Aner Sela

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Aner Sela is a scholar working on Safety Research, Management Science and Operations Research and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Aner Sela has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Safety Research, 59 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 39 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Aner Sela's work include Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (59 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (51 papers) and Game Theory and Applications (23 papers). Aner Sela is often cited by papers focused on Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (59 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (51 papers) and Game Theory and Applications (23 papers). Aner Sela collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United Kingdom and Germany. Aner Sela's co-authors include Benny Moldovanu, Arieh Gavious, Heidrun C. Hoppe, Gadi Fibich, Xianwen Shi, Todd R. Kaplan, Dov Monderer, Uwe Sunde, Ezra Einy and David Wettstein and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, The Review of Economic Studies and The RAND Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Aner Sela

65 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

The Optimal Allocation of Prizes in Contests

2001 572 citations Benny Moldovanu, Aner Sela profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aner Sela Israel	17	1.1k	1.0k	865	246	218	75	1.6k
Tanjim Hossain Canada	13	468 0.4×	343 0.3×	469 0.5×	346 1.4×	269 1.2×	29	1.2k
Olivier Compte France	14	340 0.3×	593 0.6×	675 0.8×	206 0.8×	94 0.4×	38	1.1k
Emre Ozdenoren United Kingdom	14	232 0.2×	322 0.3×	519 0.6×	109 0.4×	249 1.1×	38	1.0k
Paul Heidhues Germany	19	353 0.3×	377 0.4×	844 1.0×	428 1.7×	336 1.5×	56	1.5k
Masahiro Okuno‐Fujiwara Japan	10	294 0.3×	541 0.5×	566 0.7×	143 0.6×	18 0.1×	33	1.0k
Filip Matějka Czechia	15	193 0.2×	234 0.2×	656 0.8×	179 0.7×	222 1.0×	25	1.1k
Jonathan H. Grenier United States	16	151 0.1×	68 0.1×	264 0.3×	222 0.9×	93 0.4×	37	1.4k
Felipe A. Csaszar United States	15	131 0.1×	271 0.3×	139 0.2×	48 0.2×	17 0.1×	42	974
Simon Gervais United States	14	193 0.2×	340 0.3×	1.2k 1.4×	46 0.2×	258 1.2×	30	2.4k
Massimo Egidi Italy	7	72 0.1×	204 0.2×	263 0.3×	32 0.1×	41 0.2×	20	965

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Sela, Aner, et al.. (2023). Optimal seedings in interdependent contests. Annals of Operations Research. 328(2). 1263–1285. 1 indexed citations

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Sela, Aner. (2023). Two-stage elimination games. Journal of Mathematical Economics. 109. 102911–102911.

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Kaplan, Todd R. & Aner Sela. (2022). Second-Price Auctions with Private Entry Costs. Games. 13(5). 62–62.

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Sela, Aner. (2022). Effort maximization in contests under balance constraints. 1. 100004–100004.

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Einy, Ezra, et al.. (2018). Information in Tullock contests. Theory and Decision. 86(3-4). 303–323. 4 indexed citations

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Krumer, Alex, et al.. (2014). Optimal Allocations in Round-Robin Tournaments. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Segev, Ella & Aner Sela. (2014). Multi-stage sequential all-pay auctions. European Economic Review. 70. 371–382. 2 indexed citations

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Sela, Aner, et al.. (2013). Sequential contests with synergy and budget constraints. Social Choice and Welfare. 42(1). 215–243. 10 indexed citations

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Sela, Aner, et al.. (2012). The assortative matching scheme in a survival battle. Economics Letters. 117(1). 272–275.

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Sela, Aner, et al.. (2010). ROUND-ROBIN TOURNAMENTS WITH EFFORT CONSTRAINTS. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Todd R. & Aner Sela. (2009). Effective contests. Economics Letters. 106(1). 38–41. 16 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Todd R. & Aner Sela. (2008). Effective Political Contests. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Moldovanu, Benny, Aner Sela, & Xianwen Shi. (2008). Carrots and Sticks: Prizes and Punishments in Contests. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Moldovanu, Benny, et al.. (2008). Optimal seedings in elimination tournaments. Economic Theory. 49(1). 59–80. 90 indexed citations

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Sela, Aner, et al.. (2007). Contests with Ties. The B E Journal of Theoretical Economics. 7(1). 21 indexed citations

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Sela, Aner, et al.. (2007). Allocation of prizes in asymmetric all-pay auctions. European Journal of Political Economy. 24(1). 123–132. 1 indexed citations

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Cohen, Daniel & Aner Sela. (2005). Contests with Ties. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Fibich, Gadi, Arieh Gavious, & Aner Sela. (2004). Asymptotic Analysis of Large Auctions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Todd R. & Aner Sela. (2003). Auctions with Private Entry Costs. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Todd R., Israel Luski, Aner Sela, & David Wettstein. (2000). All-Pay Auctions with Variable Rewards. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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