2026 Stergios Skaperdas: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	48	278	246	159	134	146	11077
Economics and Finance	48	1505	1344	909	792	142	10952

Overview

Stergios Skaperdas is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, in the United States. Their academic work primarily falls within the Social Sciences field, with a focus on several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Demography, Political Science and International Relations, and Strategy and Management.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of areas, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach. These topics include:

Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
Political Conflict and Governance
Religion and Society Interactions
Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Media Influence and Politics
Corruption and Economic Development

Stergios Skaperdas has contributed to several publication venues, with a notable number of papers published in the SSRN Electronic Journal. Other venues include the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Comparative Economics, and Economic Theory.

Their recent papers include:

National Identity, Public Goods, and Modern Economic Development, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
National identity, public goods, and modern economic development, 2025, Journal of Comparative Economics
Investing in influence: how minority interests can prevail in a democracy, 2025, Economic Theory
Bargaining and conflict with up-front investments: How power asymmetries matter, 2020, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
External Intervention, Identity, and Civil War, 2020, Comparative Political Studies

Their collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Samarth Vaidya, Patrick Testa, Zachary Schaller, Michelle R. Garfinkel, and Constantinos Syropoulos. Among these, Samarth Vaidya stands out as the most frequent collaborator.

Best Publications

Cooperation, Conflict, and Power in the Absence of Property Rights.

Stergios Skaperdas

2397
Citations
Contest success functions

Stergios Skaperdas

1837
Citations
COOPERATION, CONFLICT AND POWER IN THE ABSENCE OF PROPERTY RIGHTS

Stergios Skaperdas

1334
Citations
Economics of Conflict: An Overview

Michelle R. Garfinkel;Stergios Skaperdas

926
Citations
Modeling Negative Campaigning

Stergios Skaperdas;Bernard Grofman

533
Citations
The political economy of organized crime: providing protection when the state does not

Stergios Skaperdas

419
Citations
Conflict Without Misperceptions or Incomplete Information: How the Future Matters

Michelle R Garfinkel;Stergios Skaperdas

348
Citations
Conflict without Misperceptions or Incomplete Information How the Future Matters

Michelle R. Garfinkel;Stergios Skaperdas

345
Citations
The market for protection and the origin of the state

Kai A. Konrad;Stergios Skaperdas

271
Citations
Economics of Conflict: An Overview

Michelle R. Garfinkel;Stergios Skaperdas;Stergios Skaperdas

207
Citations
Chapter 22 Economics of Conflict: An Overview

Michelle R. Garfinkel;Stergios Skaperdas

189
Citations
Risk Aversion in Contests

Stergios Skaperdas;Li Gan

175
Citations
Guns, Butter, and Openness: On the Relationship between Security and Trade

Stergios Skaperdas;Constantinos Syropoulos

174
Citations
Contest functions : theoretical foundations and issues in estimation

Hao Jia;Stergios Skaperdas;Samarth Vaidya

170
Citations
Can the shadow of the future harm cooperation

Stergios Skaperdas;Constantinos Syropoulos

157
Citations
Restraining the Genuine Homo Economicus: Why the Economy Cannot Be Divorced from Its Governance

Stergios Skaperdas

155
Citations
Comparing Bargaining Solutions in the Shadow of Conflict: How Norms against Threats Can Have Real Effects☆

Nejat Anbarci;Stergios Skaperdas;Constantinos Syropoulos

154
Citations
On the formation of alliances in conflict and contests

Stergios Skaperdas

154
Citations
The political economy of conflict and appropriation

Michelle R. Garfinkel;Stergios Skaperdas

135
Citations
The Distribution of Income in the Presence of Appropriative Activities

Stergios Skaperdas;Constantinos Syropoulos

132
Citations
The economics of organised crime: Gangs as primitive states

Stergios Skaperdas;Constantinos Syropoulos

130
Citations
Credible threats in extortion

Kai A. Konrad;Stergios Skaperdas

120
Citations
Extortion

Unknown

120
Citations
The costs of organized violence: a review of the evidence

Stergios Skaperdas

119
Citations
Persuasion as a Contest

Stergios Skaperdas;Samarth Vaidya

115
Citations
On The Economics oF Organized Crime

Vimal Kumar;Stergios Skaperdas

107
Citations
Costly enforcement of property rights and the Coase theorem

Alexander R. W. Robson;Stergios Skaperdas

99
Citations
Contest success functions

Unknown

74
Citations
Restraining the genuine homo economicus: why the economy cannot be divorced from its governance [Die Beschränkung des genuinen Homo Economicus: Warum wirtschaftliche Prozesse und Governancestrukturen untrennbar sind]

Stergios Skaperdas

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai A. Konrad Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance

Nicholas Sambanis Yale University

William C. Wohlforth Dartmouth College

Bernard Grofman University of California, Irvine

External Links

Personal website of Stergios Skaperdas

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