Eric Zitzewitz

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Eric Zitzewitz is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Finance and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Zitzewitz has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 33 papers in Finance and 18 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Eric Zitzewitz's work include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (31 papers), Sports Analytics and Performance (16 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (13 papers). Eric Zitzewitz is often cited by papers focused on Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (31 papers), Sports Analytics and Performance (16 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (13 papers). Eric Zitzewitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Eric Zitzewitz's co-authors include Justin Wolfers, Jonathan Reuter, Erik Snowberg, Massimo Massa, Bo Cowgill, Michael Kremer, Sylvie Moulin, Paul Glewwe, Martijn Cremers and Antti Petäjistö and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Eric Zitzewitz

66 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Prediction Markets 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 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. Prediction Markets
    2004 514 citations Justin Wolfers, Eric Zitzewitz profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric Zitzewitz United States 25 1.4k 1.2k 867 486 319 66 2.7k
Bernard Salanié United States 29 2.2k 1.7× 413 0.3× 582 0.7× 367 0.8× 567 1.8× 72 3.3k
Christopher A. Parsons United States 22 1.2k 0.9× 1.6k 1.4× 1.9k 2.2× 520 1.1× 246 0.8× 64 3.2k
Richard E. Kihlstrom United States 19 2.1k 1.5× 534 0.5× 746 0.9× 291 0.6× 707 2.2× 34 3.3k
Thorsten Hens Switzerland 30 1.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 420 0.5× 266 0.5× 394 1.2× 177 2.7k
Arlington W. Williams United States 25 1.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 403 0.5× 356 0.7× 752 2.4× 41 3.0k
Thomas A. Rietz United States 17 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 282 0.3× 170 0.3× 469 1.5× 43 2.3k
Gustavo Manso United States 22 1.9k 1.4× 1.0k 0.9× 2.1k 2.4× 189 0.4× 371 1.2× 43 3.9k
Jeffrey Zwiebel United States 13 1.0k 0.7× 969 0.8× 1.5k 1.7× 335 0.7× 460 1.4× 18 2.8k
Thomas W. Ross Canada 22 1.1k 0.8× 397 0.3× 215 0.2× 430 0.9× 583 1.8× 67 2.3k
Matti Keloharju Finland 24 1.5k 1.1× 2.2k 1.8× 2.2k 2.6× 163 0.3× 229 0.7× 62 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eric Zitzewitz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Zitzewitz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zinman, Jonathan & Eric Zitzewitz. (2012). Wintertime for Deceptive Advertising. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Snowberg, Erik, Justin Wolfers, & Eric Zitzewitz. (2012). Prediction Markets for Economic Forecasting. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations
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Snowberg, Erik, Justin Wolfers, & Eric Zitzewitz. (2011). How Prediction Markets Can Save Event Studies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Snowberg, Erik, Justin Wolfers, & Eric Zitzewitz. (2011). How Prediction Markets Can Save Event Studies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Reuter, Jonathan & Eric Zitzewitz. (2011). How Much Does Size Erode Mutual Fund Performance? A Regression Discontinuity Approach. SSRN Electronic Journal. 52 indexed citations
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Zitzewitz, Eric. (2009). Prosecutorial Discretion in Mutual Fund Settlement Negotiations, 2003-7. The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 9(1). 6 indexed citations
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Henderson, M. Todd, Justin Wolfers, & Eric Zitzewitz. (2008). Predicting Crime. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Snowberg, Erik, Justin Wolfers, & Eric Zitzewitz. (2008). How Prediction Markets Can Save Event Studies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations
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Snowberg, Erik, Justin Wolfers, & Eric Zitzewitz. (2006). Partisan Impacts on the Economy: Evidence from Prediction Markets and Close Elections. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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Wolfers, Justin & Eric Zitzewitz. (2006). Five Open Questions About Prediction Markets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 55 indexed citations
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Wolfers, Justin & Eric Zitzewitz. (2006). Interpreting Prediction Market Prices as Probabilities. SSRN Electronic Journal. 120 indexed citations
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Wolfers, Justin & Eric Zitzewitz. (2006). Prediction Markets in Theory and Practice. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Wolfers, Justin, et al.. (2006). Five Open Questions about Prediction Markets. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Working Paper Series. 1.000–26.000. 6 indexed citations
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Wolfers, Justin & Eric Zitzewitz. (2004). Prediction Markets. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Leigh, Andrew, Justin Wolfers, & Eric Zitzewitz. (2003). What do Financial Markets Think of War in Iraq?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Zitzewitz, Eric. (2001). Measuring Herding and Exaggeration by Equity Analysts and Other Opinion Sellers. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations
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Baily, Martin Neil & Eric Zitzewitz. (2001). Service Sector Productivity Comparisons: Lessons for Measurement. NBER Chapters. 419–464. 2 indexed citations
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Glewwe, Paul, Michael Kremer, Sylvie Moulin, & Eric Zitzewitz. (2000). Retrospective vs. Prospective Analyses of School Inputs: The Case of Flip Charts in Kenya. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 6 indexed citations
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Baily, Martin Neil, et al.. (1998). Will Brazil Seize Its Future. The McKinsey Quarterly. 1(3). 74. 1 indexed citations
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Baily, Martin Neil, et al.. (1998). The Roots of Korea's Crisis. The McKinsey Quarterly. 149(2). 76–143. 1 indexed citations

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