Papers on “public debt”
Research on “public debt” 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 “public debt” appeared in 947 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (654), finance (250) and management (15).
- 118 of them were published in 2025, against 73 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were International Monetary Fund (19), University of Lisbon (16) and ISEG - Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão (11).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (20), Journal of International Economics (17) and Journal of Policy Modeling (15).
- The most-cited of them is “Three green financial policies to address climate risks” (Journal of Financial Stability, 2021), with 305 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | 53 | 62 | 58 | 66 | 60 | 60 | 79 | 74 | 75 | 67 |
| Finance | 20 | 23 | 17 | 27 | 25 | 31 | 21 | 28 | 35 | 23 |
| Management | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Information Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 73 | 86 | 79 | 97 | 89 | 97 | 104 | 108 | 118 | 96 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finance research letters | 20 |
| 2 | Journal of International Economics | 17 |
| 3 | Journal of Policy Modeling | 15 |
| 4 | European Journal of Political Economy | 15 |
| 5 | Journal of International Money and Finance | 15 |
| 6 | Economic Modelling | 14 |
| 7 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 14 |
| 8 | IMF Economic Review | 13 |
| 9 | Economic Change and Restructuring | 12 |
| 10 | Journal of Macroeconomics | 11 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Monetary Fund | 19 |
| 2 | University of Lisbon | 16 |
| 3 | ISEG - Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão | 11 |
| 4 | Centre for Economic Policy Research | 9 |
| 5 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | 8 |
| 6 | Harvard University | 8 |
| 7 | University College London | 7 |
| 8 | Université d'Orléans | 7 |
| 9 | Bocconi University | 6 |
| 10 | Laboratoire d’Économie d’Orléans | 6 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 110 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 55 |
| 3 | China | 41 |
| 4 | Italy | 41 |
| 5 | France | 39 |
| 6 | Germany | 31 |
| 7 | Portugal | 20 |
| 8 | Spain | 19 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 15 |
| 10 | Japan | 15 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | fiscal policy | 82 |
| 2 | economic growth | 41 |
| 3 | debt sustainability | 36 |
| 4 | fiscal sustainability | 35 |
| 5 | fiscal rules | 34 |
| 6 | euro area | 32 |
| 7 | inflation | 31 |
| 8 | monetary policy | 29 |
| 9 | emerging markets | 28 |
Most-cited papers#
| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 305 | 4.5 | Three green financial policies to address climate risks | Journal of Financial Stability | 2021-04-01 | Francesco Lamperti, Valentina Bosetti, Andrea Roventini B et al. |
| 2 | 291 | 2.7 | The permanent effects of fiscal consolidations | Journal of International Economics | 2017-12-02 | Antonio Fatás, Lawrence H. Summers |
| 3 | 245 | 2.3 | Product market competition and debt choice | Journal of Corporate Finance | 2018-01-30 | Sabri Boubaker, Walid Saffar, Syrine Sassi |
| 4 | 242 | 2.2 | The EIRIN Flow-of-funds Behavioural Model of Green Fiscal Policies and Green Sovereign Bonds | Ecological Economics | 2017-08-22 | Irene Monasterolo, Marco Raberto |
| 5 | 237 | 2.6 | Financial frictions and employment during the Great Depression | Journal of Financial Economics | 2019-02-27 | Efraim Benmelech, Carola Frydman, Dimitris Papanikolaou |
Research ideas that follow this keyword#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “public debt”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/public-debt
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