Ernest Liu

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 358 citations indexed

About

Ernest Liu is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Finance and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Ernest Liu has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 358 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 6 papers in Finance and 6 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Ernest Liu's work include Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (6 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (5 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (5 papers). Ernest Liu is often cited by papers focused on Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (6 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (5 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (5 papers). Ernest Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Ernest Liu's co-authors include Stephen J. Redding, Amir Sufi, Atif Mian, Emanuele Colonnelli, Dan Green, Aleh Tsyvinski, Benjamin Roth, Bo Li, Shaoda Wang and Jingjing Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and Econometrica.

In The Last Decade

Ernest Liu

23 papers receiving 339 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Industrial Policies in Production Networks*

2019 173 citations Ernest Liu The Quarterly Journal of Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ernest Liu United States	9	248	130	84	62	46	27	358
Roberto M. Samaniego United States	13	390 1.6×	167 1.3×	83 1.0×	53 0.9×	51 1.1×	35	471
Ryota Nakatani United States	12	199 0.8×	94 0.7×	69 0.8×	46 0.7×	94 2.0×	28	307
Stylianos Asimakopoulos United Kingdom	9	288 1.2×	62 0.5×	123 1.5×	75 1.2×	86 1.9×	22	408
Tsutomu Miyagawa Japan	9	248 1.0×	64 0.5×	85 1.0×	91 1.5×	25 0.5×	24	344
Manuel García‐Santana Spain	9	260 1.0×	186 1.4×	83 1.0×	77 1.2×	91 2.0×	14	399
Ioannis Bournakis United Kingdom	12	334 1.3×	174 1.3×	65 0.8×	141 2.3×	26 0.6×	39	431
Dionisius Narjoko Indonesia	9	179 0.7×	120 0.9×	41 0.5×	102 1.6×	25 0.5×	31	299
Seo Hwan-Joo South Korea	9	208 0.8×	71 0.5×	65 0.8×	52 0.8×	116 2.5×	23	357
Claudia Steinwender United States	8	244 1.0×	163 1.3×	48 0.6×	119 1.9×	26 0.6×	19	353
Renaud Bourlès France	8	242 1.0×	135 1.0×	36 0.4×	41 0.7×	42 0.9×	17	313

Countries citing papers authored by Ernest Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ernest Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ernest Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ernest Liu 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 Ernest Liu. Ernest Liu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Liu, Ernest, Song Ma, & Laura Veldkamp. (2025). Data sales and data dilution. Journal of Financial Economics. 169. 104053–104053. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Jingjing, et al.. (2024). The economic cost of locking down like China: Evidence from city-to-city truck flows. Journal of Urban Economics. 145. 103729–103729. 8 indexed citations

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Giroud, Xavier, Ernest Liu, & Holger M. Mueller. (2024). Innovation Spillovers Across U.S. Tech Clusters. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Liu, Ernest, et al.. (2024). International Friends and Enemies. American Economic Journal Macroeconomics. 16(4). 350–385. 6 indexed citations

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Aghion, Philippe, Lint Barrage, David Hémous, & Ernest Liu. (2024). Transition to Green Technology along the Supply Chain. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Liu, Ernest & Aleh Tsyvinski. (2024). A Dynamic Model of Input–Output Networks. The Review of Economic Studies. 91(6). 3608–3644. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Ernest, et al.. (2023). Supply Disruptions Index (SDI): Data and Methodology. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Dong, Feng & Ernest Liu. (2023). Lemon Cycles. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Colonnelli, Emanuele, et al.. (2023). Investing with the Government: A Field Experiment in China. Journal of Political Economy. 132(1). 248–294. 23 indexed citations

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Colonnelli, Emanuele, Bo Li, & Ernest Liu. (2022). Investing with the Government: A Field Experiment in China. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Colonnelli, Emanuele, Bo Li, & Ernest Liu. (2022). Investing with the Government: A Field Experiment in China. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Ernest, et al.. (2021). Dynamic Spatial General Equilibrium. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Ernest & Song Ma. (2021). Innovation Networks and R&D Allocation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Ernest & Aleh Tsyvinski. (2020). Dynamical Structure and Spectral Properties of Input-Output Networks. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations

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Green, Dan & Ernest Liu. (2020). A dynamic theory of multiple borrowing. Journal of Financial Economics. 139(2). 389–404. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Ernest, et al.. (2020). International Friends and Enemies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

17.

Liu, Ernest. (2019). Industrial Policies in Production Networks*. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 134(4). 1883–1948. 173 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Ernest & Benjamin Roth. (2017). Keeping the Little Guy Down: A Debt Trap for Lending with Limited Pledgeability. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Ernest. (2017). Industrial Policies in Production Networks. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations

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Green, Dan & Ernest Liu. (2015). Growing Pains in Financial Development: Institutional Weakness and Investment Efficiency. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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