David Klenert

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

David Klenert is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Klenert has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 16 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in David Klenert's work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (16 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (16 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (14 papers). David Klenert is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Policy and Economics (16 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (16 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (14 papers). David Klenert collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Belgium and Spain. David Klenert's co-authors include Linus Mattauch, Ottmar Edenhofer, Cameron Hepburn, Nicholas Stern, Emmanuel Combet, Ryan Rafaty, Brian O’Callaghan, Gregor Schwerhoff, Inge van den Bijgaart and H. Charles J. Godfray and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Nature Climate Change and Resources Conservation and Recycling.

In The Last Decade

David Klenert

29 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Making carbon pricing work for citizens 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Making carbon pricing work for citizens
    2018 476 citations David Klenert, Linus Mattauch et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Klenert Germany 13 746 466 163 133 117 32 1.1k
Grischa Perino Germany 19 735 1.0× 352 0.8× 51 0.3× 157 1.2× 103 0.9× 53 1.0k
Mark Andor Germany 19 434 0.6× 308 0.7× 224 1.4× 64 0.5× 409 3.5× 60 1.2k
Franklin Amuakwa‐Mensah Sweden 20 734 1.0× 331 0.7× 106 0.7× 123 0.9× 41 0.4× 43 1.4k
Harald Grethe Germany 19 437 0.6× 190 0.4× 76 0.5× 102 0.8× 43 0.4× 118 1.2k
Arief Anshory Yusuf Indonesia 18 473 0.6× 148 0.3× 188 1.2× 158 1.2× 64 0.5× 63 966
Ryan Rafaty United Kingdom 7 531 0.7× 360 0.8× 173 1.1× 144 1.1× 111 0.9× 14 796
Abebe D. Beyene Ethiopia 15 487 0.7× 300 0.6× 87 0.5× 140 1.1× 103 0.9× 47 1.3k
Håkon Sælen Norway 16 640 0.9× 251 0.5× 311 1.9× 190 1.4× 345 2.9× 31 1.3k
Julius Alexander McGee United States 14 400 0.5× 296 0.6× 114 0.7× 97 0.7× 52 0.4× 28 766
Deborah Roberts United Kingdom 18 290 0.4× 122 0.3× 188 1.2× 109 0.8× 59 0.5× 50 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by David Klenert

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Klenert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Klenert

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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García-Gutiérrez, Pelayo, Davide Tonini, David Klenert, Robert Marschinski, & Hans Saveyn. (2025). Environmental and economic assessment of waste lubricant oil management in the EU. Journal of Cleaner Production. 492. 144878–144878.
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García-Gutiérrez, Pelayo, Andrea Martino Amadei, David Klenert, et al.. (2024). Environmental and economic assessment of plastic waste recycling and energy recovery pathways in the EU. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 215. 108099–108099. 13 indexed citations
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Klenert, David, et al.. (2024). The economics of waste oil recycling in the EU. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy. 14(1). 1–22. 2 indexed citations
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Klenert, David, et al.. (2023). Meat taxes in Europe can be designed to avoid overburdening low-income consumers. Nature Food. 4(10). 894–901. 24 indexed citations
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Bijgaart, Inge van den, David Klenert, Linus Mattauch, & Simona Šulíková. (2023). Healthy climate, healthy bodies: Optimal fuel taxation and physical activity. Economica. 91(361). 93–122. 2 indexed citations
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Klenert, David, et al.. (2022). Productivity drivers: empirical evidence on the role of digital and intangible capital, FDI and integration. Applied Economics. 54(48). 5515–5531. 9 indexed citations
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Klenert, David, et al.. (2022). Would a Meat Tax in Europe Inevitably Burden the Poor?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Budolfson, Mark, Francis Dennig, Frank Errickson, et al.. (2021). Climate action with revenue recycling has benefits for poverty, inequality and well-being. Nature Climate Change. 11(12). 1111–1116. 65 indexed citations
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Antón, José‐Ignacio, et al.. (2020). The labour market impact of robotisation in Europe. Econstor (Econstor). 22 indexed citations
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Bijgaart, Inge van den, David Klenert, Linus Mattauch, & Simona Šulíková. (2020). Healthy Climate, Healthy Bodies: Optimal Fuel Taxation and Physical Activity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Klenert, David, et al.. (2020). Five Lessons from COVID-19 for Advancing Climate Change Mitigation. Environmental and Resource Economics. 76(4). 751–778. 121 indexed citations
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Kornek, Ulrike, David Klenert, Ottmar Edenhofer, & Marc Fleurbaey. (2019). The Social Cost of Carbon and Inequality: When Local Redistribution Shapes Global Carbon Prices. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 107. 102450–102450. 8 indexed citations
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Klenert, David, et al.. (2018). Is capital back? The role of land ownership and savings behavior. International Tax and Public Finance. 25(5). 1252–1276. 2 indexed citations
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Mattauch, Linus, David Klenert, Joseph E. Stiglitz, & Ottmar Edenhofer. (2017). Piketty meets Pasinetti: On public investment and intelligent machinery. Econstor (Econstor). 1 indexed citations
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Klenert, David, Linus Mattauch, Emmanuel Combet, et al.. (2017). Making Carbon Pricing Work. MPRA Paper. 6 indexed citations
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Schwerhoff, Gregor, Thang Dao, Ottmar Edenhofer, et al.. (2017). Policy options for a socially balanced climate policy. Economics. 11(1). 6 indexed citations
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Mattauch, Linus, et al.. (2017). The fiscal benefits of stringent climate change mitigation: an overview. Climate Policy. 18(3). 352–367. 34 indexed citations
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Mattauch, Linus, et al.. (2016). Distributional Effects of Public Investment when Wealth and Classes are Back. Metroeconomica. 67(3). 603–629. 6 indexed citations
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Klenert, David, Gregor Schwerhoff, Ottmar Edenhofer, & Linus Mattauch. (2016). Environmental Taxation, Inequality and Engel’s Law: The Double Dividend of Redistribution. Environmental and Resource Economics. 71(3). 605–624. 64 indexed citations
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Mattauch, Linus, et al.. (2015). A Public Finance Perspective on Climate Policy: Six Interactions That May Enhance Welfare. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations

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