Jon Elster

47.6k total citations · 13 hit papers
231 papers, 18.3k citations indexed

About

Jon Elster is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jon Elster has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 18.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 37 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 37 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Jon Elster's work include Economic Theory and Institutions (23 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (13 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (11 papers). Jon Elster is often cited by papers focused on Economic Theory and Institutions (23 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (13 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (11 papers). Jon Elster collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Norway. Jon Elster's co-authors include Mary K. Farmer, George Loewenstein, David G. Wagner, Diego Gambetta, Adam Przeworski, James D. Fearon, Susan C. Stokes, Claus Offe, Ulrich K. Preuß and Gerry Mackie and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jon Elster

216 papers receiving 14.9k citations

Hit Papers

Social Norms and Economic Theory 1979 2026 1994 2010 1989 1989 1999 1998 1998 250 500 750 1000

Peers

Jon Elster
Comparison fields: 5 of 176
  • Sociology and Political Science 7.8k
  • Political Science and International Relations 5.4k
  • Economics and Econometrics 3.8k
  • Safety Research 2.0k
  • General Decision Sciences 1.5k
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Countries citing papers authored by Jon Elster

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 2
2 17
3
En favor de los mecanismos
5
4
Don't Burn Your Bridge before You Come to It: Some Ambiguities and Complexities of Precommitment
12
5
Arguing and Bargaining in Two Constitutuent Assemblies
28
6
Democracy, Accountability, and Representation breakdown →
973
7
Addiction : entries and exits
119
8
Deliberative Democracy breakdown →
938
9
Ulises revistado: Compromisos previos y constitucionalismo
1
10
The roundtable talks and the breakdown of communism
36
11
Local Justice in America
19
12
Lógica y sociedad: contradicciones y mundos posibles
6
13 1
14
El cambio tecnológico: investigaciones sobre la racionalidad y la transformación social
25
15
Karl Marx : une interprétation analytique
1
16
Making Sense of Marx breakdown →
511
17
Logik und Gesellschaft : Widersprüche und mögliche Welten
6
18
Optimism and pessimism in the discussion of the standard of living during the Industrial Revolution in Britain
1
19
Leibniz et la formation de l'esprit capitaliste
16
20
The Ancien Régime and the French Revolution
45

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