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Researcher · University of Maryland, College Park · United States

Mancur Olson

Mancur Olson publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations, on topics such as Economic Theory and Policy, Economic Theory and Institutions and Economic theories and models.

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World rank
#39,734
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#15,216
of 1,627,098
Works
154
Citations
63k
Citations per work
408.3
h-index
44
i10-index 77Top 1.5% in Economics and Econometrics
Mancur Olson

What does Mancur Olson research?

Mancur Olson's work is mostly in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (39%), Social Sciences (33%), Business, Management and Accounting (3%).

Social Sciences: 115 works · 74.7% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 61 works · 39.3% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 43 works · 28.2% of their workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 works · 11.1% of their workSocial Sciences: 50 works · 32.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 26 works · 16.8% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 20 works · 13.0% of their workDemography: 4 works · 2.8% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 works · 2.8% of their workStrategy and Management: 4 works · 2.8% of their workEverything else: 39 works · 25.3% of their workTHEIR WORKMancur Olson154works
Social Sciences75%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6139.3%
    2. Social Sciences5032.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting42.8%
  2. Everything else3925.3%
  1. 1Economics and Econometrics28% of their works
  2. 2Sociology and Political Science17% of their works
  3. 3Political Science and International Relations13% of their works
  4. 4General Economics, Econometrics and Finance11% of their works
  5. 5Strategy and Management3% of their works
  6. 6Demography3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Mancur Olson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Economic Growth, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Economic Development, Financial Crisis, Income Distribution, Economic Institutions and Institutional Economics.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Growth593 topics
  2. Inequality372 topics
  3. Neoliberalism302 topics
  4. Economic Development273 topics
  5. Financial Crisis271 topic
  6. Income Distribution271 topic
  7. Economic Institutions221 topic
  8. Institutional Economics221 topic
  9. Asset Pricing201 topic
  10. Monetary Equilibrium201 topic
  11. Globalization182 topics
  12. Human Capital172 topics
  13. Institutions172 topics
  14. Infrastructure121 topic
  15. Taxation121 topic
  16. Dependency101 topic
  17. World-Systems Analysis101 topic
  18. Productivity Growth91 topic
  19. Technology Diffusion91 topic
  20. Capitalism81 topic
  21. Culture81 topic
  22. Ethnic Diversity81 topic
  23. Marxism81 topic

Where does Mancur Olson work?

Mancur Olson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Maryland, College Park, United States.

How many publications and citations does Mancur Olson have?

OpenAlex counts 154 works and 62,871 citations for Mancur Olson, an h-index of 44, ranking #39,734 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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