OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Policy Modeling is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Policy steps in the federal budget and health care to achieve sustainable fiscal conditions in the U.S.	68
Convergence of ecological footprint and sustainable policy options	63
Growth impact of climate change and response policies: The advanced climate change long-term (ACCL) model	50
Revisiting the effects of exchange and capital restrictions on trade	43
Is it worth subsidising the cultural sector? New insights from Italian theatre companies	38
Editorial Board	36
Editorial Board	31
Macroeconomic asymmetry in the Eurozone before and after the Global Financial Crisis: An appraisal of the role of the ECB	30
Covid-19 in Central America: Firm resilience and policy responses on employment	29
Editorial Board	29
Contents	27
What drives trade policy reform?	27
Persistent mind: The effects of information provision on policy preferences	23
Health and growth in China: Greater investment in both soft- and hard-ware are needed	23
Is bribery a conscious, strategic and rational choice? Impact on firms’ growth in India	23
Increased childcare to promote mothers’ employment in selected EU countries	22
Contents	22
Response to the rejoinder to “The impact of infectious diseases on remittances inflows to India” by Prof. Stark	22
Central banking and political pressure	22
Crime, correction, education and welfare in the U.S. – What role does the government play?	20
Demographic change will hit public debt sustainability in European Union countries	20
Terrorism and economic policy responses in Tunisia	19
The impact of public subsidies on investment and growth: Policy about evaluation, selection and monitoring	19
Contents	19
Financial markets, inflation and growth: The impact of monetary policy under different political structures	18

Will reducing the burden of extracurricular tutoring raise fertility willingness in China? Five policy suggestions	18
The threshold effect of institutional quality on sovereign debt and economic stability	18
Space launches and the environment: As the earth orbit level matters, what can be done?	16
Fiscal decentralization for the delivery of health and education in Indian states: An ongoing process is more desirable than a policy shift	16
The economic consequences of price support policies in semi-subsistence economies	16
Digital Consumption Index for ASEAN-6: A proxy developed with China as benchmark	16
The impact of government spending on Ireland’s housing and residential market – Targeted vs economy-wide stimulus	16
Can authorities curtail falsified trade & investment data that hide capital movements? Evidence from flows between BRICS and the USA	15
Governance, credit access and clean cooking technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for energy transition	15
Contents	14
Regional differences in inequality and income distribution in the United States	14
Reducing the regressivity of indirect taxation in Brazil through a personalized value-added tax	13
Das Public Kapital: How much would higher German public investment help Germany and the euro area?	13
The influence of extreme events such as Brexit and Covid-19 on equity markets	12
Fighting the COVID pandemic: National policy choices in non-pharmaceutical interventions	12
The impact of the shadow economy on the direct-indirect tax mix: Can central banks’ independence mitigate the effect?	12
Assessing credit risk sensitivity to climate and energy shocks: Towards a common minimum standards in line with the ECB climate agenda	11
The counterfactual challenge: How machine learning can enhance policy evaluation	11
Contents	11
Trade-growth nexus: A study of G20 countries using simultaneous equations model with dynamic policy simulations	11
The effect of the rescue plans and the need for policies to increase economic growth	11
Contents	10
Can she better educate her child? Impact of gender-based financial inclusion	10
Political favouritism and inefficient management: Policy-makers’ birth town bias in EU quality certifications	10
Right-wing election success and European Banks: Evidence from the 2024 European Elections	10
Implications of world trade trends on the emerging market economies	10
Which countries performed better in the COVID-19 pandemic? Lessons from and for governments	9
Labour supply responses to a negative income tax in Spain	9
Editorial Board	9
Longevity of EU membership and VAT practices: Dependencies, Contradictions And Implications	9
A rejoinder to "The impact of infectious diseases on remittances inflows to India"	9
Addressing climatic uncertainty through fleet optimization for robust winter road maintenance policy design	9
Fruit safety regulations in the transatlantic region: How are Africa’s exports faring with the regulations?	9
Another legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic: Income divergence	9
Globalization: Uncoupled or unhinged?	9
Identifying the ‘deep roots’ of economic freedom with implications for policy and economic reform	8
How susceptible is the European financial stability to economic policy uncertainty?	8
Economic performance under different monetary policy frameworks	8
Who wins from an FTA induced revival of world trade?	8
The impact of the Russian Aggression against Ukraine on the Russia-EU Trade	8
Policy responses to COVID-19 pandemic waves: Cross-region and cross-sector economic impact	8
Contents	7
Sacred and stray: Policy analysis for managing cattle population	7
Growth gains from offshore outsourcing	7
Does employment and autonomy influence safe menstrual hygiene in India?	7
Editorial Board	7
The effectiveness of fiscal policy in Brazil through the MIDAS Lens	7
Trade and growth in the world economy	7
The ECB’s new inflation target from a short- and long-term perspective	7
The link between the two epidemics provides an opportunity to remedy obesity while dealing with Covid-19	7

The COVID-19 green certificate’s effect on vaccine uptake in French and Italian regions	7
The unregulated private rental sector and the impact on Israeli housing market	7
Pollutant emissions, energy use and real output in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries	6
Contents	6
Debt supercycle versus secular stagnation	6
Two to Tango: Multiple affirmative action policy in education and employment	6
Can unemployment forecasts based on Google Trends help government design better policies? An investigation based on Spain and Portugal	6
Targeting profits: The economic impact of arms embargoes on defense companies	6
Are VAT reforms an effective tool for promoting culture? A quasi-experiment in Spain	6
Politically optimal lockdowns with vaccine hesitancy: Theory and evidence from Switzerland	6
Net Interest Income of Greek Banks: is it a case of Bankflation?	6
Minibonds and investment: Do they promote intangible assets?	6
Fiscal revenue mobilization and digitally traded products: Taxing at the border or behind it?	6
The impact of political and non-political officials on the financial management of local governments	6
Modelling global water policies	6
The role of data trading platforms (DTPs) in digital technology innovation: Mechanisms and evidence from China	6
Towards monetary union in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): Better policy harmonisation and greater intra-trade are needed	6
Relationship between trade and growth for developing countries at different levels of income	6
A simultaneous equations model of the relationship between international trade, and economic growth and development with dynamic policy simulations	6