Philipp Rother

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Philipp Rother is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Philipp Rother has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 17 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 15 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Philipp Rother's work include Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (17 papers), Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (15 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (15 papers). Philipp Rother is often cited by papers focused on Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (17 papers), Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (15 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (15 papers). Philipp Rother collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Philipp Rother's co-authors include Cristina D. Checherita-Westphal, António Afonso, Pedro Gomes, Christiane Nickel, Andrew Hughes Hallett, Sebastian Hauptmeier, Anja Baum, Ludger Schuknecht, Andrew J. Hallett and Jean‐Pierre Vidal and has published in prestigious journals such as European Economic Review, Journal of International Money and Finance and Applied Economics.

In The Last Decade

Philipp Rother

35 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

The impact of high government debt on economic growth and... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 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. The impact of high government debt on economic growth and its channels: An empirical investigation for the euro area
    2012 466 citations Cristina D. Checherita-Westphal, Philipp Rother profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philipp Rother Germany 16 1.1k 598 570 144 140 37 1.4k
Cristina D. Checherita-Westphal Germany 11 878 0.8× 509 0.9× 395 0.7× 97 0.7× 87 0.6× 35 1.1k
Eric J. Pentecost United Kingdom 17 772 0.7× 690 1.2× 488 0.9× 81 0.6× 137 1.0× 68 1.1k
Michele Fratianni United States 19 735 0.7× 801 1.3× 745 1.3× 124 0.9× 66 0.5× 131 1.3k
Juan Carlos Cuestas Spain 21 894 0.8× 518 0.9× 260 0.5× 63 0.4× 99 0.7× 76 1.1k
Michael Gavin United States 10 811 0.7× 647 1.1× 354 0.6× 89 0.6× 62 0.4× 34 1.0k
Alessandro Prati United States 22 889 0.8× 887 1.5× 978 1.7× 51 0.4× 146 1.0× 70 1.5k
Hélder Ferreira de Mendonça Brazil 19 927 0.8× 814 1.4× 551 1.0× 33 0.2× 133 0.9× 112 1.2k
Bharat Trehan United States 16 1.4k 1.2× 1.1k 1.8× 330 0.6× 97 0.7× 83 0.6× 78 1.6k
Frank Westermann Germany 17 634 0.6× 558 0.9× 881 1.5× 40 0.3× 279 2.0× 73 1.2k
Xavier Debrun United States 22 1.6k 1.5× 760 1.3× 566 1.0× 528 3.7× 93 0.7× 85 1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philipp Rother

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Philipp Rother. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Philipp Rother 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 Philipp Rother. Philipp Rother 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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Baum, Anja, Cristina D. Checherita-Westphal, & Philipp Rother. (2012). Debt and Growth: New Evidence for the Euro Area. Journal of International Money and Finance. 32. 809–821. 33 indexed citations
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Checherita-Westphal, Cristina D., Andrew J. Hallett, & Philipp Rother. (2012). Fiscal Sustainability using Growth-Maximising Debt Targets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 19 indexed citations
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Checherita-Westphal, Cristina D. & Philipp Rother. (2011). The Impact of Government Debt on Growth. Revue économique. Vol. 62(6). 1015–1029. 15 indexed citations
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Nickel, Christiane, et al.. (2011). Fiscal variables and bond spreads – evidence from Eastern European countries and Turkey. Applied Financial Economics. 21(17). 1291–1307. 25 indexed citations
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Schuknecht, Ludger, et al.. (2010). The benefits of fiscal consolidation in uncharted waters. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Checherita-Westphal, Cristina D. & Philipp Rother. (2010). The Impact of High and Growing Government Debt on Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation for the Euro Area. SSRN Electronic Journal. 134 indexed citations
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Afonso, António, Pedro Gomes, & Philipp Rother. (2010). Short- and long-run determinants of sovereign debt credit ratings. International Journal of Finance & Economics. 16(1). 1–15. 201 indexed citations
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Nickel, Christiane, et al.. (2010). Major Public Debt Reductions: Lessons From the Past, Lessons for the Future. SSRN Electronic Journal. 21 indexed citations
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Riet, Ad van, Philipp Rother, Rolf Strauch, et al.. (2009). The impact of extreme weather events on budget balances and implications for fiscal policy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Afonso, António, Pedro Gomes, & Philipp Rother. (2009). Short and Long-Run Determinants of Sovereign Debt Credit Ratings. BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London). 4 indexed citations
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Nickel, Christiane, et al.. (2009). Fiscal Variables and Bond Spreads: Evidence from Eastern European Countries and Turkey. SSRN Electronic Journal. 21 indexed citations
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Rother, Philipp, et al.. (2008). Population ageing and public pension reforms in a small open economy. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations
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Nickel, Christiane, Philipp Rother, & Angeliki Theophilopoulou. (2008). Population Ageing and Public Pension Reforms in a Small Open Economy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Afonso, António, Pedro Gomes, & Philipp Rother. (2008). Ordered response models for sovereign debt ratings†. Applied Economics Letters. 16(8). 769–773. 62 indexed citations
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Nickel, Christiane, et al.. (2006). Assessing Fiscal Soundness: Theory and Practice. SSRN Electronic Journal. 14 indexed citations
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Rother, Philipp. (2004). Fiscal Policy and Inflation Volatility. SSRN Electronic Journal. 58 indexed citations
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Rother, Philipp. (2003). East Germany, Central Europe, and the Risk of Real Convergence Overshooting. Czech Journal of Economics and Finance. 53. 374–393. 3 indexed citations
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Rother, Philipp. (2003). Ageing and pensions in the Euro Area Survey and projection results. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1. 6 indexed citations
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Rother, Philipp. (1998). Money Demand and Regional Monetary Policy in the West African Economic and Monetary Union. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Rother, Philipp. (1997). Geldnachfragetheoretische Implikationen der Europäischen Währungsunion. MADOC (University of Mannheim). 2 indexed citations

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