Standout Papers

A Theory of Fairness, Competition, and Cooperation 1999 2026 2008 2017 6.8k
  1. A Theory of Fairness, Competition, and Cooperation (1999)
    Ernst Fehr, Klaus M. Schmidt The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  2. Altruistic punishment in humans (2002)
    Ernst Fehr, Simon Gächter Nature
  3. Cooperation and Punishment in Public Goods Experiments (2000)
    Ernst Fehr, Simon Gächter American Economic Review
  4. Oxytocin increases trust in humans (2005)
    Michael Kosfeld, Markus Heinrichs et al. Nature
  5. Fairness and Retaliation: The Economics of Reciprocity (2000)
    Ernst Fehr, Simon Gächter The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  6. Are people conditionally cooperative? Evidence from a public goods experiment (2001)
    Urs Fischbacher, Simon Gächter et al. Economics Letters
  7. In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies (2001)
    Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd et al. American Economic Review
  8. Third-party punishment and social norms (2004)
    Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher Evolution and Human Behavior
  9. “Economic man” in cross-cultural perspective: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies (2005)
    Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  10. The Neural Basis of Altruistic Punishment (2004)
    Dominique J.‐F. de Quervain, Urs Fischbacher et al. Science
  11. A Theory of Fairness, Competition and Cooperation (1998)
    Ernst Fehr SSRN Electronic Journal
  12. Egalitarianism in young children (2008)
    Ernst Fehr, Bettina Rockenbach et al. Nature
  13. On the psychology of poverty (2014)
    Johannes Haushofer, Ernst Fehr Science
  14. Social norms and human cooperation (2004)
    Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  15. Does Fairness Prevent Market Clearing? An Experimental Investigation (1993)
    Ernst Fehr, Georg Kirchsteiger et al. The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  16. Oxytocin Shapes the Neural Circuitry of Trust and Trust Adaptation in Humans (2008)
    Thomas Baumgärtner, Markus Heinrichs et al. Neuron
  17. Diminishing Reciprocal Fairness by Disrupting the Right Prefrontal Cortex (2006)
    Daria Knoch, Álvaro Pascual‐Leone et al. Science
  18. Reciprocity as a Contract Enforcement Device: Experimental Evidence (1997)
    Ernst Fehr, Simon Gächter et al. Econometrica
  19. Explaining altruistic behavior in humans (2003)
    Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles et al. Evolution and Human Behavior
  20. Why Social Preferences Matter – the Impact of non‐Selfish Motives on Competition, Cooperation and Incentives (2002)
    Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher The Economic Journal
  21. Parochial altruism in humans (2006)
    Urs Fischbacher, Ernst Fehr et al. Nature
  22. Lateral prefrontal cortex and self-control in intertemporal choice (2010)
    Bernd Figner, Daria Knoch et al. Nature Neuroscience
  23. The neurobiology of rewards and values in social decision making (2014)
    Christian C. Ruff, Ernst Fehr Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  24. The role of testosterone in social interaction (2011)
    Christoph Eisenegger, Johannes Haushofer et al. Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  25. Testing theories of fairness—Intentions matter (2007)
    Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr et al. Games and Economic Behavior
  26. On The Economics and Biology of Trust (2009)
    Ernst Fehr Journal of the European Economic Association
  27. Business culture and dishonesty in the banking industry (2014)
    Alain Cohn, Ernst Fehr et al. Nature
  28. Normative foundations of human cooperation (2018)
    Ernst Fehr et al. Nature Human Behaviour

Immediate Impact

10 by Nobel laureates 110 from Science/Nature 214 standout
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Works of Ernst Fehr being referenced

In Search of Homo Economicus: Behavioral Experiments in 15 Small-Scale Societies
2001 Standout
A Theory of Fairness, Competition, and Cooperation
1999 Standout
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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ernst Fehr 27930 13044 20219 360 55.2k
Colin F. Camerer 11612 10487 9146 241 43.3k
George Loewenstein 9652 16984 13633 421 60.7k
Urs Fischbacher 14849 5811 8890 135 25.3k
Simon Gächter 13692 4726 10036 107 20.1k
Richard H. Thaler 7901 26608 6672 162 55.6k
Uri Gneezy 10499 6657 5986 138 21.8k
Roy F. Baumeister 4848 2284 33883 548 104.1k
Armin Falk 8698 6905 5567 205 18.8k
Dan Ariely 4218 3789 6353 253 22.9k
Bruno S. Frey 6464 12919 9545 632 32.8k

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