Joseph E. Harrington

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Joseph E. Harrington is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph E. Harrington has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 46 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 39 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Joseph E. Harrington's work include Merger and Competition Analysis (60 papers), Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (38 papers) and Digital Platforms and Economics (29 papers). Joseph E. Harrington is often cited by papers focused on Merger and Competition Analysis (60 papers), Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (38 papers) and Digital Platforms and Economics (29 papers). Joseph E. Harrington collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Joseph E. Harrington's co-authors include W. Kip Viscusi, John M. Vernon, John Haltiwanger, Myong‐Hun Chang, Andrzej Skrzypacz, Iwan Bos, Roy Gardner, Gregory D. Hess, Joe Chen and Jiawei Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, American Economic Review and Econometrica.

In The Last Decade

Joseph E. Harrington

103 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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.

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Author						Papers	Cites
Joseph E. Harrington	2.5k	1.0k	922	855	579	108	3.7k
Luı́s Cabral	1.6k 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	716 0.8×	676 0.8×	473 0.8×	101	2.9k
Robert H. Porter	2.8k 1.2×	987 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	1.5k 1.7×	535 0.9×	43	4.0k
Steven Tadelis	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	670 0.7×	1.7k 2.0×	684 1.2×	57	4.6k
Barry Nalebuff	2.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	872 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	1.2k 2.0×	70	5.5k
Norman J. Ireland	2.1k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	329 0.4×	873 1.0×	596 1.0×	72	3.4k
Mark Armstrong	2.1k 0.9×	2.2k 2.1×	1.7k 1.9×	1.2k 1.5×	238 0.4×	66	4.3k
Avner Shaked	2.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	716 0.8×	241 0.4×	35	3.4k
David Martimort	3.0k 1.2×	1.6k 1.6×	434 0.5×	2.2k 2.6×	720 1.2×	136	5.1k
Jennifer F. Reinganum	3.0k 1.2×	856 0.8×	562 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	510 0.9×	86	3.7k
James W. Friedman	2.3k 0.9×	732 0.7×	794 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	234 0.4×	55	3.5k

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Porter, Keshia M. Pollack, et al.. (2025). Training Doctoral Students to Advance Health Equity Through Policy Leadership: An Overview of the Health Policy Research Scholars Program. Health Equity. 9(1). 170–174.

Harrington, Joseph E.. (2025). The challenges of third-party pricing algorithms for competition law. Theoretical Inquiries in Law. 26(1). 123–145.

Harrington, Joseph E.. (2024). An economic test for an unlawful agreement to adopt a third-party’s pricing algorithm. Economic Policy. 40(121). 261–295. 2 indexed citations

Harrington, Joseph E.. (2024). The effect of demand variability on the adoption and design of a third party’s pricing algorithm. Economics Letters. 244. 112011–112011.

Harrington, Joseph E.. (2023). Competitor Coupons: A Remedy for Residual Collusion. Journal of Competition Law & Economics. 19(4). 610–627. 1 indexed citations

Harrington, Joseph E.. (2021). The Anticompetitiveness of a Private Information Exchange of Prices. International Journal of Industrial Organization. 85. 102793–102793. 10 indexed citations

Harrington, Joseph E., et al.. (2021). Hub-and-Spoke Cartels: Why They Form, How They Operate, and How to Prosecute Them. 1 indexed citations

Harrington, Joseph E.. (2016). The Social Selection of Flexible and Rigid Agents. American Economic Review. 88(1). 63–82. 2 indexed citations

Bos, Iwan & Joseph E. Harrington. (2015). COMPETITION POLICY AND CARTEL SIZE. International Economic Review. 56(1). 133–153. 14 indexed citations

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Harrington, Joseph E.. (2011). POSTED PRICING AS A PLUS FACTOR. Journal of Competition Law & Economics. 7(1). 1–35. 14 indexed citations

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Harrington, Joseph E. & Edbert B. Hsu. (2010). Stockpiling anti-viral drugs for a pandemic: The role of Manufacturer Reserve Programs. Journal of Health Economics. 29(3). 438–444. 8 indexed citations

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Harrington, Joseph E., et al.. (2006). Handedness and earnings. Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition. 12(2). 101–120. 39 indexed citations

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Harrington, Joseph E. & Joe Chen. (2006). Cartel pricing dynamics with cost variability and endogenous buyer detection. International Journal of Industrial Organization. 24(6). 1185–1212. 65 indexed citations

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Harrington, Joseph E.. (2005). OPTIMAL CARTEL PRICING IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ANTITRUST AUTHORITY*. International Economic Review. 46(1). 145–169. 94 indexed citations

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Harrington, Joseph E.. (2003). Post-Cartel Pricing During Litigation. Econstor (Econstor). 8 indexed citations

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Harrington, Joseph E.. (2001). A Simple Game-Theoretic Explanation for the Relationship between Group Size and Helping. Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 45(2). 389–392. 18 indexed citations

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Harrington, Joseph E.. (1999). Rigidity of Social Systems. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Harrington, Joseph E.. (1993). Economic policy, economic performance and elections. American Economic Review. 83(1). 27–42. 120 indexed citations

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Harrington, Joseph E.. (1989). If Homo Economicus Could Choose His Own Utility Function, Would He Want One with a Conscience?: Comment. American Economic Review. 79(3). 588–593. 12 indexed citations

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Harrington, Joseph E.. (1986). Limit Pricing when the Potential Entrant is Uncertain of its Cost Function. Econometrica. 54(2). 429–429. 62 indexed citations

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