2026 Alan Schwartz: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	35	160	142	121	107	135	8517

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Law

160

142

121

107

135

8517

Research.com Recognitions

1995 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Best Publications

Intervening in Markets on the Basis of Imperfect Information: A Legal and Economic Analysis

Alan Schwartz;Louis L. Wilde

944
Citations
The Case for Specific Performance

Alan Schwartz

914
Citations
Proposals for Products Liability Reform: A Theoretical Synthesis

Alan Schwartz

555
Citations
Relational Contracts in the Courts: An Analysis of Incomplete Agreements and Judicial Strategies

Alan Schwartz

544
Citations
A Contract Theory Approach to Business Bankruptcy

Alan Schwartz

397
Citations
Security Interests and Bankruptcy Priorities: A Review of Current Theories

Alan Schwartz

392
Citations
Contract Theory and the Limits of Contract Law

Alan Schwartz;Robert E. Scott

379
Citations
Equilibrium comparison shopping

Louis L. Wilde;Alan Schwartz

314
Citations
A Reexamination of Nonsubstantive Unconscionability

Alan Schwartz

305
Citations
The No-Reading Problem in Consumer Contract Law

Ian Ayres;Alan Schwartz

293
Citations
Products Liability, Corporate Structure and Bankruptcy: Toxic Substances and the Remote Risk Relationship

Alan Schwartz

280
Citations
A Theory of Loan Priorities

Alan Schwartz

265
Citations
The Myth that Promisees Prefer Supracompensatory Remedies: An Analysis of Contracting for Damage Measures

Alan Schwartz

263
Citations
The Irrelevance of Information Overload: An Analysis of Search and Disclosure

Alan Schwartz;David M. Grether;Louis L. Wilde

245
Citations
The Law and Economics of Costly Contracting

Alan Schwartz;Joel Watson

206
Citations
Regulating Consumer Bankruptcy: A Theoretical Inquiry

Barry Adler;Ben Polak;Alan Schwartz

160
Citations
Bankruptcy Workouts and Debt Contracts

Alan Schwartz

148
Citations
Using Auction Theory to Inform Takeover Regulation

Peter Cramton;Alan Schwartz

141
Citations
The Fairness of Tender Offer Prices in Utilitarian Theory

Alan Schwartz

99
Citations
The Case Against Strict Liability

Alan Schwartz

94
Citations
The Political Economy of Private Legislatures

Alan Schwartz;Robert E. Scott

91
Citations
A Normative Theory of Business Bankruptcy

Alan Schwartz

46
Citations
Search Theory and the Tender Offer Auction

Alan Schwartz

23
Citations
The Enforceability of Security Interests in Consumer Goods

Alan Schwartz

5
Citations
The Sole Owner Standard Reviewed

Alan Schwartz

4
Citations
The law and economics approach to corporate bankruptcy

Alan Schwartz

2
Citations
Contracting Externalities and Mandatory Menus in the U.S. Corporate Bankruptcy Code

Antonio E. Bernardo;Alan Schwartz;Ivo Welch;Ivo Welch

2
Citations
The Questionable Efficiency of the Efficient-Breach Doctrine

Alan D. Schwartz

1
Citations
Bebchuk on Minimum Offer Periods

Alan Schwartz

1
Citations
The enforcement of contracts and the role of the state

Alan Schwartz

1
Citations
Intertemporal Choice and Legal Constraints

Alan Schwartz;M. Keith Chen

1
Citations
The Still Questionable Role of Private Legislatures

Alan Schwartz

0
Citations
Vacuum of Fact or Vacuous Theory: A Reply to Professor Kripke

Thomas H. Jackson;Alan Schwartz

0
Citations
Bankruptcy related contracting and bankruptcy functions

Alan Schwartz

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald J. Gilson Columbia University

Robert E. Scott Columbia University

Roberta Romano Yale University

Ian Ayres Yale University

External Links

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