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2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
52
Citations
13187
World Ranking
1249
National Ranking
13

Thomas Sterner 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 Thomas Sterner sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 275 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas Sterner 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 Thomas Sterner 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: 52 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Thomas Sterner is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily spans across the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Environmental Science. Within these broad categories, Sterner's work is particularly focused on subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Sterner's research topics cover several interconnected areas with an emphasis on the intersection of economic policy and environmental issues. Key topics include:

  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy

Their publication record includes work featured in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental and Resource Economics
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  • Energy Economics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sterner include:

  • "Climate economics support for the UN climate targets" (2020) in Nature Climate Change
  • "Improving biodiversity protection through artificial intelligence" (2022) in Nature Sustainability
  • "Understanding regressivity: Challenges and opportunities of European carbon pricing" (2021) in Energy Economics
  • "Understanding the resistance to carbon taxes: Drivers and barriers among the general public and fuel-tax protesters" (2022) in Resource and Energy Economics
  • "Charting a 'Green Path' for Recovery from COVID-19" (2020) in Environmental and Resource Economics

In terms of collaboration, Sterner has frequently co-authored work with several researchers, including:

  • Dale Whittington
  • Ben Groom
  • Daniele Silvestro
  • Stefano Goria
  • Alexandre Antonelli

Best Publications

  • Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management

    Thomas Sterner;Jessica Coria

  • ANALYSING GASOLINE DEMAND ELASTICITIES: A SURVEY

    Carol Dahl;Thomas Sterner

  • An Even Sterner Review: Introducing Relative Prices into the Discounting Debate

    Thomas Sterner;U. Martin Persson

  • Fuel taxes : An important instrument for climate policy

    Thomas Sterner

  • Discounting and Distributional Considerations in the Context of Global Warming.

    Christian Azar;Thomas Sterner

  • Determining Benefits and Costs for Future Generations

    Kenneth J. Arrow;M. Cropper;Christian Gollier;Ben Groom

  • General Resilience to Cope with Extreme Events

    Stephen R. Carpenter;Kenneth J. Arrow;Scott Barrett;Reinette Biggs

  • Household waste management in a Swedish municipality : determinants of waste disposal, recycling and composting

    Heleen Bartelings;Thomas Sterner

  • Policy sequencing toward decarbonization

    Jonas Meckling;Thomas Sterner;Gernot Wagner

  • Decomposition of changes in energy intensity: A comparison of the Divisia index and other methods☆

    Gale A. Boyd;Donald A. Hanson;Thomas Sterner

  • Discounting and relative prices

    Michael Hoel;Thomas Sterner

  • Policy design for the Anthropocene

    Thomas Sterner;Edward B. Barbier;Ian Bateman;Inge van den Bijgaart

  • Should governments use a declining discount rate in project analysis

    Kenneth J. Arrow;Maureen L. Cropper;Christian Gollier;Ben Groom

  • Global warming: Improve economic models of climate change

    Richard L. Revesz;Peter H. Howard;Kenneth Arrow;Lawrence H. Goulder

  • Few and Not So Far Between: A Meta-analysis of Climate Damage Estimates

    Peter H. Howard;Thomas Sterner

  • Distributional effects of taxing transport fuel

    Thomas Sterner

  • International and national climate policies for aviation: a review

    Jörgen Larsson;Anna Katarina Elofsson;Thomas Sterner;Jonas Akerman

  • Climate economics support for the UN climate targets

    Martin C. Hänsel;Moritz A. Drupp;Daniel J. A. Johansson;Frikk Nesje;Frikk Nesje

  • Paying for Mitigation: A Multiple Country Study

    Fredrik Carlsson;Mitesh Kataria;Alan Krupnick;Elina Lampi

  • An Introduction to the Green Paradox: The Unintended Consequences of Climate Policies

    Svenn Jensen;Kristina Mohlin;Karen Pittel;Thomas Sterner

  • Managing ecosystem resources

    Kenneth Arrow;Gretchen Daily;Partha Dasgupta;Simon Asher Levin

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Azar
Christian Azar Chalmers University of Technology
Ben Groom
Ben Groom London School of Economics and Political Science
Carolyn Fischer
Carolyn Fischer Resources For The Future
Kenneth J. Arrow
Kenneth J. Arrow Stanford University
Fredrik Carlsson
Fredrik Carlsson University of Gothenburg
William D. Nordhaus
William D. Nordhaus Yale University
Martin L. Weitzman
Martin L. Weitzman Harvard University
Olof Johansson-Stenman
Olof Johansson-Stenman University of Gothenburg
Ping Qin
Ping Qin University of Oslo

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