Uncertainty and sentiment indices

5 papers in the last 7 days · 7 of its 8 datasets mentioned

Text- and survey-based indices of policy uncertainty, geopolitical risk, investor sentiment and financial stress.

Key findings

Datasets in the category “Uncertainty and sentiment indices” were mentioned in 55 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-27 to 2026-10-26), ranking #5 of the 58 data categories mentioned.
The most-mentioned were Economic Policy Uncertainty index (31), Climate Policy Uncertainty index (15), Geopolitical Risk index (11), Baker-Wurgler investor sentiment (6) and Trade Policy Uncertainty index (6).
By journal category: Finance (32), Economics (15), Management (6), Operations Research (1) and Accounting (1).
Most of them appeared in International Review of Economics & Finance (10), Finance research letters (6) and Energy Policy (4).

Datasets

Datasets in this category · 2026-09-27 – 2026-10-26 (30 days)
Dataset	Papers	Last 7 days	Names searched for
Economic Policy Uncertainty index	31	2	Economic Policy Uncertainty, EPU index
Climate Policy Uncertainty index	15	1	Climate Policy Uncertainty
Geopolitical Risk index	11	0	geopolitical risk index, GPR index, Caldara and Iacoviello
Baker-Wurgler investor sentiment	6	2	Baker and Wurgler, Baker-Wurgler
Trade Policy Uncertainty index	6	0	Trade Policy Uncertainty
World Uncertainty Index	3	0	World Uncertainty Index
AAII sentiment survey	1	0	AAII
Financial stress indices	0	0	Financial Stress Index

