Diego Restuccia

7.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
51 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Diego Restuccia is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Diego Restuccia has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 20 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 14 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Diego Restuccia's work include Economic Growth and Productivity (21 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (17 papers) and Land Rights and Reforms (14 papers). Diego Restuccia is often cited by papers focused on Economic Growth and Productivity (21 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (17 papers) and Land Rights and Reforms (14 papers). Diego Restuccia collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Spain. Diego Restuccia's co-authors include Richard Rogerson, Tasso Adamopoulos, Margarida Duarte, Carlos Urrutia, Xiaodong Zhu, Dennis Tao Yang, Andrés Erosa, Tatyana Koreshkova, Loren Brandt and Luisa Fuster and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and Econometrica.

In The Last Decade

Diego Restuccia

50 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Policy distortions and aggregate productivity with hetero... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2008 2007 2014 2017 2022 250 500 750
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. Policy distortions and aggregate productivity with heterogeneous establishments
    2008 949 citations Diego Restuccia, Richard Rogerson Review of Economic Dynamics profile →
  2. Agriculture and aggregate productivity: A quantitative cross-country analysis
    2007 397 citations Diego Restuccia et al. profile →
  3. The Size Distribution of Farms and International Productivity Differences
    2014 327 citations Tasso Adamopoulos, Diego Restuccia profile →
  4. The Causes and Costs of Misallocation
    2017 284 citations Diego Restuccia, Richard Rogerson profile →
  5. Misallocation, Selection, and Productivity: A Quantitative Analysis With Panel Data From China
    2022 140 citations Tasso Adamopoulos, Loren Brandt et al. Econometrica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Diego Restuccia Canada 23 2.7k 1.3k 541 496 490 51 3.9k
Timothy Besley United Kingdom 15 2.2k 0.8× 426 0.3× 829 1.5× 1.1k 2.3× 711 1.5× 27 4.0k
Stephen L. Parente United States 20 2.5k 0.9× 985 0.8× 446 0.8× 161 0.3× 174 0.4× 38 3.2k
Peter Warr Australia 27 1.4k 0.5× 700 0.6× 592 1.1× 197 0.4× 242 0.5× 140 2.7k
Kunal Sen United Kingdom 31 1.6k 0.6× 784 0.6× 860 1.6× 199 0.4× 106 0.2× 209 2.9k
Arne Bigsten Sweden 28 1.8k 0.6× 723 0.6× 700 1.3× 230 0.5× 159 0.3× 125 3.0k
Jan Willem Gunning Netherlands 24 1.7k 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 766 1.4× 393 0.8× 125 0.3× 128 3.2k
Gaurav Datt United States 25 2.2k 0.8× 831 0.7× 2.8k 5.2× 952 1.9× 400 0.8× 62 4.6k
Jeffrey B. Nugent United States 27 1.3k 0.5× 885 0.7× 543 1.0× 217 0.4× 110 0.2× 139 2.6k
Jean‐Marie Baland Belgium 24 1.5k 0.5× 301 0.2× 1.1k 2.1× 668 1.3× 378 0.8× 56 3.9k
Dennis Tao Yang United States 24 1.4k 0.5× 471 0.4× 809 1.5× 318 0.6× 252 0.5× 52 2.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bento, Pedro & Diego Restuccia. (2025). The Role of Nonemployers in Business Dynamism and Aggregate Productivity. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3(2). 165–198. 1 indexed citations
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Adamopoulos, Tasso, et al.. (2024). Land Security and Mobility Frictions. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 139(3). 1941–1987. 16 indexed citations
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Aragón, Fernando M., Diego Restuccia, & Juan Pablo Rud. (2022). Assessing Misallocation in Agriculture: Plots Versus Farms. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Adamopoulos, Tasso, et al.. (2022). Land Security and Mobility Frictions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Adamopoulos, Tasso, Loren Brandt, Jessica Leight, & Diego Restuccia. (2022). Misallocation, Selection, and Productivity: A Quantitative Analysis With Panel Data From China. Econometrica. 90(3). 1261–1282. 140 indexed citations breakdown →
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Restuccia, Diego, et al.. (2021). Misallocation in Indian Agriculture. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Brandt, Loren, et al.. (2020). Market constraints, misallocation, and productivity in Vietnam agriculture. Food Policy. 94. 101840–101840. 27 indexed citations
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Brandt, Loren, Jessica Leight, Diego Restuccia, & Tasso Adamopoulos. (2017). Misallocation, Selection and Productivity: A Quantitative Analysis with Panel Data from China. National Bureau of Economic Research. 1 indexed citations
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Restuccia, Diego. (2013). The Latin American Development Problem: An Interpretation. Economía. 13(2). 69–100. 7 indexed citations
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Restuccia, Diego & Guillaume Vandenbroucke. (2013). THE EVOLUTION OF EDUCATION: A MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS. International Economic Review. 54(3). 915–936. 32 indexed citations
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Restuccia, Diego. (2013). The Latin American Development Problem: An Interpretation. Economía. 13(2). 69–100. 10 indexed citations
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Restuccia, Diego & Richard Rogerson. (2012). Misallocation and productivity. Review of Economic Dynamics. 16(1). 1–10. 294 indexed citations
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Restuccia, Diego. (2011). Recent Developments in Economic Growth. SSRN Electronic Journal. 97. 329–357. 2 indexed citations
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Blyde, Juan S., et al.. (2011). Venezuela’s Growth Experience. Latin american journal of economics. 48(2). 199–226. 13 indexed citations
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Duarte, Margarida & Diego Restuccia. (2010). The Role of the Structural Transformation in Aggregate Productivity*. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 125(1). 129–173. 325 indexed citations
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Erosa, Andrés, Tatyana Koreshkova, & Diego Restuccia. (2010). How Important Is Human Capital? A Quantitative Theory Assessment of World Income Inequality. The Review of Economic Studies. 77(4). 1421–1449. 143 indexed citations
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Duarte, Margarida, et al.. (2007). Exchange Rates and Business Cycles Across Countries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 93(1). 57–76. 8 indexed citations
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Erosa, Andrés, Tatyana Koreshkova, & Diego Restuccia. (2006). On the Aggregate and Distributional Implications of Productivity Differences Across Countries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations
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Restuccia, Diego. (2004). Barriers to Capital Accumulation and Aggregate Total Factor Productivity*. International Economic Review. 45(1). 225–238. 7 indexed citations
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Fuster, Luisa & Diego Restuccia. (2001). A General Equilibrium Analysis of Parental Leave Policies. 32 indexed citations

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