OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Economic Perspectives is 25. 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
Building Costs and House Prices	52
How Regional Inequality and Migration Drive Housing Prices and Rents	52
How Can Lower-Income Countries Collect More Taxes? The Role of Technology, Tax Agents, and Politics	50
Recommendations for Further Reading	49
Children and the US Social Safety Net: Balancing Disincentives for Adults and Benefits for Children	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