W. Davis Dechert

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

W. Davis Dechert is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Davis Dechert has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 12 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 7 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in W. Davis Dechert's work include Economic theories and models (12 papers), Chaos control and synchronization (7 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (4 papers). W. Davis Dechert is often cited by papers focused on Economic theories and models (12 papers), Chaos control and synchronization (7 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (4 papers). W. Davis Dechert collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Türkiye. W. Davis Dechert's co-authors include Blake LeBaron, J. A. Scheinkman, Ramazan Gençay, Kazuo Nishimura, William A. Brock, J. C. Sprott, David J. Albers, Levent Akdeniz, Kenji Yamamoto and Cars Hommes and has published in prestigious journals such as The Review of Economic Studies, Physics Letters A and Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena.

In The Last Decade

W. Davis Dechert

26 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

A test for independence based on the correlation dimension 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. A test for independence based on the correlation dimension
    1996 2.4k citations J. A. Scheinkman, W. Davis Dechert et al. Econometric Reviews profile →

Peers

W. Davis Dechert
J. A. Scheinkman United States
Roselyne Joyeux Australia
Ladislav Krištoufek Czechia
Marco Raberto Italy
Apostolos Serletis Canada
Oliver Linton United Kingdom
Ramazan Gençay Canada
Thomas J. Rothenberg United States
Seong‐Min Yoon South Korea
Gang‐Jin Wang China
J. A. Scheinkman United States
W. Davis Dechert
Citations per year, relative to W. Davis Dechert W. Davis Dechert (= 1×) peers J. A. Scheinkman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brock, William A. & W. Davis Dechert. (2008). The polluted ecosystem game. 1(1). 7–31. 3 indexed citations
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Dechert, W. Davis, et al.. (2007). Bayes' learning of unknown parameters. The Journal of Difference Equations and Applications. 13(2-3). 121–133. 5 indexed citations
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Dechert, W. Davis & Levent Akdeniz. (2006). The Equity Premium in Brock's Asset Pricing Model. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Dechert, W. Davis, et al.. (2006). The stochastic lake game: A numerical solution. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 30(9-10). 1569–1587. 36 indexed citations
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Akdeniz, Levent & W. Davis Dechert. (2006). The equity premium in Brock's asset pricing model. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 31(7). 2263–2292. 8 indexed citations
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Dechert, W. Davis & Cars Hommes. (1999). Complex Nonlinear Dynamics and Computational Methods. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 24. 651–662. 3 indexed citations
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Dechert, W. Davis, J. C. Sprott, & David J. Albers. (1999). On the probability of chaos in large dynamical systems: A Monte Carlo study. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 23(8). 1197–1206. 7 indexed citations
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Albers, David J., J. C. Sprott, & W. Davis Dechert. (1998). Routes to Chaos in Neural Networks with Random Weights. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos. 8(7). 1463–1478. 34 indexed citations
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Akdeniz, Levent & W. Davis Dechert. (1997). Do CAPM results hold in a dynamic economy? A numerical analysis. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 21(6). 981–1003. 9 indexed citations
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Dechert, W. Davis. (1996). Chaos theory in economics : methods, models and evidence. Edward Elgar eBooks. 21 indexed citations
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Scheinkman, J. A., et al.. (1996). A test for independence based on the correlation dimension. Econometric Reviews. 15(3). 197–235. 2449 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gençay, Ramazan & W. Davis Dechert. (1996). The Identification of Spurious Lyapunov Exponents in Jacobian Algorithms. Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics. 1(3). 19 indexed citations
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Dechert, W. Davis & Kenji Yamamoto. (1992). Asset Valuation and Production Efficiency in an Overlapping-Generations Model with Production Shocks. The Review of Economic Studies. 59(2). 389–389. 6 indexed citations
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Gençay, Ramazan & W. Davis Dechert. (1992). An algorithm for the n Lyapunov exponents of an n-dimensional unknown dynamical system. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 59(1-3). 142–157. 144 indexed citations
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Dechert, W. Davis & Ramazan Gençay. (1992). Lyapunov exponents as a nonparametric diagnostic for stability analysis. Journal of Applied Econometrics. 7(S1). S41–S60. 62 indexed citations
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Brock, William A. & W. Davis Dechert. (1985). Dynamic Ramsey Pricing. International Economic Review. 26(3). 569–569. 25 indexed citations
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Dechert, W. Davis. (1984). Does optimal growth preclude chaos? A theorem on monotonicity. Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie. 44(1). 57–61. 13 indexed citations
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Dechert, W. Davis. (1984). Has the averch-johnson effect been theoretically justified?. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 8(1). 1–17. 21 indexed citations
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Dechert, W. Davis. (1983). Increasing returns to scale and the reverse flexible accelerator. Economics Letters. 13(1). 69–75. 12 indexed citations
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Dechert, W. Davis. (1982). Lagrange multipliers in infinite horizon discrete time optimal control models. Journal of Mathematical Economics. 9(3). 285–302. 22 indexed citations

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