| The Princeton encyclopedia of the world economy.(Two volume set) KA Reinert, RS Rajan, AJ Glass, LS Davis Princeton University Press, 2009 | 179 | 2009 |
| Do all countries follow the same growth process? AL Owen, J Videras, L Davis Journal of Economic Growth 14, 265-286, 2009 | 177 | 2009 |
| Language, culture and institutions: Evidence from a new linguistic dataset LS Davis, F Abdurazokzoda Journal of Comparative Economics 44 (3), 541-561, 2016 | 159 | 2016 |
| Does individualism promote gender equality? LS Davis, CR Williamson World Development 123, 104627, 2019 | 127 | 2019 |
| Growth, trade and uneven development W Darity Jr, LS Davis Cambridge Journal of Economics 29 (1), 141-170, 2005 | 112 | 2005 |
| Immigration and the rise of far-right parties in Europe L Davis, SS Deole ifo DICE Report 15 (4), 10-15, 2017 | 101 | 2017 |
| Institutional flexibility and economic growth LS Davis Journal of Comparative Economics 38 (3), 306-320, 2010 | 94 | 2010 |
| Individual responsibility and economic development: Evidence from rainfall data L Davis Kyklos 69 (3), 426-470, 2016 | 93* | 2016 |
| Does the market recognize IT-enabled competitive advantage? L Davis, B Dehning, T Stratopoulos Information & Management 40 (7), 705-716, 2003 | 80 | 2003 |
| Culture and the regulation of entry LS Davis, CR Williamson Journal of Comparative Economics 44 (4), 1055-1083, 2016 | 74 | 2016 |
| Explaining the evidence on inequality and growth: informality and redistribution LS Davis The BE Journal of Macroeconomics 7 (1), 2007 | 66 | 2007 |
| Gendered language and the educational gender gap L Davis, M Reynolds Economics letters 168, 46-48, 2018 | 63 | 2018 |
| The institutional foundations of inequality and growth L Davis, M Hopkins Journal of Development Studies 47 (7), 977-997, 2011 | 58 | 2011 |
| Private patent protection in the theory of Schumpeterian growth LS Davis, F Şener European Economic Review 56 (7), 1446-1460, 2012 | 45 | 2012 |
| Social comparisons and life satisfaction across racial and ethnic groups: The effects of status, information and solidarity L Davis, S Wu Social Indicators Research 117, 849-869, 2014 | 41 | 2014 |
| Immigration, attitudes and the rise of the political right: The role of cultural and economic concerns over immigration L Davis, SS Deole CESifo Working Paper Series, 2015 | 39 | 2015 |
| Scale effects in growth: A role for institutions LS Davis Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 66 (2), 403-419, 2008 | 30 | 2008 |
| Federal policies, state responses, and community college outcomes: Testing an augmented Bennett hypothesis AB Frederick, SJ Schmidt, LS Davis Economics of Education Review 31 (6), 908-917, 2012 | 28 | 2012 |
| Growing apart: The division of labor and the breakdown of informal institutions LS Davis Journal of Comparative Economics 34 (1), 75-91, 2006 | 28 | 2006 |
| Cultural roots of family ties LS Davis, CR Williamson Journal of Institutional Economics 16 (6), 785-808, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |
Claudia R WilliamsonProbasco Chair of Free Enterprise & Professor of Economics, University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaVerified email at utc.edu