Rodney Stevenson

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Rodney Stevenson is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rodney Stevenson has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 5 papers in Strategy and Management and 5 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rodney Stevenson's work include Global trade and economics (3 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (3 papers) and Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (3 papers). Rodney Stevenson is often cited by papers focused on Global trade and economics (3 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (3 papers) and Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (3 papers). Rodney Stevenson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Rodney Stevenson's co-authors include David Reifschneider, Thomas G. Cowing, Sharon M. Oster, Richard Schmalensee, Paul R. Kleindorfer, Michael A. Crew, Bill Shaw, Laura P. Hartman, F.L. Alvarado and Yi Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and Journal of Econometrics.

In The Last Decade

Rodney Stevenson

26 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Likelihood functions for generalized stochastic frontier ... 1980 2026 1995 2010 1980 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. Likelihood functions for generalized stochastic frontier estimation
    1980 710 citations Rodney Stevenson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rodney Stevenson United States 12 1.1k 955 362 288 241 28 1.9k
Lennart Hjalmarsson Sweden 24 1.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.5× 283 0.8× 177 0.6× 307 1.3× 35 2.1k
Daniel Primont United States 16 1.4k 1.3× 982 1.0× 367 1.0× 179 0.6× 151 0.6× 37 1.9k
James M. Jondrow United States 9 1.5k 1.4× 1.7k 1.8× 373 1.0× 528 1.8× 270 1.1× 18 2.6k
Ronald W. Shephard United States 10 1.7k 1.6× 1.4k 1.5× 473 1.3× 175 0.6× 233 1.0× 27 2.6k
Finn R. Førsund Norway 24 1.7k 1.6× 2.2k 2.3× 404 1.1× 277 1.0× 308 1.3× 78 3.1k
John Ruggiero United States 27 1.3k 1.2× 1.5k 1.6× 127 0.4× 85 0.3× 170 0.7× 60 2.2k
Emili Grifell‐Tatjé Spain 18 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 319 0.9× 78 0.3× 364 1.5× 52 2.0k
Tai‐Hsin Huang Taiwan 18 610 0.6× 505 0.5× 173 0.5× 101 0.4× 176 0.7× 58 1.1k
R. Allen United Kingdom 5 882 0.8× 1.6k 1.7× 111 0.3× 52 0.2× 192 0.8× 5 1.9k
Frank M. Gollop United States 13 1.1k 1.0× 179 0.2× 237 0.7× 69 0.2× 280 1.2× 20 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rodney Stevenson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rodney Stevenson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stevenson, Rodney, et al.. (2018). Environmental Compliance Cost and Productivity Growth in US Manufacturing. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
2.
Hartman, Laura P., Bill Shaw, & Rodney Stevenson. (2003). Exploring the Ethics and Economics of Global Labor Standards: A Challenge to Integrated Social Contract Theory. Business Ethics Quarterly. 13(2). 193–220. 60 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Rodney. (2002). An Ethical Basis for Institutional Economics. Journal of Economic Issues. 36(2). 263–277. 9 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Rodney, et al.. (2002). Energy Price, Environmental Policy, and Technological Bias. The Energy Journal. 23(4). 85–107. 12 indexed citations
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Hartman, Laura P., Bill Shaw, & Rodney Stevenson. (2000). Human Resources Opportunities to Balance Ethics and Neoclassical Economics in Global Labor Standards. Business and Professional Ethics Journal. 19(3). 73–116. 2 indexed citations
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Hartman, Laura P., Bill Shaw, & Rodney Stevenson. (2000). Balancing Sweatshop Ethics And Economics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Oniki, Hajime, Tae Hoon Oum, Rodney Stevenson, & Yimin D. Zhang. (1994). The productivity effects of the liberalization of Japanese telecommunication policy. Journal of Productivity Analysis. 5(1). 63–79. 19 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Rodney. (1994). Social Goals and Partial Deregulation of the Electric Utility Industry. Journal of Economic Issues. 28(2). 403–413. 1 indexed citations
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Hanson, Mark, et al.. (1991). Electric Utility Least-Cost Planning Making It Work within a Multiattribute Decision-Making Framework. Journal of the American Planning Association. 57(1). 34–43. 13 indexed citations
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Alvarado, F.L., et al.. (1991). Engineering foundations for the determination of security costs. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 6(3). 1175–1182. 46 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Rodney, et al.. (1989). Telecommunications in Japan : After Privatization and Liberalization. 87–136. 6 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Rodney. (1987). Institutional Economics and the Theory of Production. Journal of Economic Issues. 21(4). 1471–1493. 10 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Rodney & Walter J. Primeaux. (1987). Direct Electric Utility Competition: The Natural Monopoly Myth. Land Economics. 63(3). 317–317. 7 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Rodney. (1985). Corporate Power and the Scope of Economic Analysis. Journal of Economic Issues. 19(2). 333–341. 4 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Rodney. (1983). Institutional Objectives, Structural Barriers, and Deregulation in the Electric Utility Industry. Journal of Economic Issues. 17(2). 443–452. 2 indexed citations
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Oster, Sharon M., Thomas G. Cowing, & Rodney Stevenson. (1982). Productivity Measurement in Regulated Industries. Southern Economic Journal. 48(4). 1135–1135. 257 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Rodney. (1982). X-Inefficiency and Interfirm Rivalry: Evidence from the Electric Utility Industry. Land Economics. 58(1). 52–52. 19 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Rodney, Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer, & Richard Schmalensee. (1981). Public Utility Economics. Land Economics. 57(1). 131–131. 89 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Rodney. (1980). Measuring technological bias. American Economic Review. 70(1). 162–173. 103 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Rodney. (1973). Postal pricing problems and production functions. Michigan State University Libraries. 3 indexed citations

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