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title: "Risk-taking research: papers, trends and top journals"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “risk-taking” appeared in 927 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (347), economics (289) and management (192)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “risk-taking” appeared in 927 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (347), economics (289) and management (192). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# Papers on “risk-taking”

Research on “risk-taking” 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.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “risk-taking” appeared in 927 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in finance (347), economics (289) and management (192).
- 129 of them were published in 2025, against 85 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Central University of Finance and Economics (15), Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (11) and IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (6).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (58), International Review of Financial Analysis (17) and Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (16).
- The most-cited of them is “Do corporate taxes hinder innovation?” (Journal of Financial Economics, 2017), with 506 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 26 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 41 | 31 | 43 | 49 | 62 | 29 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 30 | 24 | 39 | 27 | 31 | 24 | 31 | 28 | 29 | 26 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 17 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 28 | 17 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 85 | 56 | 95 | 74 | 107 | 84 | 108 | 109 | 129 | 80 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 58 |
| 2 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 17 |
| 3 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 16 |
| 4 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 16 |
| 5 | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 14 |
| 6 | [International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-entrepreneurship-and-management-journal.md) | 14 |
| 7 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 12 |
| 8 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 10 |
| 9 | [Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-behavioral-and-experimental-finance.md) | 9 |
| 10 | [Economic Modelling](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-modelling.md) | 8 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Central University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 15 |
| 2 | [Southwestern University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/southwestern-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 11 |
| 3 | [IZA - Institute of Labor Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/iza-institute-of-labor-economics.md) | 6 |
| 4 | [Shanghai University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 6 |
| 5 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | 6 |
| 6 | [Ben-Gurion University of the Negev](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/ben-gurion-university-of-the-negev.md) | 5 |
| 7 | [Chinese University of Hong Kong](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-university-of-hong-kong.md) | 5 |
| 8 | [Lund University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lund-university.md) | 5 |
| 9 | [Shandong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shandong-university.md) | 5 |
| 10 | [The University of Queensland](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/the-university-of-queensland.md) | 5 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 155 |
| 2 | United States | 60 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 48 |
| 4 | Germany | 33 |
| 5 | Australia | 32 |
| 6 | France | 25 |
| 7 | Italy | 19 |
| 8 | Canada | 15 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 15 |
| 10 | Spain | 15 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Chinese listed companies](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chinese-listed-companies.md) | 38 |
| 2 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 37 |
| 3 | [financial constraints](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-constraints.md) | 35 |
| 4 | innovativeness | 29 |
| 5 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 28 |
| 6 | proactive behavior | 27 |
| 7 | [state-owned enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/state-owned-enterprises.md) | 23 |
| 8 | entrepreneurial orientation | 22 |
| 9 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 19 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 506 | 4.3 | [Do corporate taxes hinder innovation?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2017.01.004) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2017-01-20 | Abhiroop Mukherjee, Manpreet Singh, Alminas Žaldokas |
| 2 | 431 | 8.6 | [Corporate culture: Evidence from the field](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.07.008) | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 2022-09-07 | John Robert Graham, Jillian Grennan, Campbell R. Harvey et al. |
| 3 | 315 | 3.5 | [Exploring the impact of artificial Intelligence: Prediction versus judgment](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoecopol.2019.05.001) | [Information Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-economics-and-policy.md) | 2019-05-29 | Ajay Agrawal, Joshua S. Gans, Avi Goldfarb B |
| 4 | 313 | 6.8 | [Digital transformation, risk-taking, and innovation: Evidence from data on listed enterprises in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2023.100332) | [Journal of Innovation & Knowledge](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-knowledge.md) | 2023-01-01 | Meiyu Liu, Chengyou Li, Shuo Wang et al. |
| 5 | 304 | 3.8 | [Individual and team entrepreneurial orientation: Scale development and configurations for success](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.02.023) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 2020-03-06 | Jeffrey G. Covin, Coen Rigtering, Mathew Hughes et al. |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “risk-taking”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/risk-taking

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  title = {Papers on “risk-taking”},
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  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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