Michael Becher

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Becher is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Becher has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 13 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 9 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Michael Becher's work include Electoral Systems and Political Participation (16 papers), Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (8 papers) and Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (8 papers). Michael Becher is often cited by papers focused on Electoral Systems and Political Participation (16 papers), Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (8 papers) and Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (8 papers). Michael Becher collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Spain. Michael Becher's co-authors include Sylvain Brouard, Martial Foucault, Vincenzo Galasso, Vincent Pons, Paola Profeta, Pavlos Vasilopoulos, Daniel Stegmueller, Michael Donnelly, Ulrich Sieberer and Flemming Juul Christiansen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and American Political Science Review.

In The Last Decade

Michael Becher

32 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Gender differences in COVID-19 attitudes and behavior: Panel evidence from eight countries
    2020 555 citations Vincenzo Galasso, Vincent Pons et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Becher United States 13 357 317 305 280 236 36 1.1k
Sylvain Brouard France 21 394 1.1× 672 2.1× 395 1.3× 792 2.8× 265 1.1× 72 2.0k
Alexander Bor Denmark 14 185 0.5× 754 2.4× 136 0.4× 135 0.5× 147 0.6× 30 1.3k
Jean‐François Daoust Canada 15 133 0.4× 318 1.0× 152 0.5× 349 1.2× 137 0.6× 48 786
Levi Boxell United States 8 117 0.3× 570 1.8× 284 0.9× 175 0.6× 260 1.1× 20 1.0k
Benjamin S. Morse United States 8 122 0.3× 394 1.2× 118 0.4× 86 0.3× 163 0.7× 15 687
Eric Merkley Canada 17 128 0.4× 877 2.8× 145 0.5× 222 0.8× 126 0.5× 33 1.2k
Adam Fine United States 22 491 1.4× 895 2.8× 109 0.4× 418 1.5× 106 0.4× 91 1.4k
Cary Wu Canada 16 245 0.7× 592 1.9× 100 0.3× 169 0.6× 80 0.3× 55 1.0k
Jacob Conway United States 5 115 0.3× 385 1.2× 271 0.9× 91 0.3× 259 1.1× 14 770
Jennifer Gaskell United Kingdom 6 82 0.2× 499 1.6× 170 0.6× 101 0.4× 140 0.6× 9 869

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Becher

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Becher

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All Works

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Becher, Michael, et al.. (2025). Trade and the Politics of Electoral Reform. International Organization. 79(2). 358–379.
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Becher, Michael & Daniel Stegmueller. (2025). Global competition, local unions, and political representation: Disentangling mechanisms. American Journal of Political Science. 70(1). 366–380.
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Lupu, Noam, Larry M. Bartels, Jacob S. Hacker, et al.. (2023). Unequal Democracies. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations
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Becher, Michael, Sylvain Brouard, & Daniel Stegmueller. (2023). Endogenous Benchmarking and Government Accountability: Experimental Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic. British Journal of Political Science. 54(2). 355–372. 5 indexed citations
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Galasso, Vincenzo, Vincent Pons, Paola Profeta, et al.. (2023). Addressing vaccine hesitancy: experimental evidence from nine high-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Global Health. 8(9). e012658–e012658. 6 indexed citations
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Becher, Michael & Daniel Stegmueller. (2023). Global Competition, Local Unions, and Political Representation: Disentangling Mechanisms. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Becher, Michael, et al.. (2022). Proportional Representation and Right-Wing Populism: Evidence from Electoral System Change in Europe. British Journal of Political Science. 53(1). 261–268. 6 indexed citations
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Brouard, Sylvain, et al.. (2022). ‘Citizens’ Attitudes Under Covid19’, a cross-country panel survey of public opinion in 11 advanced democracies. Scientific Data. 9(1). 108–108. 11 indexed citations
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Galasso, Vincenzo, Vincent Pons, Paola Profeta, et al.. (2022). From Anti-Vax Intentions to Vaccination: Panel and Experimental Evidence from Nine Countries. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Becher, Michael, Daniel Stegmueller, Sylvain Brouard, & Éric Kerrouche. (2021). Ideology and compliance with health guidelines during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A comparative perspective. Social Science Quarterly. 102(5). 2106–2123. 46 indexed citations
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Daoust, Jean‐François, Éric Bélanger, Ruth Dassonneville, et al.. (2021). A guilt-free strategy increases self-reported non-compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures: Experimental evidence from 12 countries. PLoS ONE. 16(4). e0249914–e0249914. 41 indexed citations
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Galasso, Vincenzo, Vincent Pons, Paola Profeta, et al.. (2020). Gender differences in COVID-19 attitudes and behavior: Panel evidence from eight countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(44). 27285–27291. 555 indexed citations breakdown →
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Becher, Michael & Daniel Stegmueller. (2020). Reducing Unequal Representation: The Impact of Labor Unions on Legislative Responsiveness in the U.S. Congress. Perspectives on Politics. 19(1). 92–109. 24 indexed citations
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Becher, Michael, et al.. (2019). Electoral Reform and Trade-Offs in Representation. American Political Science Review. 113(3). 694–709. 14 indexed citations
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Becher, Michael, et al.. (2018). Local Union Organization and Law Making in the US Congress. The Journal of Politics. 80(2). 539–554. 23 indexed citations
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Becher, Michael, Sylvain Brouard, & Isabelle Guinaudeau. (2016). Prime ministers and the electoral cost of using the confidence vote in legislative bargaining: evidence from France. West European Politics. 40(2). 252–274. 9 indexed citations
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Becher, Michael & Daniel Stegmueller. (2015). Rational Mobilization of Ideological Group Members in Elections : Theory and Evidence. KOPS (University of Konstanz). 1 indexed citations
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Becher, Michael & Flemming Juul Christiansen. (2014). Dissolution Threats and Legislative Bargaining. American Journal of Political Science. 59(3). 641–655. 32 indexed citations
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Becher, Michael. (2012). Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Redistribution. 4 indexed citations
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Becher, Michael, et al.. (2007). On the Effort to Create Smartphone Worms in Windows Mobile. 199–206. 12 indexed citations

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