James Konow

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

James Konow is a scholar working on Safety Research, Cognitive Neuroscience and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James Konow has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Safety Research, 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in James Konow's work include Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (20 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (9 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (7 papers). James Konow is often cited by papers focused on Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (20 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (9 papers) and Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (7 papers). James Konow collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Norway. James Konow's co-authors include Olof Johansson‐Stenman, Rachel Croson, Tatsuyoshi Saijo, Kenju Akai, Erik Ø. Sørensen, Bertil Tungodden, Alexander W. Cappelen, Tim Kasser, Richard M. Ryan and Karine Nyborg and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature and Journal of Public Economics.

In The Last Decade

James Konow

22 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fair Shares: Accountability and Cognitive Dissonance in Allocation Decisions

2000 587 citations James Konow American Economic Review profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Konow United States	14	1.2k	724	584	411	371	23	1.9k
Anke Becker Germany	11	672 0.6×	626 0.9×	644 1.1×	309 0.8×	400 1.1×	17	2.0k
Sherry Xin Li United States	12	975 0.8×	410 0.6×	1.1k 1.9×	516 1.3×	172 0.5×	28	2.0k
Benjamin Enke United States	16	468 0.4×	542 0.7×	632 1.1×	406 1.0×	328 0.9×	50	1.8k
Joachim Weimann Germany	20	814 0.7×	617 0.9×	558 1.0×	334 0.8×	280 0.8×	94	1.8k
Ernesto Reuben United States	22	1.0k 0.9×	544 0.8×	719 1.2×	376 0.9×	225 0.6×	67	2.0k
Pedro Dal Bó United States	17	1.1k 1.0×	608 0.8×	1.1k 2.0×	436 1.1×	172 0.5×	29	2.2k
Joe Oppenheimer United States	20	671 0.6×	653 0.9×	625 1.1×	218 0.5×	200 0.5×	64	1.8k
Ananish Chaudhuri New Zealand	18	1.5k 1.3×	471 0.7×	1.1k 1.9×	576 1.4×	316 0.9×	58	2.1k
Anat Bracha United States	11	798 0.7×	474 0.7×	632 1.1×	177 0.4×	232 0.6×	27	1.7k
David Masclet France	19	1.5k 1.2×	567 0.8×	901 1.5×	488 1.2×	405 1.1×	73	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by James Konow

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All Works

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Konow, James. (2019). Can ethics instruction make economics students more pro-social?. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 166. 724–734. 6 indexed citations

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Konow, James, Tatsuyoshi Saijo, & Kenju Akai. (2019). Equity versus equality: Spectators, stakeholders and groups. Journal of Economic Psychology. 77. 102171–102171. 24 indexed citations

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Brekke, Kjell Arne, James Konow, & Karine Nyborg. (2017). Framing in a threshold public goods experiment with heterogeneous endowments. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 138. 99–110. 14 indexed citations

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Konow, James. (2017). Does studying ethics affect moral views? An application to economic justice. Journal of Economic Methodology. 24(2). 190–203. 4 indexed citations

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Brown, Kirk Warren, Tim Kasser, Richard M. Ryan, & James Konow. (2015). Materialism, Spending, and Affect: An Event-Sampling Study of Marketplace Behavior and Its Affective Costs. Journal of Happiness Studies. 17(6). 2277–2292. 23 indexed citations

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Konow, James. (2014). Coercion and Consent. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE. 170(1). 49–74. 3 indexed citations

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Brekke, Kjell Arne, James Konow, & Karine Nyborg. (2012). Cooperation Is Relative: Income and Framing Effects with Public Goods. Econstor (Econstor). 4 indexed citations

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Konow, James. (2012). ADAM SMITH AND THE MODERN SCIENCE OF ETHICS. Economics and Philosophy. 28(3). 333–362. 13 indexed citations

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Cappelen, Alexander W., James Konow, Erik Ø. Sørensen, & Bertil Tungodden. (2010). Just Luck: An Experimental Study of Risk Taking and Fairness. SSRN Electronic Journal. 54 indexed citations

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Konow, James. (2009). Mixed feelings: Theories of and evidence on giving. Journal of Public Economics. 94(3-4). 279–297. 111 indexed citations

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Konow, James. (2008). The Moral High Ground: An Experimental Study of Spectator Impartiality. MPRA Paper. 5 indexed citations

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Croson, Rachel & James Konow. (2008). Social preferences and moral biases. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 69(3). 201–212. 52 indexed citations

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Croson, Rachel & James Konow. (2007). Double Standards: Social Preferences and Moral Biases. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Konow, James. (2006). Mixed Feelings: Theories and Evidence of Warm Glow and Altruism. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations

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Konow, James. (2005). Blind Spots: The Effects of Information and Stakes on Fairness Bias and Dispersion. Social Justice Research. 18(4). 349–390. 41 indexed citations

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Konow, James. (2003). Which Is the Fairest One of All? A Positive Analysis of Justice Theories. Journal of Economic Literature. 41(4). 1188–1239. 499 indexed citations

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Konow, James. (2001). Fair and square: the four sides of distributive justice. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 46(2). 137–164. 163 indexed citations

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Konow, James. (2000). Fair Shares: Accountability and Cognitive Dissonance in Allocation Decisions. American Economic Review. 90(4). 1072–1092. 587 indexed citations breakdown →

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Konow, James. (1996). A positive theory of economic fairness. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 31(1). 13–35. 185 indexed citations

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Konow, James. (1994). THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEINRICH VON STACKELBERG. Economic Inquiry. 32(1). 146–165. 6 indexed citations

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