The State as a Firm

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CiteScore
0.2
Years of issue
2025
journal names
The State as a Firm
Publications
411
Citations
716
h-index
12
Publications
94
Citations
238
Top-3 citing journals
SSRN Electronic Journal
SSRN Electronic Journal (62 citations)
Public Choice
Public Choice (20 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Arizona
University of Arizona (45 publications)
George Mason University
George Mason University (33 publications)
University of Georgia
University of Georgia (20 publications)
George Mason University
George Mason University (13 publications)
Umeå University
Umeå University (3 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (217 publications)
Canada (33 publications)
Germany (29 publications)
USA (60 publications)
Germany (13 publications)
Greece (6 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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SSRN Electronic Journal
62 citations, 8.66%
Public Choice
20 citations, 2.79%
Constitutional Political Economy
14 citations, 1.96%
Annual Review of Political Science
12 citations, 1.68%
The Journal of Legislative Studies
10 citations, 1.4%
Party Politics
10 citations, 1.4%
The State as a Firm
10 citations, 1.4%
Comparative Political Studies
8 citations, 1.12%
Parliamentary Affairs
8 citations, 1.12%
Review of Austrian Economics
7 citations, 0.98%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
6 citations, 0.84%
Public Finance Review
6 citations, 0.84%
Swiss Political Science Review
6 citations, 0.84%
Politics and Policy
5 citations, 0.7%
American Politics Research
4 citations, 0.56%
Legislative Studies Quarterly
4 citations, 0.56%
Revue Economique
4 citations, 0.56%
Government and Opposition
4 citations, 0.56%
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
4 citations, 0.56%
European Journal of Political Economy
4 citations, 0.56%
Political Science Research and Methods
4 citations, 0.56%
Studies in Choice and Welfare
4 citations, 0.56%
L Actualité économique
4 citations, 0.56%
Japanese Journal of Political Science
3 citations, 0.42%
Political Studies Review
3 citations, 0.42%
Theory and Decision
3 citations, 0.42%
American Journal of Political Science
3 citations, 0.42%
British Politics
3 citations, 0.42%
Quality and Quantity
3 citations, 0.42%
Journal of European Public Policy
3 citations, 0.42%
Political Studies
3 citations, 0.42%
New Media and Society
3 citations, 0.42%
Politics and Governance
3 citations, 0.42%
European Journal of Political Research
3 citations, 0.42%
Foresight
3 citations, 0.42%
Social Choice and Welfare
3 citations, 0.42%
Policy and Internet
3 citations, 0.42%
Environment and Planning A
3 citations, 0.42%
Environment and Planning C Government and Policy
3 citations, 0.42%
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
2 citations, 0.28%
State and Local Government Review
2 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Politics
2 citations, 0.28%
State Politics and Policy Quarterly
2 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Contemporary European Studies
2 citations, 0.28%
American Political Science Review
2 citations, 0.28%
Research and Politics
2 citations, 0.28%
Contemporary Italian Politics
2 citations, 0.28%
Frontiers in Psychology
2 citations, 0.28%
Kyklos
2 citations, 0.28%
Economic Modelling
2 citations, 0.28%
Latin American Politics and Society
2 citations, 0.28%
Southern Economic Journal
2 citations, 0.28%
Political Behavior
2 citations, 0.28%
Studies in Economic History
2 citations, 0.28%
Policy Studies
2 citations, 0.28%
Policy Studies Journal
2 citations, 0.28%
South European Society and Politics
2 citations, 0.28%
Studies in American Political Development
2 citations, 0.28%
British Journal of Politics and International Relations
2 citations, 0.28%
Democratization
2 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Public Economics
2 citations, 0.28%
Operations Research
2 citations, 0.28%
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
2 citations, 0.28%
Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy
2 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Economic Surveys
2 citations, 0.28%
Frontiers in Political Science
2 citations, 0.28%
Homo Oeconomicus
2 citations, 0.28%
Statistics Politics and Policy
2 citations, 0.28%
Bulletin of the South Ural State University series Law
2 citations, 0.28%
European Journal of Law and Economics
1 citation, 0.14%
Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
1 citation, 0.14%
Canadian Public Administration
