Citation analysis for RCER Working Papers / University of Rochester

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5 Years H Index

Impact Factor (IF)

5 Years IF

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	IF	AIF	CIF	IF5	DOC	CDO	CIT	NCI	CCU	D2Y	C2Y	D5Y	C5Y	SC	%SC	CiY	II	AII
1988			0		42	42	0	5	0							5
1989			0		37	79	0	26	0							3
1990	0.51	0.17	0.48	0.51	38	117	363	55	56	79	40	79	40		0	6	0.16	0.1
1991	0.39	0.15	0.35	0.37	52	169	795	59	115	75	29	117	43		0	7	0.13	0.1
1992	0.23	0.13	0.25	0.23	32	201	233	48	165	90	21	169	39		0	1	0.03	0.09
1993	0.2	0.17	0.34	0.3	20	221	155	75	240	84	17	201	61		0	2	0.1	0.1
1994	0.12	0.17	0.28	0.24	16	237	116	65	307	52	6	179	43		0	1	0.06	0.08
1995	0.36	0.23	0.53	0.47	13	250	511	132	439	36	13	158	74		0	17	1.31	0.13
1996	1.14	0.25	0.5	0.59	23	273	303	133	575	29	33	133	79		0	7	0.3	0.14
1997	0.94	0.28	0.46	0.47	9	282	115	126	704	36	34	104	49	7	5.6	1	0.11	0.15
1998	0.63	0.32	0.56	0.64	6	288	139	155	865	32	20	81	52	2	1.3	1	0.17	0.18
1999	0.8	0.39	0.45	0.82	7	295	132	130	997	15	12	67	55		0	4	0.57	0.26
2000	2.23	0.54	0.55	1.29	11	306	423	169	1166	13	29	58	75	1	0.6	3	0.27	0.25
2001	1.61	0.49	0.68	1.04	9	315	153	206	1381	18	29	56	58	1	0.5	3	0.33	0.28
2002	2.05	0.54	0.68	1.64	9	324	580	217	1601	20	41	42	69	1	0.5	11	1.22	0.31
2003	1.61	0.53	0.95	2.02	9	333	137	312	1919	18	29	42	85	9	2.9	6	0.67	0.3
2004	2.22	0.6	0.97	1.93	8	341	59	324	2250	18	40	45	87	6	1.9	3	0.38	0.36
2005	2.24	0.6	1.09	2.87	12	353	218	381	2635	17	38	46	132	13	3.4	5	0.42	0.37
2006	1.9	0.59	1.05	1.91	8	361	37	369	3013	20	38	47	90	5	1.4	7	0.88	0.34
2007	1.35	0.52	0.79	1.24	8	369	153	290	3303	20	27	46	57	1	0.3	4	0.5	0.3
2008	0.44	0.59	0.68	0.78	4	373	5	254	3557	16	7	45	35		0		0	0.29
2009	1.08	0.58	0.64	1.13	10	383	48	247	3804	12	13	40	45	3	1.2	1	0.1	0.33
2010	1	0.53	0.59	1.14	4	387	8	227	4031	14	14	42	48		0		0	0.3
2011	0.64	0.61	0.65	0.85	11	398	60	256	4289	14	9	34	29	1	0.4	3	0.27	0.37
2012	1.07	0.68	0.49	0.76	7	405	157	200	4489	15	16	37	28		0	4	0.57	0.36
2013	0.83	0.67	0.47	0.44	2	407	26	191	4681	18	15	36	16		0	1	0.5	0.35
2014	2.22	0.67	0.5	0.91	10	417	54	209	4890	9	20	34	31		0	4	0.4	0.34
2015	0.83	0.66	0.5	1.12	5	422	24	209	5099	12	10	34	38	1	0.5	4	0.8	0.36
2016	0.6	0.65	0.46	1.09	3	425	44	193	5293	15	9	35	38		0	2	0.67	0.35
2017	1.13	0.62	0.38	1.3	6	431	59	163	5456	8	9	27	35	2	1.2	5	0.83	0.35

IF:	Two years Impact Factor: C2Y / D2Y
AIF:	Average Impact Factor for all series in RePEc in year y
CIF:	Cumulative impact factor
IF5:	Five years Impact Factor: C5Y / D5Y
DOC:	Number of documents published in year y
CDO:	Cumulative number of documents published until year y
CIT:	Number of citations to papers published in year y
NCI:	Number of citations in year y
CCU:	Cumulative number of citations to papers published until year y
D2Y:	Number of articles published in y-1 plus y-2
C2Y:	Cites in y to articles published in y-1 plus y-2
D5Y:	Number of articles published in y-1 until y-5
C5Y:	Cites in y to articles published in y-1 until y-5
SC:	selft citations in y to articles published in y-1 plus y-2
%SC:	Percentage of selft citations in y to articles published in y-1 plus y-2
CiY:	Cites in year y to documents published in year y
II:	Immediacy Index: CiY / Documents.
AII:	Average Immediacy Index for series in RePEc in year y

