Rafael Di Tella

16.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
93 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Rafael Di Tella is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Di Tella has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 33 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 17 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Rafael Di Tella's work include Corruption and Economic Development (24 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (17 papers) and Income, Poverty, and Inequality (13 papers). Rafael Di Tella is often cited by papers focused on Corruption and Economic Development (24 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (17 papers) and Income, Poverty, and Inequality (13 papers). Rafael Di Tella collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Argentina. Rafael Di Tella's co-authors include Robert MacCulloch, Alberto Ades, Andrew J. Oswald, Ernesto Schargrodsky, Alberto Alesina, Christopher Bliss, John P. Haisken‐DeNew, Ernesto Dal Bó, Miguel Braun and Pedro Dal Bó and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Di Tella

88 papers receiving 8.6k citations

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rafael Di Tella United States 33 5.2k 3.4k 3.1k 1.5k 1.3k 93 9.7k
Christian Bjørnskov Denmark 36 3.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.3× 2.0k 0.7× 612 0.4× 403 0.3× 194 6.3k
David G. Blanchflower United Kingdom 42 3.0k 0.6× 2.6k 0.8× 4.7k 1.5× 1.2k 0.8× 2.4k 1.8× 186 10.5k
Alois Stutzer Switzerland 46 4.6k 0.9× 5.7k 1.7× 3.1k 1.0× 2.1k 1.5× 2.1k 1.5× 158 11.8k
Jürgen Schupp Germany 34 3.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 2.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 265 9.8k
Justin Wolfers United States 38 2.2k 0.4× 1.6k 0.5× 4.0k 1.3× 818 0.6× 991 0.7× 105 8.1k
Erzo F.P. Luttmer United States 23 2.0k 0.4× 1.1k 0.3× 2.4k 0.8× 534 0.4× 722 0.5× 45 5.3k
Richard A. Easterlin United States 51 5.0k 0.9× 5.5k 1.6× 3.0k 1.0× 2.6k 1.8× 2.5k 1.9× 159 12.9k
Eric M. Uslaner United States 34 6.4k 1.2× 866 0.3× 1.1k 0.3× 712 0.5× 479 0.4× 109 8.8k
Uwe Sunde Germany 32 2.6k 0.5× 777 0.2× 3.9k 1.3× 319 0.2× 869 0.7× 134 9.4k
Bo Rothstein Sweden 42 5.9k 1.1× 445 0.1× 1.8k 0.6× 410 0.3× 800 0.6× 163 9.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Di Tella

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tella, Rafael Di & Juan Dubra. (2013). Fairness and Redistribution: Comment. American Economic Review. 103(1). 549–553. 10 indexed citations
2.
Tella, Rafael Di, et al.. (2013). Breaking Bad (the Rules): Argentina Defaults, Inflates (and Grows), 1997–2015.
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Tella, Rafael Di, Sebastián Galiani, & Ernesto Schargrodsky. (2011). Reality versus propaganda in the formation of beliefs about privatization. Journal of Public Economics. 96(5-6). 553–567. 25 indexed citations
4.
Tella, Rafael Di, Sebastián Edwards, & Ernesto Schargrodsky. (2010). The Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 34 indexed citations
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Tella, Rafael Di & Juan Dubra. (2010). A Note on Fairness and Redistribution. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Tella, Rafael Di, Sebastián Galiani, & Ernesto Schargrodsky. (2008). Reality Versus Propaganda in the Formation of Beliefs About Privatization. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3 indexed citations
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Tella, Rafael Di & Robert MacCulloch. (2008). Happiness Adaptation to Income Beyond. 11 indexed citations
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Tella, Rafael Di, Robert MacCulloch, & Hugo Ñopo. (2008). Happiness and Beliefs in Criminal Environments. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Bó, Ernesto Dal, Pedro Dal Bó, & Rafael Di Tella. (2007). Reputation When Threats and Transfers Are Available. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy. 16(3). 577–598. 6 indexed citations
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Tella, Rafael Di & Juan Dubra. (2007). Crime and punishment in the “American Dream”. Journal of Public Economics. 92(7). 1564–1584. 18 indexed citations
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Tella, Rafael Di & Juan Dubra. (2006). Crime and Punishment in the. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Tella, Rafael Di & Robert MacCulloch. (2006). Europe vs America: Institutional hysteresis in a simple normative model. Journal of Public Economics. 90(12). 2161–2186. 9 indexed citations
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Tella, Rafael Di & Robert MacCulloch. (2005). Partisan Social Happiness. The Review of Economic Studies. 72(2). 367–393. 131 indexed citations
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Alesina, Alberto, Rafael Di Tella, & Robert McCulloch. (2004). Inequality and Happiness: Are Americans and Europeans Different?. Journal of Public Economics. 88. 30 indexed citations
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Braun, Miguel & Rafael Di Tella. (2004). Inflation, Inflation Variability, and Corruption. Economics and Politics. 16(1). 77–100. 138 indexed citations
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Tella, Rafael Di & Robert MacCulloch. (2004). Unemployment Benefits as a Substitute for a Conservative Central Banker. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 86(4). 911–922. 3 indexed citations
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Tella, Rafael Di, Sebastián Galiani, & Ernesto Schargrodsky. (2003). Crime inequality when victims adapt. El Servicio de Difusión de la Creación Intelectual (National University of La Plata). 2 indexed citations
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Tella, Rafael Di, Robert MacCulloch, & Andrew J. Oswald. (2001). Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness. American Economic Review. 91(1). 335–341. 1197 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tella, Rafael Di & William D. Savedoff. (2001). Diagnosis Corruption: Fraud in Latin America's Public Hospitals. 54 indexed citations
20.
Ades, Alberto & Rafael Di Tella. (1999). Rents, Competition, and Corruption. American Economic Review. 89(4). 982–993. 1177 indexed citations breakdown →

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