OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Regional Science is 4. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Firm growth in the Portuguese footwear industry: the location dilemma	52
Jurisdictional homogeneity and coterminous local government borders: a comparison of counties in New Jersey and New York State	41
How does digital transformation affect the emissions of environmental pollutants? From the perspective of nonlinear nexuses	40
A decision-support framework for industrial green transformation: empirical analysis of the northeast industrial district in China	39
Does private education pay off?	38
The shifting relationship between educational attainment and poverty: analysis of seven deep southern states	33
Willingness to pay for green buildings post COVID-19 pandemic outbreak: differences between high- and low-income areas and high- and low-price settlements	30
Innovation and regional economic convergence: evidence from China	26
The longer the daily commute to school, the lower the student attendance: evidence from Brazil	24
Economic consequences of inland waterway disruptions in the Upper Mississippi River region in a changing climate	22
Government employment and local multipliers in Greek municipalities	21
Reexamining a classical question: Does development push migration?	20
Self-employment career patterns in the Netherlands: exploring individual and regional differences	20
Do population density, socio-economic ranking and Gini Index of cities influence infection rates from coronavirus? Israel as a case study	19
Regional income convergence in Colombia: population, space, and long-run dynamics	19
Geographical accessibility to upper secondary education: an Italian regional case study	18
Residential segregation patterns in Istanbul: internal and international migrant profiles	17
What factors contribute to uneven suburbanisation? Predicting the number of migrants from Warsaw to its suburbs with machine learning	16
How regional economic structure matters in the era of COVID-19: resilience capacity of U.S. states	16
Modelling health mobility for equity distribution services in the emergency health sector	16
Economic vulnerability in US metropolitan areas	16
What makes German manufacturing plants move locations?	15
Is Europe prepared to live without emissions? A dynamic analysis of the energy transition in economic sectors	15
Exploring variations in local land use regulations in the U.S.: What matters and at what level?	15
Income inequality in Italian regions: an empirical study on the mitigating role of organisation-based volunteering	14

The spatial spillover effect of carbon emission trading scheme on green innovation in China’s cities	14
Study on the impact of the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway on regional economic equity based on economic performance	13
Remote work and location preferences: a study of post-pandemic trends in Italy	13
The role of employment, labour productivity and trade linkages in the evolution of European regional disparities	13
Labor force diversity and new firm formation	12
The relationship between patriotism and regional identification: a cross-country analysis	12
The role of commuter rail accessibility in the formation of residential land values: exploring spatial heterogeneity in peri-urban and remote areas	12
Entrepreneurship and geography—some thoughts about a complex relationship	12
Employment protection and regional self-employment rates in an economic downturn: a multilevel analysis	11
Social capital and regional innovation in the aftermath of crisis: evidence from Italian provinces	11
The impact of 2010–11 Christchurch earthquakes on the individuals’ income by sector and income level	11
Migrations in Spain: econometric models with demographic and economic variables (1950–2021)	10
Uneven spatial patterns and disparate socioeconomic impacts of intercity labor mobility in China	10
Dynamics of collaboration among high-growth firms: results from an agent-based policy simulation	9
Simple geographies for complex problems? Revisiting long-term urbanization and settlement population mismatches using elasticity indicators and context-based nonparametric analysis	9
An uneven landscape of public services for people of color: identifying endogeneity in the relationship between local race composition and public expenditure	9
Space and technology in catching-up economies: “the city as a laboratory for innovation”	8
Correction to: Jurisdictional homogeneity and coterminous local government borders: a comparison of counties in New Jersey and New York State	8
The role of collaboration and external knowledge for innovation in small food firms	8
Knowledge networks in joint research projects, innovation and economic growth across European regions	7
The impact of short-term rental activity on house prices: evidence from coastal Virginia	7
Exploring the direct rebound effects for residential electricity demand in urban environments: evidence from Nice	7
Heterogeneous labour market trajectories in the EU: convergence, divergence and stagnation across regions	6
Integrating perspectives for conversations on territory: turning to indigenous knowledge to inform policy and practice	6
Uncovering the impact of cultural heritage on economic growth: empirical evidence from Greek regions, 2000–2019	6
The emergence of artificial intelligence in European regions: the role of a local ICT base	6
The growth and development of Nordic regional science research 1982–2022: bibliometric evidence from thirteen regional science journals	6
Understanding rural development policies: a proposal for a typology of the seven main policy repertoires in Europe and locally, based on French case studies	6
Can digital economy reshape urban spatial structure? Evidence from the perspective of urban sprawl	6
The spatiotemporal effects of green fiscal expenditure on low-carbon transition: empirical evidence from china’s low-carbon pilot cities	6
Technological, institutional, and geographical peripheries: regional development and risk of poverty in the European regions	6
Entrepreneurial ecosystems in conflict regions: evidence from Ukraine	6
Welfare costs of shopping trips	6
Introduction to the special issue on the centenary of the birth of Charles M. Tiebout	6
Regional income convergence and conditioning factors in Turkey: revisiting the role of spatial dependence and neighbor effects	6
The spatial dimension of ageing and growth in European regions	6
Unveiling core-periphery disparities through multidimensional spatial resilience maps	6
Effects on sectors and regions of a carbon tax increase in Sweden: analysis with an SCGE model	5
Ranking the Spanish regions according to their resilience capacity during 1965–2011	5
Do city borders constrain ethnic diversity?	5
Does intermunicipal cooperation favor higher firm creation? French evidence from a natural experiment	5
Piped water supply and usage and the question of services of general interest: a spatial panel data analysis	5
Face-to-face contact and university–industry collaboration: evidence from mobile signaling data in Beijing	5
Air pollution and income inequality: a spatial econometric approach	5
An aggregate approach to estimating quality of life in micropolitan areas	5
Intra-city Tiebout: the economic consequences of crossed borders	5
Do municipal mergers internalise spatial spillover effects? empirical evidence from Japanese municipalities	5
Inter-municipal cooperation and public employment: evidence from French municipalities	5
Club convergence of regional housing prices in China: evidence from 70 major Cities	5
Analysis of the income effect by the digital divide: focus on Korean farmers	5

Welcome to the Punch. Local exposure to refugees and hate events in Italy	4
Public good provision and progressive income taxation in a spatial economy	4
Anxiety about the pandemic and trust in financial markets	4
Correction to: The role of collaboration and external knowledge for innovation in small food firms	4
Climate change, carbon neutrality: the role of spatial economics	4
Green and digital entrepreneurship in smart cities	4
Spatial machine learning: new opportunities for regional science	4
Social and economic determinants of materials recycling and circularity in Europe: an empirical investigation	4
One size does not fit all: evaluating the impact of microenterprise measurement on policy evaluation	4
Macroeconomic and environmental consequences of circular economy measures in a small open economy	4
Industrial robots, social networks, and the gig economy	4
Unveiling urban spatial dynamics in climate and air quality indicators: a local estimation of the environmental Kuznets curve and the impact of green infrastructure	4
Locational error in the estimation of regional discrete choice models using distance as a regressor	4
Social capital and rural development: an introduction to the special issue	4
Cooperation bias in regional policy: Is competition neglected?	4