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Michael Ross

University of California, Los Angeles

H-index: 40

North America-United States

About Michael Ross

Michael Ross, With an exceptional h-index of 40 and a recent h-index of 27 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of California, Los Angeles, specializes in the field of Political Economy, Climate Change, Political Science, Resource Curse, Democratization.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Diversification in resource-rich Africa, 1999–2019

Reply to van den Bergh and Savin: Fossil fuel taxes are politically hard to change

Political leadership has limited impact on fossil fuel taxes and subsidies

Why do governments tax or subsidize fossil fuels?

What drives successful economic diversification in resource-rich countries?

Where has democracy helped the poor? Democratic transitions and early-life mortality at the country level

As oil prices plummet, how can resource-rich countries diversify their economies?

Michael Ross Information

University	University of California, Los Angeles
Position	Professor of Political Science
Citations(all)	25181
Citations(since 2020)	7548
Cited By	20263
hIndex(all)	40
hIndex(since 2020)	27
i10Index(all)	60
i10Index(since 2020)	44
Email	Access Email
University Profile Page	University of California, Los Angeles
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Michael Ross Skills & Research Interests

Political Economy

Climate Change

Political Science

Resource Curse

Democratization

Top articles of Michael Ross

Title	Journal	Author(s)	Publication Date
Diversification in resource-rich Africa, 1999–2019	Resources Policy	Michael L Ross Eric Werker	2024/1/1
Reply to van den Bergh and Savin: Fossil fuel taxes are politically hard to change	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	Cesar B Martinez-Alvarez Chad Hazlett Paasha Mahdavi Michael L Ross	2023/4/4
Political leadership has limited impact on fossil fuel taxes and subsidies	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences	Cesar B Martinez-Alvarez Chad Hazlett Paasha Mahdavi Michael L Ross	2022/11/22
Why do governments tax or subsidize fossil fuels?	The Journal of Politics	Paasha Mahdavi Cesar B Martinez-Alvarez Michael L Ross	2022/10/1
What drives successful economic diversification in resource-rich countries?		Addisu A Lashitew Michael L Ross Eric Werker	2021/8
Where has democracy helped the poor? Democratic transitions and early-life mortality at the country level	Social Science & Medicine	Antonio P Ramos Martin J Flores Michael L Ross	2020/11/1
As oil prices plummet, how can resource-rich countries diversify their economies?		Addisu Lashitew Michael Ross Eric Werker	2020/4/3