Stephen Kosack

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 832 citations indexed

About

Stephen Kosack is a scholar working on Development, Safety Research and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Kosack has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 832 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Development, 5 papers in Safety Research and 5 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Stephen Kosack's work include International Development and Aid (8 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (5 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (3 papers). Stephen Kosack is often cited by papers focused on International Development and Aid (8 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (5 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (3 papers). Stephen Kosack collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Denmark. Stephen Kosack's co-authors include Archon Fung, Jennifer Tobin, James Raymond Vreeland, Gustav Ranis, Lloyd Gruber, Dan Levy, Ricardo Hausmann, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási, Charles C. Griffin and Michele Coscia and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, World Development and International Organization.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Kosack

21 papers receiving 725 citations

Hit Papers

Does Transparency Improve Governance? 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 50 100 150 200

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen Kosack United States 12 357 304 226 215 185 21 832
Matthew S. Winters United States 19 592 1.7× 935 3.1× 245 1.1× 402 1.9× 306 1.7× 60 1.4k
Bernhard Reinsberg United Kingdom 20 686 1.9× 422 1.4× 269 1.2× 264 1.2× 149 0.8× 89 1.2k
Janet Rothenberg Pack United States 14 273 0.8× 354 1.2× 635 2.8× 195 0.9× 156 0.8× 34 1.1k
Rikhil R. Bhavnani United States 13 637 1.8× 479 1.6× 442 2.0× 286 1.3× 361 2.0× 27 1.3k
Gerard Padró i Miquel United States 12 108 0.3× 484 1.6× 413 1.8× 459 2.1× 125 0.7× 29 1.1k
Paul Niehaus United States 13 99 0.3× 400 1.3× 451 2.0× 133 0.6× 351 1.9× 23 1.0k
Monika Bauhr Sweden 17 61 0.2× 492 1.6× 208 0.9× 368 1.7× 67 0.4× 32 874
Gustav F. Papanek United States 13 366 1.0× 318 1.0× 618 2.7× 158 0.7× 167 0.9× 40 1.2k
William N. Trumbull United States 11 170 0.5× 382 1.3× 335 1.5× 41 0.2× 119 0.6× 18 757
Sharun Mukand United States 12 60 0.2× 272 0.9× 337 1.5× 240 1.1× 70 0.4× 26 689

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Kosack

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Kosack

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Kosack

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephen Kosack. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephen Kosack 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 Stephen Kosack. Stephen Kosack is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Fung, Archon, et al.. (2021). Can transparency and accountability programs improve health? Experimental evidence from Indonesia and Tanzania. World Development. 142. 105369–105369. 20 indexed citations
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Fung, Archon, et al.. (2019). Can Transparency and Accountability Programs Improve Health? Experimental Evidence from Indonesia and Tanzania. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Kosack, Stephen, et al.. (2018). Functional structures of US state governments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(46). 11748–11753. 10 indexed citations
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Kosack, Stephen & Jennifer Tobin. (2015). Which Countries’ Citizens Are Better Off With Trade?. World Development. 76. 95–113. 13 indexed citations
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Brown, Elizabeth, et al.. (2014). Linking Think Tank Performance, Decisions, and Context. 5 indexed citations
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Kosack, Stephen & Archon Fung. (2014). Does Transparency Improve Governance?. Annual Review of Political Science. 17(1). 65–87. 222 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kosack, Stephen. (2013). The Logic of Pro-Poor Policymaking: Political Entrepreneurship and Mass Education. British Journal of Political Science. 44(2). 409–444. 18 indexed citations
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Gruber, Lloyd & Stephen Kosack. (2013). The Tertiary Tilt: Education and Inequality in the Developing World. World Development. 54. 253–272. 36 indexed citations
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Kosack, Stephen. (2012). The Education of Nations: How the Political Organization of the Poor, Not Democracy, Led Governments to Invest in Mass Education. OUP Catalogue. 18 indexed citations
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Kosack, Stephen. (2012). The Education of Nations. Oxford University Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations
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Kosack, Stephen, et al.. (2010). From the Ground Up: Improving Government Performance with Independent Monitoring Organizations. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 5 indexed citations
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Kosack, Stephen. (2009). Realising Education for All: defining and using the political will to invest in primary education. Comparative Education. 45(4). 495–523. 27 indexed citations
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Kosack, Stephen. (2008). Trade for poverty reduction : the role of trade policy in poverty reduction strategy papers. 2 indexed citations
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Kosack, Stephen. (2008). Directing Foreign Aid for Basic Education: Taking Account of Political Will. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Pepinsky, Thomas B. & Stephen Kosack. (2007). How to Code. 1–35. 2 indexed citations
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Kosack, Stephen & Jennifer Tobin. (2006). Funding Self-Sustaining Development: The Role of Aid, FDI and Government in Economic Success. International Organization. 60(1). 129 indexed citations
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Kosack, Stephen & Jennifer Tobin. (2005). Funding Self-Sustaining Development: The Role of Aid, FDI and Government in Economic Success. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Kosack, Stephen. (2005). Effective Aid: How Democracy Allows Development Aid to Improve the Quality of Life. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Kosack, Stephen, Gustav Ranis, & James Raymond Vreeland. (2004). Globalization and the Nation State. 11 indexed citations
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Ranis, Gustav, James Raymond Vreeland, & Stephen Kosack. (2004). Globalization and the Nation State: The Impact of the IMF and the World Bank. 63 indexed citations

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