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Stef Proost

Stef Proost

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
40
Citations
6708
World Ranking
2304
National Ranking
25

Stef Proost 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 Stef Proost sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 377 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stef Proost 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 Stef Proost 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: 40 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stef Proost is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and conducts research across multiple interdisciplinary fields, primarily focusing on transportation, economics, and environmental sustainability. Their work integrates perspectives from engineering, economics, econometrics, and social sciences.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Social Sciences

Within these broader fields, Stef Proost specializes in subfields such as:

  • Transportation
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering

The central topics in their research are:

  • Transportation Planning and Optimization
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends
  • Transportation and Mobility Innovations
  • Vehicle emissions and performance

Stef Proost has contributed to numerous scientific papers published in various venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Cost-effective reduction of fossil energy use in the European transport sector: An assessment of the Fit for 55 Package, 2022, Energy Policy
  • A review of transport market modeling using game-theoretic principles, 2020, European Journal of Operational Research
  • Vehicle choices and urban transport externalities. Are Norwegian policy makers getting it right?, 2020, Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • Renewable electricity support in perfect markets: Economic incentives under diverse subsidy instruments, 2020, Energy Economics
  • Climate ambitions for European aviation: Where can sustainable aviation fuels bring us?, 2023, Energy Policy

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Bruno De Borger
  • Kenneth Løvold Rødseth
  • Marten Ovaere
  • Nicole Adler
  • Christina Littlejohn

Stef Proost regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Economics of Transportation
  • Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice
  • Energy Policy
  • Resource and Energy Economics

Best Publications

  • THE MARGINAL EXTERNAL COSTS OF URBAN TRANSPORT

    Inge Mayeres;Sara Ochelen;Stef Proost

  • Traffic Congestion And Congestion Pricing

    C. Robin Lindsey;Erik T. Verhoef

  • Marginal tax reform, externalities and income distribution

    Inge Mayeres;Stef Proost

  • Parking Policies and Road Pricing

    Edward Calthrop;Stef Proost;Kurt van Dender

  • Private Port Pricing and Public Investment in Port and Hinterland Capacity

    Bruno De Borger;Stef Proost;Kurt Van Dender

  • Optimal urban transport pricing in the presence of congestion, economies of density and costly public funds

    Stef Proost;Kurt Van Dender

  • Optimal Tax and Public Investment Rules for Congestion Type of Externalities

    Inge Mayeres;Stef Proost;Stef Proost

  • Carve-outs under airline antitrust immunity

    Jan Keith Brueckner;Stef Proost

  • Regulating on-street parking

    Edward Calthrop;Stef Proost

  • The welfare impacts of alternative policies to address atmospheric pollution in urban road transport

    Stef Proost;Kurt Van Dender

  • Discomfort in mass transit and its implication for scheduling and pricing

    André de Palma;André de Palma;Moez Kilani;Stef Proost

  • Reforming transport pricing in the European Union : a modelling approach

    Bruno De Borger;Stef Proost

  • A political economy model of road pricing

    Bruno De Borger;Stef Proost

  • Congestion and tax competition in a parallel network

    Bruno De Borger;Stef Proost;Kurt Van Dender

  • Cost-effective reduction of fossil energy use in the European transport sector: An assessment of the Fit for 55 Package

    Marten Ovaere;Stef Proost

  • Strategic investment and pricing decisions in a congested transport corridor

    B De Borger;Fay Dunkerley;Stef Proost;Stef Proost

  • What Can Be Learned from Spatial Economics

    Stef Proost;Jacques-François Thisse

  • The Double Dividend and the Role of Inequality Aversion and Macroeconomic Regimes

    S. Proost;D. Van Regemorter

  • Road Transport Externalities

    Edward Calthrop;Stef Proost

  • The Opening of the European Electricity Market and Environmental Policy: Does the Degree of Competition Matter?

    Andrea Bigano;Stef Proost

  • Efficiency and distribution in greenhouse negotiations

    Johan Eyckmans;Stef Proost;Erik Schokkaert

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno De Borger
Bruno De Borger University of Antwerp
Amihai Glazer
Amihai Glazer University of California, Irvine
André de Palma
André de Palma CY Cergy Paris University
Jan K. Brueckner
Jan K. Brueckner University of California, Irvine
Jacques-François Thisse
Jacques-François Thisse Université Catholique de Louvain
Reinhart Ceulemans
Reinhart Ceulemans University of Antwerp
Robin Lindsey
Robin Lindsey University of British Columbia
Martin Hermy
Martin Hermy KU Leuven

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