Dhammika Dharmapala

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
120 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Dhammika Dharmapala is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Accounting and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Dhammika Dharmapala has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 68 papers in Accounting and 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Dhammika Dharmapala's work include Corporate Taxation and Avoidance (52 papers), Taxation and Compliance Studies (46 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (25 papers). Dhammika Dharmapala is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Taxation and Avoidance (52 papers), Taxation and Compliance Studies (46 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (25 papers). Dhammika Dharmapala collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Germany. Dhammika Dharmapala's co-authors include Mihir A. Desai, James R. Hines, Nadine Riedel, Vikramaditya S. Khanna, Kristin J. Forbes, C. Fritz Foley, Richard H. McAdams, Nuno Garoupa, Vivek Khanna and Joel Slemrod and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and The Review of Economics and Statistics.

In The Last Decade

Dhammika Dharmapala

112 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Corporate tax avoidance and high-powered incentives 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2009 500 1000 1.5k
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. Corporate tax avoidance and high-powered incentives
    2005 1.6k citations Mihir A. Desai, Dhammika Dharmapala profile →
  2. Corporate Tax Avoidance and Firm Value
    2009 794 citations Mihir A. Desai, Dhammika Dharmapala The Review of Economics and Statistics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dhammika Dharmapala United States 29 4.7k 3.9k 875 286 257 120 5.5k
Michelle Hanlon United States 40 10.6k 2.2× 6.9k 1.8× 2.1k 2.4× 77 0.3× 171 0.7× 83 11.0k
Scott Dyreng United States 24 4.3k 0.9× 3.0k 0.8× 701 0.8× 56 0.2× 179 0.7× 49 4.5k
Grant Richardson Australia 32 4.3k 0.9× 3.2k 0.8× 1.6k 1.8× 54 0.2× 189 0.7× 87 5.1k
John C. Coffee United States 34 4.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.3× 1.8k 2.1× 212 0.7× 426 1.7× 89 5.8k
Frank H. Easterbrook United States 26 3.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.4× 1.8k 2.0× 268 0.9× 254 1.0× 109 5.4k
Edward L. Maydew United States 34 8.7k 1.9× 3.5k 0.9× 3.1k 3.5× 113 0.4× 256 1.0× 77 9.2k
Douglas G. Baird United States 31 1.2k 0.3× 2.2k 0.6× 414 0.5× 363 1.3× 218 0.8× 108 3.4k
Randall S. Thomas United States 27 2.7k 0.6× 726 0.2× 957 1.1× 67 0.2× 129 0.5× 150 3.1k
Brian G. M. Main United Kingdom 23 1.7k 0.4× 766 0.2× 725 0.8× 62 0.2× 223 0.9× 89 2.5k
Daniel R. Fischel United States 22 1.8k 0.4× 908 0.2× 851 1.0× 154 0.5× 181 0.7× 60 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dhammika Dharmapala

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dhammika Dharmapala

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dharmapala, Dhammika & Aziz Z. Huq. (2024). Imputing Unreported Hate Crimes Using Google Search Data. 1(2). 232–254. 1 indexed citations
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Dharmapala, Dhammika. (2024). The consequences of the 2017 US international tax reform: a survey of the evidence. International Tax and Public Finance. 31(4). 1158–1178.
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Dharmapala, Dhammika. (2023). Overview of the Characteristics of Tax Havens. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Dharmapala, Dhammika. (2023). Overview of the Characteristics of Tax Haven. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Dharmapala, Dhammika. (2017). International Spillovers from Proposed US Tax Reforms. SSRN Electronic Journal. 33(1). 79. 1 indexed citations
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Dharmapala, Dhammika & Vikramaditya S. Khanna. (2017). Stock Market Reactions to India's 2016 Demonetization: Implications for Tax Evasion, Corruption, and Financial Constraints. eYLS (Yale Law School). 1 indexed citations
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Dharmapala, Dhammika. (2017). The Economics of Tax Avoidance and Evasion. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Dharmapala, Dhammika. (2016). Estimating the Compliance Costs of Securities Regulation: A Bunching Analysis of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404(b). SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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McAdams, Richard H., Dhammika Dharmapala, & Nuno Garoupa. (2015). The Law of Police. The University of Chicago Law Review. 82(1). 135–158. 1 indexed citations
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Dharmapala, Dhammika. (2014). Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: A Simple Conceptual Framework. CESifo DICE report. 12(4). 8. 4 indexed citations
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Dharmapala, Dhammika & Vivek Khanna. (2012). Corporate Governance, Enforcement, and Firm Value: Evidence from India. The Journal of Law Economics and Organization. 29(5). 1056–1084. 71 indexed citations
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Dharmapala, Dhammika & Nadine Riedel. (2012). Earnings Shocks and Tax-Motivated Income-Shifting: Evidence from European Multinationals. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Dharmapala, Dhammika, Nuno Garoupa, & Joanna Shepherd. (2010). Legislatures, Judges, and Parole Boards: The Allocations of Discretion under Determinate Sentencing. Florida law review. 62(4). 1037–1089. 5 indexed citations
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Dharmapala, Dhammika. (2009). The Impact of Taxes on Dividends and Corporate Financial Policy: Lessons from the 2000s. 1999. 13 indexed citations
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Desai, Mihir A. & Dhammika Dharmapala. (2009). Corporate Tax Avoidance and Firm Value. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 91(3). 537–546. 794 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dharmapala, Dhammika, Nuno Garoupa, & Richard H. McAdams. (2008). Belief in a Just World, Blaming the Victim, and Hate Crime Statutes. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Dharmapala, Dhammika. (2007). Dividends and Tax Policy in the Long Run: Discussion. 2007. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Dharmapala, Dhammika & Richard H. McAdams. (2004). Words that Kill? An Economic Model of the Influence of Speech on Behavior (with Particular Reference to Hate Speech). SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Dharmapala, Dhammika & Filip Palda. (2002). Are Campaign Contributions a Form of Speech? Evidence from Recent US House Elections. Public Choice. 112(1-2). 81–114. 6 indexed citations
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Dharmapala, Dhammika & Filip Palda. (2001). Are Campaign Contributions a Form of Speech? Evidence from Recent US House Elections. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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