Robert Townsend

74 total papers · 4.5k total citations
40 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Robert Townsend is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Townsend has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 13 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 10 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Robert Townsend’s work include Agricultural Economics and Policy (10 papers), Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (10 papers) and Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (9 papers). Robert Townsend is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Economics and Policy (10 papers), Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (10 papers) and Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (9 papers). Robert Townsend collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Robert Townsend's co-authors include Colin Thirtle, Johann F. Kirsten, Nick Vink, David Hadley, Jenifer Piesse, Rui Benfica, Maria Lee, Steven Jaffee, J. van Zyl and Christopher L. Delgado and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Agricultural Economics and Applied Economics.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Townsend

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Townsend. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Townsend 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 Robert Townsend. Robert Townsend is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Robert Townsend

39 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Townsend

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Robert Townsend

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