Gary Charness

21.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
200 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Gary Charness is a scholar working on Safety Research, General Decision Sciences and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary Charness has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Safety Research, 78 papers in General Decision Sciences and 68 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Gary Charness's work include Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (161 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (78 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (45 papers). Gary Charness is often cited by papers focused on Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (161 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (78 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (45 papers). Gary Charness collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Germany. Gary Charness's co-authors include Uri Gneezy, Martin Dufwenberg, Jordi Brandts, Michael Kuhn, Dan Levin, Aldo Rustichini, Marie Claire Villeval, Matthew Rabin, Alex Imas and Luca Rigotti and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Finance and American Economic Review.

In The Last Decade

Gary Charness

189 papers receiving 11.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Strong Evidence for Gender Differences in Risk Taking
    2011 1.1k citations Gary Charness, Uri Gneezy Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization profile →
  2. Promises and Partnership
    2006 991 citations Gary Charness, Martin Dufwenberg Econometrica profile →
  3. Experimental methods: Between-subject and within-subject design
    2011 959 citations Gary Charness, Uri Gneezy et al. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization profile →
  4. Experimental methods: Eliciting risk preferences
    2012 498 citations Gary Charness, Uri Gneezy et al. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization profile →
  5. The strategy versus the direct-response method: a first survey of experimental comparisons
    2011 497 citations Jordi Brandts, Gary Charness profile →
  6. Individual Behavior and Group Membership
    2007 400 citations Gary Charness, Luca Rigotti et al. American Economic Review profile →
  7. The Dark Side of Competition for Status
    2013 309 citations Gary Charness, Marie Claire Villeval et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Gary Charness 7.4k 3.6k 3.6k 3.1k 2.1k 200 12.5k
Aldo Rustichini 4.3k 0.6× 5.0k 1.4× 2.7k 0.7× 2.9k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 204 12.9k
Rachel Croson 5.1k 0.7× 3.3k 0.9× 3.8k 1.1× 1.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 111 12.4k
Matthias Sutter 4.7k 0.6× 3.0k 0.8× 2.7k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 273 8.6k
Armin Falk 8.9k 1.2× 7.1k 2.0× 5.8k 1.6× 4.3k 1.4× 1.8k 0.9× 208 19.5k
Uri Gneezy 10.8k 1.5× 6.9k 1.9× 6.2k 1.7× 4.7k 1.5× 2.3k 1.1× 145 22.8k
Matthew Rabin 4.9k 0.7× 9.4k 2.6× 2.4k 0.7× 6.9k 2.2× 2.5k 1.2× 80 17.7k
Thomas Dohmen 2.6k 0.4× 4.0k 1.1× 2.7k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 472 0.2× 111 9.9k
Max H. Bazerman 4.7k 0.6× 2.9k 0.8× 6.6k 1.9× 3.1k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 301 19.0k
Charles A. Holt 5.1k 0.7× 5.0k 1.4× 1.5k 0.4× 3.6k 1.2× 3.3k 1.6× 191 11.2k
Ralph Hertwig 2.4k 0.3× 2.9k 0.8× 3.8k 1.1× 6.4k 2.1× 1.8k 0.9× 301 16.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cappelen, Alexander W., et al.. (2025). Exercise Improves Academic Performance. Journal of Political Economy. 134(1). 397–434.
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Charness, Gary, Eugen Dimant, Uri Gneezy, & Erin L. Krupka. (2025). Experimental methods: Eliciting and measuring social norms. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 237. 107187–107187.
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Ermer, Elsa, Gary Charness, John Tooby, & Leda Cosmides. (2025). Coalitional support regulates resource divisions in men. Evolution and Human Behavior. 46(5). 106715–106715.
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Charness, Gary, et al.. (2024). Vaccination as personal public-good provision. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 224. 481–499. 2 indexed citations
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Charness, Gary, et al.. (2023). Generation Next: Experimentation with AI. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Charness, Gary, et al.. (2023). Learning your own risk preferences. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. 67(1). 1–19. 3 indexed citations
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Charness, Gary & Daniela Grieco. (2023). Creativity and Corporate Culture*. The Economic Journal. 133(653). 1846–1870. 6 indexed citations
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Charness, Gary, et al.. (2023). The Virtues of Lab Experiments. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Fehr, Ernst & Gary Charness. (2023). Social Preferences: Fundamental Characteristics and Economic Consequences. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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Charness, Gary, et al.. (2023). Generation Next: Experimentation with AI. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Fehr, Ernst & Gary Charness. (2023). Social Preferences: Fundamental Characteristics and Economic Consequences. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Charness, Gary, Thomas García, Theo Offerman, & Marie Claire Villeval. (2019). Do Measures of Risk Attitude in the Laboratory Predict Behavior under Risk In and Outside of the Laboratory?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Charness, Gary, Uri Gneezy, & Austin Henderson. (2018). Experimental methods: Measuring effort in economics experiments. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 149. 74–87. 75 indexed citations
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Charness, Gary, et al.. (2014). Trust and Reciprocity. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 10(3). 167–207.
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Charness, Gary & Roger Jahnke. (2012). A Group-based Wellness Intervention in the Laboratory. The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 12(1). 2 indexed citations
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Charness, Gary & Uri Gneezy. (2007). Strong Evidence for Gender Differences in Investment. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations
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Charness, Gary, Luca Rigotti, & Aldo Rustichini. (2007). Individual Behavior and Group Membership. American Economic Review. 97(4). 1340–1352. 400 indexed citations breakdown →
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Charness, Gary & Martin Dufwenberg. (2006). Promises and Partnership. Econometrica. 74(6). 1579–1601. 991 indexed citations breakdown →
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Charness, Gary & Jordi Brandts. (2002). Instituto de Análisis Económico. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations
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Charness, Gary. (1998). PRE-PLAY COMMUNICATION AND CREDIBILITY: A TEST OF AUMANN'S CONJECTURE *. Repositori digital de la UPF (Universitat Pompeu Fabra). 3 indexed citations

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