Sam Asher

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 695 citations indexed

About

Sam Asher is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Asher has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 695 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Sam Asher's work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (7 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (4 papers) and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts (3 papers). Sam Asher is often cited by papers focused on Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (7 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (4 papers) and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts (3 papers). Sam Asher collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Sam Asher's co-authors include Paul Novosad, Anjali Adukia, Teevrat Garg, Jie Zheng, Plamen Nikolov, Anup Malani, Clément Imbert, David Kaiser, Anish K. Agarwal and Luís M. A. Bettencourt and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Economic Review and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Sam Asher

22 papers receiving 636 citations

Hit Papers

Rural Roads and Local Economic Development 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200 250
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. Rural Roads and Local Economic Development
    2020 260 citations Sam Asher, Paul Novosad profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sam Asher United States 13 319 181 114 80 75 24 695
Alexander Moradi United Kingdom 14 346 1.1× 299 1.7× 76 0.7× 113 1.4× 27 0.4× 24 891
Forhad Shilpi United States 18 468 1.5× 525 2.9× 103 0.9× 125 1.6× 56 0.7× 98 1.2k
David S. Kraybill United States 16 419 1.3× 185 1.0× 90 0.8× 51 0.6× 57 0.8× 42 849
Susan Olivia New Zealand 11 295 0.9× 228 1.3× 78 0.7× 28 0.3× 239 3.2× 24 972
Marco Gonzalez-Navarro United States 10 214 0.7× 136 0.8× 82 0.7× 35 0.4× 100 1.3× 18 639
Chorching Goh United States 11 186 0.6× 113 0.6× 72 0.6× 58 0.7× 35 0.5× 28 442
Stephen B. Billings United States 17 604 1.9× 429 2.4× 95 0.8× 47 0.6× 98 1.3× 50 1.1k
David Castells‐Quintana Spain 17 479 1.5× 244 1.3× 67 0.6× 64 0.8× 103 1.4× 38 845
Tom Goodfellow United Kingdom 22 184 0.6× 437 2.4× 408 3.6× 58 0.7× 72 1.0× 47 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Asher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Asher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Asher

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sam Asher. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sam Asher 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 Sam Asher. Sam Asher 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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Ash, Elliott, et al.. (2025). In-Group Bias in the Indian Judiciary: Evidence from 5 Million Criminal Cases. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 1–45.
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Asher, Sam, et al.. (2024). Intergenerational Mobility in India: New Measures and Estimates across Time and Social Groups. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 16(2). 66–98. 13 indexed citations
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Novosad, Paul, et al.. (2022). Mortality Change among Less Educated Americans. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 14(4). 1–34. 13 indexed citations
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Novosad, Paul, et al.. (2021). Representative estimates of COVID-19 infection fatality rates from four locations in India: cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 11(10). e050920–e050920. 8 indexed citations
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Asher, Sam, et al.. (2021). An Analysis of Night-Lights, Firms, and Poverty in India Using the SHRUG Open Data Platform. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 6 indexed citations
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Asher, Sam & Paul Novosad. (2021). Rent-Seeking and Criminal Politicians: Evidence from Mining Booms. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 105(1). 20–39. 30 indexed citations
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Malani, Anup, Sam Asher, Paul Novosad, et al.. (2020). Adaptive Control of COVID-19 Outbreaks in India: Local, Gradual, and Trigger-based Exit Paths from Lockdown. National Bureau of Economic Research. 1 indexed citations
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Novosad, Paul, et al.. (2020). COVID-19 mortality effects of underlying health conditions in India: a modelling study. BMJ Open. 10(12). e043165–e043165. 17 indexed citations
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Asher, Sam, Teevrat Garg, & Paul Novosad. (2020). The Ecological Impact of Transportation Infrastructure. The Economic Journal. 130(629). 1173–1199. 61 indexed citations
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Adukia, Anjali, Sam Asher, & Paul Novosad. (2020). Educational Investment Responses to Economic Opportunity: Evidence from Indian Road Construction. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 12(1). 348–376. 83 indexed citations
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Zheng, Jie, et al.. (2019). One Step at a Time: Does Gradualism Build Coordination?. Management Science. 66(1). 113–129. 12 indexed citations
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Asher, Sam, Teevrat Garg, & Paul Novosad. (2018). The Ecological Footprint of Transportation Infrastructure. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3 indexed citations
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Asher, Sam & Paul Novosad. (2018). Rural Roads and Local Economic Development. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 22 indexed citations
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Asher, Sam, Teevrat Garg, & Paul Novosad. (2018). The Ecological Impact of Transportation Infrastructure. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 15 indexed citations
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Adukia, Anjali, Sam Asher, & Paul Novosad. (2017). Educational Investment Responses to Economic Opportunity: Evidence from Indian Road Construction. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Asher, Sam & Paul Novosad. (2016). Politics and Local Economic Growth: Evidence from India. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 9(1). 229–273. 112 indexed citations
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Asher, Sam. (2016). Politicians and Local Economic Growth: Evidence from India. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Novosad, Paul & Sam Asher. (2012). Political Favoritism and Economic Growth: Evidence from India PRELIMINARY - PLEASE DO NOT CITE OR DISTRIBUTE. 1 indexed citations
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Nikolov, Plamen, et al.. (2008). One Step at a Time: Do Threshold Patterns Matter in Public Good Provision?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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