Nicholas Sim

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Nicholas Sim is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Sim has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 16 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Sim's work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (9 papers), Global trade and economics (9 papers) and International Development and Aid (8 papers). Nicholas Sim is often cited by papers focused on Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (9 papers), Global trade and economics (9 papers) and International Development and Aid (8 papers). Nicholas Sim collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Singapore and China. Nicholas Sim's co-authors include Hongtao Zhou, Faqin Lin, Kaixing Huang, Hong Zhao, Bing Li, Fang Xie, Sarah Ann Wheeler, Yanyun Li, Zheng Fang and John Kandulu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ecological Economics.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Sim

36 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Oil prices, US stock return, and the dependence between their quantiles

2015 979 citations Nicholas Sim, Hongtao Zhou Journal of Banking & Finance profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas Sim Australia	13	1.2k	380	364	225	146	38	1.5k
Hsu‐Ling Chang Taiwan	20	1.4k 1.1×	354 0.9×	402 1.1×	265 1.2×	135 0.9×	91	1.7k
Giray Gözgör United Kingdom	21	899 0.7×	282 0.7×	219 0.6×	126 0.6×	119 0.8×	63	1.1k
Christian Dreger Germany	21	1.8k 1.5×	470 1.2×	859 2.4×	440 2.0×	123 0.8×	160	2.3k
Bassam Fattouh United Kingdom	22	1.1k 0.9×	496 1.3×	559 1.5×	328 1.5×	106 0.7×	61	1.6k
Badri Narayan Rath India	21	1.1k 0.9×	240 0.6×	363 1.0×	157 0.7×	175 1.2×	100	1.4k
Zeynel Abidin Özdemir Türkiye	20	1.6k 1.3×	452 1.2×	607 1.7×	376 1.7×	59 0.4×	65	1.8k
Yi‐Bin Chiu China	24	1.6k 1.3×	554 1.5×	160 0.4×	170 0.8×	156 1.1×	58	1.9k
Bernard Njindan Iyke Australia	24	1.8k 1.5×	302 0.8×	542 1.5×	503 2.2×	142 1.0×	70	2.2k
Soo Khoon Goh Malaysia	15	988 0.8×	434 1.1×	387 1.1×	117 0.5×	224 1.5×	39	1.3k
Rabeh Khalfaoui France	26	1.9k 1.6×	577 1.5×	321 0.9×	353 1.6×	85 0.6×	58	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Nicholas Sim

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas Sim

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Sim, Nicholas, et al.. (2025). Improving Exports: Quasi‐Experimental Evidence From the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange. World Economy. 48(5). 1156–1173.

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Fang, Zheng & Nicholas Sim. (2024). Does lifelong learning matter for the subjective wellbeing of the elderly? A machine learning analysis on Singapore data. PLoS ONE. 19(6). e0303478–e0303478. 3 indexed citations

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Sim, Nicholas, et al.. (2024). Slowing Workforce Growth: Predicting Labour Trends and Investigating Perspectives of Mature Workers and Women With Caregiving Responsibilities. 3(1). 6–30.

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Fang, Zheng, et al.. (2023). Meritocratic beliefs and economic growth: A mediating effect of economic inequality. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 100072–100072. 1 indexed citations

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Leishman, Chris, et al.. (2023). The impact of urban population on housing cost: the case of Australia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 4 indexed citations

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Sim, Nicholas, et al.. (2020). Trade uncertainty, income, and democracy. Economic Modelling. 90. 21–31. 7 indexed citations

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Huang, Kaixing & Nicholas Sim. (2020). Adaptation May Reduce Climate Damage in Agriculture by Two Thirds. Journal of Agricultural Economics. 72(1). 47–71. 14 indexed citations

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Kandulu, John, Sarah Ann Wheeler, Alec Zuo, & Nicholas Sim. (2019). The Impact of Microcredit Loans on School Enrolment in Bangladesh. The Journal of Development Studies. 56(9). 1725–1744. 8 indexed citations

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Sim, Nicholas, et al.. (2017). Is inflation targeting or the fixed exchange rate more effective for attracting FDI into developing countries?. Applied Economics Letters. 25(7). 499–503. 10 indexed citations

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Huang, Kaixing & Nicholas Sim. (2017). Why do the econometric-based studies on the effect of warming on agriculture disagree? A meta-analysis. Oxford Economic Papers. 70(2). 392–416. 7 indexed citations

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Sim, Nicholas & Hongtao Zhou. (2015). Oil prices, US stock return, and the dependence between their quantiles. Journal of Banking & Finance. 55. 1–8. 979 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sim, Nicholas. (2014). ASTRONOMICS IN ACTION: THE GRADUATE EARNINGS PREMIUM AND THE DRAGON EFFECT IN SINGAPORE. Economic Inquiry. 53(2). 922–939. 13 indexed citations

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Lin, Faqin, Bing Li, & Nicholas Sim. (2014). Trade openness and government size of small developing countries. Economics of Transition. 22(4). 783–808. 9 indexed citations

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Lin, Faqin & Nicholas Sim. (2014). Exports, HIV incidence and the Baltic Dry Index: Further evidence from sub-Saharan Africa. Economics Letters. 126. 35–39. 8 indexed citations

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Sim, Nicholas, et al.. (2014). Did the AFL equalization policy achieve the evenness of the league?. Applied Economics. 46(35). 4334–4344. 5 indexed citations

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Lin, Faqin & Nicholas Sim. (2012). Death of distance and the distance puzzle. Economics Letters. 116(2). 225–228. 30 indexed citations

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Lin, Faqin & Nicholas Sim. (2012). Trade, income and the Baltic Dry Index. European Economic Review. 59. 1–18. 85 indexed citations

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Sim, Nicholas, et al.. (2007). Indeterminacy and Market Instability. Economics bulletin. 5(1). 1–7. 2 indexed citations

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Sim, Nicholas. (2005). Indeterminacy, Stabilization Policy and Returns to Scale: A Re-Investigation. 5(1). 2 indexed citations

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Sim, Nicholas. (2004). International production sharing and economic development: moving up the value-chain for a small-open economy. Applied Economics Letters. 11(14). 885–889. 1 indexed citations

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