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Global Financial Crisis and Policies

Global Financial Crisis and Policies is a research topic within Finance. Science Explorer counts 48k research works in it since 1950. 16.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores topics related to international finance, capital flows, exchange rate regimes, sovereign debt crises, global imbalances, financial liberalization, and the role of institutions such as the IMF. It delves into the dynamics of capital flows, the impact of financial integration on economies, the management of currency crises, and the synchronization of business cycles across countries.

  • Capital Flows
  • Financial Integration
  • Exchange Rate Regimes
  • Sovereign Debt Crises
  • Global Imbalances
  • Financial Liberalization
  • International Reserves
  • Currency Crises
  • Business Cycle Synchronization
  • IMF - International Monetary Fund
Research works
48k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-16%
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Which countries lead Global Financial Crisis and Policies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 486 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 486 works
  3. 3 India 435 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 370 works
  5. 5 Germany 295 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 276 works
  7. 7 France 244 works
  8. 8 Italy 182 works
  9. 9 Russia 162 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 158 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.

United States: 32.4%China: 12.6%India: 11.3%United Kingdom: 9.6%6 others listed: 34.1%32%largest
United States1,251 · 32.4%China486 · 12.6%India435 · 11.3%United Kingdom370 · 9.6%6 others listed1,317 · 34.1%

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

Which institutions lead Global Financial Crisis and Policies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, European Central Bank publishes the most Global Financial Crisis and Policies research, followed by International Monetary Fund and Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 European Central BankGermany 68 works
  2. 2 International Monetary FundUnited States 67 works
  3. 3 Federal Reserve Board of GovernorsUnited States 48 works
  4. 4 National Bureau of Economic ResearchUnited States 44 works
  5. 5 Federal ReserveUnited States 40 works
  6. 6 Yale UniversityUnited States 36 works
  7. 7 Centre for Economic Policy ResearchUnited Kingdom 31 works
  8. 8 Renmin University of ChinaChina 27 works
  9. 9 Bank of ItalyItaly 27 works
  10. 10 Bank for International SettlementsSwitzerland 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Global Financial Crisis and Policies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Global Financial Crisis and Policies include Robert J. Barro, Joseph E. Stiglitz and Daron Acemoğlu.

  1. 1 Robert J. Barro United States 7.9k citations
  2. 2 Joseph E. Stiglitz United States 7.4k citations
  3. 3 Daron Acemoğlu United States 5.7k citations
  4. 4 Ross Levine United States 4.5k citations
  5. 5 René M. Stulz United States 4.4k citations
  6. 6 Paúl Krugman United States 4.4k citations
  7. 7 Campbell R. Harvey United States 4.2k citations
  8. 8 Lawrence H. Summers United States 3.9k citations
  9. 9 William Diebold United States 3.8k citations

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

Where is Global Financial Crisis and Policies research done?

The largest centres of Global Financial Crisis and Policies research in 2022–2025 are Washington D.C. (United States), Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Frankfurt am Main and Washington D.C..

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Washington D.C. United States 235 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 171 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 157 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 116 works
  5. 5 Frankfurt am Main Germany 112 works
  6. 6 Paris France 100 works
  7. 7 New York United States 93 works
  8. 8 Rome Italy 67 works
  9. 9 Cambridge United States 64 works
  10. 10 New Delhi India 64 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Frankfurt am MainDE · 112.3 works22×
  2. Washington D.C.US · 234.6 works9.9×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Global Financial Crisis and Policies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Global Financial Crisis and Policies?

Among universities, judged by research, Corvinus University of Budapest, Financial University and London School of Economics and Political Science 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%10%20%30%mean 16.93%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Corvinus University of Budapest: 9, 23.9%Financial University: 19, 14.2%London School of Economics and Political Science: 22, 19.5%Renmin University of China: 27, 11.0%University of Piraeus: 11, 22.0%Central University of Finance and Economics: 16, 12.5%European University Institute: 12, 12.3%Bocconi University: 10, 15.5%SGH Warsaw School of Economics: 13, 12.2%University of Lisbon: 12, 26.2%Corvinus University …London School of Eco…Financial UniversityRenmin University of…
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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 Corvinus University of BudapestHungary 59.923.9%14.5×9 +188.8%
2 Financial UniversityRussia 58.714.2%13.3×19 +347.9%
3 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 53.919.5%14.8×22 -20.8%
4 Renmin University of ChinaChina 47.311.0%13.3×27 -28.8%
5 University of PiraeusGreece 47.322.0%24.7×11 -29.2%
6 Central University of Finance and EconomicsChina 45.712.5%22.9×16 +8.7%
7 European University InstituteItaly 44.512.3%26.3×12 +2.7%
8 Bocconi UniversityItaly 44.115.5%18.0×10 -24.1%
9 SGH Warsaw School of EconomicsPoland 43.712.2%33.7×13 +13.7%
10 University of LisbonPortugal 43.026.2%3.2×12 +107.4%

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 Global Financial Crisis and Policies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Global Financial Crisis and 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.