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Public Finance Review Template

Write in a clean editor, then format for Public Finance Review in one click — DocuGuru applies the official SAGE template with author–year references and exports a submission-ready PDF plus the editable LaTeX source. Free to start.

About the Public Finance Review format

Public Finance Review is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Local Government Finance and Decentralization, Taxation and Compliance Studies.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Public Finance Review, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inFiscal Policy and Economic Growth Local Government Finance and Decentralization Taxation and Compliance Studies Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
ISSN1091-1421
Citation impact (2-yr)1.08
h-index60
i10-index379
Total citations15,210
Top institutions publishing hereGeorgia State University
Journal websitepfr.sagepub.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Public Finance Review per year

42
2014
37
2015
47
2016
36
2017
10
2018
20
2019
27
2020
22
2021
36
2022
32
2023
22
2024
26
2025

Citation impact of Public Finance Review by publication year

594
2014
547
2015
569
2016
334
2017
60
2018
203
2019
148
2020
86
2021
168
2022
152
2023
49
2024
16
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Public Finance Review

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

James Alm, Abel Embaye · 4 Apr 2013

The article estimates the size of shadow economy for 111 countries for the years 1984–2006 based on the currency demand approach. An important innovation is our use of dynamic panel data methods, which allows us to make several important contributions. First, we estimate the shadow economy for a range of heterogeneous countries that previously could…

The Effects of Public Investment on Private Investment in Developing Economies

Lütfi Erden, Randall G. Holcombe · 1 Sep 2005

The literature on the impact of public investment in developing economies gives inconsistent results on whether it complements or crowds out private investment. Applying several pooled specifications of a standard investment model to a panel of developing economies for 1980 to 1997, this study finds that public investment complements private investment, and that, on average,…

Follow the Leader? Evidence on European and US Tax Competition

Rosanne Altshuler, Timothy J. Goodspeed · 15 Apr 2014

This article breaks from the previous empirical literature that estimates Nash tax reaction functions of national governments competing with other national governments assuming that competitors play a Nash game and adjust to a Nash equilibrium in every year. We question this assumption and explore whether one country plays a leadership role in tax competition using…

Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in OECD Countries

Thushyanthan Baskaran, Lars P. Feld · 26 Nov 2012

We study the effect of fiscal decentralization on economic growth for twenty-three Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries from 1975 to 2008. In order to proxy fiscal decentralization, we use both traditional Government Finance Statistics (GFS)–style measures and new measures that account for the degree of subnational tax autonomy. The regressions with GFS–style measures…

Explaining Fiscal Decentralization

Leonardo E. Letelier S. · 31 Jan 2005

This study uses a panel of sixty-four countries to test empirically various hypotheses about the causes of decentralization at the government level and in different functional spending areas. The empirical results find a negative impact of urbanization on decentralization. In the general case, a higher income per capita favors decentralization, with this effect being stronger…

Public Finance Review template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Public Finance Review format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Public Finance Review template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Public Finance Review use?
Public Finance Review uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Public Finance Review, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Public Finance Review?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Public Finance Review document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Public Finance Review template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Public Finance Review format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Public Finance Review?
Public Finance Review is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Public Finance Review template matches SAGE's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Public Finance Review PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Public Finance Review template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Public Finance Review template cost?
You can start writing in the Public Finance Review template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Public Finance Review PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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