2026 Robert B. Ekelund: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	36	2717	1512	220	12709

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Economics and Finance

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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

6586
Citations
A history of economic theory and method

Robert B. Ekelund;Robert F. Hébert

1090
Citations
Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm

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

398
Citations
Mercantilism as a rent-seeking society : economic regulation in historical perspective

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

386
Citations
Politicized Economies: Monarchy, Monopoly, and Mercantilism

Robert B. Ekelund;Robert D. Tollison

211
Citations
An Economic Analysis of the Protestant Reformation

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

193
Citations
Advertising and information: an empirical study of search,experience and credence goods

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

186
Citations
The Marketplace of Christianity

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

163
Citations
An Economic Model of the Medieval Church: Usury as a Form of Rent Seeking

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

150
Citations
Price Discrimination and Product Differentiation in Economic Theory: An Early Analysis

Robert B. Ekelund

150
Citations
The "death-effect" in art prices: a demand-side exploration.

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

130
Citations
Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm

Robert B. Ekelund

116
Citations
Advertising and the Market Process: A Modern Economic View

Robert B. Ekelund;David Scott Saurman

113
Citations
THE DEMAND FOR CIGARETTE SMUGGLING

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107
Citations
Retrospectives: The Origins of Neoclassical Microeconomics

Robert B. Ekelund Jr;Robert F. Hébert

105
Citations
Tariffs, Blockades, and Inflation: The Economics of the Civil War

Mark Thornton;Robert B. Ekelund

85
Citations
The economics of sin and redemption

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

79
Citations
Smoking and absenteeism

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

73
Citations
Mercantilism as a Rent-Seeking Society

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

70
Citations
Estimates, Bias and “No Sales” in Latin-American Art Auctions, 1977–1996

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

64
Citations
Rent seeking and hidden in kind resource distortion: Some empirical evidence

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

58
Citations
Output Change under Third Degree Discrimination

Raymond C. Battalio;Robert B. Ekelund

55
Citations
Chadwick and Demsetz on Competition and Regulation

Unknown

37
Citations
The Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph

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24
Citations
The Marketplace of Christianity

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

14
Citations
A History of Economic thought

Unknown

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Tollison Clemson University

Raymond C. Battalio Texas A&M University

External Links

Personal website of Robert B. Ekelund Google Scholar page

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