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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Economics and Finance D-index 58 Citations 13,549 231 World Ranking 571 National Ranking 385

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Awards & Achievements

1983 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Capitalism
  • China

His primary areas of study are Public good, Punishment, Social psychology, Microeconomics and Sanctions. His Public good study combines topics in areas such as Earnings, Voting, Public economics and Punishment. Louis Putterman has researched Punishment in several fields, including Collective action, Game theory, Cheating and Law and economics.

His Collective action study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Baseline, Labour economics and Ostracism. His research integrates issues of Screening game, Strong reciprocity, Impunity game and Non-cooperative game in his study of Social psychology. His study on Sanctions also encompasses disciplines like

  • Free riding which intersects with area such as Test, Law of demand and Demand curve,
  • Marketing and related Incentive.

His most cited work include:

  • Communication and punishment in voluntary contribution experiments (461 citations)
  • States and Markets: The Advantage of an Early Start (357 citations)
  • Theoretical and Empirical Studies of Producer Cooperatives: Will Ever the Twain Meet? (351 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Louis Putterman focuses on Public good, China, Incentive, Microeconomics and Social psychology. His work deals with themes such as Public economics, Collective action, Sanctions, Punishment and Punishment, which intersect with Public good. In Collective action, Louis Putterman works on issues like Law and economics, which are connected to Order.

The concepts of his China study are interwoven with issues in Economic growth, Productivity, State, Market economy and Labour economics. His research in Incentive intersects with topics in Production and Reputation. His work on Dictator game and Social preferences as part of general Social psychology research is frequently linked to Trustworthiness, bridging the gap between disciplines.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Public good (17.20%)
  • China (16.85%)
  • Incentive (14.70%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2020)?

  • Social psychology (11.47%)
  • Public good (17.20%)
  • China (16.85%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Social psychology, Public good, China, Ethnic group and Order are his primary areas of study. His work on Affect as part of his general Social psychology study is frequently connected to Trustworthiness, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science. His research on Public good concerns the broader Microeconomics.

His Microeconomics study incorporates themes from Reputation, Institution, Collective action, Sanctions and Popularity. His study in the fields of East Asia under the domain of China overlaps with other disciplines such as Confluence. His research on Order also deals with topics like

  • Public economics most often made with reference to Social dividend,
  • Civic engagement which connect with Democracy, Norm, Social approval, Law and economics and Anger.

Between 2016 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • State History and Economic Development: Evidence from Six Millennia (40 citations)
  • The Influence of Ancestral Lifeways on Individual Economic Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa (17 citations)
  • Learned generosity? An artefactual field experiment with parents and their children (13 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Capitalism
  • China

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social preferences, Social psychology, Ethnic group, Incentive and Microeconomics. His studies in Social preferences integrate themes in fields like Endowment, Public economics, Generosity, Implicit-association test and Immigration. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Scarcity, Dictator and China.

The various areas that Louis Putterman examines in his Ethnic group study include Power, Socioeconomic status, Development economics and Politics. His Incentive research integrates issues from Property rights, Value, Investment and Public good. The Microeconomics study combines topics in areas such as Opportunism and Reputation.

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Best Publications

Theoretical and Empirical Studies of Producer Cooperatives: Will Ever the Twain Meet?

John P. Bonin;Derek C. Jones;Louis Putterman.
Journal of Economic Literature (1993)

740 Citations

Communication and punishment in voluntary contribution experiments

Olivier Bochet;Talbot Page;Louis Putterman.
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2006)

731 Citations

States and Markets: The Advantage of an Early Start

Valerie Bockstette;Areendam Chanda;Louis Putterman.
Journal of Economic Growth (2002)

674 Citations

Post-1500 Population Flows and The Long-Run Determinants of Economic Growth and Inequality

Louis Putterman;David N. Weil.
Quarterly Journal of Economics (2010)

611 Citations

Voluntary Association in Public Goods Experiments: Reciprocity, Mimicry and Efficiency*

Talbot Page;Louis Putterman;Bulent Unel.
The Economic Journal (2005)

553 Citations

INSTITUTIONS AND BEHAVIOR: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE ON THE EFFECTS OF DEMOCRACY.

Pedro Dal Bó;Andrew Foster;Louis Putterman.
The American Economic Review (2010)

495 Citations

Do non-strategic sanctions obey the law of demand? The demand for punishment in the voluntary contribution mechanism

Christopher M. Anderson;Louis Putterman.
Games and Economic Behavior (2006)

475 Citations

Cooperation under the threat of expulsion in a public goods experiment

Matthias Cinyabuguma;Talbot Page;Louis Putterman.
Journal of Public Economics (2005)

394 Citations

PREFERENCES FOR REDISTRIBUTION AND PERCEPTION OF FAIRNESS: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Ruben Durante;Louis Putterman;Joël van der Weele.
Journal of the European Economic Association (2014)

378 Citations

Economics of Cooperation and the Labour-Managed Economy

John P. Bonin;Louis G. Putterman.
(2002)

371 Citations

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