Analysis of the Economic Research Context after the Outbreak of the Economic Crisis of 2007-2009

Abstract

In this paper it, we have conducted a factor analysis which implied determining the international research directions that have characterized the period following the outbreak of the crisis in 2007 and 2008-2011. In this research, we used secondary data that were extracted from 342 articles, which were based on 665 individual researches. Following this research, we have identified three main research in the macroeconomic areas which explained 56% of all the analyzed research. Also, the results showed the trends in macroeconomic research after the start of the crisis in 2007.

Keywords

• macroeconomics
• meta-analysis
• factor analysis
• economic models
• economic literature