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Michael C. Munger

Michael C. Munger

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
37
Citations
10770
World Ranking
617
National Ranking
340

Michael C. Munger publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael C. Munger sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 227 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Michael C. Munger D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael C. Munger sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 37 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael C. Munger is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research encompasses a range of topics primarily within the social sciences and economics, with notable contributions to political science and related interdisciplinary fields.

The scientist's work is prominently situated in the following main fields of study:

  • Social Sciences
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Within these broader fields, their subfields of focus include:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Strategy and Management

The key topics represented across their research are:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Economic Theory and Institutions
  • Political Philosophy and Ethics
  • American Constitutional Law and Politics
  • Game Theory and Voting Systems
  • Political Economy and Marxism
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact

Michael C. Munger has published multiple papers in reputable venues with a concentration in Public Choice, where seven publications are recorded. Other publication venues include SSRN Electronic Journal, Constitutional Political Economy, arXiv (Cornell University), and American Politics Research.

Some of their recent paper titles along with their publication year and venue are as follows:

  • "Condorcet Loser in 2016: Apparently Trump; Condorcet Winner: Not Clinton?" (2021), American Politics Research
  • "Contractarianism, constitutionalism, and the status quo" (2021), Public Choice
  • "Moral community and moral order: Buchanan's theory of obligation" (2020), Public Choice
  • "Breaking up is hard to do: Lessons from the strange case of New Zealand" (2021), Social Science Quarterly
  • "Ideology and the Direction of Causation in the Acquisition and Maintenance of Shared Belief Systems" (2020), Kyklos

Frequent collaborators include Georg Vanberg, Kevin Grier, Cameron Tilley, Hans Riess, and Michael M. Zavlanos. Each of these coauthors has appeared alongside Munger in multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Seats and Votes: The Effects and Determinants of Electoral Systems

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  • Ideology and the theory of political choice

    Melvin J. Hinich;Michael C. Munger

  • Legislators and Interest Groups: How Unorganized Interests Get Represented

    Arthur T. Denzau;Michael C. Munger

  • Closeness, Expenditures, and Turnout in the 1982 U.S. House Elections.

    Gary W. Cox;Michael C. Munger

  • The Determinants of Industry Political Activity, 1978–1986.

    Kevin B. Grier;Michael C. Munger;Brian E. Roberts

  • Analytical politics: Frontmatter

    Melvin J. Hinich;Michael C. Munger

  • Economic Models of Interest Groups: An Introductory Survey

    William C. Mitchell;Michael C. Munger

  • COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, CONSTITUENT PREFERENCES, AND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

    Kevin B. Grier;Michael C. Munger

  • Analyzing Policy: Choices, Conflicts, and Practices

    Michael C. Munger

  • Comparing Interest Group PAC Contributions to House and Senate Incumbents, 1980–1986

    Kevin B. Grier;Michael C. Munger

  • The Rationality of Ideology

    William R. Dougan;Michael C. Munger

  • The Political Economy of Dictatorship

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  • The Impact of Legislator Attributes on Interest-Group Campaign Contributions*

    Kevin B. Grier;Michael C. Munger

  • The Industrial Organization of Corporate Political Participation

    Kevin B. Grier;Michael C. Munger;Brian E. Roberts

  • Allocation of Desirable Committee Assignments: Extended Queues versus Committee Expansion

    Michael C. Munger

  • The economic foundations of government

    Randall G. Holcombe

  • Tomorrow 3.0: Transaction Costs and the Sharing Economy

    Michael C. Munger

  • The Downsian Model Predicts Divergence

    Mark M. Berger;Michael C. Munger;Richard F. Potthoff

  • A Spatial Theory of Ideology

    Melvin J. Hinich;Michael C. Munger

  • The anatomy of government failure

    William R. Keech;Michael C. Munger

  • Legislative Voting and the Economic Theory of Politics

    Dennis Coates;Michael Munger;Chapel Hill

  • The impact of legislator attributes on union PAC campaign contributions

    James W. Endersby;Michael C. Munger

  • Investigating the Incidence of Killer Amendments in Congress

    Jeffery A. Jenkins;Michael C. Munger

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin B. Grier
Kevin B. Grier Texas Tech University
Nell H. Gottlieb
Nell H. Gottlieb The University of Texas at Austin
Adam O. Goldstein
Adam O. Goldstein University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dennis Coates
Dennis Coates University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Karl E. Bauman
Karl E. Bauman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John H. Aldrich
John H. Aldrich Duke University
Bryan D. Jones
Bryan D. Jones The University of Texas at Austin
Geoffrey Brennan
Geoffrey Brennan Australian National University
Peter C. Ordeshook
Peter C. Ordeshook California Institute of Technology
Jason Reifler
Jason Reifler University of Southampton

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