OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Economic Perspectives is 8. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Next-Generation Policing Research: Three Propositions	201
Migration and Innovation: Learning from Patent and Inventor Data	138
Economic Markets and Pharmaceutical Innovation	135
Popular Personal Financial Advice versus the Professors	131
US Corporate Bond Markets: Bigger and (Maybe) Better?	104
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and Economic Research	104
American Enslavement and the Recovery of Black Economic History	104
The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the Panic of 2023	94
Why Did the Best Prepared Country in the World Fare So Poorly during COVID?	87
COVID-19, School Closures, and Outcomes	85
Effects of the COVID-19 Recession on the US Labor Market: Occupation, Family, and Gender	82
Financial Sanctions, SWIFT, and the Architecture of the International Payment System	77
Front Matter	75
Early Career Paths of Economists Inside and Outside of Academia	68
Blending Theory and Data: A Space Odyssey	63
Front Matter	60
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	50
Recommendations for Further Reading	47
How Can Lower-Income Countries Collect More Taxes? The Role of Technology, Tax Agents, and Politics	47
Children and the US Social Safety Net: Balancing Disincentives for Adults and Benefits for Children	47
Front Matter	43
The Changing Firm and Country Boundaries of US Manufacturers in Global Value Chains	42
Designing Simple Mechanisms	42
Industrial Policy: Lessons from Shipbuilding	42

Recommendations for Further Reading	41
Recommendations for Further Reading	40
Government Data of the People, by the People, for the People: Navigating Citizen Privacy Concerns	40
Front Matter	39
Semiconductors and Modern Industrial Policy	35
Export-Led Industrial Policy for Developing Countries: Is There a Way to Pick Winners?	34
Changes in the Distribution of Black and White Wealth since the US Civil War	33
Overreaction and Diagnostic Expectations in Macroeconomics	33
The Economics of Generic Drug Shortages: The Limits of Competition	31
Administrative Burdens in the Social Safety Net	31
Seeking the “Missing Women” of Economics with the Undergraduate Women in Economics Challenge	30
Front Matter	30
College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap	30
What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?	29
Emerging Market Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic	29
Evaluating Behavioral Incentive Compatibility: Insights from Experiments	29
Why Is the Fragmented Municipal Bond Market So Costly to Investors and Issuers?	29
Retrospectives: Margaret Reid, Chicago, and Permanent Income	29
Front Matter	28
The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	27
Sweeping Changes and an Uncertain Legacy: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017	25
Agricultural Technology in Africa	22
The Economics of Policing and Public Safety	21
Tracking the Pandemic in Real Time: Administrative Micro Data in Business Cycles Enters the Spotlight	21
Are Opportunity Zones an Effective Place-Based Policy?	21
Danish Flexicurity: Rights and Duties	20
Skilled Immigrants, Firms, and the Global Geography of Innovation	20
A Social Insurance Perspective on Pandemic Fiscal Policy: Implications for Unemployment Insurance and Hazard Pay	20
What Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities Teach about Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Black Students?	20
On the Economics of Extinction and Possible Mass Extinctions	19
Behavioral Incentive Compatibility and Empirically Informed Welfare Analysis: An Introductory Guide	19
Slavery and the Rise of the Nineteenth-Century American Economy	19
Front Matter	19
Front Matter	18
Universal Early-Life Health Policies in the Nordic Countries	18
Front Matter	17
How US Treasuries Can Remain the World’s Safe Haven	17
Recommendations for Further Reading	17
Recommendations for Further Reading	16
America’s Continuing Struggle with Mental Illnesses: Economic Considerations	16
Measuring Human Capital	16
Recommendations for Further Reading	16
Lessons for the United States from Pharmaceutical Regulation Abroad	16
Is Pay Transparency Good?	15
Compensating Wage Differentials in Labor Markets: Empirical Challenges and Applications	15
Front Matter	15
Debt Revenue and the Sustainability of Public Debt	14
The 2023 Merger Guidelines and the Arc of Antitrust History	14
Measuring Income and Income Inequality	14
Facts and Fantasies about Wage Setting and Collective Bargaining	14

Retrospectives: Friedman and Schwartz, Disaggregated	13
A Linear Panel Model with Heterogeneous Coefficients and Variation in Exposure	13
Carbon Border Adjustments, Climate Clubs, and Subsidy Races When Climate Policies Vary	13
Of Forking Paths and Tied Hands: Selective Publication of Findings, and What Economists Should Do about It	13
The Economics of Electricity Reliability	13
The Importance of Financial Literacy: Opening a New Field	13
Should We Insure Workers or Jobs During Recessions?	13
Did Welfare Reform End the Safety Net as We Knew It? The Record since 1996	13
Four Facts about Human Capital	13
Political Distortions, State Capture, and Economic Development in Africa	13
Some Thoughts on the Washington Consensus and Subsequent Global Development Experience	12
Why Do Retired Households Draw Down Their Wealth So Slowly?	12
Retrospectives: Yair Mundlak and the Fixed Effects Estimator	12
The Causal Effects of Place on Health and Longevity	12
Public Finance Implications of Economic Inequality	11
Acquisitions to Enter New Markets	11
Global Transportation Decarbonization	10
Unraveling the Hispanic Health Paradox	10
Front Matter	10
Statistical Significance,p-Values, and the Reporting of Uncertainty	9
Intangible Capital and Modern Economies	9
The US Individual Income Tax: Recent Evolution and Evidence	9
Is There Any Future for a US Labor Movement?	9
Are Developed Countries Outsourcing Pollution?	9
Recommendations for Further Reading	8
Quantitative Urban Models: From Theory to Data	8
The Baker Hypothesis: Stabilization, Structural Reforms, and Economic Growth	8