2026 Eric Strobl: 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	61	776	699	12	12	282	18442

Overview

Eric Strobl is a researcher affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland, specializing in Environmental Science. Their work spans a range of subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, Soil Science, and Atmospheric Science.

Strobl's research covers various topics with a focus on Agricultural risk and resilience, Insurance and Financial Risk Management, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Disaster Management and Resilience, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, and the COVID-19 impact on air quality.

Their frequent publication venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work and include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Environmental and Resource Economics
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Journal of Regional Science

Some of Strobl's recent papers are:

"Air Pollution Exposure and Covid-19 in Dutch Municipalities" (2020), Environmental and Resource Economics
"The Effects of Air Pollution on Students' Cognitive Performance: Evidence from Brazilian University Entrance Tests" (2021), Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
"Natural disasters, firm survival, and growth: Evidence from the Ise Bay Typhoon, Japan" (2021), Journal of Regional Science
"A framework for building climate storylines based on downward counterfactuals: The case of the European Union Solidarity fund" (2021), Climate Risk Management
"Distortions in aid allocation of United Nations flash appeals: Evidence from the 2015 Nepal earthquake" (2020), World Development

Throughout their career, Strobl has collaborated extensively with several coauthors including:

Robert Elliott
Preeya Mohan
Nekeisha Spencer
Toshihiro Okubo
Thomas Tveit

Best Publications

Climatic Change and Rural-Urban Migration: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa

Salvador Barrios;Luisito Bertinelli;Eric Strobl

1493
Citations
Multinational Companies and Productivity Spillovers: A Meta‐Analysis

Holger Gorg;Eric Strobl

1485
Citations
Spillovers from Foreign Firms through Worker Mobility: An Empirical Investigation*

Holger Görg;Eric Strobl

787
Citations
The Effect of R&D Subsidies on Private R&D

Holger Görg;Eric Strobl

602
Citations
The Economic Growth Impact of Hurricanes: Evidence from U.S. Coastal Counties

Eric Strobl

582
Citations
Trends in rainfall and economic growth in Africa: A neglected cause of the African growth tragedy

Salvador Barrios;Luisito Bertinelli;Eric Strobl

533
Citations
The economic growth impact of natural disasters in developing countries: Evidence from hurricane strikes in the Central American and Caribbean regions

Eric Strobl

506
Citations
Productivity effects of international outsourcing: evidence from plant-level data

Holger Görg;Aoife Hanley;Eric Strobl

484
Citations
Foreign Direct Investment, Competition and Industrial Development in the Host Country

Salvador Barrios;Holger Goerg;Eric Strobl

472
Citations
Explaining firms' export behaviour: R&D, spillovers and the destination market

Salvador Barrios;Holger Görg;Eric Strobl

440
Citations
The impact of climatic change on agricultural production: Is it different for Africa?

Salvador Barrios;Bazoumanna Ouattara;Eric Strobl

398
Citations
Multinational Companies and Indigenous Development: An Empirical Analysis

Holger Görg;Eric Strobl

350
Citations
Foreign direct investment and productivity spillovers: Evidence from the Spanish experience

Salvador Barrios;Eric Strobl

344
Citations
Exports, International Investment, and Plant Performance: Evidence from a Non-Parametric Test

Sourafel Girma;Holger Görg;Holger Görg;Eric Strobl

288
Citations
Multinational Companies, Technology Spillovers, and Plant Survival

Holger Görg;Eric Strobl

278
Citations
The dynamics of regional inequalities

Salvador Barrios;Eric Strobl

265
Citations
The environmental performance of firms: The role of foreign ownership, training, and experience

Matthew A. Cole;Robert J.R. Elliott;Eric Strobl

259
Citations
Foreign Direct Investment, Agglomerations and Demonstration Effects: An Empirical Investigation *

Frank Barry;Frank Barry;Frank Barry;Holger Görg;Holger Görg;Holger Görg;Eric Strobl;Eric Strobl;Eric Strobl

255
Citations
Grant support and exporting activity

Holger Görg;Michael Henry;Eric Strobl

248
Citations
The Environmental Kuznets Curve semi-parametrically revisited

Luisito Bertinelli;Eric Strobl

232
Citations
Air Pollution Exposure and Covid-19 in Dutch Municipalities.

Matthew A. Cole;Ceren Ozgen;Eric Strobl;Eric Strobl

203
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Holger Görg Kiel University

Sourafel Girma University of Nottingham

Matthew A. Cole University of Birmingham

Robert J. Elliott University of Calgary

Emmanuel Skoufias World Bank

Greet Janssens-Maenhout European Commission

Solomon W. Polachek Binghamton University

Roberta Rabellotti University of Pavia

Gustavo Crespi Inter-American Development Bank

Grace Mulcahy University College Dublin

External Links

Personal website of Eric Strobl

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