2026 Guido Tabellini: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	94	11	9	1	1	284	82712
Economics and Finance	94	135	122	3	3	281	82708

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Italy Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Italy Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Italy Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Italy Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Italy Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Italy Leader Award
2016 - Foreign Honorary Member, the American Economic Association
2012 - Member of Academia Europaea
2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2001 - Yrjö Jahnsson Award
2001 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association
Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association

Overview

Guido Tabellini is affiliated with Bocconi University in Italy and has established a research profile primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans several subfields including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, economics and econometrics, demography, and communication. The range of topics covered includes media influence and politics, culture, economy and development studies, social media and politics, electoral systems and political participation, opinion dynamics and social influence, populism and right-wing movements, as well as religion and society interactions.

Among recent papers authored by or associated with Tabellini are:

Identity, Beliefs, and Political Conflict (2021), The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Credit Misallocation During the European Financial Crisis (2021), The Economic Journal
Identifying the Real Effects of Zombie Lending (2020), The Review of Corporate Finance Studies
Social norms with private values: Theory and experiments (2020), Games and Economic Behavior
War of the Waves: Radio and Resistance during World War II (2020), American Economic Journal Applied Economics

Frequent co-authors include Joel Mokyr, Nicola Gennaioli, Michel Serafinelli, Fausto Panunzi, and Nicola Pavoni.

Tabellini has published extensively in venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, The Economic Journal, The Review of Corporate Finance Studies, and Games and Economic Behavior.

There are two recorded book publications with Princeton University Press, both titled "Two Paths to Prosperity" and scheduled for 2025.

The scientist has received multiple recognitions including:

Foreign Honorary Member, the American Economic Association (2016)
Member of Academia Europaea (2012)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2003)
Yrjö Jahnsson Award (2001)
Fellows of the Econometric Society (2001)
Elected Fellow of the European Economic Association

Best Publications

Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy

Torsten Persson;Guido Enrico Tabellini

11437
Citations
Is Inequality Harmful for Growth? Theory and Evidence

Torsten Persson;Guido Tabellini

11340
Citations
Political Economics: Explaining Economic Policy

Torsten Persson;Guido Tabellini

6483
Citations
Is Inequality Harmful for Growth? Theory and Evidence

Torsten Persson;Guido Tabellini

5482
Citations
The Economic Effects of Constitutions

Torsten Persson;Guido Enrico Tabellini

4738
Citations
Is inequality harmful for growth

Torsten Persson;Guido Tabellini

4048
Citations
CULTURE AND INSTITUTIONS: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGIONS OF EUROPE

Guido Tabellini

3389
Citations
Political and monetary institutions and public financial policies in the industrial countries

Vittorio Grilli;Donato Masciandaro;Guido Tabellini

2839
Citations
Seigniorage and Political Instability

Alex Cukierman;Sebastian Edwards;Guido Tabellini

2406
Citations
A Positive Theory of Fiscal Deficits and Government Debt

Alberto Alesina;Guido Tabellini

2358
Citations
Separation of Powers and Political Accountability

Torsten Persson;Gerard Roland;Guido Tabellini

1769
Citations
Separation of Powers and Political Accountability

Torsten Persson;Gérard Roland;Guido Tabellini

1706
Citations
Macroeconomic policy, credibility and politics

Torsten Persson;Guido Enrico Tabellini

1557
Citations
ELECTORAL RULES AND CORRUPTION

Torsten Persson;Guido Tabellini;Francesco Trebbi

1357
Citations
Democratic capital: The nexus of political and economic change

Torsten Persson;Guido Tabellini

1312
Citations
The Scope of Cooperation: Values and Incentives

Guido Tabellini

1220
Citations
Institutions and Culture

Guido Tabellini

1210
Citations
Unemployment, growth and taxation in industrial countries

Francesco Daveri;Guido Tabellini

1202
Citations
Seigniorage and Political Stabiliity

Alex Cukierman;Sebastian Edwards;Guido Tabellini

1200
Citations
Seigniorage and Political Instability

Alex Cukierman;Alex Cukierman;Alex Cukierman;Sebastian Edwards;Sebastian Edwards;Guido Tabellini;Guido Tabellini

1188
Citations
The Political Resource Curse

Fernanda Brollo;Tommaso Nannicini;Roberto Perotti;Guido Tabellini

1123
Citations
Voting on the Budget Deficit

Guido Tabellini;Alberto Alesina

1104
Citations
Voting on the Budget Deficit

Guido Tabellini;Guido Tabellini;Alberto F. Alesina;Alberto F. Alesina;Alberto F. Alesina

1103
Citations
Comparative Politics and Public Finance

Torsten Persson;Gérard Roland;Guido Tabellini

1056
Citations
The size and scope of government: Comparative politics with rational politicians ¤

Torsten Persson;Torsten Persson;Torsten Persson;Guido Tabellini;Guido Tabellini

1031
Citations
Electoral Rules and Government Spending in Parliamentary Democracies

Torsten Persson;Gerard Roland;Guido Tabellini

994
Citations
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURE

Guido Tabellini

875
Citations
Designing institutions for monetary stability

Torsten Persson;Guido Tabellini

821
Citations
Would you like to shrink the welfare state? A survey of European citizens

Tito Boeri;Axel Börsch-Supan;Guido Tabellini

616
Citations
Bureaucrats or Politicians? Part I: A Single Policy Task

Alberto Alesina;Guido Tabellini

576
Citations
FEDERAL FISCAL CONSTITUTIONS: RISK SHARING AND MORAL HAZARD

Torsten Persson;Guido Tabellini

570
Citations
Constitutional Rules and Fiscal Policy Outcomes

Torsten Persson;Guido Tabellini

567
Citations
Federal Fiscal Constitutions: Risk Sharing and Redistribution

Torsten Persson;Guido Tabellini

552
Citations
External Debt, Capital Flight and Political Risk

Alberto Alesina;Alberto Alesina;Guido Tabellini;Guido Tabellini

516
Citations
The size and scope of government

Torsten Persson;Guido Tabellini

491
Citations
Discretionary Trade Policy and Excessive Protection

Robert W Staiger;Guido Tabellini

444
Citations
Constitutions and Economic Policy

Torsten Persson;Guido Tabellini

428
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Torsten Persson Stockholm University

Alberto Alesina Harvard University

Gérard Roland University of California, Berkeley

Francesco Giavazzi Bocconi University

Tito Boeri Bocconi University

Sebastian Edwards University of California, Los Angeles

Robert W. Staiger Dartmouth College

Avner Greif Stanford University

Massimo Bordignon Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Fabiano Schivardi Guido Carli Free International University for Social Studies

External Links

Personal website of Guido Tabellini

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