OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of the Japanese and International Economies is 2. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
A field experiment on discrimination against foreigners in the rental housing market in Japan examining the 23 wards of Tokyo	55
Cross-regional heterogeneity in health and economic outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of Japan	46
Cross-country evidence on the allocation of COVID-19 government subsidies and consequences for productivity	38
The impact of flooding on real estate transactions in densely populated areas: Evidence from the 2019 Typhoon Hagibis in Japan	36
Quantifying the impact of the Tokyo Olympics on COVID-19 cases using synthetic control methods	27
Editorial Board	26
The effect of public-sponsored job training in Japan	22
Epidemic and Economic Consequences of Voluntary and Request-based Lockdowns in Japan	20
Debt issuance incentives and creative accounting: Evidence from municipal mergers in Japan	19
CEO skill and firm performance	17
Editorial Board	16
Position in global value chains, trade duration, and firm survival: Empirical evidence from China	14
Labor market outcomes for doctoral graduates in Japan: Evidence from a large statistical survey	14
The effect of free Tuition in private High schools on the High school dropout rate	13
Editorial for Digital Economy	12
Foreign Ownership, Exporting and Gender Wage Gaps: Evidence from Japanese Linked Employer-Employee Data	12
Employer-provided training and productivity: Evidence from a panel of Japanese Firms	12
The impact of bequest motives on labor supply and retirement behavior in Japan: A theoretical and empirical analysis	12
Juggling paid work and elderly care provision in Japan: Does a flexible work environment help family caregivers cope?	11
Aging and the real interest rate in Japan: A labor market channel	11
Fiscal capacity and commercial bank lending under COVID-19	11
Entrepreneurship of the ice age cohorts	9
The transmission of monetary policy shocks: Evidence from Japan	9
Editorial Board	8
Displacement effects of public libraries	8

The impact of firms’ international trade on domestic suppliers: The case of Japan	8
Heterogeneity and wage growth of full-time workers in Japan: An empirical analysis using micro data	7
Peer effects on job satisfaction from exposure to elderly workers	7
Prediction machines, insurance, and protection: An alternative perspective on AI’s role in production	7
Obsolete housing equipment, weak renovation, and rapid depreciation of Japanese condominiums	7
Lessons from mergers and acquisitions of regional banks in Japan: What does the stock market think?	7
Welfare gains through globalization: Evidence from Japan's manufacturing sector	7
Effect of the utilization of non-reciprocal trade preferences offered by the QUAD countries on beneficiary countries' economic complexity	7
Tariff Pass-through in Wholesaling: Evidence from Firm-level Data in Japan✰	7
The aging society, savings rates, and regional flow of funds in Japan	6
The financial health of “swing hospitals” during the first COVID-19 outbreak	6
How does the impact of the COVID-19 state of emergency change? An analysis of preventive behaviors and mental health using panel data in Japan	6
State ownership, political connection, and innovation subsidies in China	6
Can child benefit reductions increase maternal employment? Evidence from Japan	6
The China shock and job reallocation in Japan	5
Tokenism in gender diversity on board of directors	5
Policy uncertainty in Japan	5
Management practices and productivity in Japan: Evidence from six industries in JP MOPS	5
Potential benefits and determinants of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Japanese Household Panel Data	5
Japan's inflation under global inflation synchronization	5
Information effects of monetary policy	4
Editorial Board	4
Bank–firm relationships and the value of cash: Evidence from the financial crisis in Japan	4
Margins, concentration, and the performance of firms in international trade: Evidence from Japanese customs data	4
Impact of studying abroad on language skill development: Regression discontinuity evidence from Japanese university students	4
Small business under the COVID-19 crisis: Expected short- and medium-run effects of anti-contagion and economic policies	3
The impact of export controls on international trade: Evidence from the Japan–Korea trade dispute in semiconductor industry	3
The effects of the calculation class in elementary school on student outcomes	3
Pension Reform for an Aging Japan: Welfare and Demographic Dynamics	3
Macroeconomic analysis of the child benefit: Fertility, demographic structure, and welfare	3
The heterogeneous effects of COVID-19 on labor markets: People’s movement and non-pharmaceutical interventions	3
Competition in the Chinese market: Foreign firms and markups	3
Editorial Board	3
Assessing carbon emissions embodied in international trade based on shared responsibility	2
Editorial Board	2
Aggregate implications of changing industrial trends in Japan	2
Nelson–Siegel decay factor and term premia in Japan	2
Labor market of regular workers in Japan: A perspective from job advertisement data	2
Impacts of firm's GVC participation on productivity: A case of Japanese firms	2
Peer effects on influenza vaccination: Evidence from a city's administrative data in Japan	2
Assessing the impact of China shocks on intra-ASEAN trade	2
Assessing monetary policy surprises in Japan by high frequency identification	2
The effects of a megabank merger on firm-Bank relationships and loan availability	2
The effects of large-scale equity purchases during the coronavirus pandemic	2
Wealth, Financial Literacy and Behavioral Biases in Japan: the Effects of Various Types of Financial Literacy	2
Property tax and farmland use in urban areas: Evidence from the reform in the early 1990s in Japan	2
Nowcasting economic activity with mobility data	2
What types of houses remain vacant? Evidence from a municipality in Tokyo, Japan	2
Employers’ stereotypes and taste-based discrimination	2
Impact of fiscal policies on the labor market with search friction: An estimated DSGE model for Japan	2

The impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on foreign direct investment from China, the United States, and major investor countries	2
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global GDP growth	2