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Richard E. Wagner 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 Richard E. Wagner sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 460 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard E. Wagner 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 Richard E. Wagner sits on this spectrum.

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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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award

Overview

Richard E. Wagner is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States. Their research predominantly lies within the broad field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a focus on several interconnected subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Political Science and International Relations, and History and Philosophy of Science.

The topics central to Wagner's research encompass Economic Theory and Institutions, Economic Theory and Policy, Political Economy and Marxism, Economic Theories and Models, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Fiscal Policies and Political Economy, and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism.

Recent publications authored by Wagner include:

  • Economics, Covid-19, and the Entangled Political Economy of Public Health (2020), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Legal Disputes, and Their Resolution (2020), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Entangled Political Economy: Mixing Something Old with Something New (2020), SSRN Electronic Journal

Wagner frequently publishes in several academic venues, most notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Review of Austrian Economics
  • Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice
  • Journal of Contextual Economics - Schmollers Jahrbuch
  • Public Finance and Management

Collaborations are an essential aspect of Wagner's scholarly work, with frequent co-authors including Sarah Moore, Zachary Kessler, Marta Podemska-Mikluch, Paul Dragos Aligică, and Gurjit Sidhu.

In addition to journal articles, Wagner has contributed to book publications, including a work titled Realism, Ideology, and the Convulsions of Democracy, published by Studies in Public Choice in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Democracy in Deficit: The Political Legacy of Lord Keynes

    James M. Buchanan;Richard E. Wagner

  • Revenue structure, fiscal illusion, and budgetary choice: Reply

    Richard E. Wagner

  • Fiscal sociology and the theory of public finance : an exploratory essay

    Richard E. Wagner

  • Pressure groups and political entrepreneurs: A review article

    Richard E. Wagner

  • Revenue structure, fiscal illusion, and budgetary choice

    Unknown

  • WAGNER'S LAW, FISCAL INSTITUTIONS, AND THE GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT

    Richard E. Wagner;Warren E. Weber

  • Mind, society, and human action : time and knowledge in a theory of social-economy

    Richard E. Wagner

  • Dialogues concerning fiscal religion

    James M. Buchanan;Richard E. Wagner

  • Politics as a Peculiar Business

    Unknown

  • Fiscal Sociology and the Theory of Public Finance

    Richard E. Wagner

  • Public Choice and Constitutional Economics

    Richard E. Wagner;James D. Gwartney

  • Competition, Monopoly, and the Organization of Government in Metropolitan Areas

    Richard E. Wagner;Warren E. Weber

  • An Efficiency Basis for Federal Fiscal Equalization

    James M Buchanan;Richard E Wagner

  • Deficits, Debt, and Democracy: Wrestling With Tragedy on the Fiscal Commons

    Richard E. Wagner

  • Self-governance, polycentrism, and federalism: recurring themes in Vincent Ostrom's scholarly oeuvre

    Richard E. Wagner

  • To Promote the General Welfare: Market Processes vs. Political Transfers

    Richard E. Wagner

  • Mind, Society, and Human Action

    Unknown

  • The cameralists: A public choice perspective

    Juergen Backhaus;Richard E. Wagner

  • Romance, Realism, and Economic Reform

    Robert D. Tollison;Richard E. Wagner

  • A macro economy as an ecology of plans

    Richard E. Wagner

  • What Should Economists Do?

    Unknown

  • To promote the general welfare

    Richard E. Wagner

  • The Institutional Framework for Municipal Incorporation: An Economic Analysis of Local Agency Formation Commissions in California

    Dolores Tremewan Martin;Richard E. Wagner

  • Deficits, Debt, and Democracy

    Richard Wagner

  • Austrian Cycle Theory: Saving the Wheat while Discarding the Chaff

    Richard E. Wagner

  • Politics as a Peculiar Business

    Richard E. Wagner

  • Public Finance in Democratic Process

    Richard E. Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Tollison
Robert D. Tollison Clemson University
Gordon Tullock
Gordon Tullock George Mason University
James D. Gwartney
James D. Gwartney Florida State University
Richard Rose
Richard Rose University of Strathclyde
W. Mark Crain
W. Mark Crain Lafayette College

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