Papers mentioning these datasets, newest first. Newest 50 of 55 papers; all of them are in /data/papers.json.
Date	Title	Journal	Authors	Affiliations	Datasets mentioned
2026-10-23	From pixels to profits: trading arbitrage portfolios based on image representations	Financial markets and portfolio management	Niklas Paluszkiewicz	Universität Ulm	Baker-Wurgler investor sentiment
2026-10-23	A fund by any other name: short-lived effects of name changes on European fund flows	Financial markets and portfolio management	Víctor Barros, Bruno Pinhão, J M de Almeida et al.	University of Lisbon; Banco de Portugal; Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa	Climate Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-22	Do long-term yields help to estimate short-term risk premia?	Journal of Financial Economics	Andrea Berardi, Roger Brown, Stephen M. Schaefer		Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-22	Cut the chit-chat: a new framework for the application of generative language models for portfolio construction	Annals of Operations Research	Francesco A. Fabozzi, Ionuţ Florescu	Stevens Institute of Technology	Baker-Wurgler investor sentiment
2026-10-21	Economic policy uncertainty and Chinese exchange rate volatility: evidence from the GARCH–MIDAS approach	Review of World Economics	Panpan Wang, Yishi Li, Changqian Xie et al.	Southeast University; Southeast University; Zhejiang University of Water Resource and Electric Power; …	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-19	Cryptocurrency and initial trust formation: an empirical investigation into the dynamics of willingness to use in financial transactions	Financial Innovation	Ahmed Geebren	Tobruk University	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-17	Asymmetric effects of policy uncertainty on aggregate earnings	Finance research letters	Weiyi Kang, Jing Wang	California Polytechnic State University; California State University, Bakersfield	Economic Policy Uncertainty index, Trade Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-15	Economic uncertainty and fertility cycles: baby boom and busts in twentieth century USA	Journal of Economic Growth	Bastien Chabé-Ferret, Paula E. Gobbi	Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research; Middlesex University London; Université Libre de Bruxelles	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-15	Geopolitical risk spillovers among GCC stock markets, non-renewable energy, and gold: evidence from a quantile connectedness approach	Portuguese Economic Journal	Nidhal Mgadmi, Fekria Belhouichet, Ştefan Cristian Gherghina et al.	University of Sfax; Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax; Bucharest University of Economic Studies; …	Economic Policy Uncertainty index, Geopolitical Risk index
2026-10-15	Understanding the determinants and consequences of share-pledging: a systematic literature review and future research agenda	Management Review Quarterly	Rohith Radhakrishnan, E Geetha, Agnes S. Joseph	Manipal Academy of Higher Education; Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-14	Government-sourced categorical economic policy uncertainty	International Review of Economics & Finance	Khanh Cong Gia Hoang, Linh Pham, Thanh Ngo et al.		Economic Policy Uncertainty index, Geopolitical Risk index, Trade Policy Uncertainty index, World Uncertainty Index
2026-10-13	Implied temperature rise metrics: a compass without direction?	Financial markets and portfolio management	Manuel C. Kathan, Moritz Reisser, Sebastian Utz	University of Augsburg; University of St.Gallen; Center for Climate and Resilience Research; …	Climate Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-13	The geopoliticization of Europe's energy transition: Geopolitical risk and selective transition adjustment across EU member states	Energy Policy	Shufeng Cong, Lee Chin, Ilhom Alimardonov et al.	University of Macau; Universiti Putra Malaysia; Tashkent State University of Economics; …	Geopolitical Risk index
2026-10-12	Do climate-related risks and policy dynamics reshape bank income structure? Evidence from U.S. banks’ non-interest income activities	Finance research letters	Konstantinos Michail Kapetanakis, Christos Floros	Mediterranean University; Hellenic Mediterranean University	Climate Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-12	The influence of inflation on commercial bank performance: a systematic review	Future Business Journal	Safwan Al-Dhobee, Mohammed Al-Rafaik, Ali Al-Oluki et al.	Sana'a University; Thamar University; Al-Razi University	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-11	Trilemma constraints and policy space: Geopolitical risk, capital flow dynamics, and exchange rate adjustment in a panel of China and OECD countries	Economic Analysis and Policy	Yuchen Shen, Yifeng Wang	Xidian University	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-10	Innovation bridging sustainability: the role of digital finance, institutional policy stringency, and climate physical risks for advancing energy transformation	Financial Innovation	Huma Iftikhar, Luo Guang, Ningyu Qian	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	Economic Policy Uncertainty index, Climate Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-10	Spillover effects of government subsidies on peer firms' wage growth: Evidence from Chinese listed firms	Economic Analysis and Policy	Lingfei Qu, Feng Gong	Wuhan University	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-10	The judgment-based approach to entrepreneurship: The uncertainty–heterogeneity nexus	Journal of Business Venturing	Nicolai J. Foss, Peter G. Klein, Carmen-Elena Dorobat et al.	Copenhagen Business School; Norwegian School of Economics; Baylor University; …	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-08	Behavioral drivers of cryptocurrency markets: A systematic review	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance	Sebastian Steindl, Hans Rüdiger Kaufmann, Bernd Britzelmaier	University of Nicosia; Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-08	Is the relationship between climate policy uncertainty and cash holding nonlinear?	The North American Journal of Economics and Finance	Augustinos I. Dimitras, Efstathios Magerakis, George Peppas	Hellenic Open University	Economic Policy Uncertainty index, Geopolitical Risk index, Climate Policy Uncertainty index, World Uncertainty Index
2026-10-07	Geopolitical risk and the spatial convergence of renewable energy consumption: Evidence from 1996 to 2026	International Review of Economics & Finance	Liu He, 邹佰峰, Xing Chiang	Northeast Agricultural University; Northeast Forestry University; City University of Macau	Economic Policy Uncertainty index, Geopolitical Risk index, Climate Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-07	ESG ratings for blockchains and cryptocurrencies	Finance research letters	Jerusa Alberton, Marcelo Cabús Klötzle, Marcelo Guedes Pecly et al.	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-07	Testing for dominance in risk transmission mechanisms towards the European energy market	Finance research letters	Jone Ascorbebeitia, Eva Ferreira, Susan Orbe	University of the Basque Country	Economic Policy Uncertainty index, Geopolitical Risk index
2026-10-06	Is bitcoin a hedge against central banking? Evidence from AI-driven monetary policy expectations	Journal of International Money and Finance	Maxime L. D. Nicolas, François Sicard, Marion Labouré et al.	University College London; Deutsche Bank (United Kingdom)	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-06	Attention-amplified sentiment and jump risk in Bitcoin and Ethereum markets: A text-augmented Hawkes framework	International Review of Financial Analysis	Alev Atak, Philip Hans Franses	Middle East Technical University; Erasmus University Rotterdam	Baker-Wurgler investor sentiment
