Michael Callen

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Callen is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Callen has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Michael Callen's work include Corruption and Economic Development (8 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (8 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 papers). Michael Callen is often cited by papers focused on Corruption and Economic Development (8 papers), Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (8 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 papers). Michael Callen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Pakistan. Michael Callen's co-authors include James D. Long, Mohammad Isaqzadeh, Charles Sprenger, Jacob N. Shapiro, Eli Berman, Joseph Felter, Joshua Blumenstock, Tarek Ghani, Saad Gulzar and Nils B. Weidmann and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Management Science and The Review of Economics and Statistics.

In The Last Decade

Michael Callen

34 papers receiving 981 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.

Violence and Risk Preference: Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan

2013 354 citations Michael Callen, James D. Long et al. American Economic Review profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Callen United States	14	463	340	223	180	153	38	1.1k
Paul Niehaus United States	13	400 0.9×	451 1.3×	133 0.6×	351 1.9×	146 1.0×	23	1.0k
David Yanagizawa-Drott Switzerland	14	803 1.7×	360 1.1×	284 1.3×	184 1.0×	92 0.6×	23	1.5k
Attila Ambrus United States	16	324 0.7×	422 1.2×	49 0.2×	477 2.6×	49 0.3×	53	1.3k
Vivi Alatas United States	13	335 0.7×	393 1.2×	114 0.5×	346 1.9×	74 0.5×	19	857
Erik Snowberg United States	19	564 1.2×	809 2.4×	474 2.1×	313 1.7×	26 0.2×	55	1.8k
Mattias Polborn United States	20	453 1.0×	789 2.3×	508 2.3×	288 1.6×	17 0.1×	67	1.4k
Johannes Wohlfart Denmark	16	250 0.5×	645 1.9×	120 0.5×	96 0.5×	19 0.1×	59	1.1k
Katherine Casey United States	11	290 0.6×	192 0.6×	149 0.7×	173 1.0×	27 0.2×	26	944
Joshua Schwartzstein United States	12	161 0.3×	619 1.8×	43 0.2×	213 1.2×	41 0.3×	16	1.1k
Serge‐Christophe Kolm France	19	916 2.0×	1.0k 3.0×	267 1.2×	218 1.2×	34 0.2×	88	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Callen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Callen

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Callen, Michael, et al.. (2024). Can Digital Aid Deliver During Humanitarian Crises?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Callen, Michael, Jonathan Weigel, & Noam Yuchtman. (2024). Experiments About Institutions. Annual Review of Economics. 16(1). 105–131. 2 indexed citations

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Callen, Michael, et al.. (2024). Personalities and Public Sector Performance: Evidence from a Health Experiment in Pakistan. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 73(3). 1439–1474. 2 indexed citations

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Blumenstock, Joshua, et al.. (2023). Strengthening Fragile States: Evidence from Mobile Salary Payments in Afghanistan. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Blumenstock, Joshua, et al.. (2023). Strengthening Fragile States: Evidence from Mobile Salary Payments in Afghanistan. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Callen, Michael, Jonathan Weigel, & Noam Yuchtman. (2023). Experiments About Institutions. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Dube, Oeindrila, Joshua Blumenstock, & Michael Callen. (2022). Measuring Religion from Behavior: Climate Shocks and Religious Adherence in Afghanistan. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Dube, Oeindrila, Joshua Blumenstock, & Michael Callen. (2022). Measuring Religion from Behavior: Climate Shocks and Religious Adherence in Afghanistan. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Andreoni, James, et al.. (2022). Using Preference Estimates to Customize Incentives: An Application to Polio Vaccination Drives in Pakistan. Journal of the European Economic Association. 21(4). 1428–1477.

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Blumenstock, Joshua, Michael Callen, Tarek Ghani, & Robert Gonzalez. (2021). Violence and Financial Decisions: Evidence from Mobile Money in Afghanistan. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 106(2). 352–369. 5 indexed citations

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Callen, Michael, et al.. (2020). Data and policy decisions: Experimental evidence from Pakistan. Journal of Development Economics. 146. 102523–102523. 28 indexed citations

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Berman, Eli, et al.. (2019). Election fairness and government legitimacy in Afghanistan. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 168. 292–317. 17 indexed citations

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Blumenstock, Joshua, Michael Callen, & Tarek Ghani. (2018). Why Do Defaults Affect Behavior? Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan. American Economic Review. 108(10). 2868–2901. 63 indexed citations

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Callen, Michael, et al.. (2016). The Political Economy of Public Sector Absence: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan. National Bureau of Economic Research. 1 indexed citations

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Blumenstock, Joshua, Michael Callen, & Tarek Ghani. (2016). Mobile-Izing Savings with Automatic Contributions: Experimental Evidence on Present Bias and Default Effects in Afghanistan. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations

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Callen, Michael, Clark C. Gibson, Danielle F. Jung, & James D. Long. (2015). Improving Electoral Integrity with Information and Communications Technology. Journal of Experimental Political Science. 3(1). 4–17. 26 indexed citations

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Callen, Michael, et al.. (2013). The Political Economy of Public Employee Absence: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan. SSRN Electronic Journal. 25 indexed citations

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Weidmann, Nils B. & Michael Callen. (2012). Violence and Election Fraud: Evidence from Afghanistan. British Journal of Political Science. 43(1). 53–75. 41 indexed citations

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Berman, Eli, Michael Callen, Joseph Felter, & Jacob N. Shapiro. (2011). Do Working Men Rebel? Insurgency and Unemployment in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Philippines. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 55(4). 496–528. 156 indexed citations

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Weidmann, Nils B. & Michael Callen. (2010). Violence, Control and Election Fraud: Evidence from Afghanistan. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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