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European Monetary and Fiscal Policies

European Monetary and Fiscal Policies is a research topic within Finance. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 9.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the causes and consequences of the Eurozone financial crisis, including topics such as TARGET2 balances, ECB's rescue facility, austerity measures, sovereign debt crisis, central bank balance sheets, capital flows, banking crisis, monetary policy instruments, fiscal policy, and the European Stability Mechanism.

  • TARGET2 Balances
  • ECB's Rescue Facility
  • Austerity Measures
  • Sovereign Debt Crisis
  • Central Bank Balance Sheets
  • Capital Flows
  • Banking Crisis
  • Monetary Policy Instruments
  • Fiscal Policy
  • European Stability Mechanism
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-16%
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Which countries lead European Monetary and Fiscal Policies research?

By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (420 and 167 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 420 works
  2. 2 United States 167 works
  3. 3 Italy 73 works
  4. 4 France 66 works
  5. 5 Austria 65 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 59 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 58 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 49 works
  9. 9 Poland 46 works
  10. 10 Nigeria 36 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Germany: 40.4%United States: 16.1%Italy: 7.0%France: 6.3%6 others listed: 30.1%40%largest
Germany420 · 40.4%United States167 · 16.1%Italy73 · 7.0%France66 · 6.3%6 others listed313 · 30.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead European Monetary and Fiscal Policies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, European Central Bank publishes the most European Monetary and Fiscal Policies research, followed by University of Luxembourg and University of Cologne.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 European Central BankGermany 28 works
  2. 2 University of LuxembourgLuxembourg 18 works
  3. 3 University of CologneGermany 18 works
  4. 4 München KlinikGermany 16 works
  5. 5 Universität HamburgGermany 15 works
  6. 6 Helmut Schmidt UniversityGermany 15 works
  7. 7 Yale UniversityUnited States 15 works
  8. 8 Austrian Foundry Research InstituteAustria 13 works
  9. 9 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 12 works
  10. 10 Kiel Institute for the World EconomyGermany 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in European Monetary and Fiscal Policies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on European Monetary and Fiscal Policies include Robert J. Barro, Paúl Krugman and William Diebold.

  1. 1 Robert J. Barro United States 7.9k citations
  2. 2 Paúl Krugman United States 4.4k citations
  3. 3 William Diebold United States 3.8k citations
  4. 4 James Tobin United States 3.1k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is European Monetary and Fiscal Policies research done?

The largest centres of European Monetary and Fiscal Policies research in 2022–2025 are Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Hamburg (Germany), Munich (Germany) and Vienna (Austria). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Frankfurt am Main, Kiel and Cologne.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Frankfurt am Main Germany 50 works
  2. 2 Hamburg Germany 41 works
  3. 3 Munich Germany 38 works
  4. 4 Vienna Austria 35 works
  5. 5 Cologne Germany 34 works
  6. 6 Berlin Germany 30 works
  7. 7 Paris France 28 works
  8. 8 Rome Italy 28 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 28 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C. United States 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Frankfurt am MainDE · 50.4 works43×
  2. KielDE · 20.1 works35×
  3. CologneDE · 33.5 works21×
  4. HamburgDE · 41.0 works18×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in European Monetary and Fiscal Policies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study European Monetary and Fiscal Policies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Luxembourg, University of Cologne and Universität Hamburg score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%5%10%15%mean 3.82222%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Luxembourg: 18, 9.2%University of Cologne: 18, 0.5%Universität Hamburg: 15, 2.9%Sapienza University of Rome: 12, 13.5%Yale University: 15, 0.0%Nanjing University of Finance and Economics: 12, 2.8%Goethe University Frankfurt: 9, 3.8%Helmut Schmidt University: 15, 1.7%Berufskolleg Am Wasserturm: 10, 0.0%Sapienza University …University of Luxemb…Universität HamburgUniversity of Cologne
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of LuxembourgLuxembourg 71.49.2%55.9×18 +97.7%
2 University of CologneGermany 59.30.5%39.6×18 +235.3%
3 Universität HamburgGermany 52.02.9%19.3×15 +54.6%
4 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 49.513.5%8.0×12 +222.4%
5 Yale UniversityUnited States 44.90.0%10.4×15
6 Nanjing University of Finance and EconomicsChina 44.02.8%64.3×12
7 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 41.93.8%15.3×9 +20.0%
8 Helmut Schmidt UniversityGermany 41.61.7%144.4×15 -34.1%
9 Berufskolleg Am WasserturmGermany 39.00.0%943.0×10 +145.0%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is European Monetary and Fiscal Policies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2015. The fastest-growing topics are European Monetary and Fiscal Policies.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.