Avidit Acharya

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 907 citations indexed

About

Avidit Acharya is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Avidit Acharya has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 907 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Avidit Acharya's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (11 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (6 papers) and Game Theory and Voting Systems (5 papers). Avidit Acharya is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (11 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (6 papers) and Game Theory and Voting Systems (5 papers). Avidit Acharya collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and India. Avidit Acharya's co-authors include Matthew Blackwell, Maya Sen, Alexander Lee, Juan Ortner, Kristopher W. Ramsay, Alexander Lee, Adam Meirowitz, John E. Roemer, Rohini Somanathan and Anna Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Econometrica, American Political Science Review and American Journal of Political Science.

In The Last Decade

Avidit Acharya

29 papers receiving 859 citations

Hit Papers

Explaining Causal Findings Without Bias: Detecting and As... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2016 100 200 300
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. Explaining Causal Findings Without Bias: Detecting and Assessing Direct Effects
    2016 344 citations Avidit Acharya, Matthew Blackwell et al. American Political Science Review profile →
  2. The Political Legacy of American Slavery
    2016 228 citations Avidit Acharya, Matthew Blackwell et al. The Journal of Politics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Avidit Acharya United States 11 488 315 218 186 88 32 907
John F. Witte United States 19 424 0.9× 255 0.8× 171 0.8× 123 0.7× 87 1.0× 73 1.5k
Justin Esarey United States 14 496 1.0× 370 1.2× 220 1.0× 96 0.5× 150 1.7× 26 1.1k
Thomas Fujiwara United States 10 421 0.9× 348 1.1× 237 1.1× 91 0.5× 122 1.4× 16 774
Michael Gilligan United States 19 1.0k 2.1× 798 2.5× 278 1.3× 141 0.8× 141 1.6× 33 1.9k
Edoardo Teso United States 6 373 0.8× 260 0.8× 200 0.9× 122 0.7× 80 0.9× 12 720
Miguel Urquiola United States 20 457 0.9× 195 0.6× 350 1.6× 170 0.9× 477 5.4× 45 1.7k
William B. Gould United Kingdom 12 488 1.0× 194 0.6× 245 1.1× 99 0.5× 44 0.5× 75 901
Rebecca Weitz‐Shapiro United States 14 658 1.3× 541 1.7× 202 0.9× 62 0.3× 126 1.4× 28 954
Patrizio Piraino South Africa 14 560 1.1× 117 0.4× 232 1.1× 92 0.5× 67 0.8× 27 820
Matthew J. Lindquist Sweden 16 739 1.5× 108 0.3× 380 1.7× 111 0.6× 93 1.1× 36 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Avidit Acharya

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Fields of papers citing papers by Avidit Acharya

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Avidit Acharya

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Avidit Acharya. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Avidit Acharya based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Avidit Acharya. Avidit Acharya is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Acharya, Avidit, et al.. (2024). Electoral Campaigns as Dynamic Contests. Journal of the European Economic Association. 22(6). 2782–2826. 1 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit & Alexander Lee. (2022). The Cartel System of States.
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Acharya, Avidit, Robin Harding, & J. Andrew Harris. (2020). Security in the absence of a state: Traditional authority, livestock trading, and maritime piracy in northern Somalia. Journal of Theoretical Politics. 32(4). 497–537. 4 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit, et al.. (2019). A Behavioral Foundation for Audience Costs. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 14(2). 159–190. 9 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit, et al.. (2019). Dynamic Campaign Spending. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit & Alexander Lee. (2019). Path Dependence in European Development: Medieval Politics, Conflict, and State Building. Comparative Political Studies. 52(13-14). 2171–2206. 16 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit, Matthew Blackwell, & Maya Sen. (2018). Explaining Preferences from Behavior: A Cognitive Dissonance Approach. The Journal of Politics. 80(2). 400–411. 65 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit, Matthew Blackwell, & Maya Sen. (2018). Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics. 30 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit, Matthew Blackwell, & Maya Sen. (2018). Analyzing Causal Mechanisms in Survey Experiments. Political Analysis. 26(4). 357–378. 53 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit. (2016). Information aggregation failure in a model of social mobility. Games and Economic Behavior. 100. 257–272. 15 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit, Matthew Blackwell, & Maya Sen. (2016). Explaining Causal Findings Without Bias: Detecting and Assessing Direct Effects. American Political Science Review. 110(3). 512–529. 344 indexed citations breakdown →
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Acharya, Avidit, Matthew Blackwell, & Maya Sen. (2015). Explaining Attitudes from Behavior: A Cognitive Dissonance Approach. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit & Adam Meirowitz. (2014). Informative Voting in Large Elections∗. 1 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit, et al.. (2014). War with Crazy Types. Political Science Research and Methods. 3(2). 281–307. 18 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit. (2014). Equilibrium False Consciousness. 1 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit & Kristopher W. Ramsay. (2013). The Calculus of the Security Dilemma*. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 8(2). 183–203. 17 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit & Juan Ortner. (2013). Delays and partial agreements in multi-issue bargaining. Journal of Economic Theory. 148(5). 2150–2163. 9 indexed citations
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Acharya, Avidit & Juan Ortner. (2010). Delays and Partial Agreements in Multi-Issue Bargaining. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Acharya, Avidit. (2009). The Maoist Insurgency in Nepal and the Political Economy of Violence. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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