Helmut Bester

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Helmut Bester is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Bester has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 27 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 16 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Helmut Bester's work include Auction Theory and Applications (20 papers), Economic theories and models (17 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (16 papers). Helmut Bester is often cited by papers focused on Auction Theory and Applications (20 papers), Economic theories and models (17 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (16 papers). Helmut Bester collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Helmut Bester's co-authors include Emmanuel Petrakis, Werner Güth, Roland Strausz, Kai A. Konrad, Daniel Krähmer, Karl Wärneryd, Matthias Dahm, Klaus Ritzberger, József Sákovics and Jonathan Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Econometrica and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Bester

54 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Screening vs. Rationing i... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 250 500 750

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Helmut Bester 1.7k 1.1k 1.0k 607 443 59 2.9k
Lars Stole 1.5k 0.9× 580 0.5× 945 0.9× 699 1.2× 526 1.2× 47 2.6k
Roman Inderst 1.8k 1.0× 866 0.8× 1.5k 1.4× 560 0.9× 518 1.2× 156 3.1k
Dan Bernhardt 1.5k 0.9× 861 0.8× 756 0.7× 525 0.9× 223 0.5× 145 2.9k
Noah Stoffman 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 1.8k 1.7× 194 0.3× 137 0.3× 24 3.2k
Peter Zemsky 882 0.5× 403 0.4× 316 0.3× 427 0.7× 245 0.6× 32 1.8k
Julie Wulf 900 0.5× 425 0.4× 1.3k 1.3× 163 0.3× 138 0.3× 39 2.3k
Andreas Fuster 2.0k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 919 0.9× 141 0.2× 157 0.4× 60 2.8k
Keith J. Crocker 1.7k 1.0× 165 0.2× 883 0.8× 524 0.9× 188 0.4× 35 2.6k
Lily H. Fang 1.1k 0.6× 1.7k 1.6× 2.0k 1.9× 294 0.5× 178 0.4× 38 3.0k
Kenneth A. Kim 1.7k 1.0× 2.1k 2.0× 2.9k 2.8× 303 0.5× 169 0.4× 64 4.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bester, Helmut & József Sákovics. (2023). Cooperation, competition, and welfare in a matching market. Games and Economic Behavior. 143. 357–369.
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Bester, Helmut, Thomas Gehrig, & Rune Stenbacka. (2012). Loan Sales and Screening Incentives. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Bester, Helmut. (2008). Externalities, communication and the allocation of decision rights. Economic Theory. 41(2). 269–296. 21 indexed citations
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Bester, Helmut & Kai A. Konrad. (2003). Delay in Contests. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Bester, Helmut. (2003). Theorie der Industrieökonomik. Springer-Lehrbuch. 1 indexed citations
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Bester, Helmut & Kai A. Konrad. (2003). Delay in contests. European Economic Review. 48(5). 1169–1178. 17 indexed citations
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Ritzberger, Klaus & Helmut Bester. (1998). Strategic Pricing, Signalling and Costly Information Acquisition. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Bester, Helmut. (1998). Quality Uncertainty Mitigates Product Differentiation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Bester, Helmut & Emmanuel Petrakis. (1998). Wages and Productivity Growth in a Competitive Industry. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Bester, Helmut, et al.. (1996). Internal Finance versus Bank Debt: The Chains from Establishing a Debt History. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 29. 565–591. 2 indexed citations
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Bester, Helmut, et al.. (1994). The role of collateral in a model of debt renegotiation. 157 indexed citations
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Bester, Helmut. (1994). Random Advertising and Monopolistic Price Dispersion. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy. 3(3). 545–559. 10 indexed citations
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Bester, Helmut. (1993). Bargaining versus price competition in markets with quality uncertainty. American Economic Review. 83(1). 278–288. 84 indexed citations
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Bester, Helmut & Emmanuel Petrakis. (1993). The incentives for cost reduction in a differentiated industry. International Journal of Industrial Organization. 11(4). 519–534. 103 indexed citations
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Bester, Helmut. (1989). Incentive-Compatible Long-Term Contracts and Job Rationing. Journal of Labor Economics. 7(2). 238–255. 9 indexed citations
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Bester, Helmut. (1987). The role of collateral in credit markets with imperfect information. European Economic Review. 31(4). 887–899. 356 indexed citations
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Bester, Helmut. (1985). Screening vs. Rationing in Credit Markets with Imperfect Information. American Economic Review. 75(4). 850–855. 944 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bester, Helmut. (1984). Core and equilibrium in incomplete markets. Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie. 44(3). 255–266. 2 indexed citations
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Bester, Helmut. (1984). Increasing risk and equilibrium under uncertainty. Journal of Economic Theory. 33(2). 378–386. 1 indexed citations
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Bester, Helmut. (1982). On shareholder unanimity in the mean-variance model. Economics Letters. 10(3-4). 363–367. 5 indexed citations

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