W. Elliot Brownlee

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

W. Elliot Brownlee is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Elliot Brownlee has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 3 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in W. Elliot Brownlee's work include American Constitutional Law and Politics (7 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (7 papers) and Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (6 papers). W. Elliot Brownlee is often cited by papers focused on American Constitutional Law and Politics (7 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (7 papers) and Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (6 papers). W. Elliot Brownlee collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. W. Elliot Brownlee's co-authors include Alfred D. Chandler, Stanley Lebergott, Peter Temin, Benjamin G. Rader, Terry L. Anderson, Peter J. Hill, Eric H. Monkkonen, Duane Windsor, Mira Wilkins and Stuart Bruchey and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Economica and Journal of American History.

In The Last Decade

W. Elliot Brownlee

34 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American B... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 400 800 1.2k
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. The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business
    1978 1.2k citations W. Elliot Brownlee et al. Journal of American History profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Elliot Brownlee United States 13 634 359 344 296 240 38 1.8k
Naomi R. Lamoreaux United States 26 1.1k 1.7× 411 1.1× 325 0.9× 254 0.9× 466 1.9× 74 2.1k
Peter Wood United Kingdom 27 771 1.2× 273 0.8× 700 2.0× 310 1.0× 137 0.6× 58 1.8k
Stewart Macaulay United States 13 569 0.9× 409 1.1× 667 1.9× 186 0.6× 301 1.3× 41 2.0k
Grahame Thompson United Kingdom 19 312 0.5× 591 1.6× 438 1.3× 544 1.8× 123 0.5× 76 1.9k
Steven Pinch United Kingdom 22 753 1.2× 542 1.5× 873 2.5× 356 1.2× 131 0.5× 62 2.3k
Murray L Weidenbaum United States 13 333 0.5× 252 0.7× 348 1.0× 145 0.5× 243 1.0× 155 1.2k
Colin Haslam United Kingdom 21 324 0.5× 316 0.9× 338 1.0× 229 0.8× 338 1.4× 78 1.5k
Michael H. Best United States 12 682 1.1× 254 0.7× 702 2.0× 351 1.2× 124 0.5× 22 1.7k
Kenichi Ohmae United States 14 353 0.6× 783 2.2× 698 2.0× 931 3.1× 131 0.5× 35 2.5k
Howard Gospel United Kingdom 21 302 0.5× 327 0.9× 548 1.6× 272 0.9× 803 3.3× 84 1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Elliot Brownlee

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brownlee, W. Elliot. (2021). Bank Notes and Shinplasters: The Rage for Paper Money in the Early Republic. Journal of American History. 108(3). 585–586. 1 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot. (2020). Market Rules: Bankers, Presidents, and the Origins of the Great Recession. Journal of American History. 107(1). 275–275.
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Brownlee, W. Elliot. (2016). Federal Taxation in America. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot. (2016). Federal Taxation in America. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot. (2016). Federal Taxation in America: A History. 4 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot, W. Elliot Brownlee, W. Elliot Brownlee, et al.. (2013). The Political Economy of Transnational Tax Reform. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot. (2013). Masters of the Universe: Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics. Journal of American History. 100(2). 602–603. 82 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot, et al.. (2006). Antebellum Southern Political Economists and the Problem of Slavery. American Nineteenth Century History. 7(3). 389–416. 5 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot. (2006). SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY AND TAX REGIMES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1763 TO THE PRESENT. Social Philosophy and Policy. 23(2). 1–27. 3 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot. (2004). Federal Taxation in America. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 55 indexed citations
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Windsor, Duane & W. Elliot Brownlee. (1997). Funding the Modern American State, 1941-1995: The Rise and Fall of the Era of Easy Finance. Southern Economic Journal. 64(1). 372–372. 23 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot. (1990). Taxation for a strong and virtuous republic : a bicentennial retrospective. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot. (1986). Challenges to American Values: Society, Business, and Religion. By Thomas C. Cochran. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Pp. 147. $13.95.. The Journal of Economic History. 46(1). 299–300. 3 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot, et al.. (1985). White-Collar Workers in Transition: The Boom Years, 1940-1970. The American Historical Review. 90(5). 1296–1296. 1 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot & Stanley Lebergott. (1985). The Americans: An Economic Record. Journal of American History. 72(3). 719–719. 63 indexed citations
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Bruchey, Stuart & W. Elliot Brownlee. (1977). Dynamics of Ascent: A History of the American Economy. Journal of American History. 64(1). 112–112. 15 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot, et al.. (1977). Britain and America: A Comparative Economic History, 1850-1839. The American Historical Review. 82(5). 1258–1258. 1 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot, et al.. (1977). Growth in America. Journal of American History. 64(2). 465–465. 3 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot, et al.. (1974). Economic Growth Revisited. Reviews in American History. 2(4). 494–494. 3 indexed citations
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Brownlee, W. Elliot & Benjamin G. Rader. (1969). The Academic Mind and Reform: The Influence of Richard T. Ely in American Life.. The Economic History Review. 22(1). 186–186. 31 indexed citations

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