Gharad Bryan

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Gharad Bryan is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Gharad Bryan has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Gharad Bryan's work include Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (6 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 papers) and Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 papers). Gharad Bryan is often cited by papers focused on Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (6 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 papers) and Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 papers). Gharad Bryan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Gharad Bryan's co-authors include Shyamal Chowdhury, Dean Karlan, Melanie Morten, Scott Nelson, James J. Choi, Edward Glaeser, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Jonathan Zinman, Tom Wilkening and Angela Ofori-Atta and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and Econometrica.

In The Last Decade

Gharad Bryan

19 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Underinvestment in a Profitable Technology: The Case of S... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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. Underinvestment in a Profitable Technology: The Case of Seasonal Migration in Bangladesh
    2014 427 citations Gharad Bryan, Shyamal Chowdhury 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
Gharad Bryan United Kingdom 10 515 472 218 158 96 20 1.1k
Arjan Verschoor United Kingdom 16 636 1.2× 414 0.9× 490 2.2× 210 1.3× 73 0.8× 53 1.3k
Garance Genicot United States 14 428 0.8× 340 0.7× 331 1.5× 284 1.8× 96 1.0× 35 979
Sandip Sukhtankar United States 13 370 0.7× 440 0.9× 128 0.6× 117 0.7× 101 1.1× 25 1.1k
Mozaffar Qizilbash United Kingdom 20 255 0.5× 680 1.4× 226 1.0× 52 0.3× 14 0.1× 58 1.2k
Renos Vakis United States 21 391 0.8× 625 1.3× 557 2.6× 210 1.3× 53 0.6× 64 1.6k
Pushkar Maitra Australia 21 527 1.0× 541 1.1× 738 3.4× 223 1.4× 137 1.4× 115 1.7k
Eric D. Gould Israel 20 768 1.5× 1.2k 2.6× 175 0.8× 76 0.5× 89 0.9× 50 2.1k
Thomas Markussen Denmark 13 169 0.3× 267 0.6× 226 1.0× 145 0.9× 17 0.2× 36 724
Jean–Paul Azam France 19 523 1.0× 1.1k 2.2× 274 1.3× 117 0.7× 52 0.5× 92 1.7k
Alpaslan Akay Sweden 15 277 0.5× 406 0.9× 69 0.3× 33 0.2× 29 0.3× 46 946

Countries citing papers authored by Gharad Bryan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gharad Bryan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gharad Bryan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gharad Bryan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gharad Bryan 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 Gharad Bryan. Gharad Bryan 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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Bryan, Gharad, Dean Karlan, & Adam Osman. (2024). Big Loans to Small Businesses: Predicting Winners and Losers in an Entrepreneurial Lending Experiment. American Economic Review. 114(9). 2825–2860. 2 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad, et al.. (2022). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among Ghana's Rural Poor Is Effective Regardless of Baseline Mental Distress. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 4(4). 527–545. 8 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad, Dean Karlan, & Adam Osman. (2021). Big Loans to Small Businesses: Predicting Winners and Losers in an Entrepreneurial Lending Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad, et al.. (2021). Encouragement and Distortionary Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad, Dean Karlan, & Adam Osman. (2021). Big Loans to Small Businesses: Predicting Winners and Losers in an Entrepreneurial Lending Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad, et al.. (2021). Could Gentrification Stop the Poor from Benefiting from Urban Improvements?. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 111. 532–537. 5 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad, et al.. (2020). Cities in the Developing World. Annual Review of Economics. 12(1). 273–297. 40 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad, James J. Choi, & Dean Karlan. (2020). Randomizing Religion: the Impact of Protestant Evangelism on Economic Outcomes*. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 136(1). 293–380. 51 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad. (2019). Ambiguity Aversion Decreases the Impact of Partial Insurance: Evidence from African Farmers. Journal of the European Economic Association. 17(5). 1428–1469. 40 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad & Melanie Morten. (2018). The Aggregate Productivity Effects of Internal Migration: Evidence from Indonesia. Journal of Political Economy. 127(5). 2229–2268. 190 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad, et al.. (2017). Land Trade and Development: A Market Design Approach. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad & Melanie Morten. (2015). Economic Development and the Spatial Allocation of Labor: Evidence From Indonesia. 16 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad, Dean Karlan, & Jonathan Zinman. (2015). Referrals: Peer Screening and Enforcement in a Consumer Credit Field Experiment. American Economic Journal Microeconomics. 7(3). 174–204. 16 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad, et al.. (2014). Underinvestment in a Profitable Technology: The Case of Seasonal Migration in Bangladesh. Econometrica. 82(5). 1671–1748. 427 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bryan, Gharad, Shyamal Chowdhury, & Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak. (2013). Escaping Famine Through Seasonal Migration. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations
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Karlan, Dean, Jonathan Zinman, & Gharad Bryan. (2012). You Can Pick Your Friends, But You Need to Watch Them: Loan Screening And Enforcement in a Referrals Field Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad, et al.. (2012). You Can Pick Your Friends, But You Need to Watch Them: Loan Screening and Enforcement in a Referrals Field Experiment. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 2 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad, Shyamal Chowdhury, & Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak. (2011). Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 22 indexed citations
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Bryan, Gharad, Dean Karlan, & Scott Nelson. (2010). Commitment Devices. Annual Review of Economics. 2(1). 671–698. 271 indexed citations

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