Nikolaus Wolf

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Nikolaus Wolf is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikolaus Wolf has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 21 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Nikolaus Wolf's work include Global trade and economics (15 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (12 papers) and Global Financial Crisis and Policies (10 papers). Nikolaus Wolf is often cited by papers focused on Global trade and economics (15 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (12 papers) and Global Financial Crisis and Policies (10 papers). Nikolaus Wolf collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Nikolaus Wolf's co-authors include Stephen J. Redding, Daniel Sturm, Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Max‐Stephan Schulze, Joan R. Rosés, Albrecht Ritschl, Nicholas Crafts, Michael Kopsidis, Mark Harrison and Giovanni Federico and has published in prestigious journals such as Econometrica, The Review of Economics and Statistics and Journal of Development Economics.

In The Last Decade

Nikolaus Wolf

54 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Economics of Density: Evidence From the Berlin Wall

2015 383 citations Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Stephen J. Redding et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Nikolaus Wolf	956	297	238	190	190	61	1.3k
David C. Maré	1.6k 1.6×	115 0.4×	507 2.1×	128 0.7×	87 0.5×	101	1.8k
Daniel Sturm	910 1.0×	132 0.4×	308 1.3×	402 2.1×	86 0.5×	21	1.2k
Konstantin A. Kholodilin	1.1k 1.1×	372 1.3×	169 0.7×	132 0.7×	66 0.3×	163	1.4k
Maarten Bosker	791 0.8×	127 0.4×	217 0.9×	218 1.1×	249 1.3×	26	1.1k
Elisabet Viladecans‐Marsal	983 1.0×	147 0.5×	186 0.8×	212 1.1×	44 0.2×	40	1.3k
Marc Schramm	697 0.7×	97 0.3×	250 1.1×	181 1.0×	108 0.6×	22	1.1k
Jeremy Atack	688 0.7×	171 0.6×	242 1.0×	64 0.3×	96 0.5×	61	1.0k
Alexander D. Rothenberg	320 0.3×	240 0.8×	246 1.0×	77 0.4×	133 0.7×	39	800
Daniel Shoag	526 0.6×	79 0.3×	362 1.5×	184 1.0×	52 0.3×	33	934
Indermit S. Gill	578 0.6×	260 0.9×	215 0.9×	273 1.4×	148 0.8×	57	1.2k

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Bartels, Charlotte, Felix Kersting, & Nikolaus Wolf. (2023). Testing Marx: Capital Accumulation, Income Inequality, and Socialism in Late Nineteenth-Century Germany. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 107(4). 935–950. 1 indexed citations

Wolf, Nikolaus, et al.. (2023). Fickle Fossils. Economic Growth, Coal and the European Oil Invasion, 1900-2015. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Wolf, Nikolaus & Ulrich Pfister. (2023). An Economic History of the First German Unification. Aisberg (University of Bergamo). 2 indexed citations

Spoerer, Mark, et al.. (2021). Deutschland 1871 : die Nationalstaatsbildung und der Weg in die moderne Wirtschaft. Mohr Siebeck eBooks. 4 indexed citations

Kersting, Felix, et al.. (2020). Weber Revisited: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Nationalism. The Journal of Economic History. 80(3). 710–745. 16 indexed citations

Wolf, Nikolaus, et al.. (2019). How Britain Unified Germany: Endogenous Trade Costs and the Formation of a Customs Union. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Wolf, Nikolaus, et al.. (2018). Wzrost gospodarczy ziem polskich w okresie pierwszej globalizacji (1870-1910). Ekonomista. 127–155. 2 indexed citations

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Stephen J. Redding, Daniel Sturm, & Nikolaus Wolf. (2014). The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 6 indexed citations

Crafts, Nicholas & Nikolaus Wolf. (2014). The Location of the UK Cotton Textiles Industry in 1838: A Quantitative Analysis. The Journal of Economic History. 74(4). 1103–1139. 46 indexed citations

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Kopsidis, Michael & Nikolaus Wolf. (2012). Agricultural Productivity Across Prussia During the Industrial Revolution: A Thünen Perspective. The Journal of Economic History. 72(3). 634–670. 34 indexed citations

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Nitsch, Volker, et al.. (2011). Tear Down this Wall: On the Persistence of Borders in Trade*. 39 indexed citations

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Nitsch, Volker & Nikolaus Wolf. (2010). Zur Dauerhaftigkeit von Handelsbarrieren: Evidenz von der deutsch-deutschen Wiedervereinigung. Econstor (Econstor). 17(5). 28–30. 1 indexed citations

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Redding, Stephen J., Daniel Sturm, & Nikolaus Wolf. (2010). History and Industry Location: Evidence from German Airports. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 93(3). 814–831. 18 indexed citations

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Schulze, Max‐Stephan & Nikolaus Wolf. (2009). On the Origins of Border Effects: Insights from the Habsburg Empire. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 1 indexed citations

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Wolf, Nikolaus, et al.. (2008). Interesse und Konflikt : zur politischen Ökonomie der deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen, 1900-2007. Harrassowitz eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Schulze, Max‐Stephan, et al.. (2008). Endogenous Borders? Exploring a Natural Experiment on Border Effects. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Schulze, Max‐Stephan & Nikolaus Wolf. (2007). On the Origins of Border Effects: Insights from the Habsburg Customs Union. Warwick Research Archive Portal (University of Warwick). 1 indexed citations

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Redding, Stephen J., Daniel Sturm, & Nikolaus Wolf. (2007). History and Industry Location: Evidence from German Airports. 121 indexed citations

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Trenkler, Carsten & Nikolaus Wolf. (2005). Economic integration across borders: The Polish interwar economy 1921-1937. European Review of Economic History. 9(2). 199–231. 18 indexed citations

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Wolf, Nikolaus. (2005). Cities, Transport and Communications. Journal of Economic Geography. 6(2). 248–249. 1 indexed citations

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