William Easterly

157 papers and 21.5k indexed citations i.

About

William Easterly is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, William Easterly has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 21.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 47 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 44 papers in Development. Recurrent topics in William Easterly’s work include International Development and Aid (44 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (42 papers) and Economic Growth and Productivity (34 papers). William Easterly is often cited by papers focused on International Development and Aid (44 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (42 papers) and Economic Growth and Productivity (34 papers). William Easterly collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. William Easterly's co-authors include Ross Levine, Alberto Alesina, Sérgio Rebelo, Reza Baqir, Romain Wacziarg, Sergio Kurlat, Devashish Mitra, Michael Bruno, David Roodman and Aart Kraay and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Easterly

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Easterly. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Easterly 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 William Easterly. William Easterly is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by William Easterly

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by William Easterly. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by William Easterly. The network helps show where William Easterly may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by William Easterly

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