David Pearce

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
55 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

David Pearce is a scholar working on Archeology, Anthropology and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Pearce has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Archeology, 22 papers in Anthropology and 17 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in David Pearce's work include Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (24 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 papers). David Pearce is often cited by papers focused on Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (24 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (22 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 papers). David Pearce collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. David Pearce's co-authors include Ennio Stacchetti, Dilip Abreu, John Geanakoplos, Adelphine Bonneau, Paul Milgrom, J. D. Lewis‐Williams, A. Mark Pollard, Thomas Higham, Fiona Brock and Faruk Gül and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Econometrica and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

David Pearce

51 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Rationalizable Strategic Behavior and the Problem of Perf... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 1990 1989 250 500 750
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. Rationalizable Strategic Behavior and the Problem of Perfection
    1984 800 citations David Pearce profile →
  2. Toward a Theory of Discounted Repeated Games with Imperfect Monitoring
    1990 774 citations Dilip Abreu, David Pearce et al. profile →
  3. Psychological games and sequential rationality
    1989 635 citations David Pearce, Ennio Stacchetti et al. profile →

Peers

David Pearce
Pedro Dal Bó United States
Timothy Feddersen United States
Robert D. Cooter United States
Pierpaolo Battigalli Italy
Viktor J. Vanberg Germany
Jonathan Bendor United States
Marc Knez United States
David Colander United States
Michihiro Kandori Japan
Bernard Salanié United States
Pedro Dal Bó United States
David Pearce
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Fields of papers citing papers by David Pearce

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Pearce

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bonneau, Adelphine, David Pearce, Peter Mitchell, et al.. (2021). Characterization and dating of San rock art in the Metolong catchment, Lesotho: A preliminary investigation of technological and stylistic changes. Quaternary International. 611-612. 177–189. 13 indexed citations
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Arthur, Charles, et al.. (2021). Record-Making, Research, and Removal: Mitigating Impacts on Rock Art in a CRM Context in Southern Africa—the Case of the Metolong Dam, Lesotho. African Archaeological Review. 38(4). 675–694. 4 indexed citations
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Pearce, David & Adelphine Bonneau. (2018). Trouble on the dating scene. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2(6). 925–926. 33 indexed citations
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Bonneau, Adelphine, David Pearce, Peter Mitchell, et al.. (2017). The earliest directly dated rock paintings from southern Africa: new AMS radiocarbon dates. Antiquity. 91(356). 322–333. 48 indexed citations
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Pearce, David, et al.. (2012). Framed idiosyncrasy: Method and evidence in the interpretation of san rock art. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 67(195). 75. 3 indexed citations
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Lewis‐Williams, J. D. & David Pearce. (2012). The southern San and the trance dance: a pivotal debate in the interpretation of San rock paintings. Antiquity. 86(333). 696–706. 23 indexed citations
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Challis, Sam, et al.. (2012). Spatial Distribution of Rock Art Sites in Didima Gorge, South Africa. American Antiquity. 77(4). 808–812. 1 indexed citations
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Pearce, David. (2010). The Harris matrix technique in the construction of relative chronologies of rock paintings in South Africa. The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 65(192). 148. 6 indexed citations
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Pearce, David. (2010). Further analysis of six painted rock fragments collected by Louis Tylor. Southern African humanities. 22(1). 171–179. 3 indexed citations
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Lewis‐Williams, J. D. & David Pearce. (2009). Constructing spiritual panoramas : order and chaos in southern African San rock art panels. Southern African humanities. 21(1). 41–61. 8 indexed citations
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Pearce, David. (2009). Later Stone Age burial practice in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa. 44(2). 279–279. 6 indexed citations
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Pearce, David. (2006). A comment on Swart's rock art sequences and use of the Harris Matrix in the Drakensberg : notes and comments. Southern African humanities. 18(2). 173–188. 3 indexed citations
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Pearce, David & Dilip Abreu. (2003). A Behavioral Model of Bargaining with Endogenous Types. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Pearce, David. (2003). The Tierkloof painted burial stones : news & views. South African Journal of Science. 99. 125–127. 1 indexed citations
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Pearce, David & Ennio Stacchetti. (1997). Time Consistent Taxation by a Government with Redistributive Goals. Journal of Economic Theory. 72(2). 282–305. 12 indexed citations
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Abreu, Dilip, David Pearce, & Ennio Stacchetti. (1993). Renegotiation and Symmetry in Repeated Games. Journal of Economic Theory. 60(2). 217–240. 51 indexed citations
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Pearce, David. (1986). London's Mansions: The Palatial Houses of the Nobility. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Pearce, David. (1977). Accounting for the future. Futures. 9(5). 360–364. 6 indexed citations
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Pearce, David. (1977). Structure and properties of a wilderness travel simulator: An application to the Spanish peaks area. Resources Policy. 3(1). 75–76. 4 indexed citations

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