OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Economic Perspectives is 5. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Economic Markets and Pharmaceutical Innovation	204
Front Matter	200
Credit, Debt-Deflation, and the Great Depression Revisited	180
American Enslavement and the Recovery of Black Economic History	154
Migration and Innovation: Learning from Patent and Inventor Data	131
Popular Personal Financial Advice versus the Professors	119
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and Economic Research	109
Recommendations for Further Reading	108
US Corporate Bond Markets: Bigger and (Maybe) Better?	105
COVID-19, School Closures, and Outcomes	98
Why Did the Best Prepared Country in the World Fare So Poorly during COVID?	88
The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the Panic of 2023	81
Financial Sanctions, SWIFT, and the Architecture of the International Payment System	72
Front Matter	65
Blending Theory and Data: A Space Odyssey	61
Retrospectives: W. E. B. Du Bois, Harvard Economics, and Marginalist Wage Theory	60
Early Career Paths of Economists Inside and Outside of Academia	53
The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession	53
How Economists Could Help Inform Economic and Budget Analysis Used by the US Congress	52
How Regional Inequality and Migration Drive Housing Prices and Rents	51
Building Costs and House Prices	49
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	47
Recommendations for Further Reading	47
Front Matter	45

Designing Simple Mechanisms	45
The Changing Firm and Country Boundaries of US Manufacturers in Global Value Chains	41
Industrial Policy: Lessons from Shipbuilding	40
Recommendations for Further Reading	39
Front Matter	38
Overreaction and Diagnostic Expectations in Macroeconomics	38
Government Data of the People, by the People, for the People: Navigating Citizen Privacy Concerns	38
Changes in the Distribution of Black and White Wealth since the US Civil War	38
Semiconductors and Modern Industrial Policy	37
Export-Led Industrial Policy for Developing Countries: Is There a Way to Pick Winners?	36
The Economics of Generic Drug Shortages: The Limits of Competition	35
Seeking the “Missing Women” of Economics with the Undergraduate Women in Economics Challenge	31
Administrative Burdens in the Social Safety Net	31
Front Matter	30
Why Is the Fragmented Municipal Bond Market So Costly to Investors and Issuers?	29
Curbing Rising Housing Costs: A Model-Based Policy Comparison	26
Retrospectives: Margaret Reid, Chicago, and Permanent Income	26
Evaluating Behavioral Incentive Compatibility: Insights from Experiments	25
What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?	25
Front Matter	24
Sweeping Changes and an Uncertain Legacy: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017	24
The World Bank’s East Asian Miracle : Too Much a Product of Its Time?	24
Sovereign Debt and Fiscal Integration in the European Union	24
Agricultural Technology in Africa	24
Emerging Market Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic	24
The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	24
Skilled Immigrants, Firms, and the Global Geography of Innovation	23
What Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities Teach about Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Black Students?	23
Slavery and the Rise of the Nineteenth-Century American Economy	23
Danish Flexicurity: Rights and Duties	22
A Social Insurance Perspective on Pandemic Fiscal Policy: Implications for Unemployment Insurance and Hazard Pay	22
Behavioral Incentive Compatibility and Empirically Informed Welfare Analysis: An Introductory Guide	20
Are Opportunity Zones an Effective Place-Based Policy?	20
On the Economics of Extinction and Possible Mass Extinctions	20
Front Matter	19
Front Matter	19
How US Treasuries Can Remain the World’s Safe Haven	19
Universal Early-Life Health Policies in the Nordic Countries	18
Recommendations for Further Reading	18
China’s Lending to Developing Countries: From Boom to Bust	18
Protecting Antiquities: A Role for Long-Term Leases?	17
Lessons for the United States from Pharmaceutical Regulation Abroad	16
Recommendations for Further Reading	16
America’s Continuing Struggle with Mental Illnesses: Economic Considerations	16
Basel Endgame: Bank Capital Requirements and the Future of International Standard Setting	15
Measuring Human Capital	15
Recommendations for Further Reading	15
Front Matter	15
The 2023 Merger Guidelines and the Arc of Antitrust History	14
Facts and Fantasies about Wage Setting and Collective Bargaining	14

Carbon Border Adjustments, Climate Clubs, and Subsidy Races When Climate Policies Vary	13
Debt Revenue and the Sustainability of Public Debt	13
Is Pay Transparency Good?	13
Measuring Income and Income Inequality	12
Recommendations for Further Reading	12
Compensating Wage Differentials in Labor Markets: Empirical Challenges and Applications	12
The Importance of Financial Literacy: Opening a New Field	12
A Linear Panel Model with Heterogeneous Coefficients and Variation in Exposure	11
Four Facts about Human Capital	10
The Economics of Electricity Reliability	9
Political Distortions, State Capture, and Economic Development in Africa	9
Should We Insure Workers or Jobs During Recessions?	8
Did Welfare Reform End the Safety Net as We Knew It? The Record since 1996	7
Retrospectives: Friedman and Schwartz, Disaggregated	7
Retrospectives: Yair Mundlak and the Fixed Effects Estimator	7
Why Do Retired Households Draw Down Their Wealth So Slowly?	7
Unraveling the Hispanic Health Paradox	6
Acquisitions to Enter New Markets	6
Public Finance Implications of Economic Inequality	6
Front Matter	6
Global Transportation Decarbonization	6
Is There Any Future for a US Labor Movement?	5
Intangible Capital and Modern Economies	5
Are Developed Countries Outsourcing Pollution?	5
Recommendations for Further Reading	5
Quantitative Urban Models: From Theory to Data	5
The US Individual Income Tax: Recent Evolution and Evidence	5