Papers on “economic policy uncertainty”
Research on “economic policy uncertainty” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “economic policy uncertainty” appeared in 1,446 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (828), economics (496) and management (53).
- 232 of them were published in 2025, against 36 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Hunan University (21), Lebanese American University (20) and Central University of Finance and Economics (19).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (125), International Review of Economics & Finance (60) and International Review of Financial Analysis (57).
- The most-cited of them is “COVID-19 pandemic, oil prices, stock market, geopolitical risk and policy uncertainty nexus in the US economy: Fresh evidence from the wavelet-based approach” (International Review of Financial Analysis, 2020), with 1,488 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 17 | 21 | 44 | 72 | 91 | 98 | 126 | 150 | 140 | 69 |
| Economics | 16 | 14 | 21 | 29 | 72 | 56 | 82 | 77 | 76 | 53 |
| Management | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 5 |
| Accounting | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 36 | 38 | 69 | 106 | 172 | 169 | 232 | 254 | 232 | 138 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finance research letters | 125 |
| 2 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 60 |
| 3 | International Review of Financial Analysis | 57 |
| 4 | Resources Policy | 40 |
| 5 | Research in International Business and Finance | 38 |
| 6 | Energy Economics | 37 |
| 7 | Pacific-Basin Finance Journal | 34 |
| 8 | The North American Journal of Economics and Finance | 34 |
| 9 | Economic Analysis and Policy | 33 |
| 10 | Economic Change and Restructuring | 28 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunan University | 21 |
| 2 | Lebanese American University | 20 |
| 3 | Central University of Finance and Economics | 19 |
| 4 | Renmin University of China | 18 |
| 5 | Southwest Jiaotong University | 18 |
| 6 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | 18 |
| 7 | University of International Business and Economics | 17 |
| 8 | Sichuan University | 13 |
| 9 | Xi'an Jiaotong University | 13 |
| 10 | Zhongnan University of Economics and Law | 13 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 477 |
| 2 | United States | 83 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 68 |
| 4 | India | 46 |
| 5 | France | 41 |
| 6 | South Korea | 37 |
| 7 | Australia | 33 |
| 8 | Turkey | 32 |
| 9 | Canada | 29 |
| 10 | Vietnam | 28 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | geopolitical risk | 128 |
| 2 | China | 96 |
| 3 | Chinese listed companies | 91 |
| 4 | COVID-19 pandemic | 88 |
| 5 | financial constraints | 63 |
| 6 | climate policy uncertainty | 48 |
| 7 | state-owned enterprises | 42 |
| 8 | stock market volatility | 40 |
| 9 | oil prices | 38 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,488 | 19.2 | COVID-19 pandemic, oil prices, stock market, geopolitical risk and policy uncertainty nexus in the US economy: Fresh evidence from the wavelet-based approach | International Review of Financial Analysis | 2020-05-15 | Arshian Sharif, Chaker Aloui, Larisa Yarovaya |
| 2 | 717 | 8.5 | Measuring economic policy uncertainty in China | China Economic Review | 2019-11-03 | Yun Huang, Paul Luk |
| 3 | 694 | 6.6 | Does economic policy uncertainty predict the Bitcoin returns? An empirical investigation | Finance research letters | 2018-01-31 | Ender Demir, Giray Gözgör, Chi Keung Marco Lau et al. |
| 4 | 678 | 6.9 | The effect of economic policy uncertainty on investor information asymmetry and management disclosures | Journal of Accounting and Economics | 2018-08-21 | Venky Nagar, Jordan Schoenfeld, Laura A. Wellman |
| 5 | 630 | 7.4 | Economic policy uncertainty: A literature review | The Journal of Economic Asymmetries | 2019-09-23 | Saud Asaad Althaqeb, Barrak Ghanim Algharabali |
Research ideas that follow this keyword#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “economic policy uncertainty”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-policy-uncertainty
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