David Laibson

49.2k citations
140 papers · 20.4k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 56

David Laibson

134 papers receiving 18.8k citations

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David Laibson
Comparison fields: 5 of 188
  • General Decision Sciences 5.3k
  • Accounting 5.1k
  • Economics and Econometrics 9.2k
  • Safety Research 2.5k
  • Finance 2.8k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside David Laibson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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2 20241
3 20233
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Paternalism and Pseudo-Rationality
20171
8
Myopia and Discounting
20171
9
Macroeconomic (Global Edition).
20161
10 201394
11 2013173
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The Flypaper Effect in Individual Investor Asset Allocation
20072
13
Reinforcement Learning and Savings Behavior
200719
14
Reducing the Complexity Costs of 401(K) Participation Through Quick Enrollment(Tm)
200611
15
The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Savings Outcomes: Evidence from the United States
200621
16
Saving or Retirement on the Path of Least Resistance
20040
17
Safety in Markets: An Impossibility Theorem for Dutch Books
200427
18 20021
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A Debt Puzzle
200019
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A Debt Puzzle
200084

About David Laibson

David Laibson is a scholar working on General Decision Sciences, Accounting and Economics and Econometrics, having authored 140 papers that have together received 20.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (52 papers), Housing Market and Economics (44 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (31 papers), Economic theories and models (25 papers), Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (18 papers), Retirement, Disability, and Employment (14 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (10 papers) and Healthcare Policy and Management (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in General Decision Sciences (5.3k citations), Accounting (5.1k citations) and Economics and Econometrics (9.2k citations). David Laibson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Journal of Public Economics and NBER Macroeconomics Annual.

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