David D. Friedman

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 955 citations indexed

About

David D. Friedman is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David D. Friedman has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 955 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David D. Friedman's work include Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (6 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 papers) and Legal and Constitutional Studies (4 papers). David D. Friedman is often cited by papers focused on Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (6 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 papers) and Legal and Constitutional Studies (4 papers). David D. Friedman collaborates with scholars based in United States and Israel. David D. Friedman's co-authors include William M. Landes, Richard A. Posner, Stephen J. Schulhofer, Bracha Rager‐Zisman, Eitan Bibi and Richard J. Samuels and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Economic Review and Journal of Political Economy.

In The Last Decade

David D. Friedman

42 papers receiving 782 citations

Hit Papers

Some Economics of Trade Secret Law 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 40 80 120
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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. Some Economics of Trade Secret Law
    1991 149 citations David D. Friedman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David D. Friedman United States 15 531 286 208 98 95 45 955
Mario J. Rizzo United States 19 914 1.7× 281 1.0× 105 0.5× 63 0.6× 80 0.8× 80 1.4k
Metin M. Coşgel United States 16 381 0.7× 326 1.1× 147 0.7× 63 0.6× 55 0.6× 51 862
Charles K. Rowley United States 21 809 1.5× 336 1.2× 299 1.4× 22 0.2× 93 1.0× 92 1.4k
Alain Marciano France 16 497 0.9× 246 0.9× 194 0.9× 25 0.3× 84 0.9× 133 803
Thomas S. Ulen United States 12 767 1.4× 167 0.6× 108 0.5× 30 0.3× 310 3.3× 51 1.2k
Max Steuer Slovakia 13 388 0.7× 238 0.8× 97 0.5× 30 0.3× 16 0.2× 45 842
Guido Calabresi United States 16 1.3k 2.4× 195 0.7× 279 1.3× 66 0.7× 638 6.7× 74 1.9k
Stephen Haber United States 17 446 0.8× 287 1.0× 184 0.9× 73 0.7× 19 0.2× 74 1.2k
J. Daniel Hammond United States 11 787 1.5× 229 0.8× 85 0.4× 23 0.2× 14 0.1× 39 1.2k
Jan Schnellenbach Germany 15 671 1.3× 208 0.7× 378 1.8× 63 0.6× 10 0.1× 59 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by David D. Friedman

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Fields of papers citing papers by David D. Friedman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David D. Friedman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Friedman, David D.. (2010). Economía y psicología evolutiva. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Friedman, David D., et al.. (2008). The Bioterrorism Threat and Dual-use Biotechnological Research: An Israeli Perspective. Science and Engineering Ethics. 16(1). 85–97. 4 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D.. (2008). Future Imperfect: THE REAL SCIENCE FICTION. 4 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D., et al.. (2006). Surface Transportation Security, Volume 10: A Guide to Transportation's Role in Public Health Disasters. National Cooperative Highway Research Program report. 1 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D., et al.. (2001). The Cash of the Twenty-First Century. Santa Clara computer and high-technology law journal. 17(2). 273. 2 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D.. (2001). Does Technology Require New Law. Harvard journal of law & public policy. 25(1). 71. 7 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D.. (2001). Law's Order. Princeton University Press eBooks.
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Friedman, David D.. (1996). Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 34 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D.. (1995). Making Sense of English Law Enforcement in the Eighteenth Century. Faculty publications. 2(2). 7. 17 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D.. (1994). Law as a Private Good: A Response to Tyler Cowen on the Economics of Anarchy. Economics and Philosophy. 10(2). 319–327. 14 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D. & Richard J. Samuels. (1993). How to Succeed without Really Flying: The Japanese Aircraft Industry and Japan's Technology Ideology. NBER Chapters. 251–320. 1 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D. & Stephen J. Schulhofer. (1993). Rethinking Indigent Defense: Promoting Effective Representation Through Consumer Sovereignty and Freedom of Choice for All Criminal Defendants. Faculty publications. 31. 73. 9 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D.. (1993). The Political Economy of the Decline of American Public Education: Comments. The Journal of Law and Economics. 36(1). 371–378. 1 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D.. (1992). Should the Characteristics of Victims and Criminals Count? Payne v. Tennessee and Two Views of Efficient Punishment. Faculty publications. 34. 731. 8 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D.. (1988). Diamonds are a Government's Best Friend: Burden-free Taxes on Goods Valued for their Values: Comment. American Economic Review. 78(1). 297–297. 2 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D.. (1988). Does Altruism Produce Efficient Outcomes? Marshall versus Kaldor. The Journal of Legal Studies. 17(1). 1–13. 14 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D., et al.. (1986). A Net cast wide: Investigations into Indian thought in memory of David Friedman. 1 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D., et al.. (1981). Revenue sharing and monopoly government: A comment. Public Choice. 37(2). 365–370. 3 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D.. (1980). Many, Few, One: Social Harmony and the Shrunken Choice Set. American Economic Review. 70(1). 225–232. 6 indexed citations
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Friedman, David D.. (1979). In Defense of the Long-Haul/Short-Haul Discrimination. The Bell Journal of Economics. 10(2). 706–706. 4 indexed citations

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