Wilfred Beckerman

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Wilfred Beckerman is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Wilfred Beckerman has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 9 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 7 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Wilfred Beckerman's work include Economic Theory and Policy (8 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (7 papers) and Climate Change and Geoengineering (7 papers). Wilfred Beckerman is often cited by papers focused on Economic Theory and Policy (8 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (7 papers) and Climate Change and Geoengineering (7 papers). Wilfred Beckerman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Wilfred Beckerman's co-authors include Mancur Olson, Cameron Hepburn, Harold Lydall, John Broome, Tim Jenkinson, Robert Bacon, Stephen R. Jones, Richard N. Cooper, Frank Blackaby and Andrew Weintraub and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Econometrica and The Economic Journal.

In The Last Decade

Wilfred Beckerman

66 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

The Rise and Decline of Nations.

1983 1.9k citations Wilfred Beckerman et al. The Economic Journal profile →
Economic growth and the environment: Whose growth? whose environment?

1992 717 citations Wilfred Beckerman profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wilfred Beckerman United Kingdom	22	2.2k	1.1k	831	671	551	71	4.3k
Per G. Fredriksson United States	35	3.8k 1.7×	1.5k 1.3×	666 0.8×	239 0.4×	650 1.2×	113	5.6k
Graham Pyatt United Kingdom	20	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	310 0.4×	252 0.4×	252 0.5×	53	4.5k
James K. Boyce United States	32	2.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	255 0.3×	436 0.6×	149 0.3×	94	4.2k
Gary D. Libecap United States	33	1.8k 0.8×	683 0.6×	508 0.6×	413 0.6×	371 0.7×	151	4.4k
Matthew Paterson United Kingdom	40	1.4k 0.6×	2.0k 1.8×	1.5k 1.8×	407 0.6×	495 0.9×	124	5.2k
Paul Collier United Kingdom	34	2.6k 1.2×	2.1k 1.9×	760 0.9×	174 0.3×	422 0.8×	141	6.5k
Dávid Vogel United States	31	998 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	263 0.4×	3.0k 5.4×	86	5.5k
W. W. Rostow United States	22	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	192 0.3×	321 0.6×	95	4.7k
Loren Brandt Canada	32	3.8k 1.7×	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	156 0.2×	1.3k 2.4×	89	6.8k
Angus Maddison Netherlands	27	3.7k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	191 0.3×	297 0.5×	113	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Wilfred Beckerman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wilfred Beckerman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wilfred Beckerman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wilfred Beckerman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wilfred Beckerman based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Wilfred Beckerman. Wilfred Beckerman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Beckerman, Wilfred. (2009). The Chimera of 'Sustainable Development'. Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University). 5 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred & Cameron Hepburn. (2007). Ethics of the discount rate in the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. World Economy. 8(1). 187–210. 108 indexed citations

3.

Beckerman, Wilfred. (2002). A Poverty of Reason: Sustainable Development and Economic Growth. UCL Discovery (University College London). 26 indexed citations

4.

Beckerman, Wilfred. (2001). Economists and sustainable development. World Economy. 2(4). 1–17. 1 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred, et al.. (1997). Plural Values and Environmental Valuation. Environmental Values. 6(1). 65–86. 2 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred. (1995). How Would you like your ‘Sustainability’, Sir? Weak or Strong? A Reply to my Critics. Environmental Values. 4(2). 169–179. 11 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred, et al.. (1995). The equitable international allocation of tradable carbon emission permits. Global Environmental Change. 5(5). 405–413. 55 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred. (1995). Small is stupid. 25 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred & Peter Read. (1995). Responding to Global Warming: The Technology, Economics and Politics of Sustainable Energy.. The Economic Journal. 105(430). 751–751. 1 indexed citations

10.

Beckerman, Wilfred. (1994). Blueprint 3: measuring sustainable development. International Affairs. 70(3). 560–560. 27 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred. (1992). The environment as a commodity. Nature. 357(6377). 371–372. 2 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred & Tim Jenkinson. (1990). Wage Bargaining and Profitability: A Disaggregative Analysis. Labour. 4(3). 57–78. 7 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred. (1979). Poverty and the impact of income maintenance programmes in four developed countries: Case studies of Australia, Belgium, Norway, and Great Britain. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred & F. Thomas Juster. (1979). The Distribution of Economic Well-Being.. The Economic Journal. 89(355). 678–678. 18 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred. (1978). Measures of leisure, equality and welfare. 13 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred. (1973). Economic growth and welfare. Minerva. 11(4). 495–515. 3 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred. (1972). ECONOMISTS, SCIENTISTS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE. Oxford Economic Papers. 24(3). 327–344. 76 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred, et al.. (1971). Environment and development. 3 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred. (1966). International comparisons of real incomes. 34 indexed citations

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Beckerman, Wilfred. (1963). Some Observations on Mr. Beckerman's "Export-Propelled" Growth Model: A Reply. The Economic Journal. 73(292). 785–785. 1 indexed citations

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