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D-Index
35
Citations
8328
World Ranking
2895
National Ranking
1609

Lucas W. Davis 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 Lucas W. Davis sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 74 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lucas W. Davis 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 Lucas W. Davis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lucas W. Davis is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Energy and Engineering, including significant work within the subfields of Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Economics and Econometrics, Transportation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Pollution.

Their academic work covers a range of topics centered around Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Energy and Environment Impacts, Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure, Transportation and Mobility Innovations, Transportation Planning and Optimization, and Urban Transport and Accessibility.

Davis has published multiple papers in various respected venues. Some recent publications include:

  • "Air conditioning and global inequality", 2021, Global Environmental Change
  • "Do Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver at the Right Time?", 2020, American Economic Journal Applied Economics
  • "Transmission Impossible? Prospects for Decarbonizing the US Grid", 2023, The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • "Electric vehicles in multi-vehicle households", 2022, Applied Economics Letters
  • "An empirical test of hypercongestion in highway bottlenecks", 2020, Journal of Public Economics

Davis frequently collaborates with other researchers including Catherine Hausman, Michael Anderson, Severin Borenstein, Paul Gertler, and Catherine Wolfram. The frequency of these collaborations ranges from two to five joint works.

Publication venues where Davis has contributed extensively include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (11 publications)
  • The Review of Economics and Statistics (3 publications)
  • Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy (2 publications)
  • The Energy Journal (2 publications)
  • Harvard Dataverse (2 publications)

The body of work reflects a comprehensive engagement with energy-related research and policy issues, particularly emphasizing sustainability, economic impacts, and transportation systems.

Best Publications

  • The Effect of Driving Restrictions on Air Quality in Mexico City

    Lucas W. Davis

  • Contribution of air conditioning adoption to future energy use under global warming

    Lucas W. Davis;Lucas W. Davis;Paul J. Gertler;Paul J. Gertler

  • Evaluating the Slow Adoption of Energy Efficient Investments: Are Renters Less Likely to Have Energy Efficient Appliances?

    Lucas Davis

  • Environmental Health Risks and Housing Values: Evidence from 1,600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings

    Janet Currie;Lucas Davis;Michael Greenstone;Reed Walker

  • Cash for Coolers: Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexico †

    Lucas W. Davis;Alan Fuchs;Paul Gertler

  • Estimating the effect of a gasoline tax on carbon emissions

    Lucas W. Davis;Lucas W. Davis;Lutz Kilian;Lutz Kilian

  • The Effect of Health Risk on Housing Values: Evidence from a Cancer Cluster.

    Lucas W Davis

  • The Distributional Effects of US Clean Energy Tax Credits

    Severin Borenstein;Lucas W. Davis

  • The Effect of Power Plants on Local Housing Values and Rents

    Lucas W. Davis

  • Durable goods and residential demand for energy and water: evidence from a field trial

    Lucas W. Davis

  • Anticipation, Tax Avoidance, and the Price Elasticity of Gasoline Demand

    John Coglianese;Lucas W. Davis;Lucas W. Davis;Lutz Kilian;Lutz Kilian;James H. Stock;James H. Stock

  • Deregulation, Consolidation, and Efficiency: Evidence from U.S. Nuclear Power

    Lucas W. Davis;Catherine Wolfram

  • Prospects for Nuclear Power

    Lucas W. Davis

  • Does Better Information Lead to Better Choices? Evidence from Energy-Efficiency Labels

    Lucas W. Davis;Gilbert E. Metcalf

  • Heat exposure and global air conditioning

    Léopold T. Biardeau;Lucas W. Davis;Lucas W. Davis;Paul Gertler;Paul Gertler;Catherine Wolfram;Catherine Wolfram

  • The Distributional Effects of U.S. Clean Energy Tax Credits

    Severin Borenstein;Lucas W. Davis

  • The Economic Cost of Global Fuel Subsidies

    Lucas W. Davis

  • A credible approach for measuring inframarginal participation in energy efficiency programs

    Judson Boomhower;Lucas W. Davis;Lucas W. Davis

  • Market Impacts of a Nuclear Power Plant Closure

    Lucas Davis;Catherine Hausman

  • The Allocative Cost of Price Ceilings in the U.S. Residential Market for Natural Gas

    Lucas W. Davis;Lutz Kilian

  • Do Americans consume too little natural gas? An empirical test of marginal cost pricing

    Lucas W. Davis;Erich Muehlegger

Frequent Co-Authors

Lutz Kilian
Lutz Kilian Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Paul J. Gertler
Paul J. Gertler University of California, Berkeley
Severin Borenstein
Severin Borenstein University of California, Berkeley
Matthew E. Kahn
Matthew E. Kahn University of Southern California
Michael Greenstone
Michael Greenstone University of Chicago
Janet Currie
Janet Currie Princeton University
James H. Stock
James H. Stock Harvard University
Stephen W. Salant
Stephen W. Salant University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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