Joel Watson

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Joel Watson is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel Watson has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 31 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 13 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Joel Watson's work include Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (23 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (23 papers) and Game Theory and Applications (13 papers). Joel Watson is often cited by papers focused on Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (23 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (23 papers) and Game Theory and Applications (13 papers). Joel Watson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Joel Watson's co-authors include Garey Ramey, Wouter J. Den Haan, Clara Ponsatı́, David A. Miller, Alan Schwartz, Anthony G. Bower, Steven Garber, Pierpaolo Battigalli, Russell W. Belk and James E. Rauch and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Econometrica and The Review of Economic Studies.

In The Last Decade

Joel Watson

53 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks

2000 508 citations Wouter J. Den Haan, Garey Ramey et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joel Watson United States	19	1.2k	544	414	299	169	55	1.7k
Roger Guesnerie France	25	2.3k 2.0×	837 1.5×	525 1.3×	223 0.7×	317 1.9×	105	2.8k
Giuseppe Moscarini United States	21	1.1k 0.9×	274 0.5×	278 0.7×	132 0.4×	116 0.7×	46	1.4k
Ian Jewitt United Kingdom	15	1.1k 0.9×	478 0.9×	178 0.4×	338 1.1×	412 2.4×	22	1.8k
Ramón Marimon Spain	18	1.4k 1.2×	185 0.3×	540 1.3×	143 0.5×	213 1.3×	62	1.8k
Marcel Boyer Canada	20	1.1k 0.9×	394 0.7×	144 0.3×	115 0.4×	137 0.8×	106	1.5k
Ulrich Doraszelski United States	22	1.3k 1.1×	416 0.8×	288 0.7×	70 0.2×	195 1.2×	43	1.8k
John Kennan United States	17	1.2k 1.0×	173 0.3×	563 1.4×	113 0.4×	116 0.7×	34	1.7k
Shouyong Shi Canada	25	2.4k 2.0×	421 0.8×	1.2k 2.8×	81 0.3×	201 1.2×	86	2.7k
Filip Matějka Czechia	15	656 0.5×	234 0.4×	158 0.4×	193 0.6×	84 0.5×	25	1.1k
Guofu Tan United States	16	507 0.4×	466 0.9×	296 0.7×	174 0.6×	215 1.3×	57	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Joel Watson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joel Watson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joel Watson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joel Watson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joel Watson 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 Watson. Joel Watson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Watson, Joel. (2024). Contractual Chains. Econometrica. 92(5). 1735–1774. 1 indexed citations

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Watson, Joel, et al.. (2019). Statistical evidence and the problem of robust litigation. The RAND Journal of Economics. 50(4). 974–1003. 2 indexed citations

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Watson, Joel. (2013). Contract and Game Theory: Basic Concepts for Settings with Finite Horizons. Games. 4(3). 457–496. 8 indexed citations

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Brennan, James R. & Joel Watson. (2013). The Renegotiation-Proofness Principle and Costly Renegotiation. Games. 4(3). 347–366. 6 indexed citations

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Watson, Joel, et al.. (2012). Contract, renegotiation, and holdup: Results on the technology of trade and investment. Theoretical Economics. 7(2). 283–322. 12 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Alan & Joel Watson. (2012). Conceptualizing Contractual Interpretation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Watson, Joel, et al.. (2009). Hold-Up and Durable Trading Opportunities. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 4 indexed citations

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Watson, Joel. (2006). Contract and Mechanism Design in Settings with Multi-Period Trade. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 5 indexed citations

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Rauch, James E. & Joel Watson. (2003). Are There Too Many Entrepreneurs? A Model of Client-Based Entrepreneurship. 4 indexed citations

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Haan, Wouter J. Den, Garey Ramey, & Joel Watson. (2003). Liquidity flows and fragility of business enterprises. Journal of Monetary Economics. 50(6). 1215–1241. 68 indexed citations

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Watson, Joel & James E. Rauch. (2002). Entrepreneurship in International Trade. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Haan, Wouter J. Den, Garey Ramey, & Joel Watson. (2001). Liquidity Flows and Fragility of Business Enterprises. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Alan & Joel Watson. (2000). Economic and Legal Aspects of Costly Recontracting. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Watson, Joel. (1998). 'Why Did You Put That There?: Gender, Materialism and Tattoo Consumption. ACR North American Advances. 15 indexed citations

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Belk, Russell W. & Joel Watson. (1998). Material Culture and the Extended Or Unextended Self in Our University Offices. ACR North American Advances. 10 indexed citations

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Watson, Joel, et al.. (1998). Conditional Dominance, Rationalizability, and Game Forms. Journal of Economic Theory. 83(2). 161–195. 64 indexed citations

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Ramey, Garey & Joel Watson. (1998). Contractual Intermediaries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Ramey, Garey, et al.. (1997). FORTRAN code for Job Destruction and Propagation of Shocks. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 27 indexed citations

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Ponsatı́, Clara & Joel Watson. (1997). Multiple-issue bargaining and axiomatic solutions. International Journal of Game Theory. 26(4). 501–524. 18 indexed citations

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Watson, Joel. (1996). Reputation in Repeated Games with No Discounting. Games and Economic Behavior. 15(1). 82–109. 8 indexed citations

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