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D-Index
39
Citations
10079
World Ranking
530
National Ranking
295

David Austen-Smith publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Austen-Smith sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 104 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

David Austen-Smith D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Austen-Smith sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

David Austen-Smith is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their academic profile reflects a career engaged in research and scholarship, although specific publication details such as titles, co-authors, and research venues are not listed.

Throughout their career, David Austen-Smith has received recognition from prominent scholarly societies. They were named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000 and were elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2012.

This recognition suggests expertise in areas related to economics and social sciences, particularly those connected to econometric methods and analysis. However, explicit fields of study, subfields, or main research topics associated with their work are not documented in the available data.

The absence of records listing frequent co-authors or publication venues implies a limited scope of publicly available bibliographic metadata, or that the profile captures only a partial view of the complete academic output.

David Austen-Smith's academic record does not include publicly visible book publications or a catalog of recent papers in the provided data. This limits insight into the breadth and focus of their scholarly contributions beyond honours and institutional affiliation.

The scientist is currently active, as no information indicates otherwise. Their work presumably continues within the context of their role at Northwestern University.

Best Publications

  • Information Aggregation, Rationality, and the Condorcet Jury Theorem

    David Austen-Smith;Jeffrey S. Banks

  • Elections, Coalitions, and Legislative Outcomes

    David Austen-Smith;Jeffrey S. Banks

  • An Economic Analysis of “Acting White”

    David Austen-Smith;Roland G. Fryer

  • Campaign contributions and access

    David Austen-Smith

  • Interest groups, campaign contributions, and probabilistic voting

    David Austen-Smith

  • Information transmission in debate

    David Austen-Smith

  • Information and influence: Lobbying for agendas and votes

    David Austen-Smith

  • Competitive lobbying for a legislator's vote

    David Austen-Smith;John R. Wright

  • Deliberation, Preference Uncertainty, and Voting Rules

    David Austen-Smith;Timothy J. Feddersen

  • Redistributing Income under Proportional Representation

    David Austen‐Smith

  • Positive Political Theory I: Collective Preference

    David Austen-Smith;Jeffrey S. Banks

  • Electoral accountability and incumbency

    David Austen-Smith;Jeffrey S. Banks

  • Theory and evidence for counteractive lobbying

    David Austen-Smith;John R. Wright

  • STABLE GOVERNMENTS AND THE ALLOCATION OF POLICY PORTFOLIOS

    David Austen-Smith;Jeffrey Banks

  • Interested Experts and Policy Advice: Multiple Referrals under Open Rule

    David Austen-Smith

  • ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AND THE COHERENCE OF LEGISLATION

    David Austen-Smith;William H. Riker

  • Cheap talk and burned money

    David Austen-Smith;Jeffrey S. Banks

  • Strategic transmission of costly information

    David Austen-Smith

  • Positive Political Theory II: Strategy and Structure

    David Austen-Smith;Jeffrey S. Banks

  • Deliberation and Voting Rules

    David Austen-Smith;Timothy Feddersen

  • Strategic Models of Talk in Political Decision Making

    David Austen-Smith

  • Introduction to political science

    David Austen-Smith;Jeffrey S. Banks;Aldo Rustichini

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey S. Banks
Jeffrey S. Banks California Institute of Technology
Roland G. Fryer
Roland G. Fryer Harvard University
Adam Przeworski
Adam Przeworski New York University
Miriam A. Golden
Miriam A. Golden Stanford University
Karl Ove Moene
Karl Ove Moene University of Oslo
Jeffry Frieden
Jeffry Frieden Harvard University
Stephen P. Jenkins
Stephen P. Jenkins London School of Economics and Political Science
John Duggan
John Duggan University of Rochester
William H. Riker
William H. Riker University of Rochester
Aldo Rustichini
Aldo Rustichini University of Minnesota

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Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

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