Molly Lipscomb

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 939 citations indexed

About

Molly Lipscomb is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Molly Lipscomb has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 939 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 5 papers in Safety Research and 5 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Molly Lipscomb's work include Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (5 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (5 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 papers). Molly Lipscomb is often cited by papers focused on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (5 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (5 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 papers). Molly Lipscomb collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Singapore. Molly Lipscomb's co-authors include Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, Jens Arnold, Aaditya Mattoo, Laura Schechter, Sumit Agarwal, Juliano Assunção, Joseph P. Kaboski, Virgiliu Midrigan and Jean‐François Houde and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Management Science and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Molly Lipscomb

17 papers receiving 851 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.

Decentralization and Pollution Spillovers: Evidence from the Re-drawing of County Borders in Brazil

2016 235 citations Molly Lipscomb, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak The Review of Economic Studies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Molly Lipscomb United States	10	506	220	194	140	106	21	939
John Besant-Jones United Kingdom	11	431 0.9×	119 0.5×	95 0.5×	227 1.6×	178 1.7×	22	1.1k
Carlo Scarpa Italy	14	393 0.8×	87 0.4×	85 0.4×	136 1.0×	54 0.5×	64	660
Romanus Osabohien Nigeria	22	763 1.5×	215 1.0×	121 0.6×	90 0.6×	24 0.2×	80	1.2k
Juan Pablo Rud United Kingdom	8	267 0.5×	199 0.9×	262 1.4×	29 0.2×	26 0.2×	17	726
Paola Valbonesi Italy	15	266 0.5×	106 0.5×	27 0.1×	150 1.1×	67 0.6×	56	561
Rajabrata Banerjee Australia	14	527 1.0×	218 1.0×	68 0.4×	174 1.2×	12 0.1×	30	887
Nicholas Ryan United States	11	385 0.8×	66 0.3×	40 0.2×	149 1.1×	52 0.5×	15	752
Oluwatoyin Matthew Nigeria	18	523 1.0×	135 0.6×	75 0.4×	78 0.6×	24 0.2×	61	860
Adeyemi Ogundipe Nigeria	18	575 1.1×	152 0.7×	109 0.6×	43 0.3×	14 0.1×	78	950
Luis Andrés United States	18	306 0.6×	38 0.2×	45 0.2×	252 1.8×	110 1.0×	66	926

Countries citing papers authored by Molly Lipscomb

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Fields of papers citing papers by Molly Lipscomb

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Molly Lipscomb

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Lipscomb, Molly, et al.. (2025). The impact of infrastructure investment on resilience to environmental shocks: Evidence from Ecuador. World Development. 188. 106903–106903.

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Lipscomb, Molly, et al.. (2024). Spillovers without Social Interactions in Urban Sanitation. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 16(3). 482–515.

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Augsburg, Britta, et al.. (2024). Evidence on designing sanitation interventions. Journal of Development Economics. 171. 103316–103316. 1 indexed citations

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Houde, Jean‐François, et al.. (2022). Privatization of public goods: Evidence from the sanitation sector in Senegal. Journal of Development Economics. 160. 102971–102971. 5 indexed citations

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Houde, Jean‐François, et al.. (2022). Imperfect Competition and Sanitation: Evidence from Randomized Auctions in Senegal. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Houde, Jean‐François, et al.. (2022). Imperfect Competition and Sanitation: Evidence from Randomized Auctions in Senegal. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Lipscomb, Molly, et al.. (2021). Spillovers without Social Interactions in Urban Sanitation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Sumit, et al.. (2020). Timing to the Statement: Understanding Fluctuations in Consumer Credit Use. Management Science. 67(8). 5124–5144. 8 indexed citations

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Lipscomb, Molly, et al.. (2020). Property rights and deforestation: Evidence from the Terra Legal land reform in the Brazilian Amazon. World Development. 129. 104854–104854. 28 indexed citations

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Lipscomb, Molly, et al.. (2019). Externalities and Spillovers from Sanitation and Waste Management in Urban and Rural Neighborhoods. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 42(3). 395–420. 16 indexed citations

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Lipscomb, Molly & Laura Schechter. (2018). Subsidies versus mental accounting nudges: Harnessing mobile payment systems to improve sanitation. Journal of Development Economics. 135. 235–254. 26 indexed citations

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Lipscomb, Molly & Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak. (2016). Decentralization and Pollution Spillovers: Evidence from the Re-drawing of County Borders in Brazil. The Review of Economic Studies. 84(1). 464–502. 235 indexed citations breakdown →

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Assunção, Juliano, et al.. (2014). Electrification, Agricultural Productivity and Deforestation in Brazil. 11 indexed citations

14.

Arnold, Jens, Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, Molly Lipscomb, & Aaditya Mattoo. (2014). Services Reform and Manufacturing Performance: Evidence from India. The Economic Journal. 126(590). 1–39. 238 indexed citations

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Kaboski, Joseph P., Molly Lipscomb, & Virgiliu Midrigan. (2014). The Aggregate Impact of Household Saving and Borrowing Constraints: Designing a Field Experiment in Uganda. American Economic Review. 104(5). 171–176. 9 indexed citations

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Lipscomb, Molly, et al.. (2013). Development Effects of Electrification: Evidence from the Topographic Placement of Hydropower Plants in Brazil. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 5(2). 200–231. 277 indexed citations

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Arnold, Jens, Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, Molly Lipscomb, & Aaditya Mattoo. (2012). Services Reform and Manufacturing Performance: Evidence from India. World Bank eBooks. 32 indexed citations

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Agarwal, Sumit, et al.. (2012). Timing to the Statement: Understanding Fluctuations in Consumer Credit Use. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Lipscomb, Molly, et al.. (2011). Development Effects of Electrification: Evidence from the Geologic Placement of Hydropower Plants in Brazil. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 25 indexed citations

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Lipscomb, Molly & Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak. (2008). Decentralization and Water Pollution Spillovers: Evidence from the Redrawing of County Boundaries in Brazil. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 15 indexed citations

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