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Economic Action

Economic Action is a scholarly contribution that constitutes a theoretical or empirical construct within the field of economic sociology, specifically denoting purposive behavior embedded within social relations and institutional contexts, thereby distinguishing it from atomistic or rational-choice models of economic behavior.

206

Publications

63.1K

Citations

248

Authors

164

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

25

Parents

Publications

206

Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness

Mark Granovetter · American Journal of Sociology · 1985 · 28.2K citations

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Social Structure and Competition in Interfirm Networks: The Paradox of Embeddedness

Brian Uzzi · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1997 · 9.6K citations

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Embeddedness and Immigration: Notes on the Social Determinants of Economic Action

Alejandro Portes, Julia Sensenbrenner · American Journal of Sociology · 1993 · 3.5K citations

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An Economic Theory of Political Action in a Democracy

Anthony J. Downs · Journal of Political Economy · 1957 · 3.2K citations

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Human Action: a Treatise on Economics

C. W. Guillebaud · International Affairs · 1950 · 1.4K citations

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Authors

248

  1. JB
    Jens Beckert

    Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

    8

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  2. KS
    Kurt Samuelsson

    5 publications · 151 citations

    5

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  3. EG
    E. Geoffrey French

    4 publications · 131 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. RS
    Richard Swedberg

    Cornell University, United States

    4 publications · 384 citations

    4

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  5. MC
    Michel Callon

    École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, France

    3 publications · 2.9K citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

164

  1. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

    Cologne, Germany

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    1K citations

  2. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    418 citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    354 citations

  4. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    824 citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    185 citations

  6. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    514 citations

  7. University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    140 citations

  8. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    624 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 8 publications · 738 citations

    8

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  2. American Journal of Economics and Sociology

    AJES · 6 publications · 284 citations

    6

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  3. Journal of Economic Issues

    JEI · 6 publications · 374 citations

    6

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  4. American Journal of Sociology

    AJS · 6 publications · 31.8K citations

    6

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  5. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space

    4 publications · 187 citations

    4

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