Otto A. Davis

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Otto A. Davis is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Otto A. Davis has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 5 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Otto A. Davis's work include Economic Theory and Institutions (7 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (5 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 papers). Otto A. Davis is often cited by papers focused on Economic Theory and Institutions (7 papers), Game Theory and Voting Systems (5 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 papers). Otto A. Davis collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Otto A. Davis's co-authors include Melvin J. Hinich, Andrew B. Whinston, M. A. H. Dempster, Aaron Wíldavsky, Peter C. Ordeshook, Morris H. DeGroot, Wenbo Wu, John E. Jackson, John U. Farley and Anthony E. Boardman and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, Administrative Science Quarterly and Econometrica.

In The Last Decade

Otto A. Davis

32 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

An Expository Development of a Mathematical Model of the Electoral Process

1970 433 citations Otto A. Davis, Melvin J. Hinich et al. American Political Science Review profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Otto A. Davis United States	20	1.4k	922	290	175	168	33	2.1k
Donald Wittman United States	22	1.9k 1.4×	1.6k 1.8×	704 2.4×	276 1.6×	366 2.2×	75	3.0k
Keith Hartley United Kingdom	20	1.1k 0.8×	472 0.5×	242 0.8×	148 0.8×	447 2.7×	147	1.8k
Thomas Schwartz United States	17	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	518 1.8×	360 2.1×	716 4.3×	65	2.8k
Thomas W. Gilligan United States	20	1.1k 0.8×	728 0.8×	146 0.5×	324 1.9×	620 3.7×	33	2.2k
David Heald United Kingdom	23	695 0.5×	694 0.8×	211 0.7×	75 0.4×	469 2.8×	107	1.8k
Manfred J. Holler Germany	16	937 0.7×	338 0.4×	178 0.6×	503 2.9×	154 0.9×	100	1.4k
Ian Jewitt United Kingdom	15	1.1k 0.8×	160 0.2×	139 0.5×	478 2.7×	179 1.1×	22	1.8k
James B. Kau United States	30	2.3k 1.7×	566 0.6×	352 1.2×	63 0.4×	367 2.2×	108	3.1k
Gareth D. Myles United Kingdom	23	1.8k 1.3×	238 0.3×	190 0.7×	200 1.1×	132 0.8×	81	2.2k
John D. Donahue United States	15	303 0.2×	349 0.4×	291 1.0×	50 0.3×	289 1.7×	34	1.1k

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Wu, Wenbo & Otto A. Davis. (1999). The two freedoms, economic growth and development: An empirical study. Public Choice. 100(1-2). 39–64. 83 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A. & Denise DiPasquale. (1982). ENTERPRISE ZONES: NEW DEAL, OLD DEAL, OR NO DEAL?. Cato Journal. 2(2). 391–410. 1 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A.. (1979). Public and Private Characteristics of a Legal Process: A Comment. The Journal of Legal Studies. 8(2). 285–293. 2 indexed citations

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Boardman, Anthony E., Otto A. Davis, & Peggy Reeves Sanday. (1977). A simultaneous equations model of the educational process. Journal of Public Economics. 7(1). 23–49. 50 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A., et al.. (1976). Imperfect Consumers and Welfare Comparisons of Policies concerning Information and Regulation. The Bell Journal of Economics. 7(2). 602–602. 23 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A., et al.. (1975). Reply to the Comment of Hansen, Lapp and Quinn: Substandard Housing. Urban Studies. 12(2). 221–224. 1 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A., M. A. H. Dempster, & Aaron Wíldavsky. (1974). Towards A Predictive Theory of Government Expenditure: Us Domestic Appropriations. British Journal of Political Science. 4(4). 419–452. 127 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A., et al.. (1972). A Simulation of Municipal Zoning Decisions. Management Science. 19(4-part-2). P39–P77. 11 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A. & K. O. Kortanek. (1971). Centralization and Decentralization: The Political Economy of Public School Systems. American Economic Review. 61(2). 456–462. 3 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A. & John U. Farley. (1971). Allocating Sales Force Effort with Commissions and Quotas. Management Science. 18(4-part-ii). P–55. 49 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A. & Kenneth L. Wertz. (1969). The Consistency of the Assessment of Property: Some Empirical Results and Managerial Suggestions. Applied Economics. 1(2). 151–158. 3 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A. & Melvin J. Hinich. (1968). On the power and importance of the mean preference in a mathematical model of democratic choice. Public Choice. 5(1). 59–72. 42 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A. & Jerome Rothenberg. (1968). Economic Evaluation of Urban Renewal.. Administrative Science Quarterly. 13(2). 354–354. 16 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A., et al.. (1967). Urban Property Markets: Some Empirical Results and Their Implications for Municipal Zoning. The Journal of Law and Economics. 10. 79–99. 81 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A. & Andrew B. Whinston. (1966). On Externalities, Information and the Government-Assisted Invisible Hand. Economica. 33(131). 303–303. 23 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A., M. A. H. Dempster, & Aaron Wíldavsky. (1966). A Theory of the Budgetary Process. American Political Science Review. 60(3). 529–547. 336 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A., M. A. H. Dempster, & Aaron Wíldavsky. (1966). On the process of budgeting: An empirical study of congressional appropriation. Public Choice. 1(1). 63–132. 28 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A. & George H. Haines. (1966). A POLITICAL APPROACH TO A THEORY OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE: THE CASE OF MUNICIPALITIES. National Tax Journal. 19(3). 259–275. 20 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A. & Andrew B. Whinston. (1962). Externalities, Welfare, and the Theory of Games. Journal of Political Economy. 70(3). 241–262. 142 indexed citations

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Davis, Otto A.. (1960). A Pure Theory of Urban Renewal. Land Economics. 36(2). 220–220. 9 indexed citations

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