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Kenneth Gillingham

Kenneth Gillingham

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
49
Citations
12373
World Ranking
1433
National Ranking
872

Kenneth Gillingham publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth Gillingham sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 168 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Kenneth Gillingham D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth Gillingham sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kenneth Gillingham is affiliated with Yale University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on intersections of economics and energy, with an emphasis on environmental and policy implications.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including:

  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability

Kenneth Gillingham's main fields of study span Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Energy. Subfields of their work include Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Pollution, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Peer influence on household energy behaviours," 2020, Nature Energy
  • "The Short-run and Long-run Effects of Covid-19 on Energy and the Environment," 2020, Joule
  • "Running a car costs much more than people think - stalling the uptake of green travel," 2020, Nature
  • "Technology advancement is driving electric vehicle adoption," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Eight priorities for calculating the social cost of carbon," 2021, Nature

Frequent publication venues for the scientist include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature
  • Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
  • Management Science
  • Marketing Science

Kenneth Gillingham has coauthored multiple works with collaborators such as Bryan Bollinger, Stephanie Weber, Marten Ovaere, Jesse Burkhardt, and Edgar G. Hertwich. The scientist has contributed to over thirty publications concerning energy and economics, with a significant number addressing renewable energy and environmental impacts.

Best Publications

  • Energy Efficiency Economics and Policy

    Kenneth Gillingham;Richard G. Newell;Richard G. Newell;Richard G. Newell;Karen Palmer

  • Peer Effects in the Diffusion of Solar Photovoltaic Panels

    Bryan Bollinger;Kenneth Gillingham

  • The Rebound Effect and Energy Efficiency Policy

    Kenneth Gillingham;David Rapson;Gernot Wagner

  • Bridging the Energy Efficiency Gap: Policy Insights from Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence

    Kenneth Gillingham;Karen Palmer

  • Spatial patterns of solar photovoltaic system adoption: The influence of neighbors and the built environment

    Marcello Graziano;Kenneth Gillingham

  • The Cost of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    Kenneth Gillingham;James H. Stock

  • Energy policy: The rebound effect is overplayed.

    Kenneth Gillingham;Matthew J. Kotchen;David S. Rapson;Gernot Wagner

  • Split Incentives in Residential Energy Consumption

    Kenneth Gillingham;Matthew Harding;David Rapson

  • ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES: A Retrospective Examination

    Kenneth Gillingham;Richard Newell;Karen Palmer

  • Modeling endogenous technological change for climate policy analysis

    Kenneth Gillingham;Richard G. Newell;William A. Pizer

  • Peer influence on household energy behaviours

    Kimberly S. Wolske;Kenneth T. Gillingham;P. Wesley Schultz

  • Learning-by-Doing and the Optimal Solar Policy in California

    Arthur van Benthem;Kenneth Gillingham;James Sweeney

  • The Short-run and Long-run Effects of Covid-19 on Energy and the Environment

    Kenneth T. Gillingham;Christopher R. Knittel;Jing Li;Marten Ovaere

  • Identifying the elasticity of driving: Evidence from a gasoline price shock in California

    Kenneth Gillingham

  • Opportunities for advances in climate change economics

    M. Burke;M. Craxton;C.D. Kolstad;C. Onda

  • Opportunities for advances in climate change economics

    M. Burke;M. Craxton;C.D. Kolstad;C. Onda

  • The Microeconomic Theory of the Rebound Effect and Its Welfare Implications

    Nathan W. Chan;Kenneth Gillingham

  • Uncertainty in forecasts of long-run economic growth

    P. Christensen;K. Gillingham;W. Nordhaus

  • Using and improving the social cost of carbon

    William Pizer;Matthew Adler;Joseph Aldy;David Anthoff

  • Modeling Uncertainty in Climate Change: A Multi-Model Comparison

    Kenneth Gillingham;William Nordhaus;David Anthoff;Geoffrey J. Blanford

  • Modeling Uncertainty in Integrated Assessment of Climate Change: A Multimodel Comparison

    Kenneth Gillingham;William D. Nordhaus;David Anthoff;Geoffrey Blanford

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen L. Palmer
Karen L. Palmer Resources For The Future
William D. Nordhaus
William D. Nordhaus Yale University
James H. Stock
James H. Stock Harvard University
William A. Pizer
William A. Pizer Resources For The Future
Valentina Bosetti
Valentina Bosetti Bocconi University
Peter T. Nelson
Peter T. Nelson University of Kentucky
Ryan Wiser
Ryan Wiser Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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