Robert Rowthorn

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Robert Rowthorn is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Rowthorn has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 22 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Robert Rowthorn's work include Economic Theory and Policy (15 papers), Economic theories and models (12 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (8 papers). Robert Rowthorn is often cited by papers focused on Economic Theory and Policy (15 papers), Economic theories and models (12 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (8 papers). Robert Rowthorn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Chile. Robert Rowthorn's co-authors include Carlos F. Díaz Alejandro, Thomas Horst, Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Padma Desai, Ramana Ramaswamy, David Coleman, John R. Wells, Hamid Beladi, J.M. Maciejowski and Ramanan Laxminarayan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, The Economic Journal and Journal of Theoretical Biology.

In The Last Decade

Robert Rowthorn

64 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

The international operations of national firms: A study of direct foreign investment

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Rowthorn United Kingdom	28	1.9k	1.5k	1.1k	707	487	69	3.7k
James E. Rauch United States	21	1.9k 1.0×	906 0.6×	784 0.7×	1.6k 2.2×	317 0.7×	56	3.9k
David Colander United States	31	2.6k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	241 0.2×	820 1.2×	219 0.4×	197	4.1k
Beatrice Weder United States	22	1.6k 0.9×	678 0.5×	423 0.4×	2.1k 3.0×	475 1.0×	47	4.4k
Bruce G. Carruthers United States	29	846 0.5×	250 0.2×	624 0.6×	1.0k 1.5×	540 1.1×	98	3.4k
Nicholas Crafts United Kingdom	38	3.5k 1.9×	1.4k 0.9×	252 0.2×	818 1.2×	115 0.2×	205	4.8k
Bennett Harrison United States	28	1.9k 1.0×	343 0.2×	805 0.7×	1.6k 2.2×	134 0.3×	71	4.2k
Paul Seabright France	26	1.4k 0.8×	378 0.3×	336 0.3×	637 0.9×	389 0.8×	95	2.8k
Elias Papaioannou United Kingdom	24	1.6k 0.8×	764 0.5×	250 0.2×	1.3k 1.8×	497 1.0×	53	3.9k
Oriana Bandiera United Kingdom	29	2.0k 1.1×	200 0.1×	314 0.3×	1.1k 1.6×	623 1.3×	92	4.3k
Daniel S. Hamermesh United States	22	1.9k 1.0×	510 0.3×	165 0.1×	392 0.6×	378 0.8×	63	2.7k

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All Works

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Rowthorn, Robert. (2024). The Conflict Theory of Inflation Revisited. Review of Political Economy. 36(4). 1302–1313. 8 indexed citations

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Rowthorn, Robert. (2024). Premature deindustrialization: A cautionary note. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 50(3-4). 264–275.

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Toxvaerd, Flavio & Robert Rowthorn. (2022). On the management of population immunity. Journal of Economic Theory. 204. 105501–105501. 8 indexed citations

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Rowthorn, Robert, et al.. (2016). The optimal treatment of an infectious disease with two strains. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 74(7). 1753–1791. 7 indexed citations

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Martin, Bill & Robert Rowthorn. (2013). Can Intangible Investment Explain the UK Productivity Puzzle? A Response and Comment. National Institute Economic Review. 226. R42–R49. 2 indexed citations

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Rowthorn, Robert. (2010). Combined and Uneven Development: Reflections on the North–South Divide. Spatial Economic Analysis. 5(4). 363–388. 55 indexed citations

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Rowthorn, Robert. (2008). The Fiscal Impact of Immigration on the Advanced Economies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Rowthorn, Robert & Andrew Glyn. (2006). Convergence and Stability in U.S. Employment Rates. 6(1). 1–43. 25 indexed citations

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Rowthorn, Robert. (2006). Cherry Picking: A Dubious Practice. 3(2). 17. 4 indexed citations

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Rowthorn, Robert. (2006). The evolution of altruism between siblings: Hamilton's rule revisited. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 241(4). 774–790. 7 indexed citations

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Rowthorn, Robert. (2004). De-industrialisation and the balance of payments in advanced economies. Cambridge Journal of Economics. 28(5). 767–790. 122 indexed citations

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Coleman, David & Robert Rowthorn. (2004). The Economic Effects of Immigration into the United Kingdom. Population and Development Review. 30(4). 579–624. 61 indexed citations

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Kozul‐Wright, Richard & Robert Rowthorn. (2002). Globalization and the Myth of Economic Convergence. Économie appliquée. 55(2). 141–178. 1 indexed citations

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Rowthorn, Robert. (1999). Unemployment, wage bargaining and capital-labour substitution. Cambridge Journal of Economics. 23(4). 413–425. 169 indexed citations

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Kozul‐Wright, Richard & Robert Rowthorn. (1998). Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 54 indexed citations

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Rowthorn, Robert, et al.. (1997). ADAPTING TO NORTH-SOUTH TRADE:A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH TO POLICY OPTIONS. Oxford Economic Papers. 49(4). 483–503. 3 indexed citations

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Chang, Ha‐Joon & Robert Rowthorn. (1995). The Role of the State in Economic Change. Oxford University Press eBooks. 52 indexed citations

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Rowthorn, Robert. (1992). Centralisation, Employment and Wage Dispersion. The Economic Journal. 102(412). 506–506. 100 indexed citations

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Rowthorn, Robert & John R. Wells. (1990). Reply to Grazia letto-Gillies' ‘Was deindustrialization in the UK inevitable? Some comments on the Rowthorn-Wells analysis’ and Paul Auerbach's review of Rowthorn-Wells inInternational Review of Applied Economics. International Review of Applied Economics. 4(2). 224–235.

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Beladi, Hamid, Robert Rowthorn, & John R. Wells. (1989). De-Industrialization and Foreign Trade. Southern Economic Journal. 55(4). 1057–1057. 140 indexed citations

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