2026 Michael R. Baye: 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	37	2614	2366	1458	1282	142	10487

Michael R. Baye publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael R. Baye sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 521+

This scientist: 142 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Michael R. Baye D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael R. Baye sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael R. Baye is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and has contributed to the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on several subfields including Strategy and Management, Marketing, Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, and Management Science and Operations Research.

The main topics of their research work include:

Digital Platforms and Economics
Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
Merger and Competition Analysis
Diverse Legal and Medical Studies
Auction Theory and Applications

They have published frequently in the SSRN Electronic Journal, with a total of three publications in this venue. Some of their recent papers are:

"The Economics of Digital Platforms: A Guide for Regulators," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Information Economics of Competition and Regulation," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal

Among their frequent coauthors are Jeffrey Prince, Jonathan Barnett, James Cooper, Daniel A. Crane, and Kenneth G. Elzinga.

Michael R. Baye has authored books published by the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology, including the book "Managerial Economics & Business Strategy" published in 2021.

Best Publications

The all-pay auction with complete information

Michael R. Baye;Dan Kovenock;Casper G. de Vries

1161
Citations
Information Gatekeepers on the Internet and the Competitiveness of Homogeneous Product Markets

Michael R. Baye;John Morgan

892
Citations
Managerial Economics and Business Strategy

Michael R. Baye

756
Citations
Rigging the lobbying process: An application of the all-pay auction

Michael R. Baye;Dan Kovenock;Casper G. de Vries

713
Citations
PRICE DISPERSION IN THE SMALL AND IN THE LARGE: EVIDENCE FROM AN INTERNET PRICE COMPARISON SITE

Michael R. Baye;John Morgan;Patrick Scholten

600
Citations
Information, Search, and Price Dispersion

Michael R. Baye;John Morgan;Patrick Scholten

511
Citations
The strategic equivalence of rent-seeking, innovation, and patent-race games

Michael R. Baye;Heidrun C. Hoppe

442
Citations
The solution to the Tullock rent-seeking game when R > 2: Mixed-strategy equilibria and mean dissipation rates*

Michael R. Baye;Dan Kovenock;Casper G. De Vries

299
Citations
Divisionalization, Franchising, and Divestiture Incentives in Oligopoly

Michael R. Baye;Keith J. Crocker;Jiandong Ju

247
Citations
Price Dispersion in the Lab and on the Internet: Theory and Evidence

Michael R. Baye;John Morgan

242
Citations
Price dispersion in the lab and on the Internet: theory and evidence

Michael R. Baye;John Morgan

242
Citations
Characterizations of the Existence of Equilibria in Games with Discontinuous and Non-quasiconcave Payoffs

Michael R. Baye;Michael R. Baye;Guoqiang Tian;Jianxin Zhou

204
Citations
It takes two to tango : Equilibria in a model of sales

Michael R Baye;Dan Kovenock;Casper G de Vries

191
Citations
The Economics of the Internet and E-Commerce

Michael R. Baye

190
Citations
Comparative Analysis of Litigation Systems: An Auction‐Theoretic Approach*

Michael R. Baye;Dan Kovenock;Casper G. de Vries

185
Citations
Search Engine Optimization: What Drives Organic Traffic to Retail Sites?

Michael R. Baye;Babur De los Santos;Matthijs R. Wildenbeest

177
Citations
Chapter 6 Information, Search, and Price Dispersion

Michael R. Baye;John Morgan;Patrick Scholten

174
Citations
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170
Citations
Is Antitrust Too Complicated for Generalist Judges? The Impact of Economic Complexity and Judicial Training on Appeals

Michael R. Baye;Joshua D. Wright

169
Citations
The Value of Information in an Online Consumer Electronics Market

Michael R. Baye;John Morgan;Patrick Scholten

164
Citations
Temporal price dispersion: Evidence from an online consumer electronics market

Michael R. Baye;John Morgan;Patrick Scholten

160
Citations
Contests with Rank-Order Spillovers

Michael R. Baye;Dan Kovenock;Casper G. de Vries

149
Citations
Rigging the Lobbying Process: An Application of the All- Pay Auction

Michael Baye;Dan Kovenock;Casper de Vries

30
Citations
The Solution to the Tullock Rent-Seeking Game When R > 2: Mixed Strategy Equilibria and Mean Dissipation Rates

Michael Baye;Dan Kovenock

13
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John Morgan University of California, Berkeley

Casper G. de Vries Erasmus University Rotterdam

Dan Kovenock Chapman University

Dan A. Black University of Chicago

David E. M. Sappington University of Florida

Robert D. Willig Princeton University

Richard Schmalensee MIT

Vernon L. Smith Chapman University

Jerry A. Hausman MIT

Richard A. Epstein New York University

External Links

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