William S. Comanor

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

William S. Comanor is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, William S. Comanor has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 12 papers in Strategy and Management and 11 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in William S. Comanor's work include Merger and Competition Analysis (25 papers), Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (15 papers) and Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (11 papers). William S. Comanor is often cited by papers focused on Merger and Competition Analysis (25 papers), Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy (15 papers) and Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing (11 papers). William S. Comanor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. William S. Comanor's co-authors include Thomas A. Wilson, F. M. Scherer, Zhanni Lu, Llad Phillips, Harvey Leibenstein, Bridger M. Mitchell, Patrick Rey, Robert H. Smiley, Mark Schankerman and H. E. Frech and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics and Journal of Political Economy.

In The Last Decade

William S. Comanor

60 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Advertising Market Structure and Performance

1967 460 citations William S. Comanor, Thomas A. Wilson The Review of Economics and Statistics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William S. Comanor United States	20	1.7k	702	545	310	303	67	2.3k
Richard L. Schmalensee United States	7	939 0.6×	488 0.7×	366 0.7×	192 0.6×	82 0.3×	16	1.4k
Fiona M. Scott Morton United States	16	865 0.5×	299 0.4×	253 0.5×	169 0.5×	290 1.0×	54	1.3k
Ignatius J. Horstmann Canada	19	1.1k 0.7×	780 1.1×	142 0.3×	276 0.9×	200 0.7×	42	1.7k
Daniel A. Ackerberg United States	15	1.8k 1.1×	716 1.0×	585 1.1×	282 0.9×	42 0.1×	30	2.5k
Louis L. Wilde United States	25	2.4k 1.4×	352 0.5×	383 0.7×	854 2.8×	158 0.5×	39	2.9k
Lacy Glenn Thomas United States	15	510 0.3×	680 1.0×	140 0.3×	229 0.7×	167 0.6×	25	1.3k
Thomas A. Wilson United States	12	752 0.5×	331 0.5×	391 0.7×	191 0.6×	43 0.1×	44	1.3k
Louis Phlips Italy	19	1.3k 0.8×	463 0.7×	604 1.1×	150 0.5×	52 0.2×	53	1.9k
Jennifer F. Reinganum United States	28	3.0k 1.8×	856 1.2×	562 1.0×	510 1.6×	222 0.7×	86	3.7k
Matthew Shum United States	23	1.5k 0.9×	476 0.7×	1.1k 2.0×	136 0.4×	30 0.1×	111	2.5k

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Comanor, William S.. (2022). Pharmaceutical markets in Japan and the United States. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 16(2). 355–370. 2 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S., et al.. (2022). The Issue of Consumer Welfare in the Government Complaints against Google & Facebook. The Antitrust Bulletin. 67(1). 12–22. 1 indexed citations

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Pauly, Mark V., et al.. (2021). Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Branded Drugs With Market Demand and Insurance. Value in Health. 24(10). 1476–1483. 5 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S. & H. E. Frech. (2016). The Competitive Effects of Vertical Agreements. American Economic Review. 75(3). 539–546. 7 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S. & Jack Needleman. (2016). The Law, Economics, and Medicine of Off-Label Prescribing. Washington law review. 91(1). 119. 1 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S. & H. E. Frech. (2016). Strategic Behavior and Antitrust Analysis. American Economic Review. 74(2). 372–376.

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Comanor, William S. & Stuart O. Schweitzer. (2014). Pharmaceutical economics. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics. 55–82. 1 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S. & F. M. Scherer. (2012). Mergers and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. Journal of Health Economics. 32(1). 106–113. 64 indexed citations

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Schweitzer, Stuart O. & William S. Comanor. (2011). Prices Of Pharmaceuticals In Poor Countries Are Much Lower Than In Wealthy Countries. Health Affairs. 30(8). 1553–1561. 16 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S., H. E. Frech, & Richard D. Miller. (2006). Is the United States an outlier in health care and health outcomes? A preliminary analysis. International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics. 6(1). 3–23. 18 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S.. (2004). Child support payments: a review of current policies. Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Zhanni & William S. Comanor. (1998). Strategic Pricing of New Pharmaceuticals. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 80(1). 108–118. 158 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S.. (1990). Competition Policy in Europe and North America: Economic Issues and Institutions. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 15 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S., et al.. (1987). The Competitive Effects of Vertical Agreements: Reply. American Economic Review. 77(5). 1069–1072. 5 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S. & Thomas A. Wilson. (1980). On the Economics of Advertising: A Reply to Bloch [The Effect of Advertising on Competition] and Simon [On Firm Size and Advertising Efficiency]. Journal of Economic Literature. 18(3). 1075–1078. 2 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S.. (1980). National health insurance in Ontario: The effects of a policy of cost control. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 1 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S. & Thomas A. Wilson. (1979). The effect of advertising on competition: a survey. Journal of Economic Literature. 17(2). 453–476. 175 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S. & Mark Schankerman. (1976). Identical Bids and Cartel Behavior. The Bell Journal of Economics. 7(1). 281–281. 33 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S.. (1970). Should Natural Monopolies Be Regulated?. Stanford Law Review. 22(3). 510–510. 4 indexed citations

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Comanor, William S. & Thomas A. Wilson. (1969). Advertising and the Advantages of Size. American Economic Review. 59(2). 87–98. 19 indexed citations

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