OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Economic Perspectives 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 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
Retrospectives: Margaret Reid, Chicago, and Permanent Income	33
Why Is the Fragmented Municipal Bond Market So Costly to Investors and Issuers?	33
Curbing Rising Housing Costs: A Model-Based Policy Comparison	31
Emerging Market Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic	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
Agricultural Technology in Africa	24
The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	24
Are Opportunity Zones an Effective Place-Based Policy?	23
Skilled Immigrants, Firms, and the Global Geography of Innovation	23
Slavery and the Rise of the Nineteenth-Century American Economy	23
What Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities Teach about Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Black Students?	23
The Economics of Policing and Public Safety	23
Danish Flexicurity: Rights and Duties	23
A Social Insurance Perspective on Pandemic Fiscal Policy: Implications for Unemployment Insurance and Hazard Pay	23
On the Economics of Extinction and Possible Mass Extinctions	22
Front Matter	22
Behavioral Incentive Compatibility and Empirically Informed Welfare Analysis: An Introductory Guide	22
Universal Early-Life Health Policies in the Nordic Countries	21
How US Treasuries Can Remain the World’s Safe Haven	21
Front Matter	21
Recommendations for Further Reading	20
Lessons for the United States from Pharmaceutical Regulation Abroad	19
Measuring Human Capital	19
Recommendations for Further Reading	19
Protecting Antiquities: A Role for Long-Term Leases?	19
America’s Continuing Struggle with Mental Illnesses: Economic Considerations	18
Front Matter	18
Recommendations for Further Reading	17
Basel Endgame: Bank Capital Requirements and the Future of International Standard Setting	16
Measuring Income and Income Inequality	16
The 2023 Merger Guidelines and the Arc of Antitrust History	16
Compensating Wage Differentials in Labor Markets: Empirical Challenges and Applications	16

Carbon Border Adjustments, Climate Clubs, and Subsidy Races When Climate Policies Vary	15
Facts and Fantasies about Wage Setting and Collective Bargaining	15
Debt Revenue and the Sustainability of Public Debt	15
Is Pay Transparency Good?	15
Should We Insure Workers or Jobs During Recessions?	14
Four Facts about Human Capital	14
The Importance of Financial Literacy: Opening a New Field	14
Political Distortions, State Capture, and Economic Development in Africa	14
A Linear Panel Model with Heterogeneous Coefficients and Variation in Exposure	13
Retrospectives: Friedman and Schwartz, Disaggregated	13
The Economics of Electricity Reliability	13
Retrospectives: Yair Mundlak and the Fixed Effects Estimator	13
The Causal Effects of Place on Health and Longevity	12
Did Welfare Reform End the Safety Net as We Knew It? The Record since 1996	12
Why Do Retired Households Draw Down Their Wealth So Slowly?	12
Acquisitions to Enter New Markets	11
Public Finance Implications of Economic Inequality	11
Unraveling the Hispanic Health Paradox	10
Global Transportation Decarbonization	9
Front Matter	9
Is There Any Future for a US Labor Movement?	8
The US Individual Income Tax: Recent Evolution and Evidence	8
Intangible Capital and Modern Economies	7
Quantitative Urban Models: From Theory to Data	6
Recommendations for Further Reading	6
Are Developed Countries Outsourcing Pollution?	6