John C. Harsanyi

28.7k total citations · 13 hit papers
84 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

John C. Harsanyi is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, John C. Harsanyi has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 36 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 11 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in John C. Harsanyi's work include Game Theory and Applications (34 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (28 papers) and Economic theories and models (17 papers). John C. Harsanyi is often cited by papers focused on Game Theory and Applications (34 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (28 papers) and Economic theories and models (17 papers). John C. Harsanyi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. John C. Harsanyi's co-authors include Reinhard Selten, Arthur L. Stinchcombe, Robert Sugden, Amartya Sen, Duncan Black, Eric van Damme, Jörgen W. Weibull, John F. Nash, Peter Hammerstein and Harold W. Kuhn and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Economic Review and Econometrica.

In The Last Decade

John C. Harsanyi

77 papers receiving 10.7k 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.

A General Theory of Equilibrium Selection in Games

1988 1.3k citations John C. Harsanyi, Reinhard Selten RePEc: Research Papers in Economics profile →
Cardinal Welfare, Individualistic Ethics, and Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility

1955 1.3k citations John C. Harsanyi Journal of Political Economy profile →
Games with Incomplete Information Played by “Bayesian” Players, I–III Part I. The Basic Model

1967 1.3k citations John C. Harsanyi Management Science profile →
Games with Incomplete Information Played by “Bayesian” Players, I–III: Part I. The Basic Model

2004 901 citations John C. Harsanyi Management Science profile →
A General Theory of Equilibrium Selection in Games.

1989 805 citations John C. Harsanyi, Reinhard Selten et al. profile →
Rational Behaviour and Bargaining Equilibrium in Games and Social Situations

1977 724 citations John C. Harsanyi Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
Games with Incomplete Information Played by ‘Bayesian’ Players, Part III. The Basic Probability Distribution of the Game

1968 641 citations John C. Harsanyi Management Science profile →
Games with Incomplete Information Played by “Bayesian” Players Part II. Bayesian Equilibrium Points

1968 581 citations John C. Harsanyi Management Science profile →
Games with randomly disturbed payoffs: A new rationale for mixed-strategy equilibrium points

1973 558 citations John C. Harsanyi International Journal of Game Theory profile →
A General Theory of Equilibrium Selection in Games.

1989 388 citations John C. Harsanyi, Reinhard Selten et al. profile →
Cardinal Utility in Welfare Economics and in the Theory of Risk-taking

1953 384 citations John C. Harsanyi Journal of Political Economy profile →
A Generalized Nash Solution for Two-Person Bargaining Games with Incomplete Information

1972 351 citations John C. Harsanyi, Reinhard Selten Management Science profile →
Morality and the Theory of Rational Behavior

1977 341 citations John C. Harsanyi profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Games with incomplete information: Nobel Memorial Lecture 2012 ·El Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad EAFIT (Universidad EAFIT) ·John C. Harsanyi	1
2	Measurement of social power, opportunity costs, and the theory of two-person bargaining games 2007 ·Systems Research and Behavioral Science ·John C. Harsanyi	37
3	Games with Incomplete Information Played by “Bayesian” Players, I–III: Part I. The Basic Model breakdown → 2004 ·Management Science ·John C. Harsanyi	901
4	La moral y la teoría de la conducta racional 2004 ·Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) ·John C. Harsanyi	1
5	Game Theory, Experience, Rationality Foundations of Social Sciences, Economics and Ethics : In Honor of John C. Harsanyi 1998 ·John C. Harsanyi, Werner Leinfellner, (unknown)	6
6	Determining the number and identity of spectral endmembers; an integrated approach using Neyman-Person eigen-thresholding and iterative constrained RMS error minimization 1993 ·John C. Harsanyi, W. H. Farrand, (unknown)	1
7	Equality, responsibility, and justice as seen from a utilitarian perspective 1991 ·Theory and Decision ·John C. Harsanyi	1
8	A General Theory of Equilibrium Selection in Games breakdown → 1988 ·RePEc: Research Papers in Economics ·John C. Harsanyi, Reinhard Selten	1305
9	Rational Behaviour and Bargaining Equilibrium in Games and Social Situations 1986 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·John C. Harsanyi	8
10	Basic Moral Decisions and Alternative Concepts of Rationality 1983 ·Social Theory and Practice ·John C. Harsanyi	3
11	Some Epistemological Advantages of a Rule Utilitarian Position in Ethics 1982 ·Midwest Studies in Philosophy ·John C. Harsanyi	5
12	Economics and Ethics: Altruism, Justice, Power: Discussion 1978 ·American Economic Review ·John C. Harsanyi	0
13	Bayesian Decision Theory and Utilitarian Ethics 1978 ·American Economic Review ·John C. Harsanyi	99
14	Morality and the Theory of Rational Behavior breakdown → 1977 ·John C. Harsanyi	341
15	Can the Maximin Principle Serve as a Basis for Morality? A Critique of John Rawls's Theory 1975 ·American Political Science Review ·John C. Harsanyi	246
16	Games with randomly disturbed payoffs: A new rationale for mixed-strategy equilibrium points breakdown → 1973 ·International Journal of Game Theory ·John C. Harsanyi	558
17	A Generalized Nash Solution for Two-Person Bargaining Games with Incomplete Information breakdown → 1972 ·Management Science ·John C. Harsanyi, Reinhard Selten	351
18	Rational-Choice Models of Political Behavior vs. Functionalist and Conformist Theories 1969 ·World Politics ·John C. Harsanyi	88
19	Games with Incomplete Information Played by “Bayesian” Players, I–III Part I. The Basic Model breakdown → 1967 ·Management Science ·John C. Harsanyi	1265
20	Cardinal Welfare, Individualistic Ethics, and Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility breakdown → 1955 ·Journal of Political Economy ·John C. Harsanyi	1298

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