Robert D. Willig

11.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
70 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Robert D. Willig is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert D. Willig has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 12 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 10 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Robert D. Willig's work include Merger and Competition Analysis (14 papers), Economic theories and models (11 papers) and Global trade and economics (7 papers). Robert D. Willig is often cited by papers focused on Merger and Competition Analysis (14 papers), Economic theories and models (11 papers) and Global trade and economics (7 papers). Robert D. Willig collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Robert D. Willig's co-authors include John C. Panzar, William J. Baumöl, Elizabeth E. Bailey, Stylianos Perrakis, Janusz A. Ordover, Carl Shapiro, Timothy F. Bresnahan, George J. Stigler, Peter Reiss and Steven C. Salop and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, American Economic Review and The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

In The Last Decade

Robert D. Willig

64 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Contestable Markets and the Theory of Industry Structure 1977 2026 1993 2009 1982 1982 1977 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert D. Willig United States 24 3.8k 1.8k 1.1k 963 837 70 5.9k
John C. Panzar United States 15 3.5k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 1.4k 1.6× 35 6.3k
Dennis W. Carlton United States 25 3.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 871 0.8× 486 0.5× 655 0.8× 101 4.5k
David Newbery United Kingdom 47 4.8k 1.3× 1.3k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 676 0.8× 206 9.7k
John Vickers United Kingdom 37 5.1k 1.3× 2.7k 1.5× 1.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.5× 1.4k 1.7× 106 7.9k
Daniel F. Spulber United States 35 2.7k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 612 0.6× 1.0k 1.1× 473 0.6× 165 4.5k
Paul A. Geroski United Kingdom 39 5.8k 1.5× 2.6k 1.5× 1.5k 1.3× 1.0k 1.0× 1.9k 2.3× 111 8.1k
Jeremy Bulow United States 28 3.5k 0.9× 1.7k 0.9× 685 0.6× 2.1k 2.2× 1.2k 1.4× 59 6.2k
Paul Stoneman United Kingdom 34 3.2k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 405 0.4× 1.2k 1.3× 431 0.5× 119 5.5k
Richard Schmalensee United States 54 6.6k 1.7× 3.7k 2.1× 986 0.9× 1.5k 1.6× 1.0k 1.2× 193 11.2k
Pablo T. Spiller United States 38 2.6k 0.7× 2.0k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 446 0.5× 518 0.6× 114 5.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Dutz, Mark A., et al.. (2017). Economywide and Sectoral Impacts on Workers of Brazil's Internet Rollout. World Bank policy research working paper. 1 indexed citations
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Panzar, John C. & Robert D. Willig. (2016). On the Comparative Statics of a Competitive Industry with Inframarginal Firms. American Economic Review. 68(3). 474–478.
3.
Willig, Robert D.. (2016). Multiproduct Technology and Market Structure. American Economic Review. 69(2). 346–351. 12 indexed citations
4.
Willig, Robert D.. (2016). Consumer's Surplus Without Apology: Reply. American Economic Review. 69(3). 469–474. 1 indexed citations
5.
Willig, Robert D.. (2016). Consumer's Surplus Without Apology. American Economic Review. 66(4). 589–597. 96 indexed citations
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Soto, Raimundo, et al.. (2002). Second-Generation Reforms in Infrastructure Services. Inter-American Development Bank eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Baumöl, William J. & Robert D. Willig. (1999). COMPETITIVE RAIL REGULATION RULES. SHOULD PRICE CEILINGS CONSTRAIN FINAL PRODUCTS OR INPUTS. Journal of transport economics and policy. 33(1). 7 indexed citations
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Ordover, Janusz A., et al.. (1999). Can Privatization Deliver?: Infrastructure for Latin America. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 11 indexed citations
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Kleidon, Allan W. & Robert D. Willig. (1998). Why Do Christie and Schultz Infer Collusion from Their Data. SSRN Electronic Journal. 24 indexed citations
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Fudenberg, Drew, et al.. (1989). Game Theory for Industrial Organization: Introduction and Overview. 4 indexed citations
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Ordover, Janusz A. & Robert D. Willig. (1982). Journals as Shared Goods: Reply. American Economic Review. 72(3). 603–607. 1 indexed citations
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Willig, Robert D. & Elizabeth E. Bailey. (1981). Income-Distribution Concerns in Regulatory Policymaking. NBER Chapters. 79–118. 1 indexed citations
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Willig, Robert D.. (1981). Social Welfare Dominance. American Economic Review. 71(2). 200–204. 17 indexed citations
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Willig, Robert D., et al.. (1979). Industry Performance Gradient Indexes. American Economic Review. 69(3). 249–260. 72 indexed citations
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Willig, Robert D.. (1979). Welfare analysis of policies affecting prices and products. Garland Pub. eBooks. 8 indexed citations
16.
Willig, Robert D. & Elizabeth E. Bailey. (1979). The Economic Gradient Method. American Economic Review. 69(2). 96–101. 7 indexed citations
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Willig, Robert D.. (1978). Incremental consumer's surplus and hedonic price adjustment. Journal of Economic Theory. 17(2). 227–253. 66 indexed citations
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Baumöl, William J., Elizabeth E. Bailey, & Robert D. Willig. (1977). Weak invisible hand theorems on the sustainabilily of prices in a multiproduct natural monopoly. American Economic Review. 67(3). 7 indexed citations
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Baumöl, William J., Elizabeth E. Bailey, & Robert D. Willig. (1977). Weak Invisible Hand Theorems on the Sustainability of Multiproduct Natural Monopoly. American Economic Review. 67(3). 350–365. 91 indexed citations
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Willig, Robert D.. (1977). Risk Invariance and Ordinally Additive Utility Functions. Econometrica. 45(3). 621–621. 5 indexed citations

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