50 most cited documents in this series

#	Year	Title	Cited
1	2002	Mobility and the Return to Education: Testing a Roy Model with Multiple Markets. (2002). Dahl, Gordon. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:488. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	408
2	1991	The Allocation of Capital and Time Over the Business Cycle.. (1991). Hercowitz, Zvi ; Greenwood, Jeremy. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:268. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	398
3	1995	Capital Utilization and Returns to Scale.. (1995). Rebelo, Sergio ; Eichenbaum, Martin ; Burnside, Craig. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:402. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	277
4	2000	Resuscitating Real Business Cycles. (2000). Rebelo, Sergio ; King, Robert. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:467. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	249
5	1989	UNDERSTANDING REAL BUSINESS CYCLES.. (1989). Plosser, Charles. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:198. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	184
6	1988	FINANCIAL DEREGULATION, MONETARY POLICY, AND CENTRAL BANKING. (1988). King, Robert ; Goodfriend, Marvin. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:121. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	179
7	1995	Real Effects of Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilization: An Analysis of Competing Theories.. (1995). Vegh, Carlos ; Rebelo, Sergio. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:405. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	167
8	1988	BUSINESS CYCLES AND THE EXCHANGE RATE SYSTEM: SOME INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE. (1988). Stockman, Alan ; Baxter, Marianne. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:140. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	147
9	1990	WORLD REAL INTEREST RATES.. (1990). Barro, Robert ; MARTIN, X. S.. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:227. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	138
10	2005	Real Business Cycle Models: Past, Present and Future. (2005). Rebelo, Sergio. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:522. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	137
11	1989	ECONOMIC GROWTH IN A CROSS SECTION OF COUNTRIES.. (1989). Barro, Robert. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:201. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	118
12	2000	Distribution Costs and Real Exchange Rate Dynamics During Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilizations. (2000). Rebelo, Sergio ; Burstein, Ariel. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:473. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	109
13	1991	The Welfare Costs of Moderate Inflations.. (1991). Hansen, Gary ; Cooley, Thomas. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:266. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	106
14	2001	Equilibrium Unemployment. (2001). Rebelo, Sergio ; Greenwood, Jeremy ; Gomes, JoÃÆÃÂ£o. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:479. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	90
15	1996	Consistent Allocation Rules. (1996). Thomson, William. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:418. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	86
16	1994	Business Cycles in a Small Open Economy.. (1994). Correia, Isabel ; Naves, J. C. ; Rabelo, S.. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:382. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	86
17	2002	Why Are Rates of Inflation So Low After Large Devaluations?. (2002). Rebelo, Sergio ; Eichenbaum, Martin ; Burstein, Ariel. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:486. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	84
18	1992	Foreign Capital and Protectionism.. (1992). Marjit, Sugata ; Beladi, Hamid. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:310. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	83
19	1996	Assessing the Effects of School Resources on Student Performance : An Update.. (1996). Hanushek, Eric. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:424. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	82
20	1988	FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION AND ENDOGENOUS GROWTH. (1988). Smith, Bruce ; Bencivenga, Valerie. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:124. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	69
21	1997	The Replacement Problem.. (1997). Yorukoglu, Mehmet ; Greenwood, Jeremy ; Cooley, Thomas. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:444. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	68
22	2007	Fair Allocation Rules. (2007). Thomson, William. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:539. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	67
23	2012	On the axiomatics of resource allocation: Interpreting the consistency principle. (2012). Thomson, William. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:573. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	66
24	1999	The IT Revolution and the Stock Market.. (1999). Jovanovic, Boyan ; Greenwood, Jeremy. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:460. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	55
25	1998	The Role of Investment-Specific Technological Change in the Business Cycle.. (1998). Krusell, Per ; Hercowitz, Zvi ; Greenwood, Jeremy. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:449. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	53
