Moses Shayo

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Moses Shayo is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Moses Shayo has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Demography and 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Moses Shayo's work include Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (16 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (6 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (6 papers). Moses Shayo is often cited by papers focused on Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (16 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (6 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (6 papers). Moses Shayo collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and United Kingdom. Moses Shayo's co-authors include Asaf Zussman, Nicholas Sambanis, Alon Harel, Saumitra Jha, David Atkin, Orly Sade, Yevgeny Mugerman, Esteban F. Klor, Yotam Margalit and Ori Heffetz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Moses Shayo

29 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

A Model of Social Identity with an Application to Political Economy: Nation, Class, and Redistribution

2009 558 citations Moses Shayo American Political Science Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Moses Shayo Israel	15	799	445	402	333	249	29	1.4k
Michael Gilligan United States	19	1.0k 1.3×	798 1.8×	141 0.4×	278 0.8×	141 0.6×	33	1.9k
Henrik Jordahl Sweden	13	587 0.7×	257 0.6×	181 0.5×	254 0.8×	115 0.5×	50	1.2k
Avidit Acharya United States	11	488 0.6×	315 0.7×	186 0.5×	218 0.7×	88 0.4×	32	907
Peter Nannestad Denmark	14	993 1.2×	996 2.2×	177 0.4×	582 1.7×	125 0.5×	39	1.8k
Omar Azfar United States	11	904 1.1×	184 0.4×	202 0.5×	514 1.5×	232 0.9×	23	1.3k
Yuliya V. Tverdova United States	9	839 1.1×	722 1.6×	96 0.2×	224 0.7×	78 0.3×	11	1.2k
Patrick L. Mason United States	13	813 1.0×	133 0.3×	184 0.5×	546 1.6×	70 0.3×	42	1.3k
Sriya Iyer United Kingdom	14	602 0.8×	138 0.3×	247 0.6×	198 0.6×	140 0.6×	39	1.0k
John F. Witte United States	19	424 0.5×	255 0.6×	123 0.3×	171 0.5×	87 0.3×	73	1.5k
Natalia Letki Poland	12	724 0.9×	409 0.9×	86 0.2×	140 0.4×	58 0.2×	22	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Moses Shayo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Moses Shayo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Moses Shayo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Moses Shayo. Moses Shayo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Jha, Saumitra, Moses Shayo, & Chagai Weiss. (2025). Financial market exposure increases generalized trust. Journal of Public Economics. 242. 105303–105303. 1 indexed citations

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Salameh, Shaden, Salomon Israel, Moses Shayo, et al.. (2024). Sex bias in pain management decisions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(33). e2401331121–e2401331121. 18 indexed citations

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Shayo, Moses, et al.. (2023). Follow the Crowd: But Who Follows, Who Counteracts, and Which Crowd?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Lavy, Victor, Edith Sand, & Moses Shayo. (2022). Discrimination Between Religious and Non-Religious Groups: Evidence from Marking High-Stakes Exams. The Economic Journal. 132(646). 2308–2324. 2 indexed citations

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Shayo, Moses, et al.. (2022). International integration and social identity. Journal of International Economics. 137. 103577–103577. 1 indexed citations

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Shayo, Moses, et al.. (2021). On the Workings of Tribal Politics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Atkin, David, et al.. (2020). How Do We Choose Our Identity? A Revealed Preference Approach Using Food Consumption. Journal of Political Economy. 129(4). 1193–1251. 51 indexed citations

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Margalit, Yotam & Moses Shayo. (2020). How Markets Shape Values and Political Preferences: A Field Experiment. American Journal of Political Science. 65(2). 473–492. 17 indexed citations

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Jha, Saumitra & Moses Shayo. (2019). Valuing Peace: The Effects of Financial Market Exposure on Votes and Political Attitudes. Econometrica. 87(5). 1561–1588. 30 indexed citations

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Lavy, Victor, Edith Sand, & Moses Shayo. (2018). Charity Begins at Home (and at School): Effects of Religion-Based Discrimination in Education. 3 indexed citations

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Margalit, Yotam & Moses Shayo. (2018). How Markets Shape Political Preferences: A Field Experiment. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Jha, Saumitra & Moses Shayo. (2016). Valuing Peace: The Effects of Financial Market Exposure on Votes and Political Attitudes. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Mugerman, Yevgeny, Orly Sade, & Moses Shayo. (2014). Long term savings decisions: Financial reform, peer effects and ethnicity. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 106. 235–253. 43 indexed citations

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Sambanis, Nicholas & Moses Shayo. (2012). Social Identification and Ethnic Conflict. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations

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Shayo, Moses & Asaf Zussman. (2011). Judicial Ingroup Bias in the Shadow of Terrorism *. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 126(3). 1447–1484. 217 indexed citations

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Shayo, Moses & Alon Harel. (2011). Non-consequentialist voting. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 81(1). 299–313. 47 indexed citations

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Shayo, Moses & Asaf Zussman. (2010). Judicial Ingroup Bias in the Shadow of Terrorism. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations

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Shayo, Moses. (2009). A Model of Social Identity with an Application to Political Economy: Nation, Class, and Redistribution. American Political Science Review. 103(2). 147–174. 558 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heffetz, Ori & Moses Shayo. (2009). How Large Are Non-Budget-Constraint Effects of Prices on Demand?. American Economic Journal Applied Economics. 1(4). 170–199. 18 indexed citations

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Shayo, Moses. (2005). Nation, Class and Redistribution: Applying Social Identity Research to Political Economy. 3 indexed citations

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