Rankings / Candidate
Gene M. Grossman
Princeton University · Trade
Currently #11, tier Field, score 14.3, named by 1 source.Score history: 100.0, 25.0, 14.3
The work. With Helpman, innovation-driven growth and the political economy of trade policy. Later, offshoring and the "trading tasks" view of global supply chains with Rossi-Hansberg.
The case for. Trading tasks made him the economist of the supply-chain era, and Grossman and Helpman remains the reference for how lobbying shapes tariffs.
The case against. Every prize adjacent to his work has been handed out: Krugman 2008, Romer 2018, Aghion and Howitt 2025. Joint work with Helpman means a split citation at best.
The KmikeyM angle. Trading tasks says you offshore the pieces of a job, not the job. KmikeyM offshores the pieces of a life to shareholders, one vote at a time.
What the sources say
- Clarivate alumni (prior years) named Gene M. Grossman: named in 2007: for contributions on international trade, particularly on the relationship between economic growth and trade (heat 100) Preseason: the Clarivate alumni pool