Richard A. Ippolito

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Richard A. Ippolito is a scholar working on Accounting, Economics and Econometrics and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard A. Ippolito has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Accounting, 34 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 32 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Richard A. Ippolito's work include Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (37 papers), Retirement, Disability, and Employment (27 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (13 papers). Richard A. Ippolito is often cited by papers focused on Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (37 papers), Retirement, Disability, and Employment (27 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (13 papers). Richard A. Ippolito collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Egypt. Richard A. Ippolito's co-authors include Olivia S. Mitchell, Michael R. Veall, Robert T. Masson, John A. Turner, Gaston V. Rimlinger, John B. Shoven, Zvi Bodie, Pauline M. Ippolito, Howard S. Young and Robert J. Myers and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Richard A. Ippolito

59 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Consumer Reaction to Measures of Poor Quality: Evidence from the Mutual Fund Industry
    1992 767 citations Richard A. Ippolito profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard A. Ippolito United States 26 1.7k 1.4k 1.3k 609 295 61 2.7k
Andrew Samwick United States 17 2.3k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 782 0.6× 494 0.8× 330 1.1× 44 2.8k
Francisco Gomes United Kingdom 22 2.3k 1.3× 2.2k 1.5× 1.6k 1.2× 947 1.6× 445 1.5× 58 3.4k
João F. Cocco United Kingdom 21 2.9k 1.7× 3.1k 2.2× 2.1k 1.6× 779 1.3× 355 1.2× 37 4.0k
Carol C. Bertaut United States 22 1.3k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 187 0.3× 104 0.4× 47 2.2k
Paolo Sodini Sweden 13 1.5k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 227 0.4× 83 0.3× 29 1.9k
Karen M. Pence United States 17 951 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 143 0.2× 117 0.4× 48 1.7k
Susan Thorp Australia 21 723 0.4× 610 0.4× 324 0.2× 446 0.7× 187 0.6× 98 1.2k
Martha Starr‐McCluer United States 14 731 0.4× 789 0.5× 542 0.4× 98 0.2× 63 0.2× 23 1.2k
Fatih Guvenen United States 21 1.0k 0.6× 2.2k 1.5× 624 0.5× 265 0.4× 347 1.2× 54 2.6k
Benjamin J. Keys United States 21 1.3k 0.8× 2.1k 1.4× 1.8k 1.4× 86 0.1× 67 0.2× 57 2.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (2005). Economics for Lawyers. Princeton University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (2004). Bankruptcy and Workers: Risks, Compensation and Pension Contracts. Open Scholarship Institutional Repository (Washington University in St. Louis). 82(4). 1251–1303. 2 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (2003). Replicating Default Risk in a Defined-Benefit Plan. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (2003). Health Human Capital and the Cost of Smoking. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (2003). Education Versus Savings as Explanations for Better Health: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (2003). Tenuous Property Rights: The Unraveling of Defined Benefit Pension Contracts in the United States. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A., et al.. (2002). The Cost of Pension Insurance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A., et al.. (2002). The Cost of Pension Insurance. Journal of Risk & Insurance. 69(2). 121–170. 30 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (2000). Reversion Taxes, Contingent Benefits, and the Decline in Pension Funding. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (1999). Privatizing Social Security. By MARTIN FELDSTEIN.. National Tax Journal. 52(1). 139–144. 2 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (1998). Pension Plans and Employee Performance. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 32 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (1991). Encouraging Long-Term Tenure: Wage Tilt or Pensions?. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 44(3). 520–520. 10 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (1991). THE PRODUCTIVE INEFFICIENCY OF NEW PENSION TAX POLICY. National Tax Journal. 44(3). 405–417. 1 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A. & Gary Burtless. (1988). Work, Health, and Income among the Elderly.. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 41(4). 636–636. 8 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (1987). Why Federal Workers Don't Quit. The Journal of Human Resources. 22(2). 281–281. 66 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (1985). The Labor Contract and True Economic Pension Liabilities. American Economic Review. 75(5). 1031–1043. 122 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A., Zvi Bodie, & John B. Shoven. (1985). Financial Aspects of the U.S. Pension System.. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 38(4). 671–671. 42 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (1983). PUBLIC POLICY TOWARDS PRIVATE PENSIONS. Contemporary Economic Policy. 1(3). 53–76. 6 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (1980). Welfare effects of price discrimination when demand curves are constant elasticity. Atlantic Economic Journal. 8(2). 89–93. 8 indexed citations
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Ippolito, Richard A.. (1975). Transport Benefits and Economies of Scale. Eastern Economic Journal. 2(4). 321–330. 1 indexed citations

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