Daniel Posner

9.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
47 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Daniel Posner is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Posner has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Demography and 15 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Daniel Posner's work include Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (21 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (12 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (10 papers). Daniel Posner is often cited by papers focused on Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (21 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (12 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (10 papers). Daniel Posner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Germany. Daniel Posner's co-authors include Jeremy M. Weinstein, Macartan Humphreys, James Habyarimana, Nicolas van de Walle, Eric Kramon, Carles Boix, Edward Miguel, Benn Eifert, Daniel J. Young and Dávid Simon and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Political Science Review and World Development.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Posner

46 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

  1. Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision?
    2007 764 citations James Habyarimana, Macartan Humphreys et al. profile →
  2. Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa
    2005 557 citations Daniel Posner Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  3. Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa
    2005 486 citations Daniel Posner et al. Foreign Affairs profile →
  4. The Political Salience of Cultural Difference: Why Chewas and Tumbukas Are Allies in Zambia and Adversaries in Malawi
    2004 474 citations Daniel Posner profile →
  5. Measuring Ethnic Fractionalization in Africa
    2004 468 citations Daniel Posner American Journal of Political Science profile →
  6. Political Competition and Ethnic Identification in Africa
    2010 368 citations Benn Eifert, Edward Miguel et al. American Journal of Political Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Daniel Posner 3.6k 2.0k 1.6k 668 661 47 5.1k
Léonard Wantchekon 2.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 910 1.4× 405 0.6× 57 3.6k
Jeremy M. Weinstein 3.0k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 690 0.4× 437 0.7× 584 0.9× 78 4.1k
Michaël Bratton 5.2k 1.4× 3.0k 1.5× 739 0.5× 781 1.2× 393 0.6× 98 7.1k
Nicolas van de Walle 4.1k 1.1× 2.4k 1.2× 634 0.4× 884 1.3× 481 0.7× 110 6.4k
Nicholas Sambanis 4.6k 1.3× 2.2k 1.1× 857 0.5× 396 0.6× 219 0.3× 70 5.5k
Marta Reynal‐Querol 2.3k 0.6× 900 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 974 1.5× 482 0.7× 39 3.7k
Hein de Haas 6.3k 1.7× 1.0k 0.5× 2.1k 1.3× 702 1.1× 285 0.4× 97 7.3k
Donald L. Horowitz 5.1k 1.4× 3.7k 1.9× 981 0.6× 554 0.8× 195 0.3× 65 7.1k
Peter Wallensteen 4.2k 1.2× 2.0k 1.0× 470 0.3× 713 1.1× 195 0.3× 119 5.7k
Ted Robert Gurr 6.8k 1.9× 3.8k 1.9× 866 0.5× 869 1.3× 199 0.3× 112 9.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ofosu, George Kwaku & Daniel Posner. (2021). Pre-Analysis Plans: An Early Stocktaking. Perspectives on Politics. 21(1). 174–190. 33 indexed citations
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Ofosu, George Kwaku & Daniel Posner. (2020). Do Pre-analysis Plans Hamper Publication?. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 110. 70–74. 18 indexed citations
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Berge, Lars Ivar Oppedal, et al.. (2019). Ethnically Biased? Experimental Evidence from Kenya. Journal of the European Economic Association. 18(1). 134–164. 29 indexed citations
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McCauley, John F. & Daniel Posner. (2017). The Political Sources of Religious Identification: Evidence from the Burkina Faso–Côte d’Ivoire Border. British Journal of Political Science. 49(2). 421–441. 10 indexed citations
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Posner, Daniel. (2017). When and why do some social cleavages become politically salient rather than others?. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 40(12). 2001–2019. 22 indexed citations
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Kramon, Eric & Daniel Posner. (2016). Ethnic Favoritism in Education in Kenya. Quarterly Journal of Political Science. 11(1). 1–58. 117 indexed citations
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Posner, Daniel, et al.. (2014). African Borders as Sources of Natural Experiments Promise and Pitfalls. Political Science Research and Methods. 3(2). 409–418. 30 indexed citations
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Kramon, Eric & Daniel Posner. (2013). Who Benefits from Distributive Politics? How the Outcome One Studies Affects the Answer One Gets. Perspectives on Politics. 11(2). 461–474. 172 indexed citations
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Posner, Daniel & Eric Kramon. (2011). Who Benefits from Distributive Politics? How the Outcome One Studies Affects the Answer One Gets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 24 indexed citations
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Eifert, Benn, Edward Miguel, & Daniel Posner. (2010). Political Competition and Ethnic Identification in Africa. American Journal of Political Science. 54(2). 494–510. 368 indexed citations breakdown →
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Weinstein, Jeremy M., James Habyarimana, Macartan Humphreys, & Daniel Posner. (2009). Coethnicity Diversity And The Dilemmas Of Collective Action. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 249 indexed citations
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Habyarimana, James, Macartan Humphreys, Daniel Posner, et al.. (2008). Is Ethnic Conflict Inevitable. Foreign Affairs. 8 indexed citations
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Posner, Daniel & Daniel J. Young. (2007). The Institutionalization of Political Power in Africa. Journal of democracy. 18(3). 126–140. 198 indexed citations
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Posner, Daniel. (2007). Regime Change and Ethnic Cleavages in Africa. Comparative Political Studies. 40(11). 1302–1327. 65 indexed citations
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Habyarimana, James, Macartan Humphreys, Daniel Posner, & Jeremy M. Weinstein. (2006). Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision? An Experimental Approach. SSRN Electronic Journal. 32 indexed citations
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Posner, Daniel. (2005). Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 557 indexed citations breakdown →
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Habyarimana, James, Daniel Posner, Macartan Humphreys, & Jeremy M. Weinstein. (2004). Ethnic Identifiability: An Experimental Approach*. 5 indexed citations
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Boix, Carles & Daniel Posner. (2000). Capital social y democracia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 159–185. 19 indexed citations
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Posner, Daniel. (1998). The institutional origins of ethnic politics in Zambia. 8 indexed citations
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Boix, Carles & Daniel Posner. (1998). Social Capital: Explaining Its Origins and Effects on Government Performance. British Journal of Political Science. 28(4). 686–693. 366 indexed citations

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