Edgar Kiser

3.1k total citations
41 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Edgar Kiser is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Edgar Kiser has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Edgar Kiser's work include Historical Economic and Social Studies (12 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (9 papers) and Taxation and Compliance Studies (7 papers). Edgar Kiser is often cited by papers focused on Historical Economic and Social Studies (12 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (9 papers) and Taxation and Compliance Studies (7 papers). Edgar Kiser collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Arab Emirates. Edgar Kiser's co-authors include Michael Hechter, Yoram Barzel, Yong Cai, Arthur W. Linton, Kriss A. Drass, Blaine G. Robbins, April Linton, Kathryn Baker, Gary W. Cox and Aart Kraay and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Edgar Kiser

40 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edgar Kiser United States 18 687 594 563 254 138 41 1.5k
Alena Ledeneva United Kingdom 19 1.2k 1.7× 294 0.5× 673 1.2× 116 0.5× 92 0.7× 48 1.9k
J. C. Sharman Australia 26 985 1.4× 444 0.7× 915 1.6× 114 0.4× 258 1.9× 76 2.1k
Ronald Wintrobe Canada 17 851 1.2× 599 1.0× 704 1.3× 154 0.6× 99 0.7× 47 1.7k
James Cobbe United States 15 822 1.2× 390 0.7× 218 0.4× 106 0.4× 59 0.4× 42 1.4k
Doug Guthrie United States 17 795 1.2× 187 0.3× 602 1.1× 96 0.4× 248 1.8× 36 1.7k
Christina Gathmann Germany 18 499 0.7× 692 1.2× 323 0.6× 147 0.6× 76 0.6× 55 1.4k
Harold J. Berman United States 19 720 1.0× 344 0.6× 844 1.5× 138 0.5× 75 0.5× 114 1.9k
Erik Wibbels United States 22 676 1.0× 820 1.4× 1.5k 2.7× 97 0.4× 108 0.8× 47 2.2k
Ankie Hoogvelt United Kingdom 14 668 1.0× 159 0.3× 429 0.8× 105 0.4× 41 0.3× 38 1.4k
Richard Tilly Germany 12 839 1.2× 272 0.5× 516 0.9× 80 0.3× 78 0.6× 50 1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edgar Kiser

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All Works

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Robbins, Blaine G. & Edgar Kiser. (2020). State coercion, moral attitudes, and tax compliance: Evidence from a national factorial survey experiment of income tax evasion. Social Science Research. 91. 102448–102448. 17 indexed citations
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Kiser, Edgar, et al.. (2019). Is there a limit to the size of the state? The scope conditions of Wagner's law. Journal of Institutional Economics. 16(2). 217–232. 12 indexed citations
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Robbins, Blaine G. & Edgar Kiser. (2018). Culture, Coercion, and Compliance. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Kiser, Edgar & Audrey Sacks. (2011). African Patrimonialism in Historical Perspective. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 636(1). 129–149. 14 indexed citations
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Kiser, Edgar & Howard T. Welser. (2007). The Microfoundations of Analytic Narratives. Sociologia. 0–0. 2 indexed citations
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Kiser, Edgar. (2007). Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy: Lessons from Medieval Trade. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 36(1). 43–44. 177 indexed citations
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Kiser, Edgar & Yong Cai. (2003). War and Bureaucratization in Qin China: Exploring an Anomalous Case. American Sociological Review. 68(4). 511–539. 13 indexed citations
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Kiser, Edgar & April Linton. (2002). The Hinges of History: State-Making and Revolt in Early Modern France. American Sociological Review. 67(6). 889–889. 26 indexed citations
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Kiser, Edgar, et al.. (2001). Revolution and State Structure: The Bureaucratization of Tax Administration in Early Modern England and France. American Journal of Sociology. 107(1). 183–223. 46 indexed citations
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Treisman, Daniel, Gary W. Cox, Aart Kraay, et al.. (2000). Decentralization and the Quality of Government. 177 indexed citations
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Barzel, Yoram & Edgar Kiser. (1997). THE DEVELOPMENT AND DECLINE OF MEDIEVAL VOTING INSTITUTIONS: A COMPARISON OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE. Economic Inquiry. 35(2). 244–260. 2 indexed citations
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Kiser, Edgar. (1995). What Can Sociological Theories Predict? Comment on Collins, Kuran, and Tilly. American Journal of Sociology. 100(6). 1611–1615. 7 indexed citations
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Kiser, Edgar & Kathryn Baker. (1994). Could Privatization Increase the Efficiency of Tax Administration in Less‐Developed Countries?. Policy Studies Journal. 22(3). 489–500. 29 indexed citations
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Kiser, Edgar. (1994). Markets and Hierarchies in Early Modern Tax Systems: A Principal-Agent Analysis. Politics & Society. 22(3). 284–315. 68 indexed citations
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Kiser, Edgar, et al.. (1992). Determinants of the Amount and Type of Corruption in State Fiscal Bureaucracies. Comparative Political Studies. 25(3). 300–331. 32 indexed citations
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Kiser, Edgar & Michael Hechter. (1991). The Role of General Theory in Comparative-Historical Sociology. American Journal of Sociology. 97(1). 1–30. 195 indexed citations
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Kiser, Edgar, et al.. (1991). Revolution in the Development of Capitalism: The Coming of the English Revolution.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 20(1). 28–28. 3 indexed citations
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Drass, Kriss A. & Edgar Kiser. (1988). Structural Roots of Visions of the Future: World-System Crisis and Stability and the Production of Utopian Literature in the United States, 1883-1975. International Studies Quarterly. 32(4). 421–421. 6 indexed citations
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Kiser, Edgar & Kriss A. Drass. (1987). Changes in the Core of the World-System and the Production of Utopian Literature in Great Britain and the United States, 1883-1975. American Sociological Review. 52(2). 286–286. 14 indexed citations

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