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title: "Threshold effects research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “threshold effects” appeared in 804 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (389), finance (251) and management (94)."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “threshold effects” appeared in 804 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (389), finance (251) and management (94). (as of 2026-11-05)"
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---

# Papers on “threshold effects”

[Browse research topics](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/directory/page/6.md)

Research on “threshold effects” 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 “threshold effects” appeared in 804 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (389), finance (251) and management (94).
- 173 of them were published in 2025, against 26 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were University of International Business and Economics (13), Renmin University of China (12) and Beijing Normal University (11).
- The journals publishing most of them were Finance research letters (64), International Review of Economics & Finance (58) and Resources Policy (30).
- The most-cited of them is “Can digital financial inclusion promote China's economic growth?” (International Review of Financial Analysis, 2021), with 586 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 13 | 14 | 26 | 32 | 35 | 39 | 58 | 57 | 55 | 60 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 10 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 95 | 41 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 15 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 26 | 27 | 42 | 46 | 61 | 75 | 99 | 124 | 173 | 131 |

## 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) | 64 |
| 2 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 58 |
| 3 | [Resources Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/resources-policy.md) | 30 |
| 4 | [Journal of the Knowledge Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-the-knowledge-economy.md) | 27 |
| 5 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 25 |
| 6 | [Economic Analysis and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-analysis-and-policy.md) | 24 |
| 7 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 20 |
| 8 | [Economic Change and Restructuring](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economic-change-and-restructuring.md) | 15 |
| 9 | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 14 |
| 10 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 10 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [University of International Business and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-international-business-and-economics.md) | 13 |
| 2 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 12 |
| 3 | [Beijing Normal University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-normal-university.md) | 11 |
| 4 | [Jilin University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/jilin-university.md) | 11 |
| 5 | [Anhui University of Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/anhui-university-of-finance-and-economics.md) | 9 |
| 6 | [Chongqing University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chongqing-university.md) | 9 |
| 7 | Nanchang University | 9 |
| 8 | [City University of Macau](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/city-university-of-macau.md) | 8 |
| 9 | Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax | 8 |
| 10 | University of Sfax | 8 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 326 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 30 |
| 3 | United States | 30 |
| 4 | Australia | 22 |
| 5 | Tunisia | 21 |
| 6 | Turkey | 21 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 18 |
| 8 | France | 17 |
| 9 | India | 15 |
| 10 | Germany | 13 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 99 |
| 2 | [regional heterogeneity](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/regional-heterogeneity.md) | 57 |
| 3 | [economic growth](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/economic-growth.md) | 54 |
| 4 | nonlinear effects | 51 |
| 5 | [moderating effect](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/moderating-effect.md) | 43 |
| 6 | [financial development](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/financial-development.md) | 41 |
| 7 | [institutional quality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/institutional-quality.md) | 40 |
| 8 | [CO2 emissions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/co2-emissions.md) | 36 |
| 9 | nonlinear relationship | 31 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 586 | 9.5 | [Can digital financial inclusion promote China's economic growth?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101889) | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2021-09-22 | Yang Liu, Lin Luan, Weilong Wu et al. |
| 2 | 471 | 5.8 | [Renewable energy consumption and economic growth nexus: Evidence from a threshold model](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111295) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2020-01-28 | Chaoyi Chen, Mehmet Pinar, Thanasis Stengos |
| 3 | 365 | 5.7 | [Energy poverty, health and education outcomes: Evidence from the developing world](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105447) | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 2021-07-09 | Rajabrata Banerjee, Vinod Mishra, Admasu Asfaw Maruta |
| 4 | 343 | 3.8 | [Effect of government subsidies on renewable energy investments: The threshold effect](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.05.039) | [Energy Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-policy.md) | 2019-05-23 | Xiaolei Yang, Lingyun He, Yufei Xia et al. |
| 5 | 276 | 7.0 | [Digital dividend or digital divide? Digital economy and urban-rural income inequality in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2023.102616) | [Telecommunications Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telecommunications-policy.md) | 2023-07-25 | Zhuangzhuang Peng, Ting Dan |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “threshold effects”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/threshold-effects

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  title = {Papers on “threshold effects”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/threshold-effects}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).