2026 Dierk Herzer: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	39	2434	2203	80	76	141	6040

Overview

Dierk Herzer is affiliated with Helmut Schmidt University in Germany and focuses research primarily within the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their academic output comprises 34 publications concentrated largely in Economics and Econometrics, with significant interdisciplinary work involving Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Engineering, Sociology and Political Science, as well as Pollution.

Themes central to Herzer's research include:

Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
Climate Change Policy and Economics
Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
Economic Growth and Productivity
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Environmental Impact and Sustainability
Innovation Policy and R&D

Herzer has published in multiple venues, with notable repeated contributions to:

Energy Policy
Journal of the Knowledge Economy
Review of Economics
Economics of Innovation and New Technology
World Development

Recent publications span empirical investigations and policy analysis, including:

"The impact of domestic and foreign R&D on TFP in developing countries," 2022, World Development
"The impact on domestic CO2 emissions of domestic government-funded clean energy R&D and of spillovers from foreign government-funded clean energy R&D," 2022, Energy Policy
"An Empirical Note on the Long-Run Effects of Public and Private R&D on TFP," 2021, Journal of the Knowledge Economy
"The effects of greenfield foreign direct investment and cross-border mergers and acquisitions on energy intensity in upper-middle income countries and low- and lower-middle income countries," 2022, Applied Economics
"Semi-endogenous Versus Schumpeterian Growth Models: A Critical Review of the Literature and New Evidence," 2022, Review of Economics

Frequent collaborators identified in their work include Niklas Schmelmer, Holger Strulik, and Patrick Bala.

Best Publications

In search of FDI-led growth in developing countries: The way forward

Dierk Herzer;Stephan Klasen;D Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann

667
Citations
What does export diversification do for growth? An econometric analysis

Dierk Herzer;Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D.

450
Citations
Inequality and growth: evidence from panel cointegration

Dierk Herzer;Sebastian Vollmer;Sebastian Vollmer;Sebastian Vollmer

332
Citations
How Does Foreign Direct Investment Really Affect Developing Countries' Growth?

Dierk Herzer

304
Citations
The long-run determinants of fertility: one century of demographic change 1900–1999

Dierk Herzer;Holger Strulik;Sebastian Vollmer;Sebastian Vollmer

238
Citations
EXPORT-LED GROWTH IN CHILE: ASSESSING THE ROLE OF EXPORT COMPOSITION IN PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH

Dierk Herzer;D Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann;Boriss Siliverstovs

223
Citations
FDI AND INCOME INEQUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM A PANEL OF U.S. STATES

Pandej Chintrakarn;Dierk Herzer;Peter Nunnenkamp

200
Citations
The long-run relationship between outward FDI and domestic output: Evidence from panel data

Dierk Herzer

192
Citations
A further examination of the export-led growth hypothesis

Christian Dreger;Christian Dreger;Dierk Herzer

170
Citations
The Effects of Greenfield FDI and Cross‐border M&As on Total Factor Productivity

Ayesha Ashraf;Dierk Herzer;Peter Nunnenkamp

160
Citations
The Long-run Relationship between Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Total Factor Productivity: Evidence for Developing Countries

Dierk Herzer

159
Citations
Export-led growth hypothesis: evidence for Chile

Boriss Siliverstovs;Dierk Herzer

150
Citations
Outward FDI and economic growth

Dierk Herzer

147
Citations
Does foreign aid really raise per capita income? A time series perspective

Felicitas Nowak‐Lehmann;Axel Dreher;Dierk Herzer;Stephan Klasen

136
Citations
The Impact of a Customs Union between Turkey and the EU on Turkey's Exports to the EU

Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann;Dierk Herzer;Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso;Sebastian Vollmer

136
Citations
FDI and Income Inequality—Evidence from Latin American Economies

Dierk Herzer;Philipp Hühne;Peter Nunnenkamp

120
Citations
Outward FDI and domestic investment in two industrialized countries

Dierk Herzer;Mechthild Schrooten

114
Citations
The effect of foreign aid on income inequality: Evidence from panel cointegration

Dierk Herzer;Peter Nunnenkamp

106
Citations
The effect of foreign aid on income inequality: Evidence from panel cointegration

Dierk Herzer;Peter Nunnenkamp

102
Citations
Cross-country heterogeneity and the trade-income relationship

Dierk Herzer

101
Citations
Aid and Trade – A Donor’s Perspective

D Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann;Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso;Stephan Klasen;Dierk Herzer

100
Citations
In search of FDI-led growth in developing countries

Dierk Herzer;Stephan Klasen;Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D.

17
Citations
Turkey and the Ankara Treaty of 1963: What can Trade Integration Do for Turkish Exports

Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D.;Dierk Herzer;Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso;Sebastian Vollmer

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Nunnenkamp Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Sebastian Vollmer University of Göttingen

Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso Jaume I University

Stephan Klasen University of Göttingen

Holger Strulik University of Göttingen

Axel Dreher Heidelberg University

Oliver Morrissey University of Nottingham

External Links

Personal website of Dierk Herzer Google Scholar page

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