OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Economic Perspectives is 24. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Next-Generation Policing Research: Three Propositions	192
Migration and Innovation: Learning from Patent and Inventor Data	184
American Enslavement and the Recovery of Black Economic History	174
Economic Markets and Pharmaceutical Innovation	145
Front Matter	125
Popular Personal Financial Advice versus the Professors	123
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and Economic Research	117
Recommendations for Further Reading	103
US Corporate Bond Markets: Bigger and (Maybe) Better?	101
Why Did the Best Prepared Country in the World Fare So Poorly during COVID?	98
Financial Sanctions, SWIFT, and the Architecture of the International Payment System	97
COVID-19, School Closures, and Outcomes	82
The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the Panic of 2023	78
Front Matter	69
Front Matter	65
Early Career Paths of Economists Inside and Outside of Academia	59
Blending Theory and Data: A Space Odyssey	58
The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession	54
How Economists Could Help Inform Economic and Budget Analysis Used by the US Congress	53
How Regional Inequality and Migration Drive Housing Prices and Rents	52
Building Costs and House Prices	50
Children and the US Social Safety Net: Balancing Disincentives for Adults and Benefits for Children	48
How Can Lower-Income Countries Collect More Taxes? The Role of Technology, Tax Agents, and Politics	48
Recommendations for Further Reading	46
Designing Simple Mechanisms	45

The Changing Firm and Country Boundaries of US Manufacturers in Global Value Chains	44
Industrial Policy: Lessons from Shipbuilding	44
Front Matter	44
Recommendations for Further Reading	43
Government Data of the People, by the People, for the People: Navigating Citizen Privacy Concerns	42
Front Matter	41
Export-Led Industrial Policy for Developing Countries: Is There a Way to Pick Winners?	40
Changes in the Distribution of Black and White Wealth since the US Civil War	39
Overreaction and Diagnostic Expectations in Macroeconomics	38
Semiconductors and Modern Industrial Policy	38
The Economics of Generic Drug Shortages: The Limits of Competition	37
Seeking the “Missing Women” of Economics with the Undergraduate Women in Economics Challenge	36
Administrative Burdens in the Social Safety Net	35
Front Matter	34
College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap	34
Why Is the Fragmented Municipal Bond Market So Costly to Investors and Issuers?	33
Retrospectives: Margaret Reid, Chicago, and Permanent Income	33
Emerging Market Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic	31
Curbing Rising Housing Costs: A Model-Based Policy Comparison	31
What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?	30
Evaluating Behavioral Incentive Compatibility: Insights from Experiments	28
Front Matter	27
Sweeping Changes and an Uncertain Legacy: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017	26
The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	24
Agricultural Technology in Africa	24