David Laibson

49.2k total citations · 10 hit papers
140 papers, 20.4k citations indexed

About

David Laibson is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Accounting and General Decision Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, David Laibson has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 20.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 54 papers in Accounting and 31 papers in General Decision Sciences. Recurrent topics in David Laibson's work include Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (52 papers), Housing Market and Economics (44 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (31 papers). David Laibson is often cited by papers focused on Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (52 papers), Housing Market and Economics (44 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (31 papers). David Laibson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. David Laibson's co-authors include Xavier Gabaix, George Loewenstein, Edward L. Glaeser, Jonathan D. Cohen, Samuel M. McClure, Brigitte C. Madrian, James J. Choi, José Scheinkman, Bruce Sacerdote and Andrew Metrick and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Laibson

134 papers receiving 18.8k citations

Hit Papers

Golden Eggs and Hyperbolic Discounting 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 2004 2000 2002 2006 1000 2.0k 3.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Laibson United States 56 9.2k 5.3k 5.1k 2.9k 2.8k 140 20.4k
Matthew Rabin United States 45 9.4k 1.0× 6.9k 1.3× 2.3k 0.5× 2.4k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 80 17.7k
Uri Gneezy United States 54 6.9k 0.8× 4.7k 0.9× 2.6k 0.5× 6.2k 2.1× 1.1k 0.4× 145 22.8k
Armin Falk Germany 58 7.1k 0.8× 4.3k 0.8× 2.1k 0.4× 5.8k 2.0× 899 0.3× 208 19.5k
Ted O’Donoghue United States 29 6.7k 0.7× 5.2k 1.0× 1.8k 0.4× 1.5k 0.5× 830 0.3× 49 12.9k
Eric J. Johnson United States 58 5.6k 0.6× 7.7k 1.4× 1.4k 0.3× 4.9k 1.7× 910 0.3× 178 21.8k
Aldo Rustichini United States 52 5.0k 0.5× 2.9k 0.5× 825 0.2× 2.7k 0.9× 740 0.3× 204 12.9k
Thomas Dohmen Germany 36 4.0k 0.4× 2.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.3× 2.7k 0.9× 694 0.2× 111 9.9k
Shane Frederick United States 26 4.1k 0.4× 4.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.2× 1.9k 0.6× 636 0.2× 49 11.7k
Robin M. Hogarth Spain 54 3.7k 0.4× 6.0k 1.1× 1.3k 0.3× 2.6k 0.9× 814 0.3× 152 16.0k
Max H. Bazerman United States 74 2.9k 0.3× 3.1k 0.6× 2.3k 0.5× 6.6k 2.3× 603 0.2× 301 19.0k

Countries citing papers authored by David Laibson

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Laibson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Laibson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Laibson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Laibson 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 David Laibson. David Laibson 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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Laibson, David, et al.. (2024). Estimating Discount Functions with Consumption Choices over the Lifecycle. Review of Financial Studies. 7 indexed citations
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Choi, James J., et al.. (2024). Smaller than We Thought? The Effect of Automatic Savings Policies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
3.
Meyer, Michelle N., Tammy Tan, Daniel J. Benjamin, David Laibson, & Patrick Turley. (2023). Public views on polygenic screening of embryos. Science. 379(6632). 541–543. 29 indexed citations
4.
Turley, Patrick, Michelle N. Meyer, Nancy Wang, et al.. (2021). Problems With Using Polygenic Scores to Select Embryos. Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 76(10). 609–610. 2 indexed citations
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Gabaix, Xavier & David Laibson. (2017). Myopia and Discounting. National Bureau of Economic Research. 1 indexed citations
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Fadlon, Itzik & David Laibson. (2017). Paternalism and Pseudo-Rationality. National Bureau of Economic Research. 1 indexed citations
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Acemoğlu, Daron, David Laibson, & John A. List. (2016). Macroeconomic (Global Edition).. 1 indexed citations
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Chabris, Christopher F., James J. Lee, David Cesarini, Daniel J. Benjamin, & David Laibson. (2015). The Fourth Law of Behavior Genetics. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 24(4). 304–312. 191 indexed citations
9.
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, & Brigitte C. Madrian. (2010). The Limitations of Defaults. Vaccine. 22(5-6). 781–5. 14 indexed citations
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Choi, James J., David Laibson, & Brigitte C. Madrian. (2007). The Flypaper Effect in Individual Investor Asset Allocation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Choi, James J., David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, & Andrew Metrick. (2007). Reinforcement Learning and Savings Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 19 indexed citations
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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, & Brigitte C. Madrian. (2006). The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Savings Outcomes: Evidence from the United States. National Bureau of Economic Research. 167–195. 21 indexed citations
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Laibson, David. (2005). Impatience and Savings. Econstor (Econstor). 6. 4 indexed citations
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Laibson, David, et al.. (2004). Safety in Markets: An Impossibility Theorem for Dutch Books. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University). 27 indexed citations
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Choi, James J., David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, & Andrew Metrick. (2004). Saving or Retirement on the Path of Least Resistance. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.
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Laibson, David. (2003). Intertemporal Decision Making. 33 indexed citations
17.
Kooreman, Peter, et al.. (2002). Three Price Anomalies in the Used Car Market. 20(3). 452–3. 1 indexed citations
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Laibson, David, Andrea Repetto, & Jeremy Tobacman. (2000). A Debt Puzzle. National Bureau of Economic Research. 19 indexed citations
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Laibson, David, Andrea Repetto, & Jeremy Tobacman. (2000). A Debt Puzzle. SSRN Electronic Journal. 84 indexed citations
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Cropper, Maureen & David Laibson. (1998). The Implications of Hyperbolic Discounting for Project Evaluation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 63 indexed citations

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