26	1988	GOVERNMENT SPENDING IN A SIMPLE MODEL OF ENDOGENOUS GROWTH. (1988). Barro, Robert. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:130. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	50
27	1991	What Do Discounted Optima Converge To? A Theory of Discount Rate Asymptotics in Economic Models.. (1991). Dutta, P. K.. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:264. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	49
28	1993	Household Production in Real Business Cycle Thoery.. (1993). Wright, Randall ; Rogerson, Richard ; Greenwood, Jeremy. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:347. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	48
29	1988	THE INFLATION TAX IN A REAL BUSINESS CYCLE MODEL. (1988). Hansen, Gary ; Cooley, Thomas. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:155. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	47
30	1990	EXPLAINING SAVING/INVESTMENT CORRELATION.. (1990). Crucini, Mario ; Baxter, Marianne. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:224. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	47
31	1996	Policy Variability and Economic Growth.. (1996). Hopenhayn, Hugo ; MANIAGURRIA, M. E.. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:422. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	44
32	2017	Family Economics Writ Large. (2017). Vandenbroucke, Guillaume ; Guner, Nezih ; Greenwood, Jeremy. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:598. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	41
33	2001	Recursive Multiple-Priors. (2001). Schneider, Martin ; Epstein, Larry. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:485. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	40
34	1988	REAL EXCHANGE RATE VARIABILITY UNDER PEGGED AND FLOATING NOMINAL EXCHANGE RATE SYSTEMS: AN EQUILIBRIUM THEORY. (1988). Stockman, Alan. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:128. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	40
35	1992	International Trade and Endogenous Production Structures.. (1992). Marjit, Sugata ; JONES, R. W.. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:312. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	39
36	1992	On the Choice Between Sample Selection and Two-Part Models.. (1992). Leung, Siu ; Yu, S.. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:337. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	37
37	2003	A Parsimonious Macroeconomic Model for Asset Pricing: Habit Formation or Cross-sectional Heterogeneity?. (2003). Guvenen, Fatih. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:499. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	36
38	1991	Inference in Cointegrated Models Using VAR Prewhitening to Estimate Shortrun Dynamics.. (1991). Park, Joon ; Ogaki, Masao. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:281. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	36
39	1997	Optimal Dynamic Lending Contracts with Imperfect Enforceability.. (1997). Hopenhayn, Hugo ; Albuquerque, Rui. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:439. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	36
40	2002	The US Demographic Transition. (2002). Seshadri, Ananth ; Greenwood, Jeremy. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:487. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	36
41	2012	Noisy Stochastic Games. (2012). Duggan, John. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:570. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	35
42	1996	Macroeconomic Effects of Employment Reallocation. (1996). Kuttner, Kenneth ; Campbell, Jeffrey. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:415. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	35
43	2007	Cost allocation and airport problems. (2007). Thomson, William. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:537. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	34
44	1993	The International Diversification Puzzle is Worse than you Think.. (1993). Jermann, Urban ; Baxter, Marianne. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:350. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	34
45	1988	COMPETITIVE DIFFUSION. (1988). MacDonald, Glenn ; Jovanovic, Boyan. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:160. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	33
46	1990	A POWERFUL, SIMPLE TEST FOR COINTEGRATION USING COCHRANE- ORCUTT.. (1990). Hansen, Bruce. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:230. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	33
47	2003	Engines of Liberation. (2003). Yorukoglu, Mehmet ; Seshadri, Ananth ; Greenwood, Jeremy. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:503. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	33
48	1998	Prospective Deficits and the Asian Currency Crisis.. (1998). Rebelo, Sergio ; Eichenbaum, Martin ; Burnside, Craig. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:458. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	33
49	1998	Subjective Probabilities on Subjectivity Unambiguous Event.. (1998). Zhang, Jiankang ; Epstein, Larry. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:456. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	33
50	1988	CAPITAL ACCUMULATION IN THE THEORY OF LONG RUN GROWTH. (1988). Romer, Paul. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:123. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	32

