2026 Konstantin Sonin: 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	36	683	623	368	321	173	7797
Economics and Finance	35	2902	2628	1613	1417	175	7776

Overview

Konstantin Sonin is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans the broad field of Social Sciences, with a focus on several key subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics, Modeling and Simulation, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Their work covers a range of main topics such as Political Conflict and Governance, Media Influence and Politics, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Corruption and Economic Development, Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Game Theory and Voting Systems, and Social Policy and Reform Studies.

Sonin has published frequently in several academic venues. The most common publishing outlets include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Voprosy Ekonomiki
Harvard Dataverse
The Economic Journal
Journal of Economic Literature

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Sonin include:

"Poverty and economic dislocation reduce compliance with COVID-19 shelter-in-place protocols," 2020, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
"Poverty and Economic Dislocation Reduce Compliance with COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Protocols," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Unmasking Partisanship: How Polarization Influences Public Responses to Collective Risk," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Elections in Non-Democracies," 2020, The Economic Journal
"Media Freedom in the Shadow of a Coup," 2020, Journal of the European Economic Association

Sonin collaborates regularly with several scholars. Frequent coauthors include:

Georgy Egorov
Austin L. Wright
Daron Acemoğlu
Marina Agranov
Ran Eilat

The emphasis on political conflict, governance issues, and the influence of media is reflected in Sonin's diverse set of research interests. In addition, their work on COVID-19 related compliance studies highlights an interdisciplinary application of economics to real-world social and health crises.

Best Publications

Why the Rich May Favor Poor Protection of Property Rights

Konstantin Sonin

971
Citations
A Political Theory of Populism

Daron Acemoglu;Georgy Egorov;Konstantin Sonin

775
Citations
Why the Rich May Favor Poor Protection of Property Rights

Konstantin Sonin

617
Citations
Dynamics and Stability of Constitutions, Coalitions, and Clubs ∗

Daron Acemoglu;Georgy Egorov;Konstantin Sonin

372
Citations
DICTATORS AND THEIR VIZIERS: ENDOGENIZING THE LOYALTY–COMPETENCE TRADE-OFF

Georgy Egorov;Konstantin Sonin

365
Citations
Poverty and Economic Dislocation Reduce Compliance with COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place Protocols

Austin L. Wright;Konstantin Sonin;Konstantin Sonin;Jesse Driscoll;Jarnickae Wilson

339
Citations
Determinants of Nationalization in the Oil Sector: A Theory and Evidence from Panel Data

Sergei Guriev;Anton Kolotilin;Konstantin Sonin

300
Citations
Field experiment estimate of electoral fraud in Russian parliamentary elections

Ruben Enikolopov;Ruben Enikolopov;Vasily Korovkin;Vasily Korovkin;Maria Petrova;Maria Petrova;Konstantin Sonin;Konstantin Sonin

253
Citations
Formal Models of Nondemocratic Politics

Scott Gehlbach;Konstantin Sonin;Konstantin Sonin;Konstantin Sonin;Milan W. Svolik

225
Citations
Businessman Candidates: BUSINESSMAN CANDIDATES

Scott Gehlbach;Konstantin Sonin;Ekaterina Zhuravskaya

200
Citations
Are Russian commercial courts biased? Evidence from a Bankruptcy Law Transplant

Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky;Konstantin Sonin;Konstantin Sonin;Ekaterina Zhuravskaya;Ekaterina Zhuravskaya

177
Citations
Dynamics and Stability of Constitutions, Coalitions and Clubs

Daron Acemoglu;Georgy Egorov;Konstantin Sonin

130
Citations
Media Freedom, Bureaucratic Incentives, and the Resource Curse

Georgy Egorov;Sergei Guriev;Konstantin Sonin

128
Citations
A Political Theory of Populism

Daron Acemoglu;Georgy Egorov;Konstantin Sonin

116
Citations
Political Selection and Persistence of Bad Governments

Daron Acemoglu;Georgy Egorov;Konstantin Sonin

109
Citations
Winning by Losing: Incentive Incompatibility in Multiple Qualifiers

Dmitry Dagaev;Konstantin Sonin;Konstantin Sonin

87
Citations
Political Economy in a Changing World

Daron Acemoglu;Georgy Egorov;Konstantin Sonin

87
Citations
Dictators and Oligarchs: A Dynamic Theory of Contested Property Rights

Sergei Guriev;Konstantin Sonin

80
Citations
Why the Rich May Favor Poor Protection of Property Rights

Konstantin Sonin;Konstantin Sonin;Konstantin Sonin

65
Citations
A Theory of Brinkmanship, Conflicts, and Commitments

Michael Schwarz;Konstantin Sonin

48
Citations
Why Resource-Poor Dictators Allow Freer Media: A Theory and Evidence from Panel Data

Georgy Egorov;Georgy Egorov;Sergei M. Guriev;Sergei M. Guriev;Konstantin Sonin

41
Citations
The killing game: A theory of non-democratic succession

Georgy Egorov;Konstantin Sonin;Konstantin Sonin

30
Citations
Dictators and Their Viziers: Agency Problems in Dictatorships

Georgy Egorov;Konstantin Sonin

29
Citations
Economic transition and the rise of alternative institutions

Natalia Lamberova;Konstantin Sonin

23
Citations
Do juntas lead to personal rule

Daron Acemoglu;Georgy Egorov;Konstantin Sonin

23
Citations
The end of economic transition

Konstantin Sonin

21
Citations
Dictators, Repression and the Median Citizen: An “Eliminations Model” of Stalin’s Terror (Data from the NKVD Archives)

Paul Gregory;Philipp Schröder;Konstantin Sonin

19
Citations
Dictators and Their Viziers: Endogenizing the Loyalty-Competence Trade-Off

Georgy Egorov;Georgy Egorov;Konstantin Sonin;Konstantin Sonin;Konstantin Sonin

19
Citations
Political model of social evolution

Daron Acemoglu;Georgy Egorov;Konstantin Sonin

15
Citations
Corruption and collusion in procurement tenders

Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky;Konstantin Sonin

14
Citations
Inequality, Property Rights, and Economic Growth in Transition Economies: Theory and Russian Evidence

Konstantin Sonin

8
Citations
Inequality, Property Rights Protection, and Economic Growth in Transition Economies: Theory and Russian Evidence

Konstantin Sonin

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daron Acemoglu MIT

Ekaterina Zhuravskaya Paris School of Economics

Scott Gehlbach University of Chicago

Daniel Diermeier Vanderbilt University

Luigi Zingales University of Chicago

Aaditya Mattoo World Bank

John S. Earle George Mason University

Beata Smarzynska Javorcik University of Oxford

Henry E. Brady University of California, Berkeley

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