Masaaki Higashijima

494 total citations
31 papers, 263 citations indexed

About

Masaaki Higashijima is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Masaaki Higashijima has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 263 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 7 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Masaaki Higashijima's work include Political Conflict and Governance (14 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (12 papers) and Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (4 papers). Masaaki Higashijima is often cited by papers focused on Political Conflict and Governance (14 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (12 papers) and Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (4 papers). Masaaki Higashijima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and United Kingdom. Masaaki Higashijima's co-authors include Cristina Bodea, Raju Jan Singh, Ana Carolina Garriga, Christian Houle, Eric C. C. Chang, Nicholas Kerr, Francesco Passarelli, Carola Binder, Massimo Morelli and Yuko Kasuya and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, The Journal of Politics and Public Opinion Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Masaaki Higashijima

24 papers receiving 244 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masaaki Higashijima Japan 8 116 92 90 68 66 31 263
Carla Norrlöf Canada 10 83 0.7× 122 1.3× 78 0.9× 112 1.6× 71 1.1× 19 315
Valentin Lang Germany 9 97 0.8× 60 0.7× 88 1.0× 48 0.7× 38 0.6× 18 311
Byungwon Woo United States 9 83 0.7× 74 0.8× 75 0.8× 22 0.3× 23 0.3× 25 251
Sebastian Mallaby 6 112 1.0× 80 0.9× 31 0.3× 38 0.6× 26 0.4× 13 241
J. Ernesto López-Córdova United States 8 101 0.9× 34 0.4× 183 2.0× 79 1.2× 182 2.8× 11 335
Rebecca M. Nelson United States 8 92 0.8× 61 0.7× 55 0.6× 42 0.6× 39 0.6× 43 231
Uri Dadush United States 7 70 0.6× 40 0.4× 52 0.6× 46 0.7× 44 0.7× 44 207
Jorge Braga de Macedo United States 9 40 0.3× 50 0.5× 138 1.5× 90 1.3× 117 1.8× 52 239
David J. Bulman United States 8 59 0.5× 73 0.8× 124 1.4× 19 0.3× 57 0.9× 21 240
Renate Ohr Germany 5 39 0.3× 76 0.8× 147 1.6× 37 0.5× 79 1.2× 21 247

Countries citing papers authored by Masaaki Higashijima

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masaaki Higashijima

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masaaki Higashijima

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Higashijima, Masaaki, et al.. (2025). Election Timing across Autocracy and Democracy (ETAD): A new dataset of national election dates. Electoral Studies. 96. 102964–102964.
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Higashijima, Masaaki, et al.. (2024). Political Regimes and Refugee Entries: The Preferences and Decisions of Displaced Persons and Host Governments. International Studies Quarterly. 68(2).
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Higashijima, Masaaki, et al.. (2024). Democracy and State Development: Patterns of Public Spending in the First Two Waves of Democratization. Comparative Political Studies. 58(11). 2436–2472.
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Higashijima, Masaaki, et al.. (2024). The Dynamics of Electoral Manipulation and Institutional Trust in Democracies: Election Timing, Blatant Fraud, and the Legitimacy of Governance. Public Opinion Quarterly. 88(SI). 472–494. 1 indexed citations
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Higashijima, Masaaki, et al.. (2023). Varieties of clientelism across political parties: new measures of patron–client relationships. European Political Science Review. 16(2). 260–280. 3 indexed citations
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Higashijima, Masaaki & Nicholas Kerr. (2023). When Does the Honeymoon End? Electoral Cycles of Satisfaction With Democracy in Africa. Political Psychology. 44(4). 709–728. 3 indexed citations
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Higashijima, Masaaki. (2022). The Dictator's Dilemma at the Ballot Box : Electoral Manipulation, Economic Maneuvering, and Political Order in Autocracies. BiblioBoard Library Catalog (Open Research Library). 4 indexed citations
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Higashijima, Masaaki & Yuko Kasuya. (2022). The Perils of Parliamentarism: Executive Selection Systems and Democratic Transitions from Electoral Authoritarianism. Studies in Comparative International Development. 57(2). 198–220.
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Higashijima, Masaaki. (2021). Blatant electoral fraud and the value of a vote. Japanese Journal of Political Science. 22(1). 1–14. 2 indexed citations
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Chang, Eric C. C. & Masaaki Higashijima. (2021). The Choice of Electoral Systems in Electoral Autocracies. Government and Opposition. 58(1). 106–128. 12 indexed citations
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Higashijima, Masaaki, et al.. (2021). Political liberalization and human development: Dynamic effects of political regime change on infant mortality across three centuries (1800-2015). World Development. 147. 105614–105614. 3 indexed citations
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Agur, Itai, Carola Binder, Cristina Bodea, et al.. (2020). Populism, Economic Policies and Central Banking. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Bodea, Cristina, Ana Carolina Garriga, & Masaaki Higashijima. (2019). Economic Institutions and Autocratic Breakdown: Monetary Constraints and Fiscal Spending in Dominant-Party Regimes. The Journal of Politics. 81(2). 601–615. 34 indexed citations
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Bodea, Cristina & Masaaki Higashijima. (2017). Central Bank Independence and Fiscal Policy: Can the Central Bank Restrain Deficit Spending?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Bodea, Cristina, Masaaki Higashijima, & Ana Carolina Garriga. (2017). Monetary Constraints, Spending, and Autocratic Survival in Party-Based Regimes. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Higashijima, Masaaki & Yuko Kasuya. (2016). The peril of parliamentarism? : executive–legislative relations and the transition to democracy from electoral authoritarian rule. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Higashijima, Masaaki, et al.. (2015). Elections, Ethnic Parties, and Ethnic Identification in New Democracies: Evidence from the Baltic States. Studies in Comparative International Development. 51(2). 124–146. 18 indexed citations
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Bodea, Cristina & Masaaki Higashijima. (2015). Central Bank Independence and Fiscal Policy: Can the Central Bank Restrain Deficit Spending?. British Journal of Political Science. 47(1). 47–70. 73 indexed citations
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Higashijima, Masaaki. (2012). Multiethnic Autocracy under Economic Globalization: Theory and Evidence from Developing Countries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Higashijima, Masaaki, et al.. (2011). Elections, Ethnic Parties and the Salience of Ethnic Identity: Evidence from the Baltic States, 1993-2008 *. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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