Stefanie Stantcheva

8.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
55 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Stefanie Stantcheva is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefanie Stantcheva has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Stefanie Stantcheva's work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (21 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (10 papers) and Taxation and Compliance Studies (10 papers). Stefanie Stantcheva is often cited by papers focused on Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (21 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (10 papers) and Taxation and Compliance Studies (10 papers). Stefanie Stantcheva collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Stefanie Stantcheva's co-authors include Emmanuel Saez, Alberto Alesina, Edoardo Teso, Michael I. Norton, Ilyana Kuziemko, Ufuk Akcigit, Thomas Piketty, Salomé Baslandze, Marcella Alsan and David Y. Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Stefanie Stantcheva

52 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2015 2018 2014 2016 2023 100 200 300 400 500
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. How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments
    2015 592 citations Emmanuel Saez, Stefanie Stantcheva et al. American Economic Review profile →
  2. Intergenerational Mobility and Preferences for Redistribution
    2018 481 citations Alberto Alesina, Stefanie Stantcheva et al. American Economic Review profile →
  3. Optimal Taxation of Top Labor Incomes: A Tale of Three Elasticities
    2014 368 citations Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez et al. American Economic Journal Economic Policy profile →
  4. Taxation and the International Mobility of Inventors
    2016 249 citations Ufuk Akcigit, Stefanie Stantcheva et al. American Economic Review profile →
  5. How to Run Surveys: A Guide to Creating Your Own Identifying Variation and Revealing the Invisible
    2023 109 citations Stefanie Stantcheva profile →
  6. Fighting Climate Change: International Attitudes toward Climate Policies
    2025 24 citations Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Adrien Fabre et al. American Economic Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefanie Stantcheva United States 24 1.8k 1.0k 708 591 574 55 3.4k
John N. Friedman United States 19 1.7k 0.9× 882 0.9× 643 0.9× 279 0.5× 798 1.4× 43 4.8k
Andreas Peichl Germany 27 2.0k 1.1× 645 0.6× 849 1.2× 466 0.8× 708 1.2× 246 2.9k
Casey B. Mulligan United States 21 2.0k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 410 0.6× 373 0.6× 706 1.2× 89 3.4k
David Figlio United States 36 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 644 0.9× 593 1.0× 348 0.6× 131 4.8k
Jesse Rothstein United States 25 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 341 0.5× 286 0.5× 434 0.8× 90 4.0k
Ian Walker United Kingdom 30 1.8k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 823 1.2× 249 0.4× 356 0.6× 112 3.2k
Nicola Fuchs‐Schündeln Germany 19 949 0.5× 906 0.9× 324 0.5× 413 0.7× 377 0.7× 58 2.2k
Lance Lochner Canada 21 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 597 0.8× 173 0.3× 530 0.9× 58 3.3k
Andrew Leigh Australia 35 1.6k 0.9× 2.2k 2.2× 636 0.9× 724 1.2× 269 0.5× 206 4.5k
Magne Mogstad United States 30 1.8k 1.0× 1.6k 1.6× 958 1.4× 378 0.6× 444 0.8× 138 4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefanie Stantcheva

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefanie Stantcheva

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefanie Stantcheva

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dechezleprêtre, Antoine, et al.. (2025). Fighting Climate Change: International Attitudes toward Climate Policies. American Economic Review. 115(4). 1258–1300. 24 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stantcheva, Stefanie, et al.. (2024). People's Understanding of Inflation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Stantcheva, Stefanie, et al.. (2024). People’s understanding of inflation. Journal of Monetary Economics. 148. 103652–103652. 4 indexed citations
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Stantcheva, Stefanie. (2024). Why Do We Dislike Inflation?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Stantcheva, Stefanie. (2024). Why Do We Dislike Inflation?. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. 2004(1). 1–46. 4 indexed citations
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Stantcheva, Stefanie. (2024). Perceptions and preferences for redistribution. 3(Supplement_1). i96–i100. 2 indexed citations
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Landais, Camille, et al.. (2023). Wealth and Property Taxation in the United States. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Garbinti, Bertrand, et al.. (2023). Tax Design, Information, and Elasticities: Evidence from the French Wealth Tax. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Alsan, Marcella, et al.. (2023). The Health of Democracies during the Pandemic: Results from a Randomized Survey Experiment. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 113. 572–576. 1 indexed citations
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Dechezleprêtre, Antoine, et al.. (2022). Fighting Climate Change: International Attitudes Toward Climate Policies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 44 indexed citations
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Stantcheva, Stefanie, et al.. (2022). Eliciting People’s First-Order Concerns: Text Analysis of Open-Ended Survey Questions. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 112. 163–169. 57 indexed citations
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Stantcheva, Stefanie. (2021). Understanding Tax Policy: How do People Reason?. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 136(4). 2309–2369. 120 indexed citations
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Stantcheva, Stefanie. (2021). The Effects of Taxes on Innovation: Theory and Empirical Evidence. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Alesina, Alberto, Armando Miano, & Stefanie Stantcheva. (2020). The Polarization of Reality. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 110. 324–328. 59 indexed citations
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Akcigit, Ufuk, et al.. (2018). Dancing with the Stars: Innovation Through Interactions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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Alesina, Alberto, Stefanie Stantcheva, & Edoardo Teso. (2018). Intergenerational Mobility and Preferences for Redistribution. American Economic Review. 108(2). 521–554. 481 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stantcheva, Stefanie. (2015). Optimal Income, Education, and Bequest Taxes in an Intergenerational Model. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Akcigit, Ufuk, Douglas Hanley, & Stefanie Stantcheva. (2015). Optimal Taxation and R&D Policies. National Bureau of Economic Research. 6 indexed citations
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Piketty, Thomas, Emmanuel Saez, & Stefanie Stantcheva. (2014). Optimal Taxation of Top Labor Incomes: A Tale of Three Elasticities. American Economic Journal Economic Policy. 6(1). 230–271. 368 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stantcheva, Stefanie. (2012). Optimal Taxation and Human Capital Policies Over the Lifecycle. SSRN Electronic Journal. 25 indexed citations

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