R. Mark Isaac

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

R. Mark Isaac is a scholar working on Safety Research, Economics and Econometrics and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Mark Isaac has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Safety Research, 40 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 39 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in R. Mark Isaac's work include Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (41 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (32 papers) and Economic theories and models (15 papers). R. Mark Isaac is often cited by papers focused on Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (41 papers), Auction Theory and Applications (32 papers) and Economic theories and models (15 papers). R. Mark Isaac collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Canada. R. Mark Isaac's co-authors include James M. Walker, Charles R. Plott, Arlington W. Williams, Duncan James, Susan Thomas, Kenneth McCue, Timothy C. Salmon, T. K. Ahn, Stanley S. Reynolds and David Schmidtz and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and Journal of Political Economy.

In The Last Decade

R. Mark Isaac

71 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Group Size Effects in Public Goods Provision: The Volunta... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 200 400 600
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.

  1. Group Size Effects in Public Goods Provision: The Voluntary Contributions Mechanism
    1988 692 citations R. Mark Isaac, James M. Walker The Quarterly Journal of Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. Mark Isaac United States 31 3.1k 1.8k 1.5k 1.3k 893 74 4.5k
Andrew Schotter United States 40 3.0k 1.0× 2.5k 1.4× 1.7k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.5× 113 5.7k
Steffen Huck United Kingdom 34 2.5k 0.8× 1.9k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 683 0.8× 139 4.0k
Robert Forsythe United States 23 2.4k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 768 0.9× 41 4.3k
Jean‐Robert Tyran Denmark 30 2.6k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 708 0.5× 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 1.2× 127 4.8k
Martín Sefton United Kingdom 28 3.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 781 0.5× 1.7k 1.3× 886 1.0× 71 4.3k
Joep Sonnemans Netherlands 31 1.8k 0.6× 1.8k 1.0× 824 0.6× 659 0.5× 851 1.0× 100 3.8k
Kai A. Konrad Germany 33 1.7k 0.6× 2.6k 1.5× 1.0k 0.7× 843 0.6× 442 0.5× 236 4.2k
Chris Starmer United Kingdom 33 1.9k 0.6× 3.3k 1.9× 1.1k 0.7× 932 0.7× 3.0k 3.4× 69 6.0k
Arthur Schram Netherlands 27 1.8k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 559 0.4× 1.0k 0.8× 553 0.6× 109 3.0k
Gary E. Bolton United States 31 5.6k 1.8× 2.3k 1.3× 1.8k 1.3× 2.6k 2.0× 2.1k 2.3× 79 8.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wilson, Alana, Melanie McDermott, Benjamin K. Sovacool, et al.. (2024). Does electric mobility display racial or income disparities? Quantifying inequality in the distribution of electric vehicle adoption and charging infrastructure in the United States. Applied Energy. 378. 124795–124795. 4 indexed citations
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Isaac, R. Mark, et al.. (2019). Cooperation, contributor types, and control questions. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. 85. 101489–101489. 4 indexed citations
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Isaac, R. Mark, et al.. (2018). A new experimental mechanism to investigate polarized demands for public goods: the effects of censoring. Experimental Economics. 22(3). 585–609.
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Isaac, R. Mark, et al.. (2016). Asymmetric network monitoring and punishment in public goods experiments. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 132. 26–41. 12 indexed citations
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Friedman, Daniel, R. Mark Isaac, Duncan James, & Shyam Sunder. (2014). Risky Curves: On the Empirical Failure of Expected Utility. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 43 indexed citations
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Isaac, R. Mark, et al.. (2005). Endogenous Group Formation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations
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Holt, Charles A. & R. Mark Isaac. (2002). Experiments investigating market power. 5 indexed citations
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Franciosi, Robert, et al.. (2000). Experiments With the Pivot Process for Providing Public Goods. Public Choice. 102(1-2). 93–112. 50 indexed citations
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Isaac, R. Mark & Duncan James. (2000). Just Who Are You Calling Risk Averse?. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. 20(2). 177–187. 142 indexed citations
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Isaac, R. Mark & Charles A. Holt. (1999). Emissions permit experiments. JAI Press eBooks.
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Isaac, R. Mark & James M. Walker. (1998). Nash as an Organizing Principle in the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: Experimental Evidence. Experimental Economics. 1(3). 191–206. 27 indexed citations
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Isaac, R. Mark, James M. Walker, & Arlington W. Williams. (1994). Group size and the voluntary provision of public goods. Journal of Public Economics. 54(1). 1–36. 451 indexed citations
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Reynolds, Stanley S. & R. Mark Isaac. (1992). Stochastic innovation and product market organization. Economic Theory. 2(4). 525–545. 13 indexed citations
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Isaac, R. Mark & David E. Pingry. (1991). Managing J. Pierrepont Finch: Should he be given a PC?. Information & Management. 21(5). 269–277. 3 indexed citations
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Forsythe, Robert, R. Mark Isaac, & Thomas R. Palfrey. (1989). Theories and Tests of "Blind Bidding" in Sealed-bid Auctions. The RAND Journal of Economics. 20(2). 214–214. 56 indexed citations
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Isaac, R. Mark & Stanley S. Reynolds. (1988). Appropriability and Market Structure in a Stochastic Invention Model. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 103(4). 647–647. 33 indexed citations
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Isaac, R. Mark. (1987). Cooperative institutions for information sharing in the oil industry. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 14(3). 191–211. 7 indexed citations
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Isaac, R. Mark, et al.. (1984). Natural Monopoly and the Contestable Markets Hypothesis: Some Preliminary Results from Laboratory Experiments. The Journal of Law and Economics. 2 indexed citations
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Isaac, R. Mark & Charles R. Plott. (1981). The opportunity for conspiracy in restraint of trade. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 2(1). 1–30. 59 indexed citations
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Smith, Vernon L. & R. Mark Isaac. (1979). Research in experimental economics : a research annual. JAI Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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