Matthew J. Kotchen

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
81 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Matthew J. Kotchen is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew J. Kotchen has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 22 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 11 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Matthew J. Kotchen's work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (37 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (35 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (17 papers). Matthew J. Kotchen is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Policy and Economics (37 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (35 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (17 papers). Matthew J. Kotchen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Matthew J. Kotchen's co-authors include Michael R. Moore, Stephen D. Reiling, Erin T. Mansur, Anthony Leiserowitz, Joshua Graff Zivin, Gernot Wagner, David Rapson, Kenneth Gillingham, Matthew E. Kahn and Joseph E. Aldy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Matthew J. Kotchen

76 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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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.

Internal and external influences on pro-environmental behavior: Participation in a green electricity program

2003 595 citations Matthew J. Kotchen et al. profile →
Environmental attitudes, motivations, and contingent valuation of nonuse values: a case study involving endangered species

2000 506 citations Matthew J. Kotchen et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Is the emphasis on cofinancing good for environmental multilateral funds? 2024 ·World Development ·Matthew J. Kotchen, (unknown)	2
2	Trading off nature for nature‐based solutions: The bioeconomics of forest management for wildlife, timber, and carbon 2024 ·Ecosphere ·(unknown), Matthew J. Kotchen, Oswald J. Schmitz	1
3	Crowding in with impure altruism: Theory and evidence from volunteerism in national parks 2023 ·Journal of Public Economics ·Matthew J. Kotchen, (unknown)	6
4	Why marginal CO₂emissions are not decreasing for US electricity: Estimates and implications for climate policy 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Stephen P. Holland, Matthew J. Kotchen, Erin T. Mansur, Andrew J. Yates	67
5	Reply to Gagnon et al.: Short-run estimates vs. long-run conjectures 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Stephen P. Holland, Matthew J. Kotchen, Erin T. Mansur, Andrew J. Yates	2
6	The Use of Group-Level Approaches to Environmental and Natural Resource Policy 2020 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Matthew J. Kotchen, Kathleen Segerson	1
7	The Use of Group-Level Approaches to Environmental and Natural Resource Policy 2020 ·Review of Environmental Economics and Policy ·Matthew J. Kotchen, Kathleen Segerson	15
8	Cofinancing in Environment and Development: Evidence from the Global Environment Facility 2019 ·The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank) ·Matthew J. Kotchen, (unknown)	1
9	Which Social Cost of Carbon? A Theoretical Perspective 2018 ·Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists ·Matthew J. Kotchen	37
10	Cofinancing in Environment and Development: Evidence from the Global Environment Facility 2016 ·The World Bank Economic Review ·Matthew J. Kotchen, (unknown)	9
11	Correspondence: Reassessing the contribution of natural gas to US CO2 emission reductions since 2007 2016 ·Nature Communications ·Matthew J. Kotchen, Erin T. Mansur	24
12	Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies 2014 ·Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization ·Joshua Graff Zivin, Matthew J. Kotchen, Erin T. Mansur	4
13	An economic perspective on the EPA's Clean Power Plan 2014 ·Science ·Meredith Fowlie, Lawrence H. Goulder, Matthew J. Kotchen, Severin Borenstein, James Bushnell, Lucas W. Davis, Michael Greenstone, Charles D. Kolstad, Christopher R. Knittel, Robert N. Stavins, Michael W. Wara, Frank A. Wolak, Catherine Wolfram	25
14	Voluntary- and Information-Based Approaches to Environmental Management: A Public Economics Perspective 2013 ·Review of Environmental Economics and Policy ·Matthew J. Kotchen	34
15	Willingness-to-pay and policy-instrument choice for climate-change policy in the United States 2013 ·Energy Policy ·Matthew J. Kotchen, Kevin Boyle, Anthony Leiserowitz	135
16	The behavioral response to voluntary provision of an environmental public good: Evidence from residential electricity demand 2012 ·European Economic Review ·Grant D. Jacobsen, Matthew J. Kotchen, Michael P. Vandenbergh	120
17	Corporate Social Responsibility for Irresponsibility 2011 ·The B E Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy ·Matthew J. Kotchen, Jon Jungbien Moon	56
18	Pharmaceuticals in wastewater: Behavior, preferences, and willingness to pay for a disposal program 2008 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Matthew J. Kotchen, (unknown), (unknown), Crispin Wong, (unknown)	120
19	Meeting the challenges of the anthropocene: Towards a science of coupled human–biophysical systems 2007 ·Global Environmental Change ·Matthew J. Kotchen, Oran R. Young	61
20	Impure public goods and the comparative statics of environmentally friendly consumption 2004 ·Journal of Environmental Economics and Management ·Matthew J. Kotchen	159

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