2026 Vernon L. Smith: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	109	64	55	52	44	544	53056

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2002 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for having established laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis, especially in the study of alternative market mechanisms
2002 - Nobel Prize for having established laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis, especially in the study of alternative market mechanisms
1995 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1992 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1987 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Vernon L. Smith is affiliated with Chapman University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a total of 22 publications in these fields. They also contribute to subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Management Science and Operations Research, Finance, and Information Systems.

Their major topics of work span various areas such as Economic theories and models, Economic Theory and Institutions, Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis, Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Political Economy and Marxism, and Expert finding and Q&A systems.

Vernon L. Smith has published papers in several venues, frequently appearing in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
SSRN Electronic Journal
History of Political Economy
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance

Selected recent publications include:

Nobel and novice: Author prominence affects peer review, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Nobel and Novice: Author Prominence Affects Peer Review, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
Neoclassical Supply and Demand, Experiments, and the Classical Theory of Price Formation, 2021, History of Political Economy
The Classical Theory of Supply and Demand, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
Classical Economics: Lost and Found, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors of Vernon L. Smith include:

Sabiou M. Inoua
Jürgen Huber
Rudolf Kerschbamer
Christian König-Kersting
Stefan Palan

The scientist has received several awards recognizing their contributions, including:

Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics (2002), awarded for establishing laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis, especially in the study of alternative market mechanisms
Nobel Prize (2002), for the same achievement in laboratory experiments in economics
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1995)
Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (1992)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1990)
Fellow of the Econometric Society (1987)

Best Publications

Preferences, Property Rights, and Anonymity in Bargaining Games

Elizabeth Hoffman;Kevin McCabe;Keith Shachat;Vernon Smith

2378
Citations
Social Distance and Other-Regarding Behavior in Dictator Games: Reply

Elizabeth Hoffman;Kevin McCabe;Vernon L. Smith

2076
Citations
Experimental Economics: Induced Value Theory

Vernon L. Smith

1971
Citations
Papers in Experimental Economics: Microeconomic Systems as an Experimental Science

Vernon L. Smith

1940
Citations
BUBBLES, CRASHES, AND ENDOGENOUS EXPECTATIONS IN EXPERIMENTAL SPOT ASSET MARKETS1

Vernon L. Smith;L Gerry;Arlington W. Williams

1929
Citations
An Experimental Study of Competitive Market Behavior

Vernon L. Smith

1736
Citations
A Functional Imaging Study of Cooperation in Two-Person reciprocal Exchange

Kevin McCabe;Daniel Houser;Lee Ryan;Vernon Smith

1312
Citations
Constructivist and Ecological Rationality in Economics

Vernon L. Smith

1307
Citations
A Combinatorial Auction Mechanism for Airport Time Slot Allocation

Stephen J. Rassenti;Vernon L. Smith;Robert L. Bulfin

997
Citations
Economics in the Laboratory

Vernon L. Smith

885
Citations
Positive reciprocity and intentions in trust games

Kevin A. McCabe;Mary L. Rigdon;Vernon L. Smith

875
Citations
MONETARY REWARDS AND DECISION COST IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS

Vernon L. Smith;James M. Walker

771
Citations
Social distance and other-regarding behavior in dictator games

Elizabeth Hoffman;Kevin A. McCabe;Vernon L. Smith

744
Citations
On Models of Commercial Fishing

Vernon L. Smith

687
Citations
Rationality in Economics: Constructivist and Ecological Forms

Vernon L. Smith

683
Citations
Economics of Production from Natural Resources

Vernon L. Smith

681
Citations
Using the Machiavellianism Instrument to Predict Trustworthiness in a Bargaining Game

Anna Gunnthorsdottir;Kevin McCabe;Vernon Smith

633
Citations
On expectations and the monetary stakes in ultimatum games

Elizabeth Hoffman;Kevin A. McCabe;Vernon L. Smith

625
Citations
Rational Choice: The Contrast Between Economics and Psychology

Vernon L. Smith

600
Citations
Behavioral foundations of reciprocity: experimental economics and evolutionary psychology

Elizabeth Hoffman;Kevin A. McCabe;Vernon L. Smith

583
Citations
Papers in Experimental Economics

Vernon L. Smith

483
Citations
Rational choice: the contrast between economics and psychology

Vernon L. Smith

10
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Rassenti Chapman University

Kevin McCabe George Mason University

David Porter Chapman University

James M. Walker Indiana University

Arlington W. Williams Indiana University

Charles R. Plott California Institute of Technology

James C. Cox Georgia State University

Robert W. Hahn University of Oxford

Daniel Houser George Mason University

Ariel Dinar University of California, Riverside

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