2026 Luis Servén: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	67	537	482	4	4	241	20843

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Spain Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Spain Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Spain Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Spain Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Luis Servén is affiliated with the Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros in Spain. Their research primarily lies within the broad field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with a more focused involvement in Economics and Econometrics, Finance, and General Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Additionally, their work touches on topics related to Sociology and Political Science as well as Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

The main topics explored in Luis Servén's research include:

Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Economic Growth and Productivity
Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Global Financial Crisis and Policies
Banking Stability, Regulation, Efficiency
Economic Theory and Policy
Economic Theories and Models

Recent publications by Luis Servén include the following papers:

"Gross Capital Flows by Banks, Corporates, and Sovereigns" (2022), Journal of the European Economic Association
"Productivity and the Welfare of Nations" (2022), Journal of the European Economic Association
"Adding Space to the International Business Cycle" (2020), Journal of Macroeconomics
"Poverty Convergence Clubs" (2024), Review of Income and Wealth
"Poverty Convergence Clubs" (2022), SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated multiple times with Luis Servén include:

Gustavo A. Marrero
Ángel S. Marrero
Luis Orea
Inmaculada Álvarez Ayuso
Stefan Avdjiev

Luis Servén has published in a number of well-known academic journals. The frequent venues include:

Journal of the European Economic Association
Journal of Macroeconomics
Review of Income and Wealth
SSRN Electronic Journal
Empirical Economics

Best Publications

The Effects of Infrastructure Development on Growth and Income Distribution

Cesar Calderon;Luis Serven

2069
Citations
Fiscal redistribution and income inequality in Latin America

Edwin Goni;J. Humberto Lopez;Luis Serven

863
Citations
Infrastructure and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa

César Calderón;Luis Servén

778
Citations
Is infrastructure capital productive ? a dynamic heterogeneous approach

César Calderón;Enrique Moral-Benito;Luis Servén

641
Citations
Global Transmission of Interest Rates: Monetary Independence and Currency Regime

Jeffrey A. Frankel;Sergio L. Schmukler;Luis Serven

580
Citations
Poverty Reduction and Growth: Virtuous and Vicious Circles

Omar S. Arias;William F. Maloney;J. Humberto Lopez;Guillermo E. Perry

568
Citations
Macroeconomic Volatility and Welfare in Developing Countries: an Introduction

Norman V. Loayza;Romain Rancière;Luis Servén;Jaume Ventura

555
Citations
Macroeconomic Volatility and Welfare in Developing Countries: An Introduction

Norman V. Loayza;Romain Ranciere;Luis Serven;Jaume Ventura

537
Citations
The Effects of Infrastructure Development on Growth and Income Distribution

César A. Calderón;Luis Servén

467
Citations
Lessons from NAFTA for Latin America and the Caribbean

Daniel Lederman;William F. Maloney;Luis Serven

462
Citations
Macroeconomic uncertainty and private investment in developing countries - an empirical investigation

Luis Serven

453
Citations
What Drives Private Saving around the World?

Unknown

432
Citations
The impact of regulation on growth and informality - cross-country evidence

Norman V. Loayza;Ana Maria Oviedo;Luis Serven

430
Citations
Saving in developing countries : an overview

Norman Loayza;Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel;Luis Serven

410
Citations
The Output Cost of Latin America’s Infrastructure Gap

Cesar Calderon;Luis Servén

405
Citations
REAL-EXCHANGE-RATE UNCERTAINTY AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN LDCS

Luis Servén

405
Citations
Private investment and macroeconomic adjustment : a survey

Luis Serven;Andres Solimano

384
Citations
Macroeconomic uncertainty and private investment in developing countries - an empirical investigation

Luis Servén

344
Citations
World market integration through the lens of foreign direct investors

Rui Albuquerque;Norman Loayza;Luis Servén

305
Citations
SAVING AND INVESTMENT: PARADIGMS, PUZZLES, POLICIES

Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel;Luis Servén;Andrés Solimano

299
Citations
Measuring aid flows: a new approach

Charles C. Chang;Eduardo Fernandez-Arias;Luis Servén

299
Citations
Infrastructure in Latin America

César Calderón;Luis Servén

296
Citations
The Limits of Stabilization: Infrastructure, Public Deficits and Growth in Latin America

William Russell Easterly;Luis Serven

292
Citations
What Drives Private Saving Around the World

Norman Loayza;Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel;Luis Servén

221
Citations
What Drives Private Saving Across the World

Norman Loayza;Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel;Luis Servén

103
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel Universidad del Desarrollo

Norman V. Loayza World Bank

Jeffrey A. Frankel Harvard University

William Easterly New York University

Susanto Basu Boston College

William F. Maloney World Bank

Fabio Schiantarelli Boston College

Sergio L. Schmukler World Bank

Peter J. Montiel Williams College

Enrique Moral-Benito Bank of Spain

External Links

Personal website of Luis Servén Google Scholar page

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