Avner Greif

16.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
74 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Avner Greif is a scholar working on Demography, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Avner Greif has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Demography, 39 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Avner Greif's work include Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (42 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (27 papers) and Economic Theory and Institutions (11 papers). Avner Greif is often cited by papers focused on Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (42 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (27 papers) and Economic Theory and Institutions (11 papers). Avner Greif collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Avner Greif's co-authors include Neil Fligstein, Barry R. Weingast, Paul Milgrom, Guido Tabellini, Robert H. Bates, Joel Mokyr, Smita Singh, Janet T. Landa, Jean‐Laurent Rosenthal and Margaret Levi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Economic Review.

In The Last Decade

Avner Greif

68 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy 1989 2026 2001 2013 2006 1994 1993 1989 2003 400 800 1.2k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Avner Greif United States 28 3.6k 3.3k 2.4k 1.5k 1.2k 74 8.2k
Stephen Knack United States 43 5.3k 1.4× 6.7k 2.0× 1.7k 0.7× 2.3k 1.6× 1.2k 1.0× 110 12.8k
Eliana La Ferrara Italy 30 3.0k 0.8× 4.5k 1.4× 1.9k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 685 0.6× 68 8.5k
Susan Rose‐Ackerman United States 39 3.2k 0.9× 5.5k 1.7× 720 0.3× 1.8k 1.3× 985 0.8× 182 9.0k
Philip Keefer United States 34 5.7k 1.6× 7.0k 2.1× 2.0k 0.8× 2.8k 1.9× 1.5k 1.3× 122 13.6k
Thierry Verdier France 37 3.8k 1.0× 4.0k 1.2× 2.1k 0.9× 978 0.7× 621 0.5× 167 8.4k
Louis Putterman United States 41 2.2k 0.6× 2.5k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 852 0.6× 650 0.5× 185 6.5k
Gérard Roland United States 46 4.4k 1.2× 2.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 3.9k 2.7× 1.4k 1.2× 138 9.2k
Timur Kuran United States 36 1.7k 0.5× 3.7k 1.1× 1.1k 0.5× 2.0k 1.4× 1.3k 1.1× 93 6.7k
Geoffrey M. Hodgson United Kingdom 51 6.4k 1.8× 4.1k 1.3× 722 0.3× 1.2k 0.8× 669 0.6× 265 12.1k
Christian Bjørnskov Denmark 36 2.0k 0.6× 3.2k 1.0× 999 0.4× 1.0k 0.7× 728 0.6× 194 6.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Greif, Avner, Joel Mokyr, & Guido Tabellini. (2025). Two Paths to Prosperity. Princeton University Press eBooks.
2.
Greif, Avner & Jared Rubin. (2024). Endogenous Political Legitimacy: The Tudor Roots of England’s Constitutional Governance. The Journal of Economic History. 84(3). 655–689. 3 indexed citations
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Bates, Robert H., Avner Greif, Margaret Levi, Jean‐Laurent Rosenthal, & Barry R. Weingast. (2020). Analytic Narratives. Princeton University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
4.
Desmet, Klaus, Avner Greif, & Stephen L. Parente. (2019). Spatial competition, innovation and institutions: the Industrial Revolution and the Great Divergence. Journal of Economic Growth. 25(1). 1–35. 21 indexed citations
5.
Greif, Avner & Guido Tabellini. (2017). The clan and the corporation: Sustaining cooperation in China and Europe. Journal of Comparative Economics. 45(1). 1–35. 210 indexed citations breakdown →
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Greif, Avner & Guido Tabellini. (2017). The Clan and the Corporation: Sustaining Cooperation in China and Europe. SSRN Electronic Journal. 22 indexed citations
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Greif, Avner. (2016). Institutions and International Trade: Lessons from the Commercial Revolution. American Economic Review. 82(2). 128–133. 28 indexed citations
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Greif, Avner & Guido Tabellini. (2015). The Clan and the Corporation: Sustaining Cooperation in China and Europe. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
9.
Greif, Avner & Murat Iyigun. (2013). Social Organizations, Violence & Modern Growth. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
10.
Greif, Avner, et al.. (2008). The Administrative Foundations of Self-Enforcing Constitutions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Greif, Avner. (2008). 1 The Impact of Administrative Power on Political and Economic Developments: Toward a Political Economy of Implementation. Harvard University Press eBooks. 17–63. 25 indexed citations
12.
Greif, Avner. (2008). Contract Enforcement and Institutions Among the Maghribi Traders: Refuting Edwards and Ogilvie. SSRN Electronic Journal. 39 indexed citations
13.
Greif, Avner. (2006). Family Structure, Institutions, and Growth: The Origins and Implications of Western Corporations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Greif, Avner. (2006). Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 1461 indexed citations breakdown →
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Greif, Avner. (2004). Impersonal Exchange without Impartial Law: The Community Responsibility System. Chicago journal of international law. 5(1). 10. 31 indexed citations
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Greif, Avner. (2004). Teoría de juegos e historia de la empresa. Información Comercial Española, ICE: Revista de economía. 9–26. 2 indexed citations
17.
Greif, Avner & Neil Fligstein. (2003). The Architecture of Markets: An Economic Sociology of Twenty-First-Century Capitalist Societies. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 32(2). 148–148. 660 indexed citations breakdown →
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Greif, Avner. (1998). Historical and Comparative Institutional Analysis. American Economic Review. 88(2). 80–84. 163 indexed citations
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Greif, Avner. (1997). Cliometrics after Forty Years. American Economic Review. 87(2). 400–403. 14 indexed citations
20.
Greif, Avner. (1993). Contract enforceability and economic institutions in early trade: The Maghribi Traders' Coalition. American Economic Review. 83(3). 525–548. 1289 indexed citations breakdown →

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