Joel Sobel

13.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
64 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Joel Sobel is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel Sobel has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 35 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 18 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Joel Sobel's work include Game Theory and Applications (28 papers), Economic theories and models (23 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (18 papers). Joel Sobel is often cited by papers focused on Game Theory and Applications (28 papers), Economic theories and models (23 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (18 papers). Joel Sobel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Spain. Joel Sobel's co-authors include Vincent P. Crawford, Jeffrey S. Banks, In-Koo Cho, Kim C. Border, Agne Kajackaite, Uri Gneezy, John Conlisk, Eitan Gerstner, Uzi Segal and Ying Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and Econometrica.

In The Last Decade

Joel Sobel

62 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Strategic Information Transmission

1982 2.7k citations Vincent P. Crawford, Joel Sobel Econometrica profile →
Equilibrium Selection in Signaling Games

1987 615 citations Joel Sobel et al. Econometrica profile →
Interdependent Preferences and Reciprocity

2005 556 citations Joel Sobel Journal of Economic Literature profile →
Game-Theoretic Models of Bargaining

1985 307 citations Alvin E. Roth, Kalyan Chatterjee et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
Lying Aversion and the Size of the Lie

2018 268 citations Uri Gneezy, Agne Kajackaite et al. American Economic Review profile →

Peers

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Vincent P. Crawford United States

Larry Samuelson United States

David K. Levine United States

Charles R. Plott United States

George J. Mailath United States

Thomas R. Palfrey United States

Andrew Postlewaite United States

Joseph Farrell United States

Rachel Kranton United States

Robert Gibbons United States

Vincent P. Crawford United States

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4.0k ×1.2

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4.7k ×1.4

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3.4k ×1.3

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1.4k ×0.8

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726 ×0.8

ACCOU

Citations per year, relative to Joel Sobel Joel Sobel (= 1×) peers Vincent P. Crawford

Countries citing papers authored by Joel Sobel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joel Sobel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joel Sobel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joel Sobel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joel Sobel based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Joel Sobel. Joel Sobel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Sobel, Joel. (2025). On the function of language. International Journal of Game Theory. 54(1).

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Sobel, Joel. (2019). Lying and Deception in Games. Journal of Political Economy. 128(3). 907–947. 41 indexed citations

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Chambers, Christopher P., Alan D. Miller, & Joel Sobel. (2019). Flaws in the Efficiency Gap. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 3 indexed citations

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Gneezy, Uri, Agne Kajackaite, & Joel Sobel. (2018). Lying Aversion and the Size of the Lie. American Economic Review. 108(2). 419–453. 268 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sobel, Joel. (2017). A note on pre-play communication. Games and Economic Behavior. 102. 477–486. 4 indexed citations

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Sobel, Joel. (2014). On the relationship between individual and group decisions. Theoretical Economics. 9(1). 163–185. 15 indexed citations

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Sobel, Joel. (2013). Ten possible experiments on communication and deception. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 93. 408–413. 12 indexed citations

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Sobel, Joel. (2012). Complexity versus conflict in communication. 1–6. 10 indexed citations

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Sobel, Joel. (2009). ReGale: Some memorable results. Games and Economic Behavior. 66(2). 632–642. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Ying, Navin Kartik, & Joel Sobel. (2008). Selecting Cheap-Talk Equilibria. Econometrica. 76(1). 117–136. 148 indexed citations

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Sobel, Joel. (2005). Interdependent Preferences and Reciprocity. Journal of Economic Literature. 43(2). 392–436. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sobel, Joel. (2002). Can We Trust Social Capital?. Journal of Economic Literature. 40(1). 139–154. 478 indexed citations

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Segal, Uzi & Joel Sobel. (2002). Min, Max, and Sum. Journal of Economic Theory. 106(1). 126–150. 17 indexed citations

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Sobel, Joel. (2002). Putting altruism in context. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 25(2). 275–276. 1 indexed citations

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Sobel, Joel. (1998). On the Dynamics of Standards. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Blume, Andreas, et al.. (1993). Evolutionary Stability in Games of Communication. Games and Economic Behavior. 5(4). 547–575. 70 indexed citations

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Sobel, Joel. (1993). Information Control in the Principal-Agent Problem. International Economic Review. 34(2). 259–259. 51 indexed citations

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Sobel, Joel. (1991). Durable Goods Monopoly with Entry of New Consumers. Econometrica. 59(5). 1455–1455. 123 indexed citations

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Stole, Lars, et al.. (1990). Fixed-Equilibrium Rationalizability in Signaling Games. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Roth, Alvin E., Kalyan Chatterjee, Robert Wilson, et al.. (1985). Game-Theoretic Models of Bargaining. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 307 indexed citations breakdown →

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