A. R. Prest

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

A. R. Prest is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, A. R. Prest has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 13 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 8 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in A. R. Prest's work include Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (26 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (9 papers) and Corporate Taxation and Avoidance (8 papers). A. R. Prest is often cited by papers focused on Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (26 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (9 papers) and Corporate Taxation and Avoidance (8 papers). A. R. Prest collaborates with scholars based in India, United Kingdom and United States. A. R. Prest's co-authors include Richard A. Musgrave, Peggy B. Musgrave, Charles H. Feinstein, J. M. Buchanan, Alan T. Peacock, Albert Breton, Alan Williams, Morris A. Copeland, Ursula K. Hicks and William J. Baumöl and has published in prestigious journals such as The Economic Journal, The Review of Economics and Statistics and The Review of Economic Studies.

In The Last Decade

A. R. Prest

67 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Public Finance in Theory and Practice.

1974 998 citations A. R. Prest et al. The Economic Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. R. Prest India	18	2.0k	755	410	400	307	75	2.8k
Richard A. Musgrave United States	26	3.2k 1.6×	1.4k 1.9×	413 1.0×	720 1.8×	560 1.8×	92	4.3k
Arnold C. Harberger United States	22	2.2k 1.1×	237 0.3×	708 1.7×	571 1.4×	211 0.7×	87	2.9k
Charles L. Schultze United States	24	1.5k 0.8×	323 0.4×	681 1.7×	147 0.4×	307 1.0×	62	2.4k
Peggy B. Musgrave United States	11	1.2k 0.6×	501 0.7×	127 0.3×	391 1.0×	162 0.5×	20	1.7k
Thomas G. Rawski United States	22	1.5k 0.7×	871 1.2×	655 1.6×	338 0.8×	562 1.8×	80	2.8k
Albert Breton Canada	23	1.1k 0.6×	996 1.3×	154 0.4×	204 0.5×	414 1.3×	85	2.0k
Efraim Sadka Israel	25	1.6k 0.8×	265 0.4×	339 0.8×	547 1.4×	360 1.2×	143	2.1k
Norman Gemmell New Zealand	26	2.9k 1.4×	725 1.0×	584 1.4×	520 1.3×	323 1.1×	134	3.4k
Alan Heston United States	24	2.4k 1.2×	412 0.5×	1.3k 3.2×	109 0.3×	781 2.5×	63	3.5k
Richard J. Cebula United States	24	1.9k 1.0×	319 0.4×	453 1.1×	522 1.3×	904 2.9×	392	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. R. Prest

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All Works

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Prest, A. R.. (1985). Some Issues in Australian Land Taxation. Environment and Planning C Government and Policy. 3(1). 97–110.

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Prest, A. R., Alan Peacock, & Francesco Forte. (1982). The Political Economy of Taxation.. Economica. 49(196). 478–478. 9 indexed citations

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Prest, A. R. & C. V. Brown. (1982). Taxation and the Incentive to Work.. Economica. 49(193). 100–100. 12 indexed citations

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Prest, A. R.. (1980). Value Added Taxation. Books.

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Prest, A. R. & Albert Breton. (1976). The Economic Theory of Representative Government.. Economica. 43(169). 103–103. 128 indexed citations

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Prest, A. R. & Gerald K. Helleiner. (1968). Peasant Agriculture, Government, and Economic Growth in Nigeria. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique. 1(2). 484–484. 4 indexed citations

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Prest, A. R. & J. M. Buchanan. (1968). Public Finance in Democratic Process. Fiscal Institutions and Individual Choice.. The Economic Journal. 78(311). 693–693. 167 indexed citations

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Prest, A. R.. (1963). Some Aspects of Road Finance in the U.K.¹. Manchester School. 31(3). 223–241. 2 indexed citations

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Prest, A. R., et al.. (1963). African Studies in Income and Wealth.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 126(4). 609–609. 14 indexed citations

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Prest, A. R.. (1963). Observations on Dynamic Incidence. The Economic Journal. 73(291). 535–535.

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Prest, A. R. & Ursula K. Hicks. (1962). Development from Below. Local Government and Finance in Developing Countries of the Commonwealth.. The Economic Journal. 72(285). 222–222. 35 indexed citations

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Prest, A. R. & Morris A. Copeland. (1962). Public Finances: Needs, Sources, and Utilization.. The Economic Journal. 72(287). 703–703. 43 indexed citations

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Prest, A. R.. (1959). The Expenditure Tax and Saving. The Economic Journal. 69(275). 483–483. 2 indexed citations

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Prest, A. R.. (1957). A fiscal survey of the British Caribbean. 3 indexed citations

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Prest, A. R.. (1956). On the Calculation of Tax Burdens: A Rejoinder. Economica. 23(91). 270–270. 1 indexed citations

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Prest, A. R., et al.. (1956). The Budgetary Process in the United States.. The Economic Journal. 66(261). 145–145. 14 indexed citations

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Frankel, S. Herbert, A. R. Prest, & Ian G. Stewart. (1955). The National Income of Nigeria 1950-51.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 118(3). 371–371. 2 indexed citations

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Prest, A. R., et al.. (1954). Consumers' Expenditure in the United Kingdom, 1900-1919. Revue de l Institut International de Statistique / Review of the International Statistical Institute. 22(1/3). 176–176. 25 indexed citations

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Prest, A. R.. (1953). The Role of National Income Estimates in the Statistical Policy of an Underdeveloped Area: A Comment. The Review of Economic Studies. 21(3). 223–223.

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Prest, A. R. & C. G. F. Simkin. (1952). The Instability of a Dependent Economy: Economic Fluctuations in New Zealand, 1840-1914.. The Economic Journal. 62(246). 368–368. 6 indexed citations

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