Ufuk Akcigit

10.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
79 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Ufuk Akcigit is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Accounting and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Ufuk Akcigit has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 16 papers in Accounting and 11 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Ufuk Akcigit's work include Economic Growth and Productivity (37 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (31 papers) and Innovation Policy and R&D (24 papers). Ufuk Akcigit is often cited by papers focused on Economic Growth and Productivity (37 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (31 papers) and Innovation Policy and R&D (24 papers). Ufuk Akcigit collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Ufuk Akcigit's co-authors include William R. Kerr, Daron Acemoğlu, Douglas Hanley, Philippe Aghion, Stefanie Stantcheva, Salomé Baslandze, Nicholas Bloom, Harun Alp, Sina T. Ates and Peter Howitt 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

Ufuk Akcigit

75 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Transition to Clean Technology 2015 2026 2018 2022 2016 2018 2018 2015 2016 200 400 600
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. Transition to Clean Technology
    2016 612 citations Daron Acemoğlu, Ufuk Akcigit et al. profile →
  2. Innovation, Reallocation, and Growth
    2018 361 citations Daron Acemoğlu, Ufuk Akcigit et al. American Economic Review profile →
  3. Growth through Heterogeneous Innovations
    2018 290 citations Ufuk Akcigit, William R. Kerr profile →
  4. INNOVATION AND TOP INCOME INEQUALITY
    2015 272 citations Ufuk Akcigit, Antonin Bergeaud et al. profile →
  5. Taxation and the International Mobility of Inventors
    2016 249 citations Ufuk Akcigit, Salomé Baslandze et al. American Economic Review profile →
  6. Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration
    2016 247 citations Daron Acemoğlu, Ufuk Akcigit et al. profile →
  7. Innovation network
    2016 150 citations Daron Acemoğlu, Ufuk Akcigit et al. profile →
  8. Radical and Incremental Innovation: The Roles of Firms, Managers, and Innovators
    2022 80 citations Daron Acemoğlu, Ufuk Akcigit et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ufuk Akcigit United States 29 3.2k 656 611 605 424 79 4.1k
Pierre Mohnen Netherlands 33 3.3k 1.0× 511 0.8× 528 0.9× 1.3k 2.1× 520 1.2× 139 4.2k
Xiaolan Fu United Kingdom 32 2.3k 0.7× 406 0.6× 789 1.3× 1.6k 2.7× 517 1.2× 104 4.1k
Chih‐Hai Yang Taiwan 24 1.9k 0.6× 265 0.4× 454 0.7× 730 1.2× 279 0.7× 99 2.9k
Timothy Dunne United States 23 4.0k 1.2× 1.1k 1.6× 1.3k 2.2× 619 1.0× 777 1.8× 60 4.7k
Ahmed Imran Hunjra Pakistan 32 1.5k 0.5× 916 1.4× 159 0.3× 712 1.2× 169 0.4× 185 3.3k
Frédèric Teulon France 21 1.0k 0.3× 480 0.7× 258 0.4× 268 0.4× 227 0.5× 107 1.9k
Daniel F. Spulber United States 35 2.7k 0.8× 473 0.7× 612 1.0× 1.7k 2.8× 398 0.9× 165 4.5k
Johannes Van Biesebroeck Belgium 24 3.3k 1.0× 571 0.9× 2.6k 4.3× 2.2k 3.6× 169 0.4× 70 5.1k
Po‐Hsuan Hsu Taiwan 26 2.8k 0.9× 2.3k 3.5× 279 0.5× 1.1k 1.8× 386 0.9× 118 4.6k
Ping Lin United States 21 1.9k 0.6× 1.1k 1.8× 711 1.2× 1.0k 1.7× 156 0.4× 69 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Ufuk Akcigit

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ufuk Akcigit

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ufuk Akcigit

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Akcigit, Ufuk, et al.. (2024). Firm-level impact of public credit guarantees. European Economic Review. 170. 104861–104861. 1 indexed citations
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Akcigit, Ufuk, et al.. (2023). Committing to Grow: Privatizations and Firm Dynamics in East Germany. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Akcigit, Ufuk, et al.. (2023). Fencing off Silicon Valley: Cross-border venture capital and technology spillovers. Journal of Monetary Economics. 141. 14–39. 7 indexed citations
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Akcigit, Ufuk & Nathan Goldschlag. (2023). Measuring the Characteristics and Employment Dynamics of U.S. Inventors. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Aghion, Philippe, Ufuk Akcigit, Ari Hyytinen, & Otto Toivanen. (2023). Parental Education and Invention: The Finnish Enigma. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Akcigit, Ufuk, Salomé Baslandze, & Francesca Lotti. (2023). Connecting to Power: Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics. Econometrica. 91(2). 529–564. 60 indexed citations
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Akcigit, Ufuk, et al.. (2023). Committing to Grow: Privatizations and Firm Dynamics in East Germany. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Akcigit, Ufuk & Nathan Goldschlag. (2023). Where Have All the 'Creative Talents' Gone? Employment Dynamics of US Inventors. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Aghion, Philippe, Ufuk Akcigit, Ari Hyytinen, & Otto Toivanen. (2023). 2022 KLEIN LECTURE PARENTAL EDUCATION AND INVENTION: THE FINNISH ENIGMA. International Economic Review. 64(2). 453–490. 3 indexed citations
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Akcigit, Ufuk, et al.. (2020). Fencing Off Silicon Valley: Cross-Border Venture Capital and Technology Spillovers. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Akcigit, Ufuk & Sina T. Ates. (2020). What Happened to U.S. Business Dynamism?. FEDS Notes. 2020(2497). 3 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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Aghion, Philippe, Ufuk Akcigit, Ari Hyytinen, & Otto Toivanen. (2018). On the Returns to Invention within Firms: Evidence from Finland. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 108. 208–212. 26 indexed citations
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Akcigit, Ufuk & Sina T. Ates. (2018). Innovation and Trade Policy in a Globalized World. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 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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Akcigit, Ufuk, et al.. (2015). INNOVATION AND TOP INCOME INEQUALITY. 272 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aghion, Philippe, Ufuk Akcigit, & Peter Howitt. (2015). Lessons from Schumpeterian Growth Theory. American Economic Review. 105(5). 94–99. 72 indexed citations
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Abrams, David, Ufuk Akcigit, & Jillian Grennan. (2013). Patent Value and Citations: Creative Destruction or Strategic Disruption?. eYLS (Yale Law School). 3 indexed citations
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Akcigit, Ufuk, Douglas Hanley, & Nicolas Serrano-Velarde. (2013). Back to Basics: Basic Research Spillovers, Innovation Policy and Growth. SSRN Electronic Journal. 28 indexed citations
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Acemoğlu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Nicholas Bloom, & William R. Kerr. (2013). Innovation, Reallocation and Growth. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations

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