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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Next-Generation Policing Research: Three Propositions	165
Economic Markets and Pharmaceutical Innovation	163
American Enslavement and the Recovery of Black Economic History	151
Migration and Innovation: Learning from Patent and Inventor Data	125
Front Matter	114
Popular Personal Financial Advice versus the Professors	112
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and Economic Research	101
US Corporate Bond Markets: Bigger and (Maybe) