Michael Heller

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Heller is a scholar working on Law, Economics and Econometrics and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Heller has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Law, 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 4 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Michael Heller's work include Property Rights and Legal Doctrine (10 papers), Legal principles and applications (5 papers) and Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (3 papers). Michael Heller is often cited by papers focused on Property Rights and Legal Doctrine (10 papers), Legal principles and applications (5 papers) and Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems (3 papers). Michael Heller collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and India. Michael Heller's co-authors include Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Hanoch Dagan, Merritt B. Fox, James Salzman, James E. Krier, Julie Osborne, William S. Sheldrick, J.F. Trotter, Uwe Christians and Cheryl W. Gray and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Journal of Aircraft.

In The Last Decade

Michael Heller

34 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Can Patents Deter Innovation? The Anticommons in Biomedic... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 1998 400 800 1.2k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Heller United States 13 1.4k 1.3k 430 384 275 37 2.7k
Rebecca S. Eisenberg United States 20 1.5k 1.1× 1.8k 1.4× 433 1.0× 627 1.6× 268 1.0× 63 2.9k
Robert P. Merges United States 23 1.8k 1.3× 1.8k 1.4× 728 1.7× 186 0.5× 633 2.3× 103 2.9k
Suzanne Scotchmer United States 30 3.5k 2.5× 2.1k 1.6× 800 1.9× 115 0.3× 591 2.1× 82 4.5k
Peter Drahos Australia 24 738 0.5× 615 0.5× 1.0k 2.4× 145 0.4× 149 0.5× 77 3.0k
Ulrich Schmoch Germany 24 1.7k 1.2× 1.5k 1.2× 1.3k 3.1× 148 0.4× 226 0.8× 70 4.0k
Luke Georghiou United Kingdom 28 1.3k 1.0× 601 0.5× 1.7k 4.0× 117 0.3× 171 0.6× 112 3.5k
Keith E. Maskus United States 38 3.7k 2.6× 1.7k 1.3× 1.7k 4.0× 111 0.3× 567 2.1× 157 5.7k
Mark Schankerman United Kingdom 29 4.4k 3.1× 2.7k 2.1× 1.4k 3.2× 127 0.3× 1.2k 4.4× 73 5.7k
John P. Walsh United States 15 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 1.5k 3.4× 132 0.3× 276 1.0× 20 3.0k
Paul Nightingale United Kingdom 23 883 0.6× 754 0.6× 763 1.8× 251 0.7× 336 1.2× 62 2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dagan, Hanoch & Michael Heller. (2023). Can contract emancipate? contract theory and the law of work. Theoretical Inquiries in Law. 24(1). 49–73.
2.
Heller, Michael & James Salzman. (2021). Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives. eYLS (Yale Law School). 12 indexed citations
3.
Dagan, Hanoch & Michael Heller. (2019). Freedom, Choice, and Contracts. Theoretical Inquiries in Law. 20(2). 595–635. 3 indexed citations
4.
Dagan, Hanoch & Michael Heller. (2019). Why Autonomy Must Be Contract’s Ultimate Value. 20(1). 148–171. 1 indexed citations
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Dagan, Hanoch & Michael Heller. (2017). The Choice Theory of Contracts. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations
6.
Heller, Michael. (2011). The Anticommons Lexicon. Chapters. 2 indexed citations
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Heller, Michael, et al.. (2008). Land Assembly Districts. Harvard Law Review. 121(6). 1465–1527. 30 indexed citations
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Heller, Michael. (2006). The Rose Theorem. Yale journal of law & the humanities. 18(3). 2. 1 indexed citations
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Heller, Michael. (2005). The UNE Anticommons: Why the 1996 Telecom Reforms Blocked Innovation and Investment. Yale journal on regulation. 22(2). 4. 2 indexed citations
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Trotter, J.F., Julie Osborne, Michael Heller, & Uwe Christians. (2005). Effect of hepatitis C infection on tacrolimus doses and blood levels in liver transplantation recipients. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 22(1). 37–44. 18 indexed citations
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Heller, Michael. (2001). The Dynamic Analytics of Property Law. Theoretical Inquiries in Law. 2(1). 1 indexed citations
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Fox, Merritt B. & Michael Heller. (2000). Corporate Governance Lessons from Russian Enterprise Fiascos. eYLS (Yale Law School). 75. 1720. 19 indexed citations
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Heller, Michael. (2000). Critical Approaches to Property Institutions. eYLS (Yale Law School). 79. 417. 2 indexed citations
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Fox, Merritt B. & Michael Heller. (2000). Lessons from Fiascos in Russian Corporate Governance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 14 indexed citations
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Heller, Michael. (2000). Three Faces of Private Property. eYLS (Yale Law School). 7 indexed citations
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Heller, Michael. (1999). The Boundaries of Private Property. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Heller, Michael. (1999). The Boundaries of Private Property. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Heller, Michael. (1998). The Tragedy of the Anticommons: Property in the Transition from Marx to Markets. Harvard Law Review. 111(3). 621–621. 659 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heller, Michael & Rebecca S. Eisenberg. (1998). Can Patents Deter Innovation. 307 indexed citations
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Gray, Cheryl W., et al.. (1992). Hungarian Legal Reform for the Private Sector. eYLS (Yale Law School). 5 indexed citations

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