IMF Working Paper
Last updated ISSN 1018-5941
IMF Working Paper is published by International Monetary Fund in economics, econometrics and finance. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in IMF Working Paper concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Global Financial Crisis and Policies
- Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
- Economic Theory and Policy
- Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
- Economic Growth and Productivity
- Global trade and economics
- Market Dynamics and Volatility
- Economic theories and models
Key facts
| Publisher | International Monetary Fund |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1018-5941, 2227-8885 |
| Subject area | Economics, Econometrics and Finance |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Not recorded |
| Articles published | 9,411 |
| Publishing since | 1986 |
| Journal website | www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/wp1_sp.aspx?s_year=201 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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