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Researcher · Cato Institute · United States

William A. Niskanen

William A. Niskanen publishes mostly in Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Economic Theory and Institutions and Economic theories and models.

World rank
#151,658
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#63,623
of 358,040
Works
48
Citations
162
Citations per work
3.4

What does William A. Niskanen research?

Economics and Econometrics: 34.5%Political Science and International Relations: 13.8%Sociology and Political Science: 10.3%Public Administration: 5.2%other fields: 36.2%34%top field
Economics and Econometrics34.5%Political Science and International Relations13.8%Sociology and Political Science10.3%Public Administration5.2%other fields36.2%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Economics and Econometrics34% of their works
  2. 2Political Science and International Relations14% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science10% of their works
  4. 4Public Administration5% of their works
  5. 5Safety Research5% of their works
  6. 6Demography3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William A. Niskanen's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Economic Growth, Fiscal Policy, Economic Institutions, Globalization, Infrastructure, Institutional Economics, Taxation and Asset Pricing.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Growth83 topics
  2. Fiscal Policy62 topics
  3. Economic Institutions41 topic
  4. Globalization42 topics
  5. Infrastructure41 topic
  6. Institutional Economics41 topic
  7. Taxation41 topic
  8. Asset Pricing21 topic
  9. Collaborative Governance21 topic
  10. Collusion21 topic
  11. Competition21 topic
  12. Development21 topic
  13. Justice21 topic
  14. Labor Market21 topic
  15. Monetary Equilibrium21 topic
  16. Political Budget Cycles21 topic
  17. Public Debt21 topic
  18. Public Management Reform21 topic
  19. Social Policy21 topic

Where does William A. Niskanen work?

William A. Niskanen's main affiliation in the publication record is Cato Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does William A. Niskanen have?

Science Explorer counts 48 works and 162 citations for William A. Niskanen, ranking #151,658 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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