OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Economic Perspectives is 21. 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
Economic Markets and Pharmaceutical Innovation	202
Next-Generation Policing Research: Three Propositions	150
American Enslavement and the Recovery of Black Economic History	150
Popular Personal Financial Advice versus the Professors	146
Migration and Innovation: Learning from Patent and Inventor Data	112
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and Economic Research	110
US Corporate Bond Markets: Bigger and (Maybe) Better?	105
Why Did the Best Prepared Country in the World Fare So Poorly during COVID?	94
COVID-19, School Closures, and Outcomes	92
Effects of the COVID-19 Recession on the US Labor Market: Occupation, Family, and Gender	90
Financial Sanctions, SWIFT, and the Architecture of the International Payment System	88
The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the Panic of 2023	81
Front Matter	78
The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession	69
Early Career Paths of Economists Inside and Outside of Academia	64
Front Matter	61
Blending Theory and Data: A Space Odyssey	60
Children and the US Social Safety Net: Balancing Disincentives for Adults and Benefits for Children	52
How Economists Could Help Inform Economic and Budget Analysis Used by the US Congress	51
How Can Lower-Income Countries Collect More Taxes? The Role of Technology, Tax Agents, and Politics	49
Recommendations for Further Reading	48
Industrial Policy: Lessons from Shipbuilding	47
The Changing Firm and Country Boundaries of US Manufacturers in Global Value Chains	45
Designing Simple Mechanisms	45
Front Matter	45

Recommendations for Further Reading	44
Government Data of the People, by the People, for the People: Navigating Citizen Privacy Concerns	43
Recommendations for Further Reading	43
Front Matter	42
Semiconductors and Modern Industrial Policy	36
Changes in the Distribution of Black and White Wealth since the US Civil War	35
Export-Led Industrial Policy for Developing Countries: Is There a Way to Pick Winners?	35
Administrative Burdens in the Social Safety Net	33
Overreaction and Diagnostic Expectations in Macroeconomics	33
Evaluating Behavioral Incentive Compatibility: Insights from Experiments	32
The Economics of Generic Drug Shortages: The Limits of Competition	32
College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap	32
Seeking the “Missing Women” of Economics with the Undergraduate Women in Economics Challenge	32
Emerging Market Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic	31
Front Matter	31
Why Is the Fragmented Municipal Bond Market So Costly to Investors and Issuers?	30
What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?	30
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	28
Sweeping Changes and an Uncertain Legacy: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017	27
Agricultural Technology in Africa	24
Tracking the Pandemic in Real Time: Administrative Micro Data in Business Cycles Enters the Spotlight	23
Are Opportunity Zones an Effective Place-Based Policy?	21
A Social Insurance Perspective on Pandemic Fiscal Policy: Implications for Unemployment Insurance and Hazard Pay	21
Danish Flexicurity: Rights and Duties	21
The Economics of Policing and Public Safety	21
Slavery and the Rise of the Nineteenth-Century American Economy	21
Skilled Immigrants, Firms, and the Global Geography of Innovation	21
What Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities Teach about Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Black Students?	21