# 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.

1. [A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3137024605) · 1,192 citations · Free PDF
2. [Climate Finance](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4232046918) · 933 citations
3. [Local Projections and VARs Estimate the Same Impulse Responses](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3136038698) · 757 citations
4. [Patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs): A review of generic and condition‐specific measures and a discussion of trends and issues](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3157337874) · 714 citations
5. [Assessment to China's Recent Emission Pattern Shifts](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3206993230) · 655 citations
6. [The Impact of Temperature on Productivity and Labor Supply: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3124589730) · 651 citations
7. [Tracking Retail Investor Activity](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3159360958) · 636 citations
8. [The impact of fintech innovation on green growth in China: Mediating effect of green finance](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4200447668) · 636 citations
9. [Role of green technology innovation and renewable energy in carbon neutrality: A sustainable investigation from Turkey](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3169462745) · 623 citations
10. [Green finance, fintech and environmental protection: Evidence from China](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3181836791) · 619 citations
11. [Machine learning in the Chinese stock market](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3196503391) · 605 citations
12. [Carbon peak and carbon neutrality in China: Goals, implementation path, and prospects](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4206046085) · 602 citations
13. [The role of green finance in reducing CO2 emissions: An empirical analysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3137937089) · 601 citations
14. [Demographics and Automation](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3169161674) · 584 citations
15. [Towards carbon neutrality and China's 14th Five-Year Plan: Clean energy transition, sustainable urban development, and investment priorities](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3205589517) · 580 citations · Free PDF
16. [Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why Haven't We Bent the Global Emissions Curve?](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3137382114) · 577 citations · Free PDF
17. [Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3131956693) · 570 citations · Free PDF
18. [Net-zero emission targets for major emitting countries consistent with the Paris Agreement](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3142397881) · 564 citations · Free PDF
19. [The Adjustment of Labor Markets to Robots](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3136584698) · 558 citations · Free PDF
20. [Occupational, industry, and geographic exposure to artificial intelligence: A novel dataset and its potential uses](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3159104979) · 547 citations
21. [Uncertainty and Business Cycles: Exogenous Impulse or Endogenous Response?](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3121192729) · 533 citations
22. [Does carbon pricing reduce emissions? A review of ex-post analyses](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3118647971) · 529 citations
23. [Assessing China’s efforts to pursue the 1.5°C warming limit](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3153296559) · 528 citations
24. [Get Real! Individuals Prefer More Sustainable Investments](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3155804760) · 508 citations
25. [Achieving Paris Agreement temperature goals requires carbon neutrality by middle century with far-reaching transitions in the whole society](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3138573286) · 501 citations

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