William Jaffé

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 958 citations indexed

About

William Jaffé is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William Jaffé has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 958 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 9 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in William Jaffé's work include Economic Theory and Institutions (15 papers), Economic Theory and Policy (9 papers) and Economic theories and models (7 papers). William Jaffé is often cited by papers focused on Economic Theory and Institutions (15 papers), Economic Theory and Policy (9 papers) and Economic theories and models (7 papers). William Jaffé collaborates with scholars based in Canada and France. William Jaffé's co-authors include Léon Walras, G. L. S. Shackle, Robert M. Solow, Robert E. Kuenne, Michio Morishima, Wassily Leontief, Donald A. Walker and Vincent J. Tarascio and has published in prestigious journals such as The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Econometrica and Journal of Political Economy.

In The Last Decade

William Jaffé

23 papers receiving 673 citations

Hit Papers

Elements of Pure Economics; or, The Theory of Social Wealth. 1955 2026 1978 2002 1955 100 200 300
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. Elements of Pure Economics; or, The Theory of Social Wealth.
    1955 308 citations Léon Walras, William Jaffé et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Jaffé Canada 13 672 378 252 56 48 25 958
Ralph W. Pfouts United States 12 461 0.7× 140 0.4× 87 0.3× 47 0.8× 86 1.8× 57 708
Stephen J. Perez United States 13 561 0.8× 416 1.1× 114 0.5× 60 1.1× 15 0.3× 26 826
Leonard A. Rapping United States 9 791 1.2× 498 1.3× 101 0.4× 56 1.0× 28 0.6× 18 1.0k
Claude Diebolt France 13 563 0.8× 167 0.4× 144 0.6× 23 0.4× 99 2.1× 94 801
Dek Terrell United States 15 532 0.8× 95 0.3× 189 0.8× 146 2.6× 18 0.4× 29 837
Elise S. Brezis Israel 12 317 0.5× 97 0.3× 117 0.5× 27 0.5× 65 1.4× 37 574
Edward Peter Stringham United States 13 411 0.6× 86 0.2× 259 1.0× 29 0.5× 138 2.9× 61 790
Thomas F. Cargill United States 20 758 1.1× 496 1.3× 69 0.3× 50 0.9× 108 2.3× 92 1.3k
R. W. Hafer United States 24 1.2k 1.8× 1.2k 3.3× 113 0.4× 71 1.3× 33 0.7× 108 1.8k
Claire Friedland United States 6 357 0.5× 80 0.2× 57 0.2× 44 0.8× 37 0.8× 9 674

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Jaffé

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Jaffé

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jaffé, William. (2016). Pareto Translated: A Review Article". Journal of Economic Literature. 10(4). 1190–1201. 2 indexed citations
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Jaffé, William, et al.. (2004). La correspondance entre Aline Walras et William Jaffé : et autres documents. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 134. 1 indexed citations
3.
Jaffé, William. (1981). Another Look at Leon Walras's Theory of Tatonnement. History of Political Economy. 13(2). 313–336. 17 indexed citations
4.
Jaffé, William. (1980). Walras's Economics As Others See It. Journal of Economic Literature. 18(2). 528–549. 27 indexed citations
5.
Jaffé, William & Michio Morishima. (1978). Walras' Economics. A Pure Theory of Capital and Money.. The Economic Journal. 88(351). 574–574. 42 indexed citations
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Jaffé, William. (1977). The Walras-Poincare Correspondence on the Cardinal Measurability of Utility. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique. 10(2). 300–300. 7 indexed citations
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Jaffé, William. (1977). The Birth of Leon Walras's Elements. History of Political Economy. 9(2). 198–214. 6 indexed citations
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Jaffé, William. (1977). A Centenarian on a Bicentenarian: Leon Walras's Elements on Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique. 10(1). 19–19. 4 indexed citations
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Jaffé, William. (1976). MENGER, JEVONS AND WALRAS DE-HOMOGENIZED. Economic Inquiry. 14(4). 511–524. 109 indexed citations
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Jaffé, William. (1975). Leon Walras, An Economic Adviser Manque. The Economic Journal. 85(340). 810–810. 8 indexed citations
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Jaffé, William. (1974). "Pareto's Three Manuals": Rebuttal. Journal of Economic Literature. 12(1). 88–91. 3 indexed citations
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Jaffé, William. (1974). Edgeworth's Contract Curve: Part 2. Two figures in its protohistory: Aristotle and Gossen. History of Political Economy. 6(4). 381–404. 9 indexed citations
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Jaffé, William, et al.. (1974). Carl Menger and the Austrian School of Economics.. The Economic Journal. 84(334). 400–400. 60 indexed citations
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Jaffé, William. (1974). Edgeworth's Contract Curve: Part 1. A Propaedeutic Essay in Clarification. History of Political Economy. 6(3). 343–359. 9 indexed citations
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Jaffé, William. (1972). Leon Walras's Role in the “Marginal Revolution” of the 1870s. History of Political Economy. 4(2). 379–405. 22 indexed citations
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Jaffé, William. (1969). A. N. Isnard, Progenitor of the Walrasian General Equilibrium Model. History of Political Economy. 1(1). 19–43. 13 indexed citations
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Jaffé, William. (1967). Walras' Theory of Tatonnement: A Critique of Recent Interpretations. Journal of Political Economy. 75(1). 1–19. 39 indexed citations
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Tarascio, Vincent J., William Jaffé, & Léon Walras. (1967). Leon Walras: On the Occasion of the Publication of His Correspondence and Related Papers. Southern Economic Journal. 34(1). 133–133. 3 indexed citations
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Solow, Robert M., Léon Walras, & William Jaffé. (1956). Elements of Pure Economics. Econometrica. 24(1). 87–87. 146 indexed citations
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Jaffé, William, et al.. (1956). Augustin A. Cournot, sein Beitrag zur exakten Wirtschaftswissenschaft. Econometrica. 24(3). 362–362. 1 indexed citations

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