William H. Riker

19.8k citations
75 papers · 10.3k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 35
Topics
Game Theory and Voting Systems (20 papers)Electoral Systems and Political Participation (15 papers)American Constitutional Law and Politics (11 papers)
Partner nations
United States

In The Last Decade

William H. Riker

70 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Calculus of Consent.1962202619832004196219681968196319824008001.2k

Peers

William H. Riker
Comparison fields: 5 of 126
  • Political Science and International Relations 6.8k
  • Economics and Econometrics 4.2k
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.8k
  • Strategy and Management 1.4k
  • Communication 866
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Fields of papers citing papers by William H. Riker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William H. Riker

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
1 163
2 7
3 12
4 103
5 8
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Perspectives on Positive Political Economybreakdown →
517
7 16
8 26
9 21
10 91
11 26
12
Soldiers of the States
4
13 5
14
Micropolitics and Macroeconomics: Discussion
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15 5
16
A Theory of the Calculus of Votingbreakdown →
1110
17
The Theory of Political Coalitions.breakdown →
775
18 15
19 0
20 42

About William H. Riker

William H. Riker is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Law, having authored 75 papers that have together received 10.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Game Theory and Voting Systems (20 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (15 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Political Science and International Relations (6.8k citations), Economics and Econometrics (4.2k citations) and General Decision Sciences (242 citations). William H. Riker has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include Peter C. Ordeshook, Gordon Tullock, James M. Buchanan, Alfred J. Hotz, Ronald Kahn, Steven J. Brams, David Austen‐Smith, Paul Milgrom, Harold Demsetz and Robert H. Bates. Their work appears in journals such as American Economic Review, Administrative Science Quarterly and Journal of Political Economy.

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