Most cited papers in Climate Change Policy and Economics
What are the most cited papers in Climate Change Policy and Economics?
The most cited paper in Climate Change Policy and Economics is "Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship" (Michael E. Porter, Claas van der Linde, 1995), with 13,204 citations. Next come "Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Tradeoffs." (8,433) and "The representative concentration pathways: an overview" (8,089).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,298 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship Michael E. Porter, Claas van der Linde · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Nov 1995 | 13,204 |
| 2 | Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Tradeoffs. Alexis Tsoukias, Ralph L. Keeney, Howard Raiffa · Journal of the Operational Research Society | Sep 1994 | 8,433 |
| 3 | The representative concentration pathways: an overview Detlef Peter van Vuuren, Jae Edmonds, Mikiko Kainuma et al. · Climatic Change | 4 Aug 2011 | 8,089 |
| 4 | The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications: An overview Keywan Riahi et al. · Global Environmental Change | 13 Sep 2016 | 6,791 |
| 5 | The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment Richard H. Moss, Jae Edmonds, Kathy A. Hibbard et al. · Nature | Feb 2010 | 6,734 |
| 6 | Strategic Factor Markets: Expectations, Luck, and Business Strategy Jay Bryan Barney · Management Science | Oct 1986 | 5,592 |
| 7 | The role of renewable energy in the global energy transformation Dolf J. Gielen, Francisco Boshell, Değer Saygin et al. · Energy Strategy Reviews | 31 Jan 2019 | 4,968 |
| 8 | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Suzanne L. Reinman · Reference Reviews | 10 Feb 2012 | 4,493 |
| 9 | ReCiPe2016: a harmonised life cycle impact assessment method at midpoint and endpoint level Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Zoran J. N. Steinmann, Pieter M. F. Elshout et al. · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment | 12 Dec 2016 | 4,403 |
| 10 | International R&D spillovers David T. Coe, Elhanan Helpman · European Economic Review | May 1995 | 4,195 |
| 11 | The environment and directed technical change Daron Acemoğlu, Philippe Aghion, Leonardo Bursztyn et al. · Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) | Feb 2012 | 3,740 |
| 12 | The Competitive Exclusion Principle Garrett Hardin · Science | 29 Apr 1960 | 3,534 |
| 13 | The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in China Shilong Piao, Philippe Ciais, Yao Huang et al. · Nature | 31 Aug 2010 | 3,514 |
| 14 | Paris Agreement climate proposals need a boost to keep warming well below 2 °C Joeri Rogelj, Michel G.J. den Elzen, Niklas Höhne et al. · Nature | 29 Jun 2016 | 3,464 |
| 15 | Understanding carbon lock-in Gregory C. Unruh · Energy Policy | Oct 2000 | 3,246 |
| 16 | Successful adaptation to climate change across scales William Neil Adger, Nigel W. Arnell, Emma L. Tompkins · Global Environmental Change | 11 Apr 2005 | 3,148 |
| 17 | Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies Stephen W. Pacala, Robert H. Socolow · Science | 13 Aug 2004 | 3,140 |
| 18 | Managing nitrogen for sustainable development Xin Zhang, Eric A. Davidson, Denise L. Mauzerall et al. · Nature | 23 Nov 2015 | 3,050 |
| 19 | Special report on emissions scenarios : a special report of Working group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Nebojša Nakićenović et al. | 3 Oct 2000 | 3,007 |
| 20 | Global non-linear effect of temperature on economic production Marshall Burke, Solomon Hsiang, Edward A. Miguel · Nature | 20 Oct 2015 | 2,935 |
| 21 | RCP 8.5—A scenario of comparatively high greenhouse gas emissions Keywan Riahi, Shilpa Rao, Volker Krey et al. · Climatic Change | 12 Aug 2011 | 2,923 |
| 22 | Environmental Quality and Development: Is There a Kuznets Curve for Air Pollution Emissions? Thomas M. Selden, Daqing Song · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | Sep 1994 | 2,870 |
| 23 | The Potential to Narrow Uncertainty in Regional Climate Predictions Ed Hawkins, Rowan T Sutton · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | Apr 2009 | 2,839 |
