What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Law
- Capitalism
- Social science
Herbert Gintis spends much of his time researching Social psychology, Strong reciprocity, Social group, Positive economics and Punishment.
Social psychology and Sociocultural evolution are commonly linked in his work.
His Strong reciprocity research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Competitive altruism, Reciprocal altruism, Public policy and Third-party punishment.
His study in Social group is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Microeconomics and Public goods game.
His study explores the link between Public goods game and topics such as Ultimatum game that cross with problems in Experimental economics and Reciprocity.
His work on Homo economicus as part of general Positive economics research is frequently linked to Total income, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science.
His most cited work include:
- Schooling in Capitalist America (2371 citations)
- Schooling in capitalist America : educational reform and the contradictions of economic life (1970 citations)
- In search of homo economicus: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies (1691 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Social psychology, Positive economics, Microeconomics, Mathematical economics and Strong reciprocity are his primary areas of study.
His study in Punishment, Reciprocity, Altruism, Prosocial behavior and Competitive altruism falls within the category of Social psychology.
The Positive economics study which covers Experimental economics that intersects with Game theory.
His biological study deals with issues like General equilibrium theory, which deal with fields such as Production.
In most of his Strong reciprocity studies, his work intersects topics such as Reciprocal altruism.
In his study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Folk theorem, Ultimatum game is strongly linked to Public goods game.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (21.69%)
- Positive economics (18.67%)
- Microeconomics (13.86%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2019)?
- Mathematical economics (13.25%)
- General equilibrium theory (11.75%)
- Epistemology (7.53%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Mathematical economics, General equilibrium theory, Epistemology, Positive economics and Coevolution.
His General equilibrium theory research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Production, Economy and Evolutionary game theory.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Social science, Behavioural sciences and Game theory.
His work deals with themes such as Argument, Human evolution, Ecological rationality and Collective action, which intersect with Positive economics.
His Coevolution study combines topics in areas such as Social psychology, Environmental ethics, Gene, Punishment and Morality.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Public affair and Value in addition to Social psychology.
Between 2012 and 2019, his most popular works were:
- A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution (752 citations)
- A Cooperative Species (73 citations)
- The cultural evolution of religion (69 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Capitalism
- Social science
Herbert Gintis mostly deals with General equilibrium theory, Mathematical economics, Sociocultural evolution, Politics and Markov model.
Herbert Gintis has researched Sociocultural evolution in several fields, including Social emotions, Reciprocity, Shame and Conventional wisdom.
His Reciprocity study is related to the wider topic of Social psychology.
Herbert Gintis has included themes like Ethnography, Environmental ethics, Social evolution, Coevolution and Punishment in his Shame study.
His Politics research incorporates elements of Epistemology, Social theory and Game theory.
His work on Markov renewal process and Markov kernel as part of general Markov model study is frequently linked to Sociological theory, Dynamical systems theory and Evolutionary game theory, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science.
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