John Beshears

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

John Beshears is a scholar working on Accounting, Economics and Econometrics and General Decision Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, John Beshears has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Accounting, 35 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 16 papers in General Decision Sciences. Recurrent topics in John Beshears's work include Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (35 papers), Housing Market and Economics (23 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (16 papers). John Beshears is often cited by papers focused on Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (35 papers), Housing Market and Economics (23 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (16 papers). John Beshears collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. John Beshears's co-authors include Brigitte C. Madrian, James J. Choi, Katherine L. Milkman, David Laibson, David Laibson, Shlomo Benartzi, Richard H. Thaler, Maya Shankar, William J. Congdon and Cass R. Sunstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Finance and Journal of Financial Economics.

In The Last Decade

John Beshears

55 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Should Governments Invest More in Nudging? 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 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. Should Governments Invest More in Nudging?
    2017 485 citations John Beshears, Katherine L. Milkman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Beshears United States 21 982 632 467 342 310 63 2.3k
James J. Choi United States 29 2.2k 2.2× 2.0k 3.2× 710 1.5× 447 1.3× 323 1.0× 82 3.9k
Michael Hallsworth United Kingdom 15 578 0.6× 207 0.3× 198 0.4× 432 1.3× 382 1.2× 40 2.0k
Bernard M. S. van Praag Netherlands 27 1.5k 1.5× 447 0.7× 360 0.8× 527 1.5× 1.2k 4.0× 59 3.5k
Joachim Winter Germany 29 1.3k 1.4× 708 1.1× 263 0.6× 612 1.8× 492 1.6× 107 2.6k
David Laibson United States 9 469 0.5× 272 0.4× 273 0.6× 112 0.3× 153 0.5× 15 1.1k
Uri Ben‐Zion Israel 24 1.1k 1.1× 432 0.7× 620 1.3× 96 0.3× 244 0.8× 121 2.5k
Nattavudh Powdthavee United Kingdom 32 665 0.7× 177 0.3× 140 0.3× 1.1k 3.2× 1.2k 3.7× 123 3.9k
William J. Congdon United States 12 519 0.5× 157 0.2× 184 0.4× 175 0.5× 159 0.5× 14 1.0k
Sarah Brown United Kingdom 30 1.0k 1.1× 807 1.3× 66 0.1× 620 1.8× 512 1.7× 133 3.0k
Pedro Rey‐Biel Spain 13 538 0.5× 86 0.1× 333 0.7× 98 0.3× 424 1.4× 26 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by John Beshears

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Beshears

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Beshears

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Beshears. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Beshears 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 John Beshears. John Beshears 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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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, C.R.I. Clayton, et al.. (2025). Optimal illiquidity. Journal of Financial Economics. 165. 103996–103996. 2 indexed citations
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Choi, James J., et al.. (2024). Smaller than We Thought? The Effect of Automatic Savings Policies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, C.R.I. Clayton, et al.. (2023). Optimal Illiquidity. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Beshears, John, et al.. (2020). Nudging: Progress to date and future directions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 161(Suppl). 3–19. 88 indexed citations
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Beshears, John, et al.. (2020). Which early withdrawal penalty attracts the most deposits to a commitment savings account?. Journal of Public Economics. 183. 104144–104144. 28 indexed citations
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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, & Brigitte C. Madrian. (2019). Active choice, implicit defaults, and the incentive to choose. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 163. 6–16. 14 indexed citations
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Alsan, Marcella, John Beshears, Wendy S. Armstrong, et al.. (2017). A commitment contract to achieve virologic suppression in poorly adherent patients with HIV/AIDS. AIDS. 31(12). 1765–1769. 17 indexed citations
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Beshears, John, et al.. (2016). Express Scripts: Promoting Prescription Drug Home Delivery (A). 1 indexed citations
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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, & Katherine L. Milkman. (2015). The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions. The Journal of Finance. 70(3). 1161–1201. 230 indexed citations
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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, Joshua Hurwitz, David Laibson, & Brigitte C. Madrian. (2015). Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, & Brigitte C. Madrian. (2015). Does front-loading taxation increase savings? Evidence from Roth 401(k) introductions. Journal of Public Economics. 151. 84–95. 30 indexed citations
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Loewenstein, George, Joëlle Y. Friedman, John Beshears, et al.. (2013). Consumers’ misunderstanding of health insurance. Journal of Health Economics. 32(5). 850–862. 173 indexed citations
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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, & Brigitte C. Madrian. (2011). Behavioral economics perspectives on public sector pension plans. Journal of Pensions Economics and Finance. 10(2). 315–336. 53 indexed citations
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Milkman, Katherine L., John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, & Brigitte C. Madrian. (2011). Using implementation intentions prompts to enhance influenza vaccination rates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(26). 10415–10420. 324 indexed citations
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Beshears, John & Katherine L. Milkman. (2010). Do sell-side stock analysts exhibit escalation of commitment?. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 77(3). 304–317. 10 indexed citations
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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, & Brigitte C. Madrian. (2010). The Limitations of Defaults. Vaccine. 22(5-6). 781–5. 14 indexed citations
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Beshears, John & Daniel Bergstresser. (2009). Who Selected Adjustable-Rate Mortgages? Evidence from the 1989-2007 Surveys of Consumer Finances. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, & Brigitte C. Madrian. (2008). How are preferences revealed?. Journal of Public Economics. 92(8-9). 1787–1794. 227 indexed citations
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Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, & Brigitte C. Madrian. (2006). The Importance of Default Options for Retirement Savings Outcomes: Evidence from the United States. National Bureau of Economic Research. 167–195. 21 indexed citations

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