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D-Index
37
Citations
12318
World Ranking
2600
National Ranking
1448

William R. Cline 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 R. Cline sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 152 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William R. Cline 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 R. Cline sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% 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

  • 1958 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William R. Cline is affiliated with the Peterson Institute for International Economics in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on environmental science and economics, econometrics, and finance.

The scientist's work is concentrated in the following fields of study:

  • Environmental Science
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Within these fields, their subfields of emphasis include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Accounting
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

The main topics addressed in their research cover a range of economic and environmental issues:

  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

Their recent papers include:

  • The Economics of Global Warming (2021), published in WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks
  • Transient Climate Response to Cumulative Emissions (TCRE) As A Reduced-form Climate Model (2020), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Fighting the Pandemic Inflation Surge of 2021-2022 (2023), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • US Debt Sustainability Under Low Interest Rates and After the COVID-19 Shock (2021), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Carbon-Equivalent Taxes on US Meat (2020), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

William R. Cline frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks
  • American Journal of Climate Change

They have collaborated notably with David Xu.

In 1958, they were recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • The Economics of Global Warming

    William R. Cline

  • Global Warming and Agriculture: Impact Estimates by Country

    William R. Cline

  • Agrarian Structure and Productivity in Developing Countries

    Albert R. Berry;William R. Cline

  • International debt reexamined

    William R. Cline

  • International Debt: Systemic Risk and Policy Response

    William R. Cline

  • Trade and Income Distribution

    William Cline

  • Trade Policy and Global Poverty

    William R. Cline

  • The future of world trade in textiles and apparel

    William R. Cline

  • Measurement of debt servicing capacity: An application of discriminant analysis

    Charles R. Frank;William R. Cline

  • The United States as a debtor nation

    William R. Cline

  • Trade negotiations in the Tokyo Round

    William R. Cline

  • Can the East Asian model of development be generalized

    William R. Cline

  • The Impact of Global Warming on Agriculture: Comment

    William R Cline

  • 2009 Estimates of Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates

    William Cline;John Williamson

  • Trade and income distribution

    William R. Cline

  • International Debt and the Stability of the World Economy

    William R. Cline

  • Scientific Basis for the Greenhouse Effect

    Unknown

  • Trade Negotiations in the Tokyo Round : A Quantitative Assessment

    William R. Cline

  • Economic Stabilization in Developing Countries

    William R. Cline;Sidney Weintraub

  • Economics of Global Warming, The

    William Cline

  • The Economics of Global Warming

    Richard Cooper;William R. Cline

  • United States as a Debtor Nation, The

    William Cline

Frequent Co-Authors

John Williamson
John Williamson Peterson Institute for International Economics
Joseph E. Gagnon
Joseph E. Gagnon Peterson Institute for International Economics
William Diebold
William Diebold Reed College
Kenneth N. Kuttner
Kenneth N. Kuttner Williams College
Guntram B. Wolff
Guntram B. Wolff Université Libre de Bruxelles
Richard N. Cooper
Richard N. Cooper Harvard University

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