Public Finance Review

Aims & Scope

Public Finance Review is a scholarly economics journal devoted to policy-oriented economic research and theory, which focuses on a variety of allocation, distribution, and stabilization functions within the public sector economy.

Economists, policy makers, political scientists, and researchers all rely on Public Finance Review, to bring them the most up-to-date analysis of the ever changing public finance systems around the world and to help them put policies and research into action.

Public Finance Review presents rigorous empirical and theoretical papers on public economic policies, and also examines their impacts and consequences.

The journal analyzes the nature and function of evolving governmental fiscal policies at the national, state and local levels, with the goal of providing analysis that it is of interest to an international audience.

Each peer-reviewed issue explores a variety of subject areas, bringing comprehensive coverage of the public-sector economy today.

Issues recently examined include: social security financing, tax neutrality and social welfare, politics and deficit finance, tax credits for job creation, public education subsidies, mixed outputs of non-profit organizations, government loan guarantees, distributional effects of social security, and intergovernmental fiscal relations.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Apc url

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Using Dynamic Panel Methods to Estimate Shadow Economies Around the World, 1984–2006

  Citation: 140

  Authors: James, Abel

• Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Thushyanthan, Lars P.

• The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Inequality and Poverty in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Nora, Carola, John

• The Effects of Public Investment on Private Investment in Developing Economies

  Citation: 89

  Authors: Lutfi, Randall G.

• Crowding Out and Crowding In of Private Donations and Government Grants

  Citation: 82

  Authors: Garth

• Income Inequality and Redistributive Government Spending

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Luiz, Erwin R.

• Do Tax and Expenditure Limitations Affect Local Government Budgets? Evidence From Panel Data

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Ronald J.

• Revenue Structure and Nonprofit Borrowing

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Wenli, Dwight V., J.S.

• Do Enterprise Zones Work?

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Stephen

• The Role of Budget Stabilization Funds in Smoothing Government Expenditures over the Business Cycle

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Gary A., Erick M.