Karla Hoff

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Karla Hoff is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Karla Hoff has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 26 papers in Demography and 23 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Karla Hoff's work include Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (26 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (16 papers) and Economic theories and models (12 papers). Karla Hoff is often cited by papers focused on Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (26 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (16 papers) and Economic theories and models (12 papers). Karla Hoff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and India. Karla Hoff's co-authors include Joseph E. Stiglitz, Priyanka Pandey, Ernst Fehr, Mayuresh Kshetramade, Arijit Sen, Subarna K. Samanta, Branko Milanović, Shale Horowitz, James S. Walsh and B. A. Brooks and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Economic Review and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Karla Hoff

64 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Introduction: Imperfect Information and Rural Credit Mark... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Introduction: Imperfect Information and Rural Credit Markets—Puzzles and Policy Perspectives
    1990 426 citations Karla Hoff, Joseph E. Stiglitz The World Bank Economic Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karla Hoff United States 23 1.4k 942 573 401 368 69 2.8k
John Knight United Kingdom 30 1.4k 1.0× 1.7k 1.8× 366 0.6× 482 1.2× 212 0.6× 72 4.0k
Emmanuel Jiménez United States 30 1.2k 0.9× 900 1.0× 774 1.4× 258 0.6× 356 1.0× 65 3.0k
Jean‐Marie Baland Belgium 24 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.2× 1.0k 1.8× 270 0.7× 288 0.8× 56 3.9k
Paul Mosley United Kingdom 35 2.3k 1.6× 1.1k 1.2× 1.1k 2.0× 420 1.0× 148 0.4× 150 4.3k
Ernesto Schargrodsky Argentina 19 980 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 350 0.6× 180 0.4× 187 0.5× 43 2.6k
Mick Moore United Kingdom 30 970 0.7× 1.5k 1.6× 558 1.0× 222 0.6× 381 1.0× 118 3.9k
Guillermo Perry Colombia 20 1.7k 1.2× 1.0k 1.1× 308 0.5× 247 0.6× 110 0.3× 68 3.1k
Peter Warr Australia 27 1.4k 1.0× 592 0.6× 341 0.6× 164 0.4× 124 0.3× 140 2.7k
Robert C. Ellickson United States 20 1.1k 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 397 0.7× 180 0.4× 214 0.6× 67 2.8k
Maitreesh Ghatak United Kingdom 31 2.4k 1.7× 713 0.8× 569 1.0× 1.1k 2.8× 174 0.5× 86 4.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karla Hoff

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karla Hoff

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All Works

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Hoff, Karla, et al.. (2023). USING BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS TO REDUCE POVERTY AND OPPRESSION. Social Philosophy and Policy. 40(1). 185–209. 1 indexed citations
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Brooks, B. A., Karla Hoff, & Priyanka Pandey. (2016). Can the Culture of Honor Lead to Inefficient Conventions? Experimental Evidence from India. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Hoff, Karla. (2015). Behavioral Economics and Social Exclusion: Can Interventions Overcome Prejudice?. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 8 indexed citations
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Hoff, Karla. (2012). Paths of Institutional Development. The World Bank Research Observer.
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Hoff, Karla & Priyanka Pandey. (2012). Making up People- The Effect of Identity on Preferences and Performance in a Modernizing Society. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Fehr, Ernst & Karla Hoff. (2011). Tastes, Castes, and Culture: The influence of society on preferences. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 15 indexed citations
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Fehr, Ernst & Karla Hoff. (2011). Tastes, Castes, and Culture: The Influence of Society on Preferences. World Bank eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Hoff, Karla & Joseph E. Stiglitz. (2010). Equilibrium Fictions : A Cognitive Approach To Societal Rigidity. World Bank eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Horowitz, Shale, Karla Hoff, & Branko Milanović. (2008). Government turnover: Concepts, measures and applications. European Journal of Political Research. 48(1). 107–129. 34 indexed citations
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Hoff, Karla. (2008). Paths of Institutional Development: A View from Economic History. Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University). 1 indexed citations
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Fehr, Ernst, Karla Hoff, & Mayuresh Kshetramade. (2008). Spite and Development. American Economic Review. 98(2). 494–499. 276 indexed citations
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Hoff, Karla, Branko Milanović, & Shale Horowitz. (2008). Political Alternation As A Restraint On Investing In Influence: Evidence From The Post-Communist Transition. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Fehr, Ernst, Karla Hoff, & Mayuresh Kshetramade. (2008). Spite and Development. PsycEXTRA Dataset. 5 indexed citations
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Hoff, Karla & Priyanka Pandey. (2006). Discrimination, Social Identity, and Durable Inequalities. American Economic Review. 96(2). 206–211. 231 indexed citations
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Hoff, Karla & Priyanka Pandey. (2005). Opportunity is Not Everything: How Belief Systems and Mistrust Shape Responses to Economic Incentives. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Hoff, Karla, et al.. (2000). Home Ownership, Local Interactions and Segregation. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations
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Hoff, Karla & Joseph E. Stiglitz. (1998). Moneylenders and bankers: price-increasing subsidies in a monopolistically competitive market. Journal of Development Economics. 55(2). 485–518. 82 indexed citations
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Hoff, Karla. (1994). The second theorem of the second best. Journal of Public Economics. 54(2). 223–242. 23 indexed citations
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Hoff, Karla. (1991). Introduction: Agricultural Taxation and Land Rights Systems. The World Bank Economic Review. 5(1). 85–91. 5 indexed citations
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Hoff, Karla, et al.. (1979). Lymphocyte function in humans exposed to polybrominated biphenyls.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 26(4). 341–7. 12 indexed citations

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