k 0.3×	1.3k 0.4×	371 0.2×	256 0.2×	85	2.6k
Sebastián Calónico United States	12	335 0.1×	439 0.1×	1.5k 0.5×	530 0.2×	322 0.2×	31	3.9k
Patricia M. Danzon United States	41	332 0.1×	1.2k 0.3×	4.4k 1.5×	309 0.1×	327 0.2×	147	5.5k
Regina Baker United States	4	291 0.1×	459 0.1×	1.6k 0.5×	464 0.2×	299 0.2×	8	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by David Blake

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Blake

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Blake

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Cairns, Andrew J. G., et al.. (2024). The Impact of Covid-19 on Higher-Age Mortality. Medical Research Archives. 13(1).

Cairns, Andrew J. G., et al.. (2024). Covid-19 mortality: the Proportionality Hypothesis. European Actuarial Journal. 15(2). 509–554. 3 indexed citations

Doucet, Jay, David V. Shatz, Lewis J. Kaplan, et al.. (2023). Are trauma surgeons prepared? A survey of trauma surgeons’ disaster preparedness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 8(1). e001073–e001073. 2 indexed citations

Blake, David, Andrew J. G. Cairns, Malene Kallestrup‐Lamb, & Jesper Rangvid. (2023). Longevity risk and capital markets: the 2021–22 update. CBS Research Portal (Copenhagen Business School). 89(3). 299–312. 3 indexed citations

Heffernan, Daithi S., Heather L. Evans, Jared M. Huston, et al.. (2020). Surgical Infection Society Guidance for Operative and Peri-Operative Care of Adult Patients Infected by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Surgical Infections. 21(4). 301–308. 45 indexed citations

Cairns, Andrew J. G., et al.. (2019). MODELLING SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES IN MORTALITY USING A NEW AFFLUENCE INDEX. Astin Bulletin. 49(3). 555–590. 35 indexed citations

Blake, David. (2019). Key Ways to Prevent Infection When There Is No “Building”: Aspects for the Field. Surgical Infections. 20(2). 115–118. 1 indexed citations

Guidry, Christopher A., Therèse M. Duane, Joseph Cuschieri, et al.. (2018). Short-Course Antimicrobial Therapy Does Not Increase Treatment Failure Rate in Patients with Intra-Abdominal Infection Involving Fungal Organisms. Surgical Infections. 19(4). 376–381. 12 indexed citations

Blake, David, Nicole El Karoui, Stéphane Loisel, & Richard D. MacMinn. (2017). Longevity risk and capital markets: The 2015–16 update. Insurance Mathematics and Economics. 78. 157–173. 6 indexed citations

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Blake, David, et al.. (2014). How do savers think about and respond to risk? Evidence from a population survey and lessons for the investment industry. City Research Online (City University London). 1 indexed citations

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Harrison, Debbie, David Blake, & Kevin Dowd. (2014). VfM: Assessing value for money in defined contribution default funds. City Research Online (City University London). 1 indexed citations

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Blake, David, Alberto G. Rossi, Allan Timmermann, Ian Tonks, & Russ Wermers. (2013). Decentralized Investment Management: Evidence from the Pension Fund Industry. The Journal of Finance. 68(3). 1133–1178. 89 indexed citations

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Harrison, David, et al.. (2013). Returning to the Core - Rediscovering a Role for Real Estate in Defined Contribution Pension Schemes. City Research Online (City University London). 2 indexed citations

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Cairns, Andrew J. G., David Blake, Kevin Dowd, Guy Coughlan, & Marwa Khalaf-Allah. (2011). Bayesian Stochastic Mortality Modelling for Two Populations. Astin Bulletin. 41(1). 29–59. 182 indexed citations

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Coughlan, Guy, Marwa Khalaf-Allah, Sumit Kumar, et al.. (2011). Longevity Hedging 101. North American Actuarial Journal. 15(2). 150–176. 103 indexed citations

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Blake, David, Edmund Cannon, & Ian Tonks. (2010). Ending Compulsory Annuitisation: Quantifying the Consequences. City Research Online (City University London). 2 indexed citations

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Dowd, Kevin, Andrew J. G. Cairns, David Blake, et al.. (2010). Backtesting Stochastic Mortality Models. North American Actuarial Journal. 14(3). 281–298. 96 indexed citations

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Cairns, Andrew J. G., David Blake, & Kevin Dowd. (2006). Pricing Death: Frameworks for the Valuation and Securitization of Mortality Risk. Astin Bulletin. 36(1). 79–120. 130 indexed citations

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Blake, David, et al.. (2006). There's No Time Like the Present: The Cost of Delaying Retirement Saving. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 15(3). 213–231. 7 indexed citations

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Lunde, Asger, David Blake, & Allan Timmermann. (1998). The Hazards of Mutual Fund Underperformance: A Cox Regression Analysis. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 10 indexed citations

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