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W. J. Wouter Botzen 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 W. J. Wouter Botzen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 252 publications — 75th percentile

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W. J. Wouter Botzen 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 W. J. Wouter Botzen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 62 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

W. J. Wouter Botzen is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans several fields primarily within Environmental Science and Social Sciences, contributing extensively to global understanding of risk, resilience, and climate-related topics.

Their recent notable publications include:

  • Lessons for climate policy from behavioral biases towards COVID-19 and climate change risks, 2020, World Development
  • Property price effects of green interventions in cities: A meta-analysis and implications for gentrification, 2020, Environmental Science & Policy
  • Spinning in circles? A systematic review on the role of theory in social vulnerability, resilience and adaptation research, 2023, Global Environmental Change
  • Long Term Adaptation to Heat Stress: Shifts in the Minimum Mortality Temperature in the Netherlands, 2020, Frontiers in Physiology
  • Integrating Behavioral Theories in Agent-Based Models for Agricultural Drought Risk Assessments, 2021, Frontiers in Water

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts
  • Peter Robinson
  • Hans de Moel
  • Francisco Estrada
  • Toon Haer

Botzen's work is regularly published in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Risk Analysis
  • Natural hazards and earth system sciences
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Ecological Economics

The main fields of study for Botzen are Environmental Science, with 110 publications, and Social Sciences, with 61 publications. Their subfields of study include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Soil Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Key topics of research covered by Botzen are diverse, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach:

  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Insurance and Financial Risk Management
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation

Best Publications

  • A review of risk perceptions and other factors that influence flood mitigation behavior.

    P. Bubeck;W. J. W. Botzen;J. C. J. H. Aerts

  • Increasing stress on disaster-risk finance due to large floods

    Brenden Jongman;Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler;Luc Feyen;Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts

  • The Economic Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Review of Models and Empirical Studies

    W. J.Wouter Botzen;W. J.Wouter Botzen;W. J.Wouter Botzen;Olivier Deschenes;Mark Sanders

  • Dependence of flood risk perceptions on socioeconomic and objective risk factors

    W. J. W. Botzen;J. C. J. H. Aerts;J. C. J. M. van den Bergh

  • Willingness of homeowners to mitigate climate risk through insurance

    W.J.W. Botzen;J.C.J.H. Aerts;J.C.J.M. van den Bergh;J.C.J.M. van den Bergh

  • Heat stress causes substantial labour productivity loss in Australia

    Kerstin K. Zander;Wouter J. W. Botzen;Elspeth Oppermann;Tord Kjellstrom

  • Factors of influence on flood damage mitigation behaviour by households

    Jennifer K. Poussin;W.J. Wouter Botzen;Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts

  • A global framework for future costs and benefits of river-flood protection in urban areas

    Philip J. Ward;Brenden Jongman;Brenden Jongman;Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts;Paul D. Bates

  • Insurance against climate change and flooding in the Netherlands: present, future, and comparison with other countries.

    W. J. W. Botzen;J. C. J. M. Van Den Bergh

  • Risk attitudes to low-probability climate change risks: WTP for flood insurance

    W.J.W. Botzen;J.C.J.M. van den Bergh

  • A global economic assessment of city policies to reduce climate change impacts

    Francisco Estrada;Francisco Estrada;W. J. Wouter Botzen;W. J. Wouter Botzen;Richard S. J. Tol

  • Insights into Flood-Coping Appraisals of Protection Motivation Theory: Empirical Evidence from Germany and France.

    Philip Bubeck;W. J. Wouter Botzen;W. J. Wouter Botzen;Jonas Laudan;Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts

  • MONETARY VALUATION OF INSURANCE AGAINST FLOOD RISK UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE

    W. J. Wouter Botzen;Jeroen C. J. M. Van Den Bergh

  • Climate change and increased risk for the insurance sector: a global perspective and an assessment for the Netherlands

    W. J. W. Botzen;J. C. J. M. van den Bergh;J. C. J. M. van den Bergh;L. M. Bouwer

  • Effectiveness of flood damage mitigation measures: Empirical evidence from French flood disasters

    Jennifer K. Poussin;W.J. Wouter Botzen;Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts

  • Individual preferences for reducing flood risk to near zero through elevation

    W. J. W. Botzen;J. C. J. H. Aerts;J. C. J. M. van den Bergh;J. C. J. M. van den Bergh

  • Explaining differences in flood management approaches in Europe and in the USA – a comparative analysis

    P. Bubeck;H. Kreibich;Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell;W. J. W. Botzen

  • Monetary valuation of the social cost of CO2 emissions : A critical survey

    J.C.J.M. van den Bergh;J.C.J.M. van den Bergh;W.J.W. Botzen

  • Dealing with uncertainty in flood management through diversification

    Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts;Wouter Botzen;Anne van der. Veen;Joerg Krywkow

  • A lower bound to the social cost of CO2 emissions.

    J. C. J. M. van den Bergh;J. C. J. M. van den Bergh;W. J. W. Botzen

  • Divergence between Individual Perceptions and Objective Indicators of Tail Risks: Evidence from Floodplain Residents in New York City

    W. J Wouter Botzen;Howard Kunreuther;Erwann Michel-Kerjan

  • Research, part of a Special Feature on New Methods for Adaptive Water Management Dealing with Uncertainty in Flood Management Through Diversification

    Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts;Wouter Botzen;Anne van der Veen;Joerg Krywkow

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts
Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
J.C.J.M. van den Bergh
J.C.J.M. van den Bergh Autonomous University of Barcelona
Hans de Moel
Hans de Moel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh
Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh Autonomous University of Barcelona
Howard Kunreuther
Howard Kunreuther University of Pennsylvania
Laurens M. Bouwer
Laurens M. Bouwer Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Reinhard Mechler
Reinhard Mechler International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Heidi Kreibich
Heidi Kreibich Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Richard S. J. Tol
Richard S. J. Tol University of Sussex
Luc Feyen
Luc Feyen Stanford University

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