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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 32 Citations 20,738 92 World Ranking 5001 National Ranking 2487

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1999 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

1998 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Capitalism
  • China

Avner Greif spends much of his time researching Enforcement, Reputation, Institutional analysis, Economic system and Commit. His Enforcement study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Middle Ages and Law and economics. His Reputation course of study focuses on Market economy and Institutional economics.

His research integrates issues of Information asymmetry, Agency and Mechanism in his study of Institutional economics. His Economic system research focuses on Democracy and how it connects with Political economy. His Positive economics study deals with Cleavage intersecting with Institution.

His most cited work include:

  • Contract enforceability and economic institutions in early trade: The Maghribi Traders' Coalition (1708 citations)
  • Cultural Beliefs and the Organization of Society: A Historical and Theoretical Reflection on Collectivist and Individualist Societies (1645 citations)
  • Institutions and the path to the modern economy (1498 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Enforcement, Political economy, Politics, China and Economic history. His Enforcement study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Law and economics, Social organization, State and Reputation. Avner Greif has included themes like Agency and Market economy in his Reputation study.

Avner Greif combines subjects such as Elite and Institutional analysis with his study of Political economy. His Politics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Economic Justice, Property rights, Narrative and Economy. The study incorporates disciplines such as Economic growth, Clan, Economic system and Luck in addition to China.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Enforcement (32.59%)
  • Political economy (29.63%)
  • Politics (24.44%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2020)?

  • China (25.93%)
  • Industrial Revolution (11.85%)
  • Industrialisation (11.11%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in China, Industrial Revolution, Industrialisation, Economic history and Coercion. His study in China is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Enforcement and Economic system. His work in Enforcement tackles topics such as Loyalty which are related to areas like Social organization and Political economy.

His Economic system research includes themes of State, Representation, Politics and Property rights. Avner Greif works mostly in the field of Economic history, limiting it down to concerns involving Capitalism and, occasionally, Entrepreneurship and Economy. His research investigates the connection with Social constructionism and areas like Positive economics which intersect with concerns in Economic growth.

Between 2013 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Institutions and International Trade: Lessons from the Commercial Revolution (123 citations)
  • The clan and the corporation: Sustaining cooperation in China and Europe (43 citations)
  • Cognitive rules, institutions, and economic growth: Douglass North and beyond (18 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Capitalism
  • China

His primary areas of study are Positive economics, Argument, China, Enforcement and State. His work carried out in the field of Positive economics brings together such families of science as Criticism and Industrial Revolution. His Argument research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Phenomenon, Diversity, Intervention, Collective action and Sanctions.

His China study combines topics in areas such as Representation, Economic system, Property rights and Coercion. His Enforcement research includes elements of Loyalty, Political economy, Clan, Corporation and Politics. His State study frequently draws parallels with other fields, such as Economic growth.

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Best Publications

Contract enforceability and economic institutions in early trade: The Maghribi Traders' Coalition

Avner Greif.
The American Economic Review (1993)

3374 Citations

Cultural Beliefs and the Organization of Society: A Historical and Theoretical Reflection on Collectivist and Individualist Societies

Avner Greif.
Journal of Political Economy (1994)

3313 Citations

Institutions and the path to the modern economy

Avner Greif.
(2006)

2636 Citations

Reputation and Coalitions in Medieval Trade: Evidence on the Maghribi Traders

Avner Greif.
The Journal of Economic History (1989)

1849 Citations

Coordination, Commitment, and Enforcement: The Case of the Merchant Guild

Avner Greif;Paul Milgrom;Barry R. Weingast.
Journal of Political Economy (1994)

1659 Citations

Analytic Narratives Revisited

Robert H. Bates;Avner Greif;Margaret Levi;Jean-Laurent Rosenthal.
Social Science History (2000)

1606 Citations

A Theory of Endogenous Institutional Change

Avner Greif;David D. Laitin.
American Political Science Review (2004)

1423 Citations

Historical and Comparative Institutional Analysis

Avner Greif.
The American Economic Review (1998)

541 Citations

Commitment, Coercion and Markets: The Nature and Dynamics of Institutions Supporting Exchange

Avner Greif.
Social Science Research Network (2008)

383 Citations

The fundamental problem of exchange: A research agenda in Historical Institutional Analysis

Avner Greif.
European Review of Economic History (2000)

378 Citations

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