| The role of general theory in comparative-historical sociology E Kiser, M Hechter American Journal of Sociology 97 (1), 1-30, 1991 | 489 | 1991 |
| Comparing varieties of agency theory in economics, political science, and sociology: An illustration from state policy implementation E Kiser Sociological Theory 17 (2), 146-170, 1999 | 311 | 1999 |
| The debate on historical sociology: Rational choice theory and its critics E Kiser, M Hechter American Journal of Sociology 104 (3), 785-816, 1998 | 281 | 1998 |
| Markets and hierarchies in early modern tax systems: a principal-agent analysis E Kiser Politics & Society 22 (3), 284-315, 1994 | 135 | 1994 |
| Bureaucracy and efficiency: an analysis of taxation in early modern Prussia E Kiser, J Schneider American Sociological Review, 187-204, 1994 | 134 | 1994 |
| The revival of narrative in historical sociology: What rational choice theory can contribute E Kiser Politics & Society 24 (3), 249-271, 1996 | 133 | 1996 |
| Revolution and state structure: The bureaucratization of tax administration in early modern England and France E Kiser, J Kane American Journal of Sociology 107 (1), 183-223, 2001 | 124 | 2001 |
| War and bureaucratization in Qin China: Exploring an anomalous case E Kiser, Y Cai American Sociological Review, 511-539, 2003 | 115 | 2003 |
| Determinants of the growth of the state: War and taxation in early modern France and England E Kiser, A Linton Social Forces 80 (2), 411-448, 2001 | 102 | 2001 |
| The origins of democracy in England E Kiser, Y Barzel Rationality and Society 3 (4), 396-422, 1991 | 94 | 1991 |
| Determinants of the amount and type of corruption in state fiscal bureaucracies: An analysis of late imperial China E Kiser, X Tong Comparative Political Studies 25 (3), 300-331, 1992 | 78 | 1992 |
| The hinges of history: State-making and revolt in early modern France E Kiser, A Linton American sociological review, 889-910, 2002 | 61 | 2002 |
| The development and decline of medieval voting institutions: A comparison of England and France Y Barzel, E Kiser Economic Inquiry 35 (2), 244-260, 1997 | 56 | 1997 |
| Taxation and voting rights in medieval England and France Y Barzel, E Kiser Rationality and Society 14 (4), 473-507, 2002 | 43 | 2002 |
| Ruler autonomy and war in early modern Western Europe E Kiser, KA Drass, W Brustein International studies quarterly 39 (1), 109-138, 1995 | 43 | 1995 |
| Could privatization increase the efficiency of tax administration in less‐developed countries? E Kiser, K Baker Policy studies journal 22 (3), 489-500, 1994 | 43 | 1994 |
| Changes in the core of the world-system and the production of utopian literature in Great Britain and the United States, 1883-1975 E Kiser, KA Drass American Sociological Review, 286-293, 1987 | 42 | 1987 |
| The bureaucratization of states: toward an analytical Weberianism E Kiser, J Baer Remaking Modernity: Politics, History, and Sociology, 225-45, 2005 | 39 | 2005 |
| Understanding multivariate research: A primer for beginning social scientists W Berry, M Sanders Westview Press, 2000 | 38 | 2000 |
| Political economy of taxation E Kiser, SM Karceski Annual review of political science 20, 75-92, 2017 | 34 | 2017 |
