OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Economic Perspectives 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Economic Markets and Pharmaceutical Innovation	218
Front Matter	212
Credit, Debt-Deflation, and the Great Depression Revisited	185
Migration and Innovation: Learning from Patent and Inventor Data	166
Popular Personal Financial Advice versus the Professors	139
American Enslavement and the Recovery of Black Economic History	124
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and Economic Research	113
Recommendations for Further Reading	112
US Corporate Bond Markets: Bigger and (Maybe) Better?	108
The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the Panic of 2023	99
COVID-19, School Closures, and Outcomes	94
Why Did the Best Prepared Country in the World Fare So Poorly during COVID?	81
Financial Sanctions, SWIFT, and the Architecture of the International Payment System	77
Front Matter	66
Early Career Paths of Economists Inside and Outside of Academia	64
Blending Theory and Data: A Space Odyssey	61
Retrospectives: W. E. B. Du Bois, Harvard Economics, and Marginalist Wage Theory	57
The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession	56
How Economists Could Help Inform Economic and Budget Analysis Used by the US Congress	55
How Regional Inequality and Migration Drive Housing Prices and Rents	52
Building Costs and House Prices	52
How Can Lower-Income Countries Collect More Taxes? The Role of Technology, Tax Agents, and Politics	50
Children and the US Social Safety Net: Balancing Disincentives for Adults and Benefits for Children	49
Recommendations for Further Reading	49
Front Matter	47

The Changing Firm and Country Boundaries of US Manufacturers in Global Value Chains	45
Industrial Policy: Lessons from Shipbuilding	43
Designing Simple Mechanisms	43
Front Matter	41
Recommendations for Further Reading	41
Government Data of the People, by the People, for the People: Navigating Citizen Privacy Concerns	40
Changes in the Distribution of Black and White Wealth since the US Civil War	40
Export-Led Industrial Policy for Developing Countries: Is There a Way to Pick Winners?	38
Overreaction and Diagnostic Expectations in Macroeconomics	38
Semiconductors and Modern Industrial Policy	38
Administrative Burdens in the Social Safety Net	37
The Economics of Generic Drug Shortages: The Limits of Competition	32
Front Matter	31
Seeking the “Missing Women” of Economics with the Undergraduate Women in Economics Challenge	31
Why Is the Fragmented Municipal Bond Market So Costly to Investors and Issuers?	30
Retrospectives: Margaret Reid, Chicago, and Permanent Income	29
Curbing Rising Housing Costs: A Model-Based Policy Comparison	28
Evaluating Behavioral Incentive Compatibility: Insights from Experiments	26
What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?	25
Sovereign Debt and Fiscal Integration in the European Union	25
Emerging Market Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic	25
Agricultural Technology in Africa	25
Front Matter	25
The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	25
Sweeping Changes and an Uncertain Legacy: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017	25
Slavery and the Rise of the Nineteenth-Century American Economy	24
The World Bank’s East Asian Miracle : Too Much a Product of Its Time?	24
What Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities Teach about Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Black Students?	24
A Social Insurance Perspective on Pandemic Fiscal Policy: Implications for Unemployment Insurance and Hazard Pay	23
Skilled Immigrants, Firms, and the Global Geography of Innovation	23
Danish Flexicurity: Rights and Duties	23
Are Opportunity Zones an Effective Place-Based Policy?	21
Behavioral Incentive Compatibility and Empirically Informed Welfare Analysis: An Introductory Guide	21
Front Matter	20
Front Matter	20
China’s Lending to Developing Countries: From Boom to Bust	20
How US Treasuries Can Remain the World’s Safe Haven	20
Universal Early-Life Health Policies in the Nordic Countries	19
Recommendations for Further Reading	19
On the Economics of Extinction and Possible Mass Extinctions	19
Protecting Antiquities: A Role for Long-Term Leases?	18
Lessons for the United States from Pharmaceutical Regulation Abroad	17
Recommendations for Further Reading	17
America’s Continuing Struggle with Mental Illnesses: Economic Considerations	17
Recommendations for Further Reading	16
Front Matter	16
Measuring Human Capital	16
Basel Endgame: Bank Capital Requirements and the Future of International Standard Setting	16
The 2023 Merger Guidelines and the Arc of Antitrust History	15
Measuring Income and Income Inequality	15

Compensating Wage Differentials in Labor Markets: Empirical Challenges and Applications	14
Carbon Border Adjustments, Climate Clubs, and Subsidy Races When Climate Policies Vary	14
Is Pay Transparency Good?	13
Facts and Fantasies about Wage Setting and Collective Bargaining	13
The Importance of Financial Literacy: Opening a New Field	12
Debt Revenue and the Sustainability of Public Debt	12
Recommendations for Further Reading	12
A Linear Panel Model with Heterogeneous Coefficients and Variation in Exposure	11
The Economics of Electricity Reliability	10
Political Distortions, State Capture, and Economic Development in Africa	10
Should We Insure Workers or Jobs During Recessions?	9
Four Facts about Human Capital	9
Retrospectives: Friedman and Schwartz, Disaggregated	8
Retrospectives: Yair Mundlak and the Fixed Effects Estimator	7
Why Do Retired Households Draw Down Their Wealth So Slowly?	7
Acquisitions to Enter New Markets	7
Did Welfare Reform End the Safety Net as We Knew It? The Record since 1996	7
Unraveling the Hispanic Health Paradox	6
Are Developed Countries Outsourcing Pollution?	6
Is There Any Future for a US Labor Movement?	6
Public Finance Implications of Economic Inequality	6
Quantitative Urban Models: From Theory to Data	6
Global Transportation Decarbonization	6
Front Matter	6
The US Individual Income Tax: Recent Evolution and Evidence	6