Most-cited Economics papers of 2021, with free PDFs
The 25 most-cited Economics research papers published in 2021, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.
- A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018
William F. Lamb, Thomas Wiedmann et al. · 2021 · 1,192 citations · Free PDF - Climate Finance
Stefano Giglio, Bryan Kelly et al. · 2021 · 933 citations - Local Projections and VARs Estimate the Same Impulse Responses
Mikkel Plagborg‐Møller, Christian K. Wolf · 2021 · 757 citations - Patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs): A review of generic and condition‐specific measures and a discussion of trends and issues
Kate Churruca, Chiara Pomare et al. · 2021 · 714 citations - Assessment to China's Recent Emission Pattern Shifts
Yuru Guan, Yuli Shan et al. · 2021 · 655 citations - The Impact of Temperature on Productivity and Labor Supply: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
E. Somanathan, Rohini Somanathan et al. · 2021 · 651 citations - Tracking Retail Investor Activity
Ekkehart Boehmer, Charles M. Jones et al. · 2021 · 636 citations - The impact of fintech innovation on green growth in China: Mediating effect of green finance
Guangyou Zhou, Jieyu Zhu et al. · 2021 · 636 citations - Role of green technology innovation and renewable energy in carbon neutrality: A sustainable investigation from Turkey
Shan Shan, Sema Yılmaz Genç et al. · 2021 · 623 citations - Green finance, fintech and environmental protection: Evidence from China
Tadiwanashe Muganyi, Linnan Yan et al. · 2021 · 619 citations - Machine learning in the Chinese stock market
Markus Leippold, Qian Wang et al. · 2021 · 605 citations - Carbon peak and carbon neutrality in China: Goals, implementation path, and prospects
Yao Wang, Chi-hui Guo et al. · 2021 · 602 citations - The role of green finance in reducing CO2 emissions: An empirical analysis
Muhammad Saeed Meo, Mohd Zaini Abd Karim · 2021 · 601 citations - Demographics and Automation
Daron Acemoğlu, Pascual Restrepo · 2021 · 584 citations - Towards carbon neutrality and China's 14th Five-Year Plan: Clean energy transition, sustainable urban development, and investment priorities
Cameron J. Hepburn, Ye Qi et al. · 2021 · 580 citations · Free PDF - Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why Haven't We Bent the Global Emissions Curve?
Isak Stoddard, Kevin L. Anderson et al. · 2021 · 577 citations · Free PDF - Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being
Felix Creutzig, Leila Niamir et al. · 2021 · 570 citations · Free PDF - Net-zero emission targets for major emitting countries consistent with the Paris Agreement
Heleen L. van Soest, Michel G.J. den Elzen et al. · 2021 · 564 citations · Free PDF - The Adjustment of Labor Markets to Robots
Wolfgang Dauth, Sebastian Findeisen et al. · 2021 · 558 citations · Free PDF - Occupational, industry, and geographic exposure to artificial intelligence: A novel dataset and its potential uses
Edward W. Felten, Manav Raj et al. · 2021 · 547 citations - Uncertainty and Business Cycles: Exogenous Impulse or Endogenous Response?
Sydney C. Ludvigson, Sai Ma et al. · 2021 · 533 citations - Does carbon pricing reduce emissions? A review of ex-post analyses
Jessica Green · 2021 · 529 citations - Assessing China’s efforts to pursue the 1.5°C warming limit
Hongbo Duan, Sheng Zhou et al. · 2021 · 528 citations - Get Real! Individuals Prefer More Sustainable Investments
Rob Bauer, Tobias Ruof et al. · 2021 · 508 citations - Achieving Paris Agreement temperature goals requires carbon neutrality by middle century with far-reaching transitions in the whole society
Mengtian Huang, Panmao Zhai · 2021 · 501 citations
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