M. Desai

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 815 citations indexed

About

M. Desai is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Desai has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 815 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 1 paper in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 1 paper in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in M. Desai's work include Land Rights and Reforms (1 paper), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (1 paper) and Corporate Taxation and Avoidance (1 paper). M. Desai is often cited by papers focused on Land Rights and Reforms (1 paper), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (1 paper) and Corporate Taxation and Avoidance (1 paper). M. Desai collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. M. Desai's co-authors include Luigi Zingales, Alexander Dyck, Cliff Pratten and P. J. Lund and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, The Economic Journal and Economica.

In The Last Decade

M. Desai

4 papers receiving 707 citations

Hit Papers

Theft and taxes☆ 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 200 400 600
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. Theft and taxes☆
    2007 647 citations M. Desai, Alexander Dyck et al. Journal of Financial Economics profile →

Peers

M. Desai
Ralph L. Nelson United States
Benoît Mulkay France
Harvey J. Goldschmid
Sandra Poncet France
Arthur I. Stonehill United States
Judit Montoriol-Garriga Spain
Carlos Molina United States
Ralph M. Bradburd United States
Thomas M. Krueger United States
Elaine Hutson Ireland
Ralph L. Nelson United States
M. Desai
Citations per year, relative to M. Desai M. Desai (= 1×) peers Ralph L. Nelson

Countries citing papers authored by M. Desai

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Desai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by M. Desai. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by M. Desai. The network helps show where M. Desai may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Desai

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

All Works

5 of 5 papers shown
1.
Desai, M., Alexander Dyck, & Luigi Zingales. (2007). Theft and taxes☆. Journal of Financial Economics. 84(3). 591–623. 647 indexed citations breakdown →
2.
Desai, M.. (1995). Poverty, famine and economic development: the selected essays of Meghnad Desai, Volume II.. 216.
3.
Desai, M. & Cliff Pratten. (1973). Economies of Scale in Manufacturing Industry.. Economica. 40(157). 105–105. 145 indexed citations
4.
Desai, M. & P. J. Lund. (1972). Investment: The Study of an Economic Aggregate.. Economica. 39(154). 230–230. 9 indexed citations
5.
Desai, M., et al.. (1967). The Supply Responses of African Farmers. Theory and Measurement in Malawi.. The Economic Journal. 77(305). 134–134. 14 indexed citations

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