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William D. Nordhaus

William D. Nordhaus

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Economics and Finance
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
98
Citations
66078
World Ranking
117
National Ranking
91

William D. Nordhaus 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 William D. Nordhaus sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 309 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William D. Nordhaus 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 William D. Nordhaus 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: 98 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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 United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - Nobel Prize for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis
  • 2018 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis
  • 2017 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
  • 2004 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1984 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

William D. Nordhaus is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and specializes in the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a particular focus on climate change policy, environmental economics, and economic growth. Their work encompasses several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Engineering.

Major topics covered in their research include Climate Change Policy and Economics, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Economic Growth and Productivity, Economic Theories and Models, Economic Theory and Policy, and the intersection of Energy, Environment, and Economic Growth.

Notable recent publications by William D. Nordhaus include:

  • "Policies, projections, and the social cost of carbon: Results from the DICE-2023 model" (2024), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Are We Approaching an Economic Singularity? Information Technology and the Future of Economic Growth" (2020), published in American Economic Journal Macroeconomics
  • "Dynamic climate clubs: On the effectiveness of incentives in global climate agreements" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Policies, Projections, and the Social Cost of Carbon: Results from the Dice-2023 Model" (2023), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Measuring the US employment situation using online panels: The Yale Labor Survey" (2023), published in Journal of Economic and Social Measurement

The scientist has frequently collaborated with coauthors such as Lint Barrage, Douglas Rivers, Christopher L. Foote, Tyler Hounshell, and Pamela Torola.

William D. Nordhaus has contributed books published by Princeton University Press, including two editions of The Spirit of Green published in 2021. These works intersect environmental economics and policy.

Regular venues for their research include Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SSRN Electronic Journal, American Economic Journal Macroeconomics, Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, and ICPSR Data Holdings.

Over their career, this researcher has been recognized with several awards including the Nobel Prize in 2018, cited for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis. Other distinctions include the Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics (2018), BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2017), Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (2004), membership in the National Academy of Sciences (2001), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1984), and Fellow of the Econometric Society (1984).

Best Publications

  • The political business cycle

    William D. Nordhaus

  • A Question of Balance: Weighing the Options on Global Warming Policies

    William D. Nordhaus

  • The Impact of Global Warming on Agriculture: A Ricardian Analysis: Reply

    Robert Mendelsohn;William D. Nordhaus

  • Managing the Global Commons: The Economics of Climate Change

    William D. Nordhaus

  • A Review of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change

    William D. Nordhaus

  • To slow or not to slow : The economics of the greenhouse effect

    William D. Nordhaus

  • Warming the World: Economic Models of Global Warming

    William D. Nordhaus;Joseph Boyer

  • What is the Value of Scientific Knowledge? An Application to Global Warming Using the PRICE Model

    William D. Nordhaus;David Popp

  • Abrupt climate change

    RB Alley;Jochem Marotzke;WD Nordhaus;JT Overpeck

  • Using luminosity data as a proxy for economic statistics

    Xi Chen;William D. Nordhaus

  • A Regional Dynamic General-Equilibrium Model of Alternative Climate-Change Strategies

    William D. Nordhaus;Zili Yang

  • Revisiting the social cost of carbon

    William D. Nordhaus

  • An optimal transition path for controlling greenhouse gases.

    William D. Nordhaus

  • A Question of Balance

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  • The "Stern Review" on the Economics of Climate Change

    William D Nordhaus

  • Invention, Growth, and Welfare: A Theoretical Treatment of Technological Change

    William D. Nordhaus

  • Climate Clubs: Overcoming Free-riding in International Climate Policy †

    William Nordhaus

  • The Medium Run

    Olivier J. Blanchard;William D. Nordhaus;Edmund S. Phelps

  • Is growth obsolete

    William D Nordhaus;James Tobin

  • Geography and macroeconomics: New data and new findings

    William D. Nordhaus

  • The Allocation of Energy Resources

    William D. Nordhaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Maureen L. Cropper
Maureen L. Cropper University of Maryland, College Park
Kenneth J. Arrow
Kenneth J. Arrow Stanford University
Christian Gollier
Christian Gollier Toulouse School of Economics
Martin L. Weitzman
Martin L. Weitzman Harvard University
James Tobin
James Tobin Yale University
Thomas Sterner
Thomas Sterner University of Gothenburg
Robert Mendelsohn
Robert Mendelsohn Yale University

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