2026 Kai A. Konrad: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	54	1133	1006	37	34	395	12036

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Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Member of Academia Europaea
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Kai A. Konrad is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance in Germany. Their research covers a range of topics primarily within the fields of economics, econometrics, and finance as well as social sciences.

Their work spans the following main fields of study:

Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Social Sciences

Within these fields, Konrad has contributed extensively to subfields including:

Economics and Econometrics
Safety Research
Management Science and Operations Research
Strategy and Management
Accounting

The research topics covered across Konrad's publications include:

Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
Game Theory and Applications
Natural Resources and Economic Development
International Development and Aid
Game Theory and Voting Systems
Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Konrad's recent scholarly papers include:

Elusive effects of export embargoes for fossil energy resources (2022), published in Energy Economics
Equilibrium opacity in ultimatum-offer bargaining (2020), published in Journal of Public Economic Theory
Pecunia non olet: on the self-selection into (dis)honest earning opportunities (2021), published in Experimental Economics
Dominance and technology war (2023), published in European Journal of Political Economy
Passports for sale: The political economy of conflict and cooperation in a meta-club (2020), published in European Journal of Political Economy

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Konrad include:

Marcel Thum
Florian Morath
Sven A. Simon
Stefano Barbieri
Kjell Erik Lommerud

Konrad's publications have appeared repeatedly in venues such as:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Wirtschaftsdienst
Energy Economics
European Journal of Political Economy
European Journal of Operational Research

The scientist has received recognition as a member of notable academic bodies, such as the Academia Europaea since 2013 and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

Strategy and Dynamics in Contests

Kai Andreas Konrad

1451
Citations
A Signaling Explanation for Charity

Amihai Glazer;Kai A. Konrad

1162
Citations
The theory of international tax competition and coordination

Michael Keen;Kai A. Konrad

440
Citations
Multi-battle contests

Kai A. Konrad;Dan Kovenock

349
Citations
Orchestrating Rent Seeking Contests

Mark Gradstein;Kai A. Konrad

334
Citations
Passions within Reason: The Strategic Role of Emotions.

Kai A. Konrad;Robert H. Frank

309
Citations
The market for protection and the origin of the state

Kai A. Konrad;Stergios Skaperdas

271
Citations
Family policy with non-cooperative families

Kai A. Konrad;Kjell Erik Lommerud

248
Citations
The bargaining family revisited

Kai A. Konrad;Kjell Erik Lommerud

246
Citations
Sabotage in rent-seeking contests

Kai A. Konrad

236
Citations
Geography of the family

Kai A. Konrad;Harald Künemund;Kjell Erik Lommerud;Julio R. Robledo

225
Citations
Investment in the absence of property rights; the role of incumbency advantages

Kai A. Konrad

212
Citations
The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel? Patriotism and Tax Compliance

Kai A. Konrad;Salmai Qari

202
Citations
Strategy in contests: an introduction

Kai Konrad

178
Citations
Global environmental problems and the strategic choice of technology

Wolfgang Buchholz;Kai A. Konrad

167
Citations
Risk Aversion in Rent‐Seeking and Rent‐Augmenting Games

Kai A. Konrad;Harris Schlesinger

156
Citations
Easy Targets and the Timing of Conflict

Helmut Bester;Helmut Bester;Kai A. Konrad

154
Citations
Asymmetric Conflict: Weakest Link against Best Shot

Derek J. Clark;Kai A. Konrad

153
Citations
Fortress building in global tax competition

Kai A. Konrad;Guttorm Schjelderup

141
Citations
Altruism and envy in contests: An evolutionarily stable symbiosis

Kai A. Konrad

139
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Steffen Huck Social Science Research Center Berlin

Dan Kovenock Chapman University

Amihai Glazer University of California, Irvine

Stergios Skaperdas University of California, Irvine

Gert G. Wagner German Institute for Economic Research

Juergen von Hagen University of Bonn

Arye L. Hillman Bar-Ilan University

Michael C. Burda Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Friedrich Schneider Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Klaus F. Zimmermann Maastricht University

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