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D-Index
42
Citations
28448
World Ranking
1990
National Ranking
62

Klaus M. Schmidt 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 Klaus M. Schmidt sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 180 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Klaus M. Schmidt 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 Klaus M. Schmidt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Klaus M. Schmidt is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields related to economics and social sciences, with a focus on environmental and behavioral economics aspects connected to climate change and sustainability.

The scientist's work centers on several main fields of study, including:

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Social Sciences

Within these areas, they explore specific subfields such as:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Safety Research
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • General Decision Sciences

Klaus M. Schmidt's research addresses a range of topics. These include:

  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Vehicle emissions and performance

The scientist has published several recent papers with a focus on climate policy, pricing mechanisms, and environmental consumer behavior. Selected titles include:

  • "Focusing climate negotiations on a uniform common commitment can promote cooperation," published in 2021 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Prices versus Quantities with Morally Concerned Consumers," published in 2021 in Open access LMU (Ludwid Maxmilian's Universitat Munchen)
  • "How to increase public support for carbon pricing with revenue recycling," published in 2024 in Nature Sustainability

Klaus M. Schmidt frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include:

  • Lucas Stich
  • Martin Spann
  • Taisuke Imai
  • Fabian Herweg
  • Usman Asif

The most common publication venues featuring Schmidt's work are:

  • Open access LMU (Ludwid Maxmilian's Universitat Munchen)
  • Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik
  • Sustainability
  • Nature Sustainability
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • A theory of fairness, competition and cooperation

    Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

  • The Economics of Fairness, Reciprocity and Altruism – Experimental Evidence and New Theories

    Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

  • Managerial Incentives and Product Market Competition

    Klaus M. Schmidt

  • Theories of Fairness and Reciprocity - Evidence and Economic Applications

    Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

  • The Economics of Fairness, Reciprocity and Altruism--Experimental Evidence and New Theories.

    Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

  • Convertible Securities and Venture Capital Finance

    Klaus M. Schmidt

  • The Costs and Benefits of Privatization: An Incomplete Contracts Approach

    Klaus M. Schmidt

  • Fairness and contract design

    Ernst Fehr;Alexander Klein;Klaus M Schmidt

  • Option contracts and renegotiation : a solution to the Hold-Up Problem

    Georg Nöldeke;Klaus M. Schmidt

  • Chapter 8 The Economics of Fairness, Reciprocity and Altruism – Experimental Evidence and New Theories

    Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

  • Fairness, incentives, and contractual choices

    Ernst Fehr;Klaus Schmidt

  • Inequality aversion, efficiency, and maximin preferences in simple distribution experiments: Comment

    Ernst Fehr;Michael Naef;Klaus Schmidt

  • Fairness and incentives in a multi-task principal-agent model

    Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

  • Sequential investments and options to own

    Georg Nöldeke;Klaus M. Schmidt

  • Fairness, Incentives and Contractual Incompleteness

    Ernst Fehr;Alexander Klein;Klaus M Schmidt

  • Reputation and equilibrium characterization in repeated games with conflicting interests

    Klaus M. Schmidt

  • Public Subsidies for Open Source? Some Economic Policy Issues of the Software Market

    Klaus M. Schmidt;Monika Schnitzer

  • Incomplete contracts and privatization

    Klaus M. Schmidt

  • Pay What You Want as a Marketing Strategy in Monopolistic and Competitive Markets

    Klaus M. Schmidt;Martin Spann;Robert Zeithammer

  • The quest for identity : corporate identity, strategies, methods and examples

    Klaus Schmidt

  • Screening, Competition, and Job Design: Economic Origins of Good Jobs

    Björn Bartling;Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

  • The interaction of explicit and implicit contracts

    Klaus M. Schmidt;Monika Schnitzer

  • Adding a stick to the carrot? The interaction of bonuses and fines

    Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

  • Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Theories of Fairness and Reciprocity: Evidence and Economic Applications

    Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

  • Theories of Fairness and Reciprocity

    Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernst Fehr
Ernst Fehr University of Zurich
Daniel J. Benjamin
Daniel J. Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles
Matthias Sutter
Matthias Sutter Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
James F. Wilson
James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh
Philipp D. Koellinger
Philipp D. Koellinger Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gert G. Wagner
Gert G. Wagner German Institute for Economic Research
Lars Bertram
Lars Bertram University of Lübeck
Chia-Yen Chen
Chia-Yen Chen Harvard University
James MacKillop
James MacKillop McMaster University

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