1 citation, 0.14%
European Policy Analysis
1 citation, 0.14%
American Review of Public Administration
1 citation, 0.14%
Japanese Economic Review
1 citation, 0.14%
Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
1 citation, 0.14%
Journal of Evolutionary Economics
1 citation, 0.14%
Asian Education and Development Studies
1 citation, 0.14%
Political Research Quarterly
1 citation, 0.14%
National Tax Journal
1 citation, 0.14%
Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance
1 citation, 0.14%
Economic Affairs
1 citation, 0.14%
Annals of Operations Research
1 citation, 0.14%
Semiotica
1 citation, 0.14%
Polis (Russian Federation)
1 citation, 0.14%
International Journal of Water Resources Development
1 citation, 0.14%
Studies in Computational Intelligence
1 citation, 0.14%
Journal of Education Policy
1 citation, 0.14%
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
1 citation, 0.14%
Local Government Studies
1 citation, 0.14%
German Politics
1 citation, 0.14%
Applied Economics
1 citation, 0.14%
Work, Aging and Retirement
1 citation, 0.14%
Zeitschrift fur Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
1 citation, 0.14%
De Economist
1 citation, 0.14%
South East European Journal of Economics and Business
1 citation, 0.14%
International Journal of Emerging Markets
1 citation, 0.14%
Social Movement Studies
1 citation, 0.14%
Sociological Forum
1 citation, 0.14%
Polity
1 citation, 0.14%
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Springer Nature
118 citations, 16.48%
SAGE
62 citations, 8.66%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
58 citations, 8.1%
Wiley
56 citations, 7.82%
Taylor & Francis
54 citations, 7.54%
Oxford University Press
32 citations, 4.47%
Cambridge University Press
21 citations, 2.93%
Elsevier
17 citations, 2.37%
Annual Reviews
12 citations, 1.68%
Emerald
10 citations, 1.4%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
8 citations, 1.12%
University of Chicago Press
6 citations, 0.84%
Walter de Gruyter
5 citations, 0.7%
Frontiers Media S.A.
4 citations, 0.56%
CAIRN
4 citations, 0.56%
Consortium Erudit
4 citations, 0.56%
3 citations, 0.42%
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
3 citations, 0.42%
IGI Global
3 citations, 0.42%
Mary Ann Liebert
2 citations, 0.28%
South Ural State University
2 citations, 0.28%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.14%
University of Bialystok
1 citation, 0.14%
Duke University Press
1 citation, 0.14%
MDPI
1 citation, 0.14%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1 citation, 0.14%
MIT Press
1 citation, 0.14%
National Tax Association
1 citation, 0.14%
1 citation, 0.14%
School of Economics and Business in Sarajevo
1 citation, 0.14%
Western University
1 citation, 0.14%
Alexandru Ioan Cuza - University of Iasi
1 citation, 0.14%
Vysoka Skola Ekonomicka
1 citation, 0.14%
American Economic Association
1 citation, 0.14%
Faculty of Sociel Sciences, Charles Universtiy
1 citation, 0.14%
Institut francais des relations internationales (IFRI)
1 citation, 0.14%
OpenEdition
1 citation, 0.14%
Universidad de los Andes
1 citation, 0.14%
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE)
1 citation, 0.14%
Japanese Political Science Association
1 citation, 0.14%
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University of Arizona
45 publications, 10.95%
George Mason University
33 publications, 8.03%
University of Georgia
20 publications, 4.87%
Clemson University
14 publications, 3.41%
University of Basel
13 publications, 3.16%
Université Laval
13 publications, 3.16%
Florida State University
12 publications, 2.92%
University of Mannheim
11 publications, 2.68%
City College of New York
9 publications, 2.19%
Stanford University
8 publications, 1.95%
University of Bologna
7 publications, 1.7%
Shandong University of Finance and Economics
7 publications, 1.7%
McGill University
7 publications, 1.7%
Florida International University
7 publications, 1.7%
Université de Montréal
7 publications, 1.7%
University of California, Irvine
6 publications, 1.46%
West Virginia University
5 publications, 1.22%
Sapienza University of Rome
4 publications, 0.97%
Australian National University
4 publications, 0.97%
Leiden University
4 publications, 0.97%
University of Westminster
4 publications, 0.97%
Umeå University
3 publications, 0.73%
University of Geneva
3 publications, 0.73%
University of Milan
3 publications, 0.73%
University of Southern California
3 publications, 0.73%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3 publications, 0.73%
New York University
