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D-Index
66
Citations
42138
World Ranking
552
National Ranking
18

Frank Smets publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frank Smets sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 239 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Frank Smets D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Frank Smets sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Frank Smets is affiliated with the European Central Bank in Germany. Their research falls within the broad field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, encompassing subfields such as Finance, Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Accounting, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Economic Theory and Policy
  • Economic theories and models
  • Global Financial Crisis and Policies
  • European Monetary and Fiscal Policies
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy

Among their frequent coauthors are Günter Coenen, Manuel A. Muñoz, Carlos Montes-Galdón, Gerrit Koester, and Christiane Nickel. The scholar has contributed to various publication venues, predominantly the SSRN Electronic Journal, with 15 publications. Other venues include the American Economic Journal Macroeconomics, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, European Economic Review, and Revue française d'économie.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Frank Smets include:

  • The Optimal Quantity of CBDC in a Bank-Based Economy, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Understanding Low Inflation in the Euro Area from 2013 to 2019: Cyclical and Structural Drivers, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Banking Supervision, Monetary Policy and Risk-Taking: Big Data Evidence from 15 Credit Registers, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Effects of State-Dependent Forward Guidance, Large-Scale Asset Purchases and Fiscal Stimulus in a Low-Interest-Rate Environment, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Effects of State-Dependent Forward Guidance, Large-Scale Asset Purchases, and Fiscal Stimulus in a Low-Interest-Rate Environment, 2022, Journal of Money Credit and Banking

The research agenda of Frank Smets focuses extensively on banking stability and regulatory frameworks as well as the macroeconomic implications of monetary policy instruments. Their work includes empirical and theoretical investigations into the impact of fiscal and monetary policies in low-interest environments.

Best Publications

  • Shocks and frictions in US business cycles: a Bayesian DSGE approach

    Frank Smets;Rafael Wouters

  • AN ESTIMATED DYNAMIC STOCHASTIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL OF THE EURO AREA

    Frank Smets;Raf Wouters

  • Shocks and frictions in US business cycles: A Bayesian DSGE approach

    Frank Smets;Rafael Wouters

  • An estimated stochastic dynamic general equilibrium model of the euro area

    Frank Smets;Raf Wouters

  • On the Fit of New Keynesian Models

    Marco Del Negro;Frank Schorfheide;Frank Smets;Rafael Wouters

  • Shocks and Frictions in US Business Cycles: A Bayesian DSGE Approach

    Frank Smets;Frank Smets;Rafael Wouters

  • The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in the Euro Area: More Evidence from VAR Analysis (MTN conference paper)

    Gert Peersman;Frank Smets;Frank Smets

  • Contagious speculative attacks

    Stefan Gerlach;Frank Smets

  • Comparing shocks and frictions in US and euro area business cycles: a Bayesian DSGE Approach

    Frank Smets;Raf Wouters

  • Asset price booms and monetary policy

    Carsten Detken;Frank Smets

  • House Prices and the stance of Monetary Policy

    Marek Jarocinski;Frank R. Smets

  • An Estimated Stochastic Dynamic General Equilibrium Model of the Euro Area

    Frank Smets;Frank Smets;Rafael Wouters

  • Inflation persistence and price-setting behaviour in the euro area – a summary of the IPN evidence

    Filippo Altissimo;Michael Ehrmann;Frank Smets

  • The monetary transmission mechanism in the euro area: more evidence from VAR analysis

    Gert Peersman;Frank Smets

  • Financial Stability and Monetary Policy: How Closely Interlinked?

    Frank Smets

  • Openness, imperfect exchange rate pass-through and monetary policy☆

    Frank Smets;Raf Wouters

  • Unemployment in an Estimated New Keynesian Model

    Jordi Galí;Frank Smets;Rafael Wouters

  • The Industry Effects of Monetary Policy in the Euro Area

    Gert Peersman;Frank Smets

  • An Estimated Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model of the Euro Area

    Frank Smets;Frank Smets;Rafael Wouters

  • House Prices and the Stance of Monetary Policy

    Marek Jarocinski;Frank Smets;Frank Smets

  • The Monetary Transmission Mechanism: Evidence from the G-7 Countries

    Stefan Gerlach;Frank Smets

  • Booms and banking crises

    Frédéric Boissay;Fabrice Collard;Frank Smets

  • Output gap uncertainty: Does it matter for the Taylor rule?

    Frank Smets

  • Financial Asset Prices and Monetary Policy: Theory and Evidence

    Frank Smets

  • MONETARY POLICY IN AN ESTIMATED STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL OF THE EURO AREA

    Frank Smets;Raf Wouters

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Gerlach
Stefan Gerlach EFG International
Gert Peersman
Gert Peersman Ghent University
Michael Ehrmann
Michael Ehrmann Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Jordi Galí
Jordi Galí Barcelona School of Economics
Andrew T. Levin
Andrew T. Levin Dartmouth College
Roland Straub
Roland Straub European Central Bank
Douglas Gale
Douglas Gale New York University
Michael Woodford
Michael Woodford Columbia University
John B. Taylor
John B. Taylor Stanford University
Stephen G. Cecchetti
Stephen G. Cecchetti Brandeis University

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