Stephen Knack
Impact in
- Development top 0.01%
- International Development and Aid
- Safety Research top 0.1%
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Papers in
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- Corruption and Economic Development 20
- Religion, Society, and Development 14
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- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth 34
- Co-authors
- Philip Keefer (16 shared papers)Paul J. Zak (3 shared papers)Deborah Bräutigam (1 shared paper)Omar Azfar (4 shared papers)Christopher Clague (4 shared papers)Anand V. Swamy (2 shared papers)Young Lee (2 shared papers)Mancur Olson (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Public Choice (5 papers)Journal of Development Economics (3 papers)Journal of Economic Growth (3 papers)PS Political Science & Politics (3 papers)The Journal of Development Studies (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesBelgiumSwitzerland
In The Last Decade
Stephen Knack
108 papers receiving 12.2k citations
Stephen Knack's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 127
- Development 2.8k
- Safety Research 1.8k
- Economics and Econometrics 5.8k
- General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.7k
- Sociology and Political Science 7.4k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: CROSS‐COUNTRY TESTS USING ALTERNATIVE INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES Hit paper breakdown → | 1995 | 3573 |
| 2 | Trust and Growth Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 1941 |
| 3 | Gender and corruption Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 761 |
| 4 | Foreign Aid, Institutions, and Governance in Sub‐Saharan Africa Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 732 |
| 5 | WHY DON'T POOR COUNTRIES CATCH UP? A CROSS‐NATIONAL TEST OF AN INSTITUTIONAL EXPLANATION Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 577 |
| 6 | Social Capital and the Quality of Government: Evidence from the States Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 502 |
| 7 | Aid Dependence and the Quality of Governance: Cross-Country Empirical Tests Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 460 |
| 8 | 1996 | 406 | |
| 9 | 1999 | 325 | |
| 10 | The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Six, One, or None? Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 323 |
| 11 | 1998 | 276 | |
| 12 | 1992 | 247 | |
| 13 | 2007 | 188 | |
| 14 | INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES CROSS-COUNTRY TESTS USING ALTERNATIVE | 1995 | 174 |
| 15 | 2000 | 170 | |
| 16 | 2006 | 167 | |
| 17 | 2003 | 159 | |
| 18 | 2002 | 156 | |
| 19 | 2011 | 144 | |
| 20 | 2003 | 139 |
About Stephen Knack
Stephen Knack is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Development, Political Science and International Relations and Information Systems, having authored 116 papers that have together received 14.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include International Development and Aid (47 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (34 papers), Economic Growth and Development (30 papers), Corruption and Economic Development (20 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (17 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (16 papers), Religion, Society, and Development (14 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Development (2.8k citations), Safety Research (1.8k citations), Economics and Econometrics (5.8k citations), General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (1.7k citations) and Sociology and Political Science (7.4k citations). Stephen Knack has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Philip Keefer, Paul J. Zak, Deborah Bräutigam, Omar Azfar, Christopher Clague, Anand V. Swamy, Young Lee, Mancur Olson, Laura Langbein and Robert J. Barro. Their work appears in journals such as Public Choice, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, PS Political Science & Politics and The Journal of Development Studies.
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