Mancur Olson

63.3k citations
85 papers · 35.6k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 32

Mancur Olson

83 papers receiving 29.2k citations

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Mancur Olson
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  • Public Administration 2.2k
  • Development 1.9k
  • Political Science and International Relations 11.2k
  • Economics and Econometrics 12.1k
  • Strategy and Management 5.6k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Mancur Olson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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The Efficient Production of External Economies
20166
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The Marginal Utility of Income Does Not Increase: Borrowing, Lending, and Friedman-Savage Gambles
20165
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A Microeconomic Approach to Macroeconomic Policy
20161
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WHY THE TRANSITION FROM COMMUNISM IS SO DIFFICULT
201613
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Economía Política del Crecimiento. Cadenas causales y mecanismos institucionales
20151
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The Economics of Autocracy and Majority Rule
201023
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Billetes grandes tirados en la acera: De cómo algunas naciones son ricas y otras pobres
20070
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Collective choice : essays in honor of Mancur Olson
200327
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The Swedish Experiment
1997157
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Remin1nscences of Dudley Dillard
19952
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Perspectives on Positive Political Economybreakdown →
1990517
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The political economy of price controls : the Swedish experience 1970-1987
19902
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Toward a More General Theory of Governmental Structure
198641
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Aufstieg und Niedergang von Nationen : ökonomisches Wachstum, Stagflation undsoziale Starrheit
198516
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Stagflation and the Political Economy of the Decline in Productivity
198223
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Logique de l'action collective
197846
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COMMUNITY VALUES, SOCIAL MEASUREMENT, AND TRANSPORTATION POLICY
19693
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About Mancur Olson

Mancur Olson is a scholar working on General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Economics and Econometrics and Urban Studies, having authored 85 papers that have together received 35.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Economic Theory and Policy (9 papers), Economic theories and models (8 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (6 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 papers), Economic Theory and Institutions (4 papers), Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (4 papers), Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (3 papers) and Agricultural Economics and Policy (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Public Administration (2.2k citations), Development (1.9k citations) and Political Science and International Relations (11.2k citations). Mancur Olson has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Robert T. Golembiewski, Sidney C. Sufrin, Wilfred Beckerman, William Diebold, Charles Perrow, Richard Zeckhauser, Robert D. Tollison, Charles Tilly, Louis Midgley and Stephen Knack. Their work appears in journals such as American Economic Review, The Economic History Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, The Journal of Economic History and Journal of Economic Literature.

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