2026 Klaus M. Schmidt: 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	42	1990	1796	62	58	180	28448

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

15164
Citations
The Economics of Fairness, Reciprocity and Altruism – Experimental Evidence and New Theories

Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

1887
Citations
Managerial Incentives and Product Market Competition

Klaus M. Schmidt

1633
Citations
Theories of Fairness and Reciprocity - Evidence and Economic Applications

Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

1271
Citations
The Economics of Fairness, Reciprocity and Altruism--Experimental Evidence and New Theories.

Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

1199
Citations
Convertible Securities and Venture Capital Finance

Klaus M. Schmidt

972
Citations
The Costs and Benefits of Privatization: An Incomplete Contracts Approach

Klaus M. Schmidt

687
Citations
Fairness and contract design

Ernst Fehr;Alexander Klein;Klaus M Schmidt

647
Citations
Option contracts and renegotiation : a solution to the Hold-Up Problem

Georg Nöldeke;Klaus M. Schmidt

605
Citations
Chapter 8 The Economics of Fairness, Reciprocity and Altruism – Experimental Evidence and New Theories

Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

542
Citations
Fairness, incentives, and contractual choices

Ernst Fehr;Klaus Schmidt

404
Citations
Inequality aversion, efficiency, and maximin preferences in simple distribution experiments: Comment

Ernst Fehr;Michael Naef;Klaus Schmidt

379
Citations
Fairness and incentives in a multi-task principal-agent model

Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

354
Citations
Sequential investments and options to own

Georg Nöldeke;Klaus M. Schmidt

294
Citations
Fairness, Incentives and Contractual Incompleteness

Ernst Fehr;Alexander Klein;Klaus M Schmidt

268
Citations
Reputation and equilibrium characterization in repeated games with conflicting interests

Klaus M. Schmidt

223
Citations
Public Subsidies for Open Source? Some Economic Policy Issues of the Software Market

Klaus M. Schmidt;Monika Schnitzer

215
Citations
Incomplete contracts and privatization

Klaus M. Schmidt

205
Citations
Pay What You Want as a Marketing Strategy in Monopolistic and Competitive Markets

Klaus M. Schmidt;Martin Spann;Robert Zeithammer

201
Citations
The quest for identity : corporate identity, strategies, methods and examples

Klaus Schmidt

199
Citations
Screening, Competition, and Job Design: Economic Origins of Good Jobs

Björn Bartling;Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

198
Citations
The interaction of explicit and implicit contracts

Klaus M. Schmidt;Monika Schnitzer

182
Citations
Adding a stick to the carrot? The interaction of bonuses and fines

Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

158
Citations
Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Theories of Fairness and Reciprocity: Evidence and Economic Applications

Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

125
Citations
Theories of Fairness and Reciprocity

Ernst Fehr;Klaus M. Schmidt

84
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernst Fehr University of Zurich

Daniel J. Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles

Matthias Sutter Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

Philipp D. Koellinger Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Gert G. Wagner German Institute for Economic Research

Lars Bertram University of Lübeck

James F. Wilson University of Edinburgh

James MacKillop McMaster University

Peter K. Joshi University of Edinburgh

André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam

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