Thomas Davidoff

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Thomas Davidoff is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Accounting and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Davidoff has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 22 papers in Accounting and 13 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Thomas Davidoff's work include Housing Market and Economics (25 papers), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (22 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (12 papers). Thomas Davidoff is often cited by papers focused on Housing Market and Economics (25 papers), Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (22 papers) and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (12 papers). Thomas Davidoff collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. Thomas Davidoff's co-authors include Peter Diamond, Jeffrey R. Brown, G. Welke, Thomas Post, Andrey D. Pavlov and Tsur Somerville and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Review of Financial Studies and Journal of Public Economics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Davidoff

30 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Annuities and Individual Welfare

2005 426 citations Thomas Davidoff, Jeffrey R. Brown et al. American Economic Review profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Davidoff Canada	16	965	880	557	421	409	32	1.4k
Gary V. Engelhardt United States	23	971 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	352 0.6×	582 1.4×	190 0.5×	60	1.6k
Michael G. Palumbo United States	11	461 0.5×	636 0.7×	192 0.3×	247 0.6×	275 0.7×	25	936
Richard Hinz Netherlands	10	440 0.5×	215 0.2×	327 0.6×	133 0.3×	316 0.8×	19	766
Stefan Hochguertel Netherlands	13	274 0.3×	348 0.4×	236 0.4×	106 0.3×	226 0.6×	41	617
Kent Smetters United States	18	792 0.8×	933 1.1×	357 0.6×	117 0.3×	358 0.9×	58	1.3k
Kenneth K. Kurihara United States	6	461 0.5×	534 0.6×	147 0.3×	176 0.4×	125 0.3×	34	846
Selahattın İmrohoroğlu United States	19	1.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	397 0.7×	409 1.0×	483 1.2×	47	1.9k
Andreas Fagereng Norway	13	508 0.5×	582 0.7×	100 0.2×	311 0.7×	69 0.2×	34	821
Mark J. Warshawsky United States	17	1.0k 1.1×	473 0.5×	935 1.7×	127 0.3×	769 1.9×	64	1.3k
Raimond Maurer Germany	21	987 1.0×	697 0.8×	903 1.6×	394 0.9×	507 1.2×	144	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Davidoff

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Davidoff

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Davidoff, Thomas & G. Welke. (2017). The Role of Appreciation and Borrower Characteristics in Reverse Mortgage Terminations. Journal of Real Estate Research. 39(1). 99–126. 8 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2016). Supply Constraints Are Not Valid Instrumental Variables for Home Prices Because They Are Correlated With Many Demand Factors. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 5(2). 177–206. 103 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas, et al.. (2015). Reverse Mortgages: What Homeowners (Don't) Know and How it Matters. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2015). Can “High Costs” Justify Weak Demand for the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage?. Review of Financial Studies. 28(8). 2364–2398. 37 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2014). Supply Constraints are Not Valid Instrumental Variables for Home Prices Because They Are Correlated with Many Demand Factors. SSRN Electronic Journal. 27 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2014). Reverse Mortgage Demographics and Collateral Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2013). Supply Elasticity and the Housing Cycle of the 2000s. Real Estate Economics. 41(4). 793–813. 71 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2012). Can 'High Costs'' Justify Weak Demand for the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2010). What explains Manhattan's declining share of residential construction?. Journal of Public Economics. 94(7-8). 508–514. 3 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2009). Housing, Health, and Annuities. Journal of Risk & Insurance. 76(1). 31–52. 69 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2009). Home equity commitment and long-term care insurance demand. Journal of Public Economics. 94(1-2). 44–49. 107 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2008). Housing, Health, and Annuities. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2008). Illiquid Housing as Self-Insurance: The Case of Long Term Care. SSRN Electronic Journal. 14 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2007). Illiquid Housing as Self-Insurance: The Case of Long Term Care. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 5 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas, et al.. (2006). Supply Constraints and Housing Prices. Economics Letters. 99(2). 275–277. 4 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas, Jeffrey R. Brown, & Peter Diamond. (2005). Annuities and Individual Welfare. American Economic Review. 95(5). 1573–1590. 426 indexed citations breakdown →

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Davidoff, Thomas & G. Welke. (2004). Selection and Moral Hazard in the Reverse Mortgage Market. SSRN Electronic Journal. 64 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2004). Maintenance and the Home Equity of the Elderly. SSRN Electronic Journal. 46 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2004). Income Sorting: Measurement and Decomposition. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Davidoff, Thomas. (2003). Labor Income, Housing Prices and Homeownership. SSRN Electronic Journal. 25 indexed citations

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