50 most relevant documents in this series (papers most cited in the last two years)

#	Year	Title	Cited
1	2002	Mobility and the Return to Education: Testing a Roy Model with Multiple Markets. (2002). Dahl, Gordon. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:488. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	34
2	1991	The Allocation of Capital and Time Over the Business Cycle.. (1991). Hercowitz, Zvi ; Greenwood, Jeremy. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:268. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	17
3	2017	Family Economics Writ Large. (2017). Vandenbroucke, Guillaume ; Guner, Nezih ; Greenwood, Jeremy. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:598. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	11
4	1995	Capital Utilization and Returns to Scale.. (1995). Rebelo, Sergio ; Eichenbaum, Martin ; Burnside, Craig. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:402. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	11
5	2012	On the axiomatics of resource allocation: Interpreting the consistency principle. (2012). Thomson, William. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:573. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	10
6	2005	Real Business Cycle Models: Past, Present and Future. (2005). Rebelo, Sergio. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:522. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	10
7	2012	Public Housing Units vs. Housing Vouchers: Accessibility, Local Public Goods, and Welfare. (2012). Yilmaz, Kuzey ; SarpÃÆÃÂ§a, Sinan ; Leung, Charles ; Charles Ka Yui Leung, ; Sarpca, Sinan . In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:574. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	6
8	1988	FINANCIAL DEREGULATION, MONETARY POLICY, AND CENTRAL BANKING. (1988). King, Robert ; Goodfriend, Marvin. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:121. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	6
9	2002	The US Demographic Transition. (2002). Seshadri, Ananth ; Greenwood, Jeremy. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:487. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	5
10	2016	Why Doesnt Technology Flow from Rich to Poor Countries?. (2016). Sanchez, Juan ; Greenwood, Jeremy ; Cole, Harold L. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:594. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	5
11	1992	Foreign Capital and Protectionism.. (1992). Marjit, Sugata ; Beladi, Hamid. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:310. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	5
12	2007	Cost allocation and airport problems. (2007). Thomson, William. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:537. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	4
13	1990	WORLD REAL INTEREST RATES.. (1990). Barro, Robert ; MARTIN, X. S.. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:227. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	4
14	1992	International Trade and Endogenous Production Structures.. (1992). Marjit, Sugata ; JONES, R. W.. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:312. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	4
15	2012	Noisy Stochastic Games. (2012). Duggan, John. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:570. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	4
16	1989	UNDERSTANDING REAL BUSINESS CYCLES.. (1989). Plosser, Charles. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:198. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	3
17	2011	Interpreting Labor Supply Regressions in a Model of Full and Part-Time Work. (2011). Rogerson, Richard ; Kim, Sun-Bin ; Chang, Yongsung ; Kwon, Kyooho. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:560. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	3
18	2014	Borrowing Constraints, College Aid, and Intergenerational Mobility. (2014). Yilmaz, Kuzey ; Leung, Charles ; Hanushek, Eric ; Charles Ka Yui Leung, . In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:581. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	3
19	1988	GOVERNMENT SPENDING IN A SIMPLE MODEL OF ENDOGENOUS GROWTH. (1988). Barro, Robert. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:130. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	3
20	2016	The Rise and Fall of Unions in the United States. (2016). Greenwood, Jeremy ; Dinlersoz, Emin. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:596. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	3
21	1995	Real Effects of Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilization: An Analysis of Competing Theories.. (1995). Vegh, Carlos ; Rebelo, Sergio. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:405. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	3
22	2001	Equilibrium Unemployment. (2001). Rebelo, Sergio ; Greenwood, Jeremy ; Gomes, JoÃÆÃÂ£o. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:479. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	2
23	1991	The Welfare Costs of Moderate Inflations.. (1991). Hansen, Gary ; Cooley, Thomas. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:266. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	2
24	1996	Consistent Allocation Rules. (1996). Thomson, William. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:418. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	2
25	2017	The Role of Marriage in Fighting HIV: A Quantitative Illustration for Malawi. (2017). Tertilt, Michele ; Santos, Cezar ; Greenwood, Jeremy ; Kircher, Philipp. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:597. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	2
26	1996	Assessing the Effects of School Resources on Student Performance : An Update.. (1996). Hanushek, Eric. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:424. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	2
27	2007	Globalization and Country-Specific Service Links. (2007). Golub, Stephen ; Kierzkowski, Henryk ; StephenS. Golub, ; Jones, Ronald W.. In: RCER Working Papers. RePEc:roc:rocher:532. Full description at Econpapers \|\| Download paper	2

Citing documents used to compute impact factor:

Year	Title

Recent citations

10 most frequent citing series

#	Series	H	Cites
1	MPRA Paper / University Library of Munich, Germany	124	33
2	CESifo Working Paper Series / CESifo	98	18
3	IZA Discussion Papers / Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)	135	17
4	Papers / arXiv.org	88	16
5	CEPR Discussion Papers / C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers	192	11
6	Economic Modelling / Elsevier	83	10
7	NBER Working Papers / National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc	329	9
8	Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control / Elsevier	123	8
9	Working Papers / HAL	59	8
10	Games and Economic Behavior / Elsevier	108	7
11	2019 Meeting Papers / Society for Economic Dynamics	26	7

RCER Working Papers / University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research (RCER)