Alastair Smith

Economics and Econometrics · 2002–2011

A researcher in the Science corpus: 8 papers; trusts 20 researchers and is trusted by 31 researchers here, as inferred from the citation graph.

Subfields

• Economics and Econometrics — 46 citations into it; #4,209 of 23,481 by trust here, #6,370 by citations
• Development — 17 citations into it; #62 of 877 by trust here, #82 by citations
• Sociology and Political Science — 17 citations into it; #2,287 of 22,756 by trust here, #4,284 by citations
• Political Science and International Relations — 14 citations into it; #2,192 of 4,701 by trust here, #1,757 by citations
• Building and Construction — 7 citations into it
• Demography — 6 citations into it; #1,304 of 4,236 by trust here, #1,456 by citations

Whom Alastair Smith trusts overall

Their strongest outbound trust, strongest first, inferred from their citations.

1. William R. Easterly
2. Branislav L. Slantchev
3. Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
4. James J. Heckman
5. Macartan Humphreys
6. James Ron
7. Robert Powell
8. Daron Acemoglu
9. J. Sachs
10. Nathan M. Jensen

Who trusts Alastair Smith overall

1. Kristopher W. Ramsay
2. S. Bermeo
3. Faisal Z. Ahmed
4. K. Morrison
5. B. D. de Mesquita
6. Daniel W. Hill
7. Robert Powell
8. Todd S Sechser
9. Simone Dietrich
10. Nabamita Dutta

Papers from Alastair Smith's perspective

Ordered by how strongly the researchers Alastair Smith trusts endorse each paper. Same corpus, a different order for every researcher.

1. The Power to Hurt: Costly Conflict with Completely Informed States (American Political Science Review)
2. STRATEGIC INFORMATION TRANSMISSION
3. The Inefficient Use of Power: Costly Conflict with Complete Information (American Political Science Review)
4. Do Leaders Matter? National Leadership and Growth Since World War II
5. Democracy and Development
6. Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Our Argument
7. Paradigm in Distress?
8. The Principle of Convergence in Wartime Negotiations (American Political Science Review)
9. Sample selection bias as a specification error
10. Natural Resources, Conflict, and Conflict Resolution

Their papers

• The Perils of Unearned Income (2008) — 197 citations
• Political Survival and Endogenous Institutional Change (2009) — 245 citations
• Foreign Aid and Policy Concessions (2007) — 356 citations
• Bargaining and the Nature of War (2004) — 268 citations
• Honest Threats (2002) — 166 citations
• A Political Economy of Aid (2009) — 398 citations
• The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics (2011) — 266 citations
• Testing Novel Implications from the Selectorate Theory of War (2004) — 129 citations