Donald Ε. Frey

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Donald Ε. Frey is a scholar working on Education, Economics and Econometrics and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald Ε. Frey has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Education, 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Donald Ε. Frey's work include Higher Education Research Studies (6 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 papers) and Higher Education Governance and Development (4 papers). Donald Ε. Frey is often cited by papers focused on Higher Education Research Studies (6 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 papers) and Higher Education Governance and Development (4 papers). Donald Ε. Frey collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. Donald Ε. Frey's co-authors include Amitaï Etzioni, John Goering, Martín David, Timothy M. Smeeding, Paul C. Cheshire, Anita A. Summers, Margaret S. Gordon, Jack E. Triplett, Stephen J. Carroll and Elmore R. Alexander and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, The American Journal of Surgery and Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.

In The Last Decade

Donald Ε. Frey

31 papers receiving 833 citations

Hit Papers

The Moral Dimension: Toward a New Economics 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 100 200 300 400 500
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. The Moral Dimension: Toward a New Economics
    1989 537 citations Donald Ε. Frey, Amitaï Etzioni Southern Economic Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Donald Ε. Frey United States 13 389 324 132 110 104 34 1.0k
Robert A. Burnham United States 6 537 1.4× 154 0.5× 80 0.6× 78 0.7× 134 1.3× 11 1.1k
Irene van Staveren Netherlands 19 559 1.4× 393 1.2× 45 0.3× 73 0.7× 141 1.4× 83 1.3k
Rose Friedman 5 391 1.0× 348 1.1× 219 1.7× 46 0.4× 299 2.9× 9 1.2k
Myra H. Strober United States 18 384 1.0× 158 0.5× 264 2.0× 188 1.7× 90 0.9× 51 1.2k
Patrick Rooney United States 18 889 2.3× 201 0.6× 163 1.2× 116 1.1× 45 0.4× 67 1.3k
Carroll Seron United States 14 471 1.2× 171 0.5× 96 0.7× 107 1.0× 156 1.5× 47 1.1k
Lawrence Mishel United States 18 371 1.0× 536 1.7× 242 1.8× 63 0.6× 157 1.5× 60 1.3k
Rebecca L. Sandefur United States 14 411 1.1× 226 0.7× 84 0.6× 169 1.5× 115 1.1× 44 1.1k
Howard S. Erlanger United States 14 413 1.1× 221 0.7× 46 0.3× 151 1.4× 146 1.4× 38 1.1k
Clark Kerr United States 14 477 1.2× 299 0.9× 135 1.0× 174 1.6× 374 3.6× 35 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Donald Ε. Frey

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donald Ε. Frey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald Ε. Frey

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Satpathy, Hemant, et al.. (2008). Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. Postgraduate Medicine. 120(1). 28–32. 8 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε.. (2002). University Endowment Returns Are Underspent. Challenge. 45(4). 109–121. 2 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε.. (2002). Conflicting missions? Teachers unions and educational reform. Economics of Education Review. 21(4). 399–400. 2 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε.. (2002). Francis Wayland's 1830s Textbooks: Evangelical Ethics and Political Economy. Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 24(2). 215–231. 5 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε. & John Creedy. (1996). The Economics of Higher Education: An Analysis of Taxes versus Fees. Southern Economic Journal. 62(3). 798–798. 5 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε.. (1996). Economic challenges in higher education. Economics of Education Review. 15(3). 325–326. 3 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε., et al.. (1995). Urban Change in the United States and Western Europe: Comparative Analysis and Policy. Southern Economic Journal. 61(4). 1233–1233. 36 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε.. (1993). Human capital and America's future. Economics of Education Review. 12(1). 93–94. 33 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε.. (1991). Demand and Supply Elasticities for Private Education: a Rejoinder. Public Finance Quarterly. 19(3). 369–376. 6 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε.. (1990). Private education: Studies in choice and public policy. Economics of Education Review. 9(2). 191–192. 16 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε. & Amitaï Etzioni. (1989). The Moral Dimension: Toward a New Economics. Southern Economic Journal. 56(2). 545–545. 537 indexed citations breakdown →
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Frey, Donald Ε.. (1988). Educational research and policy. Economics of Education Review. 7(2). 261–261. 6 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε.. (1988). Policy-making in education. Economics of Education Review. 7(2). 261–262. 2 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε., Martín David, & Timothy M. Smeeding. (1986). Horizontal Equity, Uncertainty, and Economic Well-Being. Southern Economic Journal. 53(2). 534–534. 59 indexed citations
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Levin, Henry M. & Donald Ε. Frey. (1985). Tuition Tax Credits for Private Education: An Economic Analysis. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 4(3). 456–456. 7 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε., Stephen J. Carroll, & Rolla Edward Park. (1984). The Search for Equity in School Finance. Southern Economic Journal. 50(4). 1237–1237. 15 indexed citations
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Alexander, Elmore R. & Donald Ε. Frey. (1984). An econometric estimate of the demand for MBA enrollment. Economics of Education Review. 3(2). 97–103. 8 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε.. (1982). The Cost of a Tuition Tax Credit Reconsidered in the Light of New Evidence.. Journal of education finance. 7(4). 2 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε.. (1981). The impact of school finance reform on indicators of expenditure inequality. Economics of Education Review. 1(3). 339–357. 3 indexed citations
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Frey, Donald Ε. & Elmore R. Alexander. (1976). Junior Colleges and the Demand for Education: Theory and Evidence. Eastern Economic Journal. 3(1). 30–36. 2 indexed citations

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