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Robert B. Ekelund

Robert B. Ekelund

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
36
Citations
12709
World Ranking
2717
National Ranking
1512

Robert B. Ekelund 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 Robert B. Ekelund sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 220 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert B. Ekelund 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 Robert B. Ekelund sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert B. Ekelund was affiliated with Auburn University in the United States. Their research primarily contributed to the social sciences, with specific work in demography and political science and international relations. Their scholarly output addressed topics such as culture, economy, and development studies, as well as the political economy of Russia and the Soviet Union.

Their recent publications included the following papers:

  • Understanding the timing and outcome of the Russian Revolution: a public choice approach, 2023, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice
  • Index, 2022, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks
  • Index, 2024, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations were:

  • Phil Gramm
  • John Early
  • Gregory M. Dempster
  • Mark Thornton

The primary venues for publishing their work included:

  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks
  • Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice

Robert B. Ekelund authored books published by Rowman & Littlefield, including two editions of The Myth of American Inequality from 2022 and 2024.

Their contributions to social sciences spanned interdisciplinary approaches involving economic and political aspects, notably with a focus on Russian and Soviet contexts. The diversity of collaborators and publication venues reflects engagement with both academic and applied dimensions of public choice and economic history.

Best Publications

  • Competition and Entrepreneurship

    Israel M. Kirzner

  • A history of economic theory and method

    Robert B. Ekelund;Robert F. Hébert

  • Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm

    Robert B. Ekelund;Robert F. Hebert;Robert D. Tollison;Gary M. Anderson

  • Mercantilism as a rent-seeking society : economic regulation in historical perspective

    Laurence S. Moss;Robert B. Ekelund;Robert D. Tollison

  • Politicized Economies: Monarchy, Monopoly, and Mercantilism

    Robert B. Ekelund;Robert D. Tollison

  • An Economic Analysis of the Protestant Reformation

    Robert B. Ekelund;Robert F. Hébert;Robert D. Tollison

  • Advertising and information: an empirical study of search,experience and credence goods

    Robert B. Ekelund;Franklin G. Mixon;Rand W. Ressler

  • The Marketplace of Christianity

    Robert B. Ekelund;Robert F. Hébert;Robert D. Tollison

  • An Economic Model of the Medieval Church: Usury as a Form of Rent Seeking

    Robert B. Ekelund;Robert F. Hébert;Robert D. Tollison

  • Price Discrimination and Product Differentiation in Economic Theory: An Early Analysis

    Robert B. Ekelund

  • The "death-effect" in art prices: a demand-side exploration.

    R. B. Ekelund;Rand W. Ressler;John Keith Watson

  • Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm

    Robert B. Ekelund

  • Advertising and the Market Process: A Modern Economic View

    Robert B. Ekelund;David Scott Saurman

  • THE DEMAND FOR CIGARETTE SMUGGLING

    Unknown

  • Retrospectives: The Origins of Neoclassical Microeconomics

    Robert B. Ekelund Jr;Robert F. Hébert

  • Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War

    Mark Thornton;Robert B. Ekelund

  • The economics of sin and redemption

    Robert B. Ekelund;Robert F. Hébert;Robert D. Tollison

  • Smoking and absenteeism

    Richard W. Ault;Robert B. Ekelund;John D. Jackson;Richard S. Saba

  • Mercantilism as a Rent-Seeking Society

    Barry Baysinger;Robert B. Ekelund;Robert D. Tollison

  • Estimates, Bias and “No Sales” in Latin-American Art Auctions, 1977–1996

    Robert B. Ekelund;Rand W. Ressler;John Keith Watson

  • Rent seeking and hidden in kind resource distortion: Some empirical evidence

    Franklin G. Mixon;David N. Laband;Robert B. Ekelund

  • Output Change under Third Degree Discrimination

    Raymond C. Battalio;Robert B. Ekelund

  • Chadwick and Demsetz on Competition and Regulation

    Unknown

  • The Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph

    Unknown

  • The Marketplace of Christianity

    Robert B. Ekelund;Robert F. Hebert;Robert D. Tollison

  • A History of Economic thought

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Tollison
Robert D. Tollison Clemson University
Raymond C. Battalio
Raymond C. Battalio Texas A&M University
W. Mark Crain
W. Mark Crain Lafayette College

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