What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Law
- Macroeconomics
- Capitalism
George A. Akerlof mainly focuses on Wage, Unemployment, Labour economics, Involuntary unemployment and Identity.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Social psychology and Keynesian economics in addition to Unemployment.
His Labour economics study combines topics in areas such as Social exchange theory and Reputation.
His Involuntary unemployment study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Efficiency wage and Promotion.
His study explores the link between Identity economics and topics such as Social exclusion that cross with problems in Microeconomics.
His Economic model, Adverse selection and The Market for Lemons study in the realm of Microeconomics connects with subjects such as Social identity approach.
His most cited work include:
- The Market for “Lemons”: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism (15226 citations)
- Economics and Identity (3148 citations)
- Labor Contracts as Partial Gift Exchange (2331 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of investigation include Unemployment, Labour economics, Keynesian economics, Wage and Identity.
He has included themes like Information asymmetry and Positive economics in his Unemployment study.
As part of one scientific family, George A. Akerlof deals mainly with the area of Labour economics, narrowing it down to issues related to the Market clearing, and often Stylized fact.
His Keynesian economics course of study focuses on Macroeconomics and Behavioral economics.
His Wage study frequently draws connections to other fields, such as Microeconomics.
His work deals with themes such as History of Russia, Power relations and Soviet union, which intersect with Identity.
He most often published in these fields:
- Unemployment (27.45%)
- Labour economics (23.53%)
- Keynesian economics (15.03%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Action (7.84%)
- Power relations (7.19%)
- Focusing attention (7.19%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
George A. Akerlof focuses on Action, Power relations, Focusing attention, Soviet union and Narrative.
The concepts of his Action study are interwoven with issues in Escalation of commitment, Affect and Obedience, Milgram experiment, Law.
His studies deal with areas such as Identity, Social science, Social psychology and History of Russia as well as Power relations.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Procrastination and Obedience (661 citations)
- Can Small Deviations from Rationality Make Significant Differences to Economic Equilibria (355 citations)
- The Economics of "Tagging" as Applied to the Optimal Income Tax, Welfare Programs, and Manpower Planning (298 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Macroeconomics
- Capitalism
George A. Akerlof mostly deals with Positive economics, Action, Small deviations, Neoclassical economics and Mathematical economics.
His research on Positive economics frequently connects to adjacent areas such as Promotion.
His Action research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Identity, History of Russia and Soviet union.
He performs integrative Small deviations and Rationality research in his work.
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