Journal of Public Economics

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Public Economics is 28. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Testing above the limit: Drinking water contamination and test scores126
Optimal tax policy and endogenous growth through innovation119
How do government transfer payments affect retail prices and welfare? Evidence from SNAP85
R&D tax credits and innovation78
The pond dilemma with heterogeneous relative concerns65
Spillovers in fields of study: Siblings, cousins, and neighbors65
Earnings information and public preferences for university tuition: Evidence from representative experiments64
News credibility and the quest for clicks59
Do mandated health insurance benefits for diabetes save lives?59
Editorial Board58
De Jure versus De Facto transparency: Corruption in local public office in India49
Editorial Board47
Welfare effects of unemployment benefits when informality is high41
Later-life mortality and the repeal of federal prohibition40
Immigrant inventors and local income taxes: Evidence from Swiss municipalities40
State Auto-IRA policies and firm behavior: Lessons from administrative tax data39
Women’s economic empowerment and intimate partner violence39
Progressive consumption taxes39
Editorial Board36
Income tax credits for consumer services: A tool for tackling VAT evasion?35
The effect of highly publicized police killings on policing: Evidence from large U.S. cities32
The effects of legal representation on tenant outcomes in housing court: Evidence from New York City’s Universal Access program32
Moral hazard in insurance: Theory and evidence from a credit reform in Ghana32
With a little help from my friends. Political competition in the shadow of organized crime29
Private response to exclusionary welfare policy: Evidence from Italian municipalities29
Tax enforcement and the intended and unintended consequences of information disclosure28
Competence-loyalty tradeoff under dominant minority rule: The case of Manchu rule, 1650-191128
Can changes in disability insurance work incentives influence beneficiary employment? Evidence from the promoting opportunity demonstration28
Affirmative action and its race-neutral alternatives28
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