| 24 | Greenhouse-gas emission targets for limiting global warming to 2 °C Malte Alexander Meinshausen, Nicolai Meinshausen, Bill Hare et al. · Nature | Apr 2009 | 2,829 |
| 25 | Sustainable development goals for people and planet David Griggs, Mark Stafford‐Smith, Owen Gaffney et al. · Nature | 19 Mar 2013 | 2,828 |
| 26 | A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept of shared socioeconomic pathways Brian C. O’Neill, Elmar Kriegler, Keywan Riahi et al. · Climatic Change | 14 Oct 2013 | 2,814 |
| 27 | The Economics of Climate Change Nicholas H. Stern · Oxford University Press eBooks | 26 Aug 2010 | 2,743 |
| 28 | Dynamic panel data models: a guide to micro data methods and practice Stephen R. Bond · Portuguese Economic Journal | Aug 2002 | 2,598 |
| 29 | Framework convention on climate change M. Venanzi | 1992 | 2,587 |
| 30 | Designing payments for environmental services in theory and practice: An overview of the issues Stefanie Engel, Stefano Pagiola, Sven Wunder · Ecological Economics | 18 Apr 2008 | 2,471 |
| 31 | Polycentric systems for coping with collective action and global environmental change Элинор Остром · Global Environmental Change | 4 Aug 2010 | 2,417 |
| 32 | STIRPAT, IPAT and ImPACT: analytic tools for unpacking the driving forces of environmental impacts Richard York, Eugene A. Rosa, Thomas M. Dietz · Ecological Economics | Oct 2003 | 2,416 |
| 33 | A review of the global climate change impacts, adaptation, and sustainable mitigation measures Kashif Abbass, Muhammad Qasim, Huaming Song et al. · Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 4 Apr 2022 | 2,342 |
| 34 | Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment Kathleen Segerson, David Pearce, R. Kerry Turner · Land Economics | May 1991 | 2,325 |
| 35 | What Do We Learn from the Weather? The New Climate-Economy Literature Melissa Dell, Benjamin F. Jones, Benjamin Olken · Journal of Economic Literature | Sep 2014 | 2,301 |
| 36 | From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals Jeffrey David Sachs · The Lancet | Jun 2012 | 2,282 |
| 37 | Sustainable investing in equilibrium Ľuboš Pástor, Robert F. Stambaugh, Lucian A. Taylor · Journal of Financial Economics | 31 Dec 2020 | 2,223 |
| 38 | Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide Corinne Le Quéré et al. · Nature Geoscience | 17 Nov 2009 | 2,222 |
| 39 | Environmental Regulation and Innovation: A Panel Data Study Adam B. Jaffe, Karen Palmer · The Review of Economics and Statistics | Nov 1997 | 2,206 |
| 40 | Energy efficiency and consumption — the rebound effect — a survey Lorna A. Greening, David L. Greene, Carmen Difiglio · Energy Policy | Jun 2000 | 2,067 |
| 41 | The Regime Complex for Climate Change Robert O. Keohane, David G. Victor · Perspectives on Politics | Mar 2011 | 1,992 |
| 42 | Is Green Growth Possible? Jason Hickel, Giorgos Kallis · New Political Economy | 17 Apr 2019 | 1,975 |
| 43 | North-South Trade and the Environment Brian R. Copeland, Michael Scott Taylor · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Aug 1994 | 1,959 |
| 44 | Potential impact of climate change on world food supply Cynthia E. Rosenzweig, Martin L. Parry · Nature | 1994 | 1,908 |
| 45 | Effects of population and affluence on CO 2 emissions Thomas M. Dietz, Eugene A. Rosa · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 7 Jan 1997 | 1,883 |
| 46 | A Technical, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of Amine-Based CO 2 Capture Technology for Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Control Anand B. Rao, Edward S. Rubin · Environmental Science & Technology | 6 Sep 2002 | 1,855 |
| 47 | Overcoming the tragedy of super wicked problems: constraining our future selves to ameliorate global climate change Kelly Levin, Benjamin William Cashore, Steven Bernstein et al. · Policy Sciences | 22 May 2012 | 1,848 |
| 48 | Policy Uncertainty and Corporate Investment Huseyin Gulen, Mihai Ion · Review of Financial Studies | 3 Sep 2015 | 1,833 |
| 49 | On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic Climate Change Martin L. Weitzman · The Review of Economics and Statistics | 28 Jan 2009 | 1,833 |
| 50 | Markets in licenses and efficient pollution control programs W. David Montgomery · Journal of Economic Theory | Dec 1972 | 1,809 |
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