Michael Toman

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
133 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Toman is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Toman has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 53 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 19 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Michael Toman's work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (53 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (36 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (19 papers). Michael Toman is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Policy and Economics (53 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (36 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (19 papers). Michael Toman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ethiopia and Sweden. Michael Toman's co-authors include Douglas R. Bohi, Seneshaw Tamru, Pablo C. Benítez, Andualem Mengistu, Haileselassie Medhin, Jörg Peters, Dallas Burtraw, Bryan G. Norton, Maximiliane Sievert and Alan Krupnick and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, American Economic Review and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Michael Toman

124 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Exploring Carbon Pricing in Developing Countries: A Macro... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 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. Exploring Carbon Pricing in Developing Countries: A Macroeconomic Analysis in Ethiopia
    2019 430 citations Michael Toman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Toman United States 25 1.3k 837 475 463 381 133 2.9k
Aviel Verbruggen Belgium 22 661 0.5× 536 0.6× 274 0.6× 274 0.6× 420 1.1× 93 2.5k
Jan Christoph Steckel Germany 35 2.0k 1.5× 1.3k 1.5× 461 1.0× 432 0.9× 166 0.4× 82 3.3k
Ambuj Sagar United States 28 1.0k 0.8× 676 0.8× 867 1.8× 392 0.8× 248 0.7× 82 3.3k
Garyfallos Arabatzis Greece 35 950 0.7× 599 0.7× 680 1.4× 357 0.8× 474 1.2× 124 3.4k
Manuel Frondel Germany 28 1.7k 1.3× 1.2k 1.4× 374 0.8× 203 0.4× 280 0.7× 179 3.3k
Wietze Lise Netherlands 26 1.2k 0.9× 805 1.0× 207 0.4× 414 0.9× 167 0.4× 69 2.4k
Navroz K. Dubash India 31 915 0.7× 454 0.5× 260 0.5× 792 1.7× 209 0.5× 70 2.4k
Axel Michaelowa Switzerland 33 2.1k 1.6× 992 1.2× 352 0.7× 909 2.0× 294 0.8× 237 3.7k
Dieter Helm United Kingdom 25 1.1k 0.8× 565 0.7× 120 0.3× 417 0.9× 202 0.5× 92 2.2k
Indra Øverland Norway 27 885 0.7× 882 1.1× 589 1.2× 391 0.8× 174 0.5× 119 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Toman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Toman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Toman

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All Works

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Twerefou, Daniel Kwabena, et al.. (2025). Household electricity consumption efficiency and poverty: Evidence from Ghana. Energy Efficiency. 18(3). 1 indexed citations
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Mekonnen, Alemu, Sied Hassen, Marcela Jaime, Michael Toman, & Xiao-Bing Zhang. (2023). The effect of information and subsidy on adoption of solar lanterns: An application of the BDM bidding mechanism in rural Ethiopia. Energy Economics. 124. 106869–106869. 6 indexed citations
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Strand, Jon, Britaldo Soares‐Filho, Marcos Heil Costa, et al.. (2018). Spatially explicit valuation of the Brazilian Amazon Forest’s Ecosystem Services. Nature Sustainability. 1(11). 657–664. 133 indexed citations
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Golub, Alexander & Michael Toman. (2016). Economic Structural Change as an Option for Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Rock, Michael T. & Michael Toman. (2015). China's Technological Catch-Up Strategy: Industrial Development, Energy Efficiency, and CO2 Emissions. OUP Catalogue. 1 indexed citations
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Fisher‐Vanden, Karen, Yong Hu, Gary H. Jefferson, Michael T. Rock, & Michael Toman. (2013). Factors Influencing Energy Intensity in Four Chinese Industries. Scholarship, Research, and Creative Work at Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr College). 1 indexed citations
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Shogren, Jason F. & Michael Toman. (2010). Climate Change Policy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 135–178. 1 indexed citations
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Kousky, Carolyn, Olga Rostapshova, Michael Toman, & Richard Zeckhauser. (2009). Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega-Catastrophes. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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López, Ramón & Michael Toman. (2006). Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: New Policy Options. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 19 indexed citations
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Toman, Michael, et al.. (2005). Scarcity and growth revisited: Natural resources and the environment in the new millennium. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis). 56 indexed citations
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Toman, Michael. (2002). International Oil Security: Problems and Policies. The Brookings Review. 20(2). 20–20. 20 indexed citations
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Toman, Michael & Cees Withagen. (2000). Accumulative pollution, "clean technology," and policy design. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Toman, Michael. (1998). Connecting Scientific Research Agendas to Social Needs: Some Reflections. OpenSIUC (Southern Illinois University Carbondale). 113(1). 2. 1 indexed citations
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Toman, Michael & P. Mark S. Ashton. (1996). Sustainable Forest Ecosystems and Management: A Review Article. Forest Science. 42(3). 366–377. 55 indexed citations
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Toman, Michael, John C.V. Pezzey, & Jeffrey A. Krautkraemer. (1995). L’économie néo-classique face à la «soutenabilité». Économie appliquée. 48(2). 25–57. 1 indexed citations
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Macauley, Molly K. & Michael Toman. (1991). Providing Earth Observation Data from Space: Economics and Institutions. American Economic Review. 81(2). 38–41. 4 indexed citations
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Toman, Michael, et al.. (1990). Market-based regulation of natural gas pipelines. Journal of Regulatory Economics. 2(3). 263–280. 16 indexed citations
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Murphy, Frederic H., Michael Toman, & Howard J. Weiss. (1989). A Dynamic Nash Game Model of Oil Market Disruption and Strategic Stockpiling. Operations Research. 37(6). 958–971. 21 indexed citations
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Murphy, Frederic H., Michael Toman, & Howard J. Weiss. (1987). A Stochastic Dynamic Nash Game Analysis of Policies for Managing the Strategic Petroleum Reserves of Consuming Nations. Management Science. 33(4). 484–499. 35 indexed citations

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