2026 Peter T. Leeson: Law Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Law	48	64	57	51	45	231	8590
Economics and Finance	45	1758	1580	1039	909	227	8345

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Publications

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Law

231

8590

Economics and Finance

1758

1580

1039

909

227

8345

Law

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Citations

8590

World Ranking

National Ranking

Economics and Finance

D-Index

Citations

8345

World Ranking

1758

National Ranking

1039

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award

Overview

Peter T. Leeson is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these broad areas, they have contributed notably to subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, General Health Professions, and Demography.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

Historical Economic and Social Studies
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
Russia and Soviet political economy
Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition
Homelessness and Social Issues
Taxation and Compliance Studies
Corruption and Economic Development

Leeson has published extensively in a variety of academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

Public Choice
Southern Economic Journal
European Economic Review
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Australian Forestry

Their recent papers include:

Prescribed burning in south-eastern Australia: history and future directions (2020) in Australian Forestry
Public choice and public health (2021) in Public Choice
Externality and COVID-19 (2021) in Southern Economic Journal
Kornai goes to Kenya (2020) in Public Choice
Economics is not statistics (and vice versa) (2020) in Journal of Institutional Economics

Leeson has also authored a book titled WTF?!, published by Stanford University Press eBooks in 2020.

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

R. August Hardy
Paola Suárez
Henry A. Thompson
Vincent Geloso
Adam J. Kaiser

Best Publications

Institutional stickiness and the New Development Economics

Peter Boettke;Christopher Coyne;Peter Leeson

613
Citations
Institutional Stickiness and the New Development Economics

Peter J. Boettke;Christopher J. Coyne;Peter T. Leeson

571
Citations
Better off stateless: Somalia before and after government collapse

Peter T. Leeson

430
Citations
An‐arrgh‐chy: The Law and Economics of Pirate Organization

Peter T. Leeson

385
Citations
Government's response to Hurricane Katrina: A public choice analysis

Russell S. Sobel;Peter T. Leeson

366
Citations
Cooperation and conflict : Evidence on self- enforcing arrangements and heterogeneous groups

Peter T. Leeson

265
Citations
THE PLIGHT OF UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES

Christopher J. Coyne;Peter T. Leeson

234
Citations
Liberalism, Socialism, and Robust Political Economy

Peter J. Boettke;Peter T. Leeson

230
Citations
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

Peter T. Leeson

218
Citations
Media Freedom, Political Knowledge, and Participation

Peter T. Leeson

206
Citations
Two-tiered entrepreneurship and economic development

Peter T. Leeson;Peter J. Boettke

191
Citations
Robust political economy

Peter T. Leeson;J. Robert Subrick

184
Citations
The Political, Economic, and Social Aspects of Katrina

Peter Boettke;Emily Chamlee-Wright;Peter Gordon;Sanford Ikeda

174
Citations
Trading with Bandits

Peter T. Leeson

170
Citations
Social Distance and Self-Enforcing Exchange

Peter T. Leeson

169
Citations
The Democratic Domino Theory: An Empirical Investigation

Peter T. Leeson;Andrea M. Dean

162
Citations
The Amplification Effect: Foreign Aid's Impact on Political Institutions

Nabamita Dutta;Peter T. Leeson;Claudia R. Williamson

161
Citations
The Use of Knowledge in Natural-Disaster Relief Management

Russell S. Sobel;Peter T. Leeson

159
Citations
Weathering Corruption

Unknown

157
Citations
The Laws of Lawlessness

Peter T. Leeson

156
Citations
Anarchy Unbound

Unknown

156
Citations
The New Comparative Political Economy

Peter J. Boettke;Christopher J. Coyne;Peter T. Leeson;Frederic Sautet

148
Citations
Read All About It! Understanding the Role of Media in Economic Development

Christopher J. Coyne;Peter T. Leeson

136
Citations
Anarchy Unbound: Why Self-Governance Works Better Than You Think

Peter T. Leeson

134
Citations
Quasimarket failure

Peter J. Boettke;Christopher J. Coyne;Peter T. Leeson

95
Citations
Government, clubs, and constitutions

Peter T. Leeson

93
Citations
Media, Development, and Institutional Change

Christopher J. Coyne;Peter T. Leeson

90
Citations
The calculus of piratical consent: the myth of the myth of social contract

Peter T. Leeson

83
Citations
Institutional Stickiness and the New Development Economics

Peter J. Boettke;Christopher J. Coyne;Peter T. Leeson

39
Citations
Liberalism, Socialism, and Robust Political Economy

Peter J. Boettke;Peter T. Leeson

29
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Boettke George Mason University

Russell S. Sobel Citadel

Peter Gordon University of Southern California

Daniel Houser George Mason University

Tony Lawson University of Cambridge

Geoffrey M. Hodgson Loughborough University

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