Alexander Klein

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 902 citations indexed

About

Alexander Klein is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Klein has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 902 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alexander Klein's work include Historical Economic and Social Studies (7 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (6 papers) and Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (5 papers). Alexander Klein is often cited by papers focused on Historical Economic and Social Studies (7 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (6 papers) and Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (5 papers). Alexander Klein collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Germany. Alexander Klein's co-authors include Klaus M. Schmidt, Ernst Fehr, Stephen Broadberry, Bas van Leeuwen, Mark Overton, Bruce Campbell, Nicholas Crafts, Nicholas Crafts, Sheilagh Ogilvie and Patrick E. Murphy and has published in prestigious journals such as Econometrica, Journal of Economic Geography and Journal of Comparative Economics.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Klein

22 papers receiving 845 citations

Hit Papers

British Economic Growth, 1270–1870 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. British Economic Growth, 1270–1870
    2014 261 citations Stephen Broadberry, Bruce Campbell et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

Peers

Alexander Klein
Edward Peter Stringham United States
Metin M. Coşgel United States
Peter Bernholz Switzerland
Jenna Bednar United States
Stuart Mestelman Canada
David D. Friedman United States
John Michael Montias United States
James A. Yunker United States
Jerry Evensky United States
James N. Brown Germany
Edward Peter Stringham United States
Alexander Klein
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Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Klein

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Klein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Klein

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Broadberry, Stephen, Bruce Campbell, Alexander Klein, Mark Overton, & Bas van Leeuwen. (2025). British business cycles, 1270–1870. Cliometrica. 20(1). 37–68.
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Klein, Alexander, Karl Gunnar Persson, & Paul Sharp. (2023). Populism and the first wave of globalization: evidence from the 1892 US presidential election. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent).
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Crafts, Nicholas & Alexander Klein. (2021). Spatial concentration of manufacturing industries in the United States: re-examination of long-run trends. European Review of Economic History. 25(2). 223–246. 8 indexed citations
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Klein, Alexander, et al.. (2020). The Determinants of International Migration in Early Modern Europe: Evidence from the Maritime Sector, c. 1700–1800. Social Science History. 44(1). 143–167. 1 indexed citations
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Klein, Alexander, et al.. (2018). Why did socialist economies fail? The role of factor inputs reconsidered. The Economic History Review. 72(1). 317–345. 18 indexed citations
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Klein, Alexander & Nicholas Crafts. (2018). Agglomeration externalities and productivity growth: US cities, 1880–1930. The Economic History Review. 73(1). 209–232. 25 indexed citations
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Klein, Alexander, et al.. (2018). Drinking under communism: Why do alcohol consumption habits in Eastern Europe differ from the west in the long-run?. Journal of Comparative Economics. 46(3). 821–837. 6 indexed citations
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Broadberry, Stephen, Bruce Campbell, Alexander Klein, Mark Overton, & Bas van Leeuwen. (2017). Clark's Malthus delusion: response to ‘Farming in England 1200–1800’. The Economic History Review. 71(2). 639–664. 6 indexed citations
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Klein, Alexander & Nicholas Crafts. (2015). Agglomeration Economies and Productivity Growth: U.S. Cities, 1880-1930. Econstor (Econstor). 1 indexed citations
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Klein, Alexander & Sheilagh Ogilvie. (2015). Occupational structure in the Czech lands under the second serfdom. The Economic History Review. 69(2). 493–521. 13 indexed citations
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Broadberry, Stephen, Bruce Campbell, Alexander Klein, Mark Overton, & Bas van Leeuwen. (2014). British Economic Growth, 1270–1870. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 261 indexed citations breakdown →
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Broadberry, Stephen & Alexander Klein. (2012). Aggregate and per capita GDP in Europe, 1870–2000: continental, regional and national data with changing boundaries. Scandinavian Economic History Review. 60(1). 79–107. 45 indexed citations
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Klein, Alexander, et al.. (2012). Niveau des qualifications et distribution des revenus. OpenEdition (OpenEdition). 15–22. 1 indexed citations
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Broadberry, Stephen, Alexander Klein, & Bas van Leeuwen. (2011). APPENDIX FOR BRITISH ECONOMIC GROWTH, 1270-1870: AN OUTPUT-BASED APPROACH. 2 indexed citations
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Federico, Giovanni, Dudley Baines, James Foreman–Peck, et al.. (2010). The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe. 2 indexed citations
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Klein, Alexander. (2010). Did children's education matter? Family migration as a mechanism of human capital investment: evidence from nineteenth-century Bohemia. The Economic History Review. 64(3). 730–764. 7 indexed citations
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Broadberry, Stephen & Alexander Klein. (2010). When and why did eastern European economies begin to fail? Lessons from a Czechoslovak/UK productivity comparison, 1921–1991. Explorations in Economic History. 48(1). 37–52. 21 indexed citations
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Fehr, Ernst, Alexander Klein, & Klaus M. Schmidt. (2004). Contracts, Fairness, and Incentives. Econstor (Econstor). 3 indexed citations
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Fehr, Ernst, Alexander Klein, & Klaus M. Schmidt. (2001). Fairness, Incentives and Contractual Incompleteness. SSRN Electronic Journal. 72(72). 68 indexed citations
20.
Klein, Alexander. (1955). The Empire City : a treasury of New York. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 2 indexed citations

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