2026 Michael C. Munger: 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	37	617	563	340	297	227	10770

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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1444
Citations
Ideology and the theory of political choice

Melvin J. Hinich;Michael C. Munger

1104
Citations
Legislators and Interest Groups: How Unorganized Interests Get Represented

Arthur T. Denzau;Michael C. Munger

1100
Citations
Closeness, Expenditures, and Turnout in the 1982 U.S. House Elections.

Gary W. Cox;Michael C. Munger

683
Citations
The Determinants of Industry Political Activity, 1978–1986.

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

660
Citations
Analytical politics: Frontmatter

Melvin J. Hinich;Michael C. Munger

505
Citations
Economic Models of Interest Groups: An Introductory Survey

William C. Mitchell;Michael C. Munger

443
Citations
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, CONSTITUENT PREFERENCES, AND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS

Kevin B. Grier;Michael C. Munger

336
Citations
Analyzing Policy: Choices, Conflicts, and Practices

Michael C. Munger

255
Citations
Comparing Interest Group PAC Contributions to House and Senate Incumbents, 1980–1986

Kevin B. Grier;Michael C. Munger

237
Citations
The Rationality of Ideology

William R. Dougan;Michael C. Munger

237
Citations
The Political Economy of Dictatorship

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203
Citations
The Impact of Legislator Attributes on Interest-Group Campaign Contributions*

Kevin B. Grier;Michael C. Munger

173
Citations
The Industrial Organization of Corporate Political Participation

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

163
Citations
Allocation of Desirable Committee Assignments: Extended Queues versus Committee Expansion

Michael C. Munger

142
Citations
The economic foundations of government

Randall G. Holcombe

136
Citations
Tomorrow 3.0: Transaction Costs and the Sharing Economy

Michael C. Munger

100
Citations
The Downsian Model Predicts Divergence

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

95
Citations
A Spatial Theory of Ideology

Melvin J. Hinich;Michael C. Munger

88
Citations
The anatomy of government failure

William R. Keech;Michael C. Munger

87
Citations
Legislative Voting and the Economic Theory of Politics

Dennis Coates;Michael Munger;Chapel Hill

82
Citations
The impact of legislator attributes on union PAC campaign contributions

James W. Endersby;Michael C. Munger

80
Citations
Investigating the Incidence of Killer Amendments in Congress

Jeffery A. Jenkins;Michael C. Munger

75
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin B. Grier Texas Tech University

Nell H. Gottlieb The University of Texas at Austin

Adam O. Goldstein University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dennis Coates University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Karl E. Bauman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

John H. Aldrich Duke University

Bryan D. Jones The University of Texas at Austin

Geoffrey Brennan Australian National University

Peter C. Ordeshook California Institute of Technology

Jason Reifler University of Southampton

External Links

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