Jon Elster

47.4k citations
232 papers · 18.4k · 13 hit papers · h-index 55

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Jon Elster

218 papers receiving 15.0k citations

Jon Elster's Hit Papers

Explaining Social Behavior 2007 · 445 citations
4450+15+31Years since publication2505007501000

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Jon Elster
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  • General Decision Sciences 1.5k
  • Safety Research 2.0k
  • Political Science and International Relations 5.5k
  • Sociology and Political Science 7.8k
  • Public Administration 573
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All Works

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Social Norms and Economic Theory
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19891163
2
Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences
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19891049
3
Social Mechanisms
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1998979
4
Democracy, Accountability, and Representation
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1999971
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Deliberative Democracy
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1998940
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The cement of society a study of social order
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1989736
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Sour Grapes. Studies in the Subversion of Rationality.
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1984703
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Sour Grapes
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1983669
9
Emotions and Economic Theory
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1998658
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Ulysses and the Sirens
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1979530
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Making Sense of Marx
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1985508
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Choice Over Time
1992465
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Ulysses and the Sirens: Studies in Rationality and Irrationality.
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1981462
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Explaining Social Behavior
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2007445
15 1998410
16 1989406
17 2008394
18 1998292
19 1986276
20 2000270

About Jon Elster

Jon Elster is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research and Philosophy, having authored 232 papers that have together received 18.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Economic Theory and Institutions (23 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (13 papers), Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (11 papers), Political Economy and Marxism (11 papers), Economic theories and models (8 papers), Political Theory and Influence (8 papers), American Constitutional Law and Politics (7 papers) and Psychology of Social Influence (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in General Decision Sciences (1.5k citations), Safety Research (2.0k citations), Political Science and International Relations (5.5k citations), Sociology and Political Science (7.8k citations) and Public Administration (573 citations). Jon Elster has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Norway. Frequent co-authors include Mary K. Farmer, George Loewenstein, David G. Wagner, Diego Gambetta, Adam Przeworski, James D. Fearon, Susan C. Stokes, Claus Offe, Ulrich K. Preuß and Raymond Boudon. Their work appears in journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, European Journal of Sociology, Inquiry, The Economic Journal and The University of Chicago Law Review.

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