3 publications, 0.73%
University of California, Los Angeles
3 publications, 0.73%
University of Münster
3 publications, 0.73%
University of Vienna
3 publications, 0.73%
Texas Tech University
3 publications, 0.73%
Utah State University
3 publications, 0.73%
University of Strasbourg
2 publications, 0.49%
University of Bordeaux
2 publications, 0.49%
King's College London
2 publications, 0.49%
University of Manchester
2 publications, 0.49%
London School of Economics and Political Science
2 publications, 0.49%
European University Institute
2 publications, 0.49%
Columbia University
2 publications, 0.49%
Princeton University
2 publications, 0.49%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2 publications, 0.49%
Duke University
2 publications, 0.49%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 0.49%
University of California, Riverside
2 publications, 0.49%
Southern Methodist University
2 publications, 0.49%
Vanderbilt University
2 publications, 0.49%
Simon Fraser University
2 publications, 0.49%
Hamburg University
2 publications, 0.49%
Berlin School of Economics and Law
2 publications, 0.49%
Western University
2 publications, 0.49%
Appalachian State University
2 publications, 0.49%
Creighton University
2 publications, 0.49%
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
2 publications, 0.49%
University of Ulster
2 publications, 0.49%
Université de Rennes
2 publications, 0.49%
Bowling Green State University
2 publications, 0.49%
University of Central Arkansas
2 publications, 0.49%
Sabanci University
1 publication, 0.24%
Istanbul Bilgi University
1 publication, 0.24%
Heidelberg University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Bayreuth
1 publication, 0.24%
Tampere University
1 publication, 0.24%
Free University of Berlin
1 publication, 0.24%
Bangalore University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Zurich
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Bern
1 publication, 0.24%
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Turku
1 publication, 0.24%
Université Catholique de Louvain
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Lucerne
1 publication, 0.24%
Copenhagen Business School
1 publication, 0.24%
William Marsh Rice University
1 publication, 0.24%
Cornell University
1 publication, 0.24%
National Tsing Hua University
1 publication, 0.24%
Yale University
1 publication, 0.24%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Florence
1 publication, 0.24%
North Dakota State University
1 publication, 0.24%
Roma Tre University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Tasmania
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Canberra
1 publication, 0.24%
University of the Witwatersrand
1 publication, 0.24%
George Washington University
1 publication, 0.24%
Washington University in St. Louis
1 publication, 0.24%
Northwestern University
1 publication, 0.24%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.24%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Washington
1 publication, 0.24%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.24%
University of California, Davis
1 publication, 0.24%
University of California, Merced
1 publication, 0.24%
Loyola University New Orleans
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Chicago
1 publication, 0.24%
Ohio University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Michigan
1 publication, 0.24%
McMaster University
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
1 publication, 0.24%
University of Duisburg-Essen
1 publication, 0.24%
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George Mason University
13 publications, 13.83%
Umeå University
3 publications, 3.19%
Australian National University
3 publications, 3.19%
University of Southern California
3 publications, 3.19%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3 publications, 3.19%
New York University
3 publications, 3.19%
University of Münster
3 publications, 3.19%
Columbia University
2 publications, 2.13%
Princeton University
2 publications, 2.13%
West Virginia University
2 publications, 2.13%
University of California, Berkeley
2 publications, 2.13%
University of California, Irvine
2 publications, 2.13%
Berlin School of Economics and Law
2 publications, 2.13%
Leiden University
2 publications, 2.13%
Appalachian State University
2 publications, 2.13%
Texas Tech University
2 publications, 2.13%
Creighton University
2 publications, 2.13%
Heidelberg University
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Bayreuth
1 publication, 1.06%
Free University of Berlin
1 publication, 1.06%
Bangalore University
1 publication, 1.06%
Sapienza University of Rome
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Bologna
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Milan
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Lucerne
1 publication, 1.06%
London School of Economics and Political Science
1 publication, 1.06%
Florida State University
1 publication, 1.06%
Cornell University
1 publication, 1.06%
Yale University
1 publication, 1.06%
Johns Hopkins University
1 publication, 1.06%
North Dakota State University
1 publication, 1.06%
University of the Witwatersrand
1 publication, 1.06%
George Washington University
1 publication, 1.06%
Syracuse University
1 publication, 1.06%
University of California, Los Angeles
1 publication, 1.06%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Arizona
1 publication, 1.06%
University of California, Merced
1 publication, 1.06%
Southern Methodist University
1 publication, 1.06%
Vanderbilt University
1 publication, 1.06%
Ohio University
1 publication, 1.06%
Simon Fraser University
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Duisburg-Essen
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Passau
1 publication, 1.06%
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Vechta
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Stuttgart
1 publication, 1.06%
Trier University
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Vienna
1 publication, 1.06%
Johannes Kepler University of Linz
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1 publication, 1.06%
Western Carolina University
1 publication, 1.06%
SGH Warsaw School of Economics
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Denver
1 publication, 1.06%
Salve Regina University
1 publication, 1.06%
Texas A&M University
1 publication, 1.06%
Southern New Hampshire University
1 publication, 1.06%
Bowling Green State University
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Central Arkansas
1 publication, 1.06%
University of Oregon
1 publication, 1.06%
Wichita State University
1 publication, 1.06%
Universidade de Brasília
1 publication, 1.06%
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USA, 217, 52.8%
USA
217 publications, 52.8%
Canada, 33, 8.03%
Canada
33 publications, 8.03%
Germany, 29, 7.06%
Germany
29 publications, 7.06%
Switzerland, 18, 4.38%
Switzerland
18 publications, 4.38%
Italy, 15, 3.65%
Italy
15 publications, 3.65%
France, 14, 3.41%
France
14 publications, 3.41%
United Kingdom, 12, 2.92%
United Kingdom
12 publications, 2.92%
China, 8, 1.95%
China
8 publications, 1.95%
Greece, 6, 1.46%
Greece
6 publications, 1.46%
Australia, 5, 1.22%
Australia
5 publications, 1.22%
Austria, 4, 0.97%
Austria
4 publications, 0.97%
Netherlands, 4, 0.97%
Netherlands
4 publications, 0.97%
Sweden, 4, 0.97%
Sweden
4 publications, 0.97%
Ghana, 3, 0.73%
Ghana
3 publications, 0.73%
Japan, 3, 0.73%
Japan
3 publications, 0.73%
Spain, 2, 0.49%
Spain
2 publications, 0.49%
Turkey, 2, 0.49%
Turkey
2 publications, 0.49%
Estonia, 1, 0.24%
Estonia
1 publication, 0.24%
Belgium, 1, 0.24%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.24%
Denmark, 1, 0.24%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.24%
India, 1, 0.24%
India
1 publication, 0.24%
Luxembourg, 1, 0.24%
Luxembourg
1 publication, 0.24%
Norway, 1, 0.24%
Norway
1 publication, 0.24%
Poland, 1, 0.24%
Poland
1 publication, 0.24%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.24%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.24%
Finland, 1, 0.24%
Finland
1 publication, 0.24%
South Africa, 1, 0.24%
South Africa
1 publication, 0.24%
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USA, 60, 63.83%
USA
60 publications, 63.83%
Germany, 13, 13.83%
Germany
13 publications, 13.83%
Greece, 6, 6.38%
Greece
6 publications, 6.38%
Sweden, 4, 4.26%
Sweden
4 publications, 4.26%
Australia, 3, 3.19%
Australia
3 publications, 3.19%
France, 2, 2.13%
France
2 publications, 2.13%
Austria, 2, 2.13%
Austria
2 publications, 2.13%
United Kingdom, 2, 2.13%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 2.13%
Italy, 2, 2.13%
Italy
2 publications, 2.13%
Netherlands, 2, 2.13%
Netherlands
2 publications, 2.13%
Switzerland, 2, 2.13%
Switzerland
2 publications, 2.13%
India, 1, 1.06%
India
1 publication, 1.06%
Canada, 1, 1.06%
Canada
1 publication, 1.06%
Norway, 1, 1.06%
Norway
1 publication, 1.06%
Poland, 1, 1.06%
Poland
1 publication, 1.06%
South Africa, 1, 1.06%
South Africa
1 publication, 1.06%
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