James Kwak

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 512 citations indexed

About

James Kwak is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Accounting and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, James Kwak has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 512 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 4 papers in Accounting and 2 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in James Kwak's work include Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (2 papers), Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (2 papers) and Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (2 papers). James Kwak is often cited by papers focused on Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (2 papers), Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (2 papers) and Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (2 papers). James Kwak collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. James Kwak's co-authors include Simon Johnson, Daron Acemoğlu, Amir Kermani and Todd Mitton and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Cornell journal of law and public policy and RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.

In The Last Decade

James Kwak

6 papers receiving 488 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The value of connections in turbulent times: Evidence from the United States

2016 360 citations Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson et al. Journal of Financial Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Kwak United States	3	236	225	181	114	103	9	512
Walter Steingress France	10	138 0.6×	243 1.1×	266 1.5×	143 1.3×	95 0.9×	16	578
Emanuele Colonnelli United States	9	85 0.4×	197 0.9×	174 1.0×	105 0.9×	89 0.9×	26	423
Candace Jens United States	7	150 0.6×	295 1.3×	451 2.5×	217 1.9×	39 0.4×	12	652
William Pyle United States	13	103 0.4×	199 0.9×	248 1.4×	197 1.7×	132 1.3×	39	538
Qianwei Ying China	13	163 0.7×	228 1.0×	168 0.9×	105 0.9×	58 0.6×	37	447
Geeta Batra United States	11	114 0.5×	116 0.5×	309 1.7×	30 0.3×	81 0.8×	13	467
Hilary Ingham United Kingdom	12	147 0.6×	121 0.5×	166 0.9×	69 0.6×	28 0.3×	48	364
Se‐Jik Kim United States	11	47 0.2×	198 0.9×	365 2.0×	126 1.1×	179 1.7×	42	633
Andrei Rachinsky Russia	5	158 0.7×	347 1.5×	114 0.6×	101 0.9×	94 0.9×	8	538
Robert K. Rasmussen United States	12	134 0.6×	401 1.8×	437 2.4×	207 1.8×	52 0.5×	44	798

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Kwak

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

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

1.

Kwak, James. (2018). Law and Economism. 5(1). 2 indexed citations

2.

Acemoğlu, Daron, Simon Johnson, Amir Kermani, James Kwak, & Todd Mitton. (2016). The value of connections in turbulent times: Evidence from the United States. Journal of Financial Economics. 121(2). 368–391. 360 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kwak, James. (2015). Reducing Inequality with a Retrospective Tax on Capital. Cornell journal of law and public policy. 25(1). 191.

4.

Kwak, James. (2014). CORPORATE LAW CONSTRAINTS ON POLITICAL SPENDING. OpenCommons - UConn (University of Connecticut). 18(1). 251.

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Kwak, James. (2014). Incentives and Ideology. OpenCommons - UConn (University of Connecticut). 1 indexed citations

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Acemoğlu, Daron, Simon Johnson, Amir Kermani, James Kwak, & Todd Mitton. (2013). The Value of Connections in Turbulent Times: Evidence from the United States. SSRN Electronic Journal. 116 indexed citations

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Johnson, Simon & James Kwak. (2012). Is Financial Innovation Good for the Economy?. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 12. 1–16. 31 indexed citations

8.

Kwak, James & Simon Johnson. (2012). White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

9.

Kwak, James. (2012). Employees versus Independent Contractors: Why States Should Not Enact Statutes That Target the Construction Industry. OpenCommons - UConn (University of Connecticut).

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