Elena Verdolini

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Elena Verdolini is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Elena Verdolini has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 21 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 15 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Elena Verdolini's work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (26 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (21 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (13 papers). Elena Verdolini is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Policy and Economics (26 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (21 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (13 papers). Elena Verdolini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Elena Verdolini's co-authors include Marzio Galeotti, Yana Rubashkina, Valentina Bosetti, Laura Díaz Anadón, Enrica De Cian, Sebastian Voigt, Michael Schymura, Silvia Salini, Giulia Fiorese and Michela Catenacci and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Research Policy.

In The Last Decade

Elena Verdolini

58 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Environmental regulation and competitiveness: Empirical evidence on the Porter Hypothesis from European manufacturing sectors

2015 822 citations Yana Rubashkina, Marzio Galeotti et al. Energy Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elena Verdolini Italy	23	2.1k	826	723	524	423	61	2.9k
Mian Yang China	29	2.1k 1.0×	585 0.7×	784 1.1×	612 1.2×	584 1.4×	66	2.9k
Zhengxia He China	26	1.6k 0.8×	708 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	358 0.7×	267 0.6×	49	2.5k
David Popp United States	35	3.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.4×	613 0.8×	514 1.0×	553 1.3×	80	4.1k
Valeria Costantini Italy	27	2.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	654 0.9×	680 1.3×	723 1.7×	83	3.6k
Jianhua Yin China	20	1.1k 0.5×	582 0.7×	645 0.9×	570 1.1×	381 0.9×	30	2.4k
Antoine Dechezleprêtre United Kingdom	26	3.6k 1.8×	1.2k 1.5×	803 1.1×	627 1.2×	696 1.6×	54	4.4k
Yan Song China	30	1.9k 0.9×	623 0.8×	945 1.3×	458 0.9×	252 0.6×	79	3.0k
Xin Yao China	24	2.3k 1.1×	641 0.8×	1.0k 1.4×	564 1.1×	413 1.0×	44	2.9k
Xiaoli Zhao China	29	1.4k 0.7×	566 0.7×	922 1.3×	285 0.5×	279 0.7×	79	2.6k
Lianbiao Cui China	28	2.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	1.2k 1.7×	295 0.6×	412 1.0×	62	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Elena Verdolini

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elena Verdolini

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Calvino, Flavio, et al.. (2025). Human after all: Occupations at the core of AI adoption. Labour Economics. 95. 102754–102754.

Verdolini, Elena, et al.. (2025). Unlocking circular economy policies in integrated assessment models. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 225. 108614–108614.

Niamir, Leila, Elena Verdolini, & Gregory F. Nemet. (2024). Social innovation enablers to unlock a low energy demand future. Environmental Research Letters. 19(2). 24033–24033. 3 indexed citations

Reis, Lara Aleluia, Zoi Vrontisi, Elena Verdolini, Kostas Fragkiadakis, & Massimo Tavoni. (2023). A research and development investment strategy to achieve the Paris climate agreement. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3581–3581. 22 indexed citations

Sanni, Maruf & Elena Verdolini. (2022). Eco-innovation and openness: Mapping the growth trajectories and the knowledge structure of open eco-innovation. Sustainable Futures. 4. 100067–100067. 31 indexed citations

Peñasco, Cristina, Laura Díaz Anadón, & Elena Verdolini. (2021). Author Correction: Systematic review of the outcomes and trade-offs of ten types of decarbonization policy instruments. Nature Climate Change. 11(3). 274–274. 2 indexed citations

Meng, Jing, Rupert Way, Elena Verdolini, & Laura Díaz Anadón. (2021). Comparing expert elicitation and model-based probabilistic technology cost forecasts for the energy transition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(27). 57 indexed citations

Peñasco, Cristina, Laura Díaz Anadón, & Elena Verdolini. (2021). Systematic review of the outcomes and trade-offs of ten types of decarbonization policy instruments. Nature Climate Change. 11(3). 257–265. 153 indexed citations

Verdolini, Elena, Benjamin K. Sovacool, & Paul Drummond. (2021). Channeling diverse innovation pressures to support European sustainability transitions. Environmental Research Letters. 16(6). 61001–61001. 3 indexed citations

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Skoczkowski, Tadeusz, et al.. (2020). Technology innovation system analysis of decarbonisation options in the EU steel industry. Energy. 212. 118688–118688. 53 indexed citations

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Galeotti, Marzio, Silvia Salini, & Elena Verdolini. (2019). Measuring environmental policy stringency: Approaches, validity, and impact on environmental innovation and energy efficiency. Energy Policy. 136. 111052–111052. 156 indexed citations

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Verdolini, Elena, Francesco Vona, & David Popp. (2018). Bridging the gap: Do fast-reacting fossil technologies facilitate renewable energy diffusion?. Energy Policy. 116. 242–256. 69 indexed citations

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Verdolini, Elena, Laura Díaz Anadón, Erin Baker, Valentina Bosetti, & Lara Aleluia Reis. (2016). The Future Prospects of Energy Technologies: Insights from Expert Elicitations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Verdolini, Elena, Laura Díaz Anadón, Jiaqi Lu, & Gregory F. Nemet. (2015). The Effects of Expert Selection, Elicitation Design, and R&D Assumptions on Expertss Estimates of the Future Costs of Photovoltaics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Verdolini, Elena, et al.. (2015). Bending the Learning Curve. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Galeotti, Marcello, Yana Rubashkina, Silvia Salini, & Elena Verdolini. (2014). Environmental Policy Indicator : application of a Three-level Random Intercept Model. 71. 3 indexed citations

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Bosetti, Valentina & Elena Verdolini. (2013). Clean and Dirty International Technology Diffusion. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations

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Bosetti, Valentina, Cristina Cattaneo, & Elena Verdolini. (2012). Ethnic Heterogeneity and Knowledge Formation in Europe. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Bosetti, Valentina, Michela Catenacci, Giulia Fiorese, & Elena Verdolini. (2012). The Future Prospects of PV and CSP Solar Technologies. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3 indexed citations

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Bosetti, Valentina, Michela Catenacci, Giulia Fiorese, & Elena Verdolini. (2012). The Future Prospect of PV and CSP Solar Technologies: An Expert Elicitation Survey. SSRN Electronic Journal. 17 indexed citations

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