OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of International Trade & Economic Development 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The China trade shock and the European Union's employment	65
Acquiring innovation – Do Chinese acquisitions in developed countries spur innovation at home?	40
Welfare effects of introducing quality certification system for developing countries: Evidence from the Chinese experience*	36
Does trade openness affect migrants' marriage? Evidence from China	32
The causality relationship between income inequality, debt, and economic growth in Sub-Saharan African countries ¹	27
What robustly determines FDI in emerging markets and developing countries? A sensitivity analysis	21
Local demand and firms’ upgrading in global value chains: Evidence from China	20
Home country institutional restraint and outward foreign direct investment: Evidence from Chinese heterogeneity enterprises	19
Does financial development foster economic globalization in emerging economies? Time series evidence from China and India	18
Firm-level capabilities and response to a negative export shock: 2014 Russian embargo on the West	18
The impact of informality on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of institutional quality	15
Terrorist attacks, security concerns, and GVC positions – an empirical cross-country study based on industry heterogeneity	15
Energy imports as inhibitor of economic growth: The role of impact of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption	15
Uncovering the dynamic relationship between oil prices and external trade in OECD countries	15
Have the PFTZs narrowed the regional economic gap? – Verification based on difference in differences method	15
Impact of trade on industry-level output	14
Impact of cross-border data restrictions on the quality of exports: Evidence from China	13
The effect of cultural exports on inbound tourism: An empirical analysis of Türkiye	13
China trade shock: Is there a reversal of Dutch disease for exporters of primary commodities?	12
The impact of special economic zones on structural change	12
The relationship between FDI, political risk and institutional quality in sub-Saharan Africa	12
Assessing the impact of free trade agreement (FTA) signing on China’s outbound labor services	11
The impact of population aging on economic growth in Korea: Revisiting the export-led growth hypothesis framework	11
Bilateral foreign direct investments: differential effects of tariffs in source and destination countries	10
Import competition and pollution abatement: Firm-level evidence from China	10

Exports of intermediate goods and innovation: Evidence from China’s firms	10
FDI spillovers and female employment: A developing country perspective	10
Exchange rate movements and trade balance in developing economies: Evidence of symmetry and country-specific asymmetries	10
How significant is trade, macroeconomic management, and economic integration for foreign indebtedness in West African countries?	9
Asymmetric effects of exchange rate on bilateral tourism trade balance: evidence from Turkey	9
Do remittances have an asymmetrical effect on financial development? Empirical evidence from Turkey	9
Uniform versus discriminatory tariffs in increasing marginal costs and endogenous competition	9
The impact of financial crises on the relationship between imports, exports, and consumption-based CO2 emissions: Do country income levels matter?	9
The alternative version of J-curve hypothesis testing: Evidence between the USA and Canada	9
Unveiling the impact of geopolitical conflict on digital trade: An empirical study based on the Russia–Ukraine war and China's cross-border e-commerce	9
International trade and institutional quality in West African Economic and Monetary Union countries: A causality analysis	9
Responsiveness of United States – China bilateral commodity trade to real exchange rate misalignment: Does the complexity of traded products matter?	9
Asymmetric trade uncertainty-environmental quality nexus: evidence from quantile estimation	9
Examining the effect of insurance development on economic complexity: Evidence from Africa	9
The effects of FDI on economic growth in Africa	9
Gravity channels in trade	9
Executive compensation and worker wages during the global trade collapse: Evidence from Japanese firms	9
An empirical investigation of capital flight and economic growth nexus in Africa	8
Can the coordinated development of two-way FDI promote carbon emission reduction? Evidence from industrial sectors in China	8
Does inward foreign direct investment deregulation enhance innovation quality in domestic firms? Evidence from China	8
Emigration and tax revenue	8
International remittances and trade in sub-Saharan Africa: Does size matter? Evidence from endogenous dynamic panel threshold model	8
Testing the export-led growth hypothesis in Turkey: New evidence from time and frequency domain causality approaches	8
The effects of R&D subsidies for joint R&D in a vertically related industry	7
Adjustments in markups after a Free Trade Agreement: An analysis of Pakistani firms gaining increased access to China	7
How the African Continental Free Trade Area impacts firms’ export survival: Some lessons from Kenya	7
Factors driving current account performance of South Asian economies: A comparative empirical analysis	7
Can data flow provisions facilitate trade in goods and services? —Analysis based on the TAPED database	7
Investment treaty reforms to prevent developing country regulatory chill from causing global warming	7
The inefficiency of exporting SMEs: Evidence from manufacturing industry	7
Agglomeration and its mechanisms on exporting directly	7
Export tax rebates and enterprise export resilience in China	7
Price discrimination in the transport industry and the gains from trade	7
Does merchant guild culture boost corporate outward foreign direct investment? An institutional support perspective	6
Impacts of deep trade agreements on trade and welfare – An application to China joining the RCEP and CPTPP	6
Influence of overseas ethnic Chinese networks on China’s outward foreign direct investment	6
Job prospects and labour mobility in China	6
Artificial intelligence and export green sophistication	6
The influence of key economic globalization factors on economic growth and environmental quality: An empirical study in Southeast Asian countries	6
Cleaner production regulation and firms’ ratio of domestic value added in exports: evidence from China’s cleaner production standards	6
Do international tourism arrivals, infrastructural development, and trade openness promote economic complexity in Africa?	6
Aid for trade and export performance of recipient countries: The moderating role of institutions	6
Country-of-origin effects on technology transfer in foreign direct investment	6
Does GVC participation help industrial upgrading in developing countries? New evidence from panel data analysis	6
Export servitization of Chinese cities and individuals’ marriage and childbearing performance	6