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Economics and Finance

D-Index
109
Citations
53056
World Ranking
64
National Ranking
52

Vernon L. Smith 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 Vernon L. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 544 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vernon L. Smith 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 Vernon L. Smith sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 109 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 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

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

    Elizabeth Hoffman;Kevin McCabe;Vernon L. Smith

  • Experimental Economics: Induced Value Theory

    Vernon L. Smith

  • Papers in Experimental Economics: Microeconomic Systems as an Experimental Science

    Vernon L. Smith

  • BUBBLES, CRASHES, AND ENDOGENOUS EXPECTATIONS IN EXPERIMENTAL SPOT ASSET MARKETS1

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

  • An Experimental Study of Competitive Market Behavior

    Vernon L. Smith

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

    Kevin McCabe;Daniel Houser;Lee Ryan;Vernon Smith

  • Constructivist and Ecological Rationality in Economics

    Vernon L. Smith

  • A Combinatorial Auction Mechanism for Airport Time Slot Allocation

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

  • Economics in the Laboratory

    Vernon L. Smith

  • Positive reciprocity and intentions in trust games

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

  • MONETARY REWARDS AND DECISION COST IN EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS

    Vernon L. Smith;James M. Walker

  • Social distance and other-regarding behavior in dictator games

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

  • On Models of Commercial Fishing

    Vernon L. Smith

  • Rationality in Economics: Constructivist and Ecological Forms

    Vernon L. Smith

  • Economics of Production from Natural Resources

    Vernon L. Smith

  • Using the Machiavellianism Instrument to Predict Trustworthiness in a Bargaining Game

    Anna Gunnthorsdottir;Kevin McCabe;Vernon Smith

  • On expectations and the monetary stakes in ultimatum games

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

  • Rational Choice: The Contrast Between Economics and Psychology

    Vernon L. Smith

  • Behavioral foundations of reciprocity: experimental economics and evolutionary psychology

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

  • Papers in Experimental Economics

    Vernon L. Smith

  • Rational choice: the contrast between economics and psychology

    Vernon L. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Rassenti
Stephen J. Rassenti Chapman University
Kevin McCabe
Kevin McCabe George Mason University
David Porter
David Porter Chapman University
James M. Walker
James M. Walker Indiana University
Arlington W. Williams
Arlington W. Williams Indiana University
Charles R. Plott
Charles R. Plott California Institute of Technology
Robert W. Hahn
Robert W. Hahn University of Oxford
James C. Cox
James C. Cox Georgia State University
Daniel Houser
Daniel Houser George Mason University
Thomas C. Schelling
Thomas C. Schelling University of Maryland, College Park

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