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Solomon Hsiang

University of California, Berkeley (from arXiv:1810.07216, 2018) · ORCID · OpenAlex

33 papers in scope · 32 published · 1 on the econ.EM arXiv · 7,963 citations · h-index 20 (over the papers listed here)

Papers

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The Global Economic Impact of Climate Change: An Empirical Perspective
published2026 · Annual Review of Economics · 1 citations · first circulated 2025
Quantifying climate loss and damage consistent with a social cost of carbon
published2026 · Nature · 5 citations
with Marshall Burke, Mustafa Zahid, Noah S. Diffenbaugh
Global high-resolution estimates of the UN Human Development Index using satellite imagery and machine learning
published2026 · Nature Communications · 17 citations · first circulated 2023
with Luke Sherman, Jonathan Proctor, Hannah Druckenmiller, Heriberto Tapia
Using markets to adapt to climate change
published2026 · Science
with Simon Greenhill, Clare Balboni, Lint Barrage, Ian Bolliger, Judson Boomhower, Delavane Diaz, Hannah Druckenmiller, T.K. Garg, Miyuki Hino, Hsiang Hong, Carolyn Kousky, Jeremy Martinich, …
Data anomalies and the economic commitment of climate change
published2025 · Nature · 4 citations
with Tom Bearpark, Dylan Hogan
Destructive Behaviour, Judgement and Economic Decision-making under Thermal Stress
published2025 · The Economic Journal · 3 citations
with Ingvild Almås, Maximilian Auffhammer, Tessa Bold, Ian Bolliger, Aluma Dembo, Shuhei Kitamura, Edward Miguel, Robert Pickmans, Ingvild Almas
Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation Costs and Benefits
published2022 · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 165 citations · first circulated 2017
with Tamma Carleton, Amir Jina, Michael Delgado, Michael Greenstone, Trevor Houser, Andrew Hultgren, Robert E. Kopp, Kelly E. McCusker, Ishan Nath, James Rising, Ashwin Rode, Hee Kwon Seo, …
Estimating a social cost of carbon for global energy consumption
published2021 · Nature · 369 citations
with Ashwin Rode, Tamma Carleton, Michael Delgado, Michael Greenstone, Trevor Houser, Andrew Hultgren, Amir Jina, Robert E. Kopp, Kelly E. McCusker, Ishan Nath, James Rising, Jiacan Yuan, …
Public mobility data enables COVID-19 forecasting and management at local and global scales
published2021 · Scientific Reports · 134 citations · first circulated 2020
with Cornelia Ilin, Sébastien Annan-Phan, Xiao Hui Tai, Shikhar Mehra, Joshua Blumenstock
Publisher Correction: The effect of large-scale anti-contagion policies on the COVID-19 pandemic
published2020 · Nature · 30 citations
with Daniel Allen, Sébastien Annan-Phan, Kendon Bell, Ian Bolliger, Trinetta Chong, Hannah Druckenmiller, Luna Yue Huang, Andrew Hultgren, Emma Krasovich, Peiley Lau, Jaecheol Lee, Esther Rolf, …
Non-economic factors in violence: Evidence from organized crime, suicides and climate in Mexico
published2019 · 66 citations · first circulated 2018
with Ceren Baysan, Marshall Burke, Felipe González, Edward Miguel
The Distribution of Environmental Damages
published2018 · Review of Environmental Economics and Policy · 207 citations · first circulated 2017
with Paulina Oliva, Reed Walker
An Economist’s Guide to Climate Change Science
published2018 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 153 citations
with Robert E. Kopp
working paper2018 · arXiv · 4 citations
Temperature and Human Capital in the Short and Long Run
published2017 · Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists · 306 citations · first circulated 2015
with Joshua Graff Zivin, Matthew Neidell
Climate Econometrics
published2016 · Annual Review of Resource Economics · 513 citations
Potentially Extreme Population Displacement and Concentration in the Tropics Under Non-Extreme Warming
published2016 · Scientific Reports · 31 citations
with Adam H. Sobel
Opportunities for advances in climate change economics
published2016 · Science · 163 citations
with Marshall Burke, Melanie Craxton, Charles D. Kolstad, Chikara Onda, Hunt Allcott, Erin Baker, Lint Barrage, Richard T. Carson, Kenneth Gillingham, J. Graff-Zivin, Michael Greenstone, Stéphane Hallegatte, …
Global non-linear effect of temperature on economic production
published2015 · Nature · 2843 citations
with Marshall Burke, Edward Miguel
Climate and Conflict
published2015 · Annual Review of Economics · 609 citations · first circulated 2014
with Marshall Burke, Edward Miguel
Tropical Economics
published2015 · American Economic Review · 69 citations
with Kyle C. Meng
Geography, Depreciation, and Growth
published2015 · American Economic Review · 28 citations
with Amir Jina
Reconciling climate-conflict meta-analyses: reply to Buhaug et al.
published2014 · Climatic Change · 35 citations
with Marshall Burke, Edward Miguel
Solomon M. Hsiang Receives 2013 Science for Solutions Award: Response
published2014 · Eos · 1 citations
A Tool for Sharing Empirical Models of Climate Impacts
published2013 · AGUFM
with James Rising, R. E. Kopp
Climate, conflict, and social stability: what does the literature say?
published2013 · Climatic Change
with Marshall Burke
Climate, conflict, and social stability: what does the evidence say?
published2013 · Climatic Change · 328 citations
with Marshall Burke
Using Weather Data and Climate Model Output in Economic Analyses of Climate Change
published2013 · Review of Environmental Economics and Policy · 650 citations
with Maximilian Auffhammer, Wolfram Schlenker, Adam H. Sobel
Empirically calibrating damage functions and considering stochasticity when integrated assessment models are used as decision tools
published2013 · View · 14 citations
with Robert E. Kopp, Michael Oppenheimer
Climate Change: Modeling the Human Response
published2012 · AGUFM
with Melanie Oppenheimer, Robert E. Kopp
ADAPTATION TO CYCLONE RISK: EVIDENCE FROM THE GLOBAL CROSS-SECTION
published2012 · Climate Change Economics · 224 citations
with Daiju Narita
Temperatures and cyclones strongly associated with economic production in the Caribbean and Central America
published2010 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 991 citations
Thermal stress and tropical cyclones affect economic production in Central America and Caribbean
published2009 · AGUFM

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