Simon Cowan

1.9k total citations
32 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Simon Cowan is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Marketing and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Cowan has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 13 papers in Marketing and 7 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Simon Cowan's work include Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (13 papers), Merger and Competition Analysis (12 papers) and Digital Platforms and Economics (6 papers). Simon Cowan is often cited by papers focused on Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (13 papers), Merger and Competition Analysis (12 papers) and Digital Platforms and Economics (6 papers). Simon Cowan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Simon Cowan's co-authors include John Vickers, Mark Armstrong, Iñaki Aguirre, Mary M. Shirley, Roger G. Noll, Anming Zhang, Xiangkang Yin, Achim I. Czerny and Peter L. Ormosi and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, The Economic Journal and Journal of Public Economics.

In The Last Decade

Simon Cowan

27 papers receiving 848 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Cowan United Kingdom 13 585 383 256 214 139 32 1.0k
David S. Sibley United States 18 918 1.6× 427 1.1× 381 1.5× 366 1.7× 223 1.6× 45 1.4k
Marcelo Resende Brazil 18 604 1.0× 269 0.7× 45 0.2× 279 1.3× 159 1.1× 73 1.1k
Claude Crampes France 14 483 0.8× 270 0.7× 182 0.7× 100 0.5× 71 0.5× 45 908
Paul W. MacAvoy United States 18 521 0.9× 329 0.9× 64 0.3× 51 0.2× 123 0.9× 74 1.1k
Ronald R. Braeutigam United States 15 497 0.8× 286 0.7× 58 0.2× 154 0.7× 132 0.9× 27 782
Joseph A. Swanson United States 8 422 0.7× 236 0.6× 93 0.4× 266 1.2× 231 1.7× 19 858
Jean Jacques Laffont France 8 402 0.7× 176 0.5× 107 0.4× 236 1.1× 31 0.2× 9 595
Chitru S. Fernando United States 19 643 1.1× 500 1.3× 179 0.7× 93 0.4× 98 0.7× 69 1.8k
Stanley S. Reynolds United States 19 729 1.2× 126 0.3× 318 1.2× 488 2.3× 82 0.6× 35 1.2k
Morten Hviid United Kingdom 14 391 0.7× 230 0.6× 363 1.4× 172 0.8× 53 0.4× 53 692

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Cowan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Cowan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Cowan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Cowan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Cowan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Simon Cowan. Simon Cowan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cowan, Simon, et al.. (2024). New directions in competition policy: an overview. Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 40(4). 687–695.
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Cowan, Simon. (2024). Welfare‐Increasing Monopolization*. Journal of Industrial Economics. 73(1). 167–185.
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Cowan, Simon. (2017). Universal basic income: Unworkable and unaffordable. 33(4). 14. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, Simon. (2017). UBI – Universal Basic Income is an unbelievably bad idea. 2 indexed citations
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Czerny, Achim I., Simon Cowan, & Anming Zhang. (2016). Is Mixing Airport Charges Collusive?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, Simon. (2015). How to fix it. 31(3). 34.
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Cowan, Simon, et al.. (2015). The age old problem of old age: fixing the pension. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, Simon. (2013). TARGET30: Towards smaller government and future prosperity. 1 indexed citations
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Aguirre, Iñaki, Simon Cowan, & John Vickers. (2010). Monopoly Price Discrimination and Demand Curvature. American Economic Review. 100(4). 1601–1615. 162 indexed citations
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Cowan, Simon. (2009). The Welfare Economics of Optional Water Metering. The Economic Journal. 120(545). 800–815. 7 indexed citations
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Cowan, Simon & Xiangkang Yin. (2008). Competition Can Harm Consumers. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, Simon. (2004). Utility Regulation and Risk Allocation: The Roles of Marginal Cost Pricing and Futures Markets. Journal of Regulatory Economics. 26(1). 23–40. 1 indexed citations
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Cowan, Simon. (2002). Optimal risk allocation for regulated monopolies and consumers. Journal of Public Economics. 88(1-2). 285–303. 12 indexed citations
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Noll, Roger G., Mary M. Shirley, & Simon Cowan. (1999). Reforming Urban Water Systems in Developing Countries. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 45 indexed citations
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Cowan, Simon. (1998). Welfare Consequences of Tight Price‐Cap Regulation. Bulletin of Economic Research. 50(2). 105–116. 9 indexed citations
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Cowan, Simon. (1998). Water pollution and abstraction and economic instruments. Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 14(4). 40–49. 11 indexed citations
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Cowan, Simon. (1997). Tight Average Revenue Regulation Can Be Worse Than No Regulation. Journal of Industrial Economics. 45(1). 75–88. 15 indexed citations
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Cowan, Simon, et al.. (1995). Nonlinear pricing and price cap regulation. Journal of Public Economics. 58(1). 33–55. 19 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Mark, Simon Cowan, & John Vickers. (1994). Regulatory Reform: Economic Analysis and British Experience. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 1. 463 indexed citations
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Cowan, Simon. (1989). Trade and Competition Policies for Oligopolies. Review of World Economics. 125(3). 464–483. 11 indexed citations

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