2026-10-06	Green hydrogen promotion in Cameroon: Implications for sustainable development	Energy Policy	Anja Brumme, Alexander Golub, Anil Markandya et al.	TU Bergakademie Freiberg; American University; Basque Centre for Climate Change	Climate Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-06	Sentiment interactions in financial markets: Conditional volatility, feedback, and shock propagation	International Review of Economics & Finance	Md Tanvir Hasan	University of Dhaka; University of Glasgow	Baker-Wurgler investor sentiment, AAII sentiment survey
2026-10-05	Dynamics of regime and quantile connectedness across new economy markets	International Review of Economics & Finance	Sami Al Kharusi, Rim M. El Khoury, Walid Mensi et al.	Sultan Qaboos University; Lebanese American University; Pusan National University	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-05	Sailing on trust: The impact of social credit system construction on corporate ESG performance	International Review of Economics & Finance	Zhiqiang Bian, Caibin Zhang	Shandong Institute of Business and Technology; Liaoning University	Economic Policy Uncertainty index, Climate Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-05	Capital Realignment Under the “Dual Carbon” Goals: Climate Policy Uncertainty and Corporate Financialization	Computational Economics	Nan Zhou, Youze Zhang, Qing Chao	Guangdong University Of Finances and Economics; Guangdong University of Finance; Guangzhou College of Commerce	Climate Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-04	Watts to wealth: Electricity, efficiency, and industrial asset pricing	International Review of Economics & Finance	Anna Pirogova		Climate Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-04	Non-market strategies and environmental management: Framework for effective sustainable transformation	Journal of Business Research	Lev S. Shalev, Irina Heim, Yelena Kalyuzhnova et al.	University of Reading	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-03	Does geopolitical risk amplify sentiment effects in green equity markets? Evidence from multivariate quantile-on-quantile analysis	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance	Simran Agarwal, Puja Padhi	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Geopolitical Risk index
2026-10-03	Climate policy uncertainty and risk spillovers: Evidence from China’s carbon markets	International Review of Economics & Finance	Jinjin Tian, Li Chen, Yong Ma et al.	Central South University of Forestry and Technology; Hunan University	Climate Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-03	International spillovers of the US–China trade war 2.0: The case of Asian stock markets	International Review of Economics & Finance	Wojciech Grabowski, Ewa Stawasz‐Grabowska	University of Łódź	Trade Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-02	Behavioral financial responses to war threat and geopolitical uncertainty	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance	Nada Jabbour Al Maalouf, Dina Fattouh	Holy Spirit University of Kaslik	Geopolitical Risk index
2026-10-01	Economic policy uncertainty, big data analytics capabilities, and accounts receivable risk	Finance research letters	Min Chen		Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-01	Trade wars, geopolitical risk, and volatility dynamics in sustainable and conventional energy ETFs	Energy Economics	Muhammad Shabaz, Mosab Ismail Tabash, Umaid A. Sheikh et al.	Beijing Institute of Technology; Gulf University for Science & Technology; University of Cambridge; …	Trade Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-01	Integration of joint energy commodity price forecasts with hydrogen energy system planning under uncertain climate policies	International Journal of Forecasting	Hongtao Ren, Caiyu Chen, Li Su et al.	East China University of Science and Technology; Renmin University of China; China Construction Bank; …	Climate Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-01	Exchange rate stability and global shocks: Policy for inflation control in emerging markets	Journal of Policy Modeling	Hakan Yilmazkuday Z	Florida International University	Climate Policy Uncertainty index, Trade Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-01	Governing sustainability under uncertainty: dynamic evidence on climate risk and policy swings	Journal of Innovation & Knowledge	Xiaotian Dong, Wenhui Ma, Kai-Hua Wang et al.	Qingdao University; City University of Macau; Superior University	Economic Policy Uncertainty index, Climate Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-01	Balancing stability and transparency: Macroprudential policies and opacity puzzle in banking	The British Accounting Review	Trang Nguyen Ha Cu, Chau H. A. Le, Luu Ngoc Hiep et al.	National Economics University; VNU University of Economics and Business; University of Lincoln; …	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-01	Uncovering economic policy uncertainty during conflict	Journal of Comparative Economics	Sophie Brochet, Hannes Mueller, Christopher Rauh	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Barcelona School of Economics; Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica; …	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-10-01	Combining value-at-risk and expected-shortfall forecasts via the model confidence set	International Journal of Forecasting	Alessandra Amendola, Vincenzo Candila, Antonio Naimoli et al.		Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-09-30	Catalysts or constraints? The dual role of natural resources and greenfield investment amid geopolitical risk	Energy Policy	Priyanka Pradhan, Rajib Kumar Malik, Narayan Sethi et al.	National Institute of Technology Rourkela; Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur	Economic Policy Uncertainty index, Geopolitical Risk index
2026-09-30	Dynamic responses of clean energy markets to trade uncertainties and partisan conflict: Evidence from a TVP-local projection framework	The North American Journal of Economics and Finance	Kingsley Imandojemu, Aliyu Akorede Rufai, Samson Alika et al.	University of South Africa	Trade Policy Uncertainty index
2026-09-30	Employee well-being in private equity-backed firms	Finance research letters	Huynh Sang Truong, Uwe Walz B	Goethe University Frankfurt; Vietnamese-German University; European Corporate Governance Institute; …	Baker-Wurgler investor sentiment
2026-09-30	Words that move markets: ECB presidential tone and euro area bank CDS spreads	Journal of Financial Stability	Dimitrios Anastasiou, Theodoros Bratis, Apostolos G. Katsafados et al.	Athens University of Economics and Business; University of Zurich; Swiss Finance Institute; …	Economic Policy Uncertainty index
2026-09-29	Does climate risk matter for the financial and social efficiencies of microfinance institutions?	International Review of Economics & Finance	Zheng Chen, Junru Zhang	Curtin University; The University of Western Australia	World Uncertainty Index

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Uncertainty and sentiment indices. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/uncertainty-and-sentiment-indices

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  urldate = {2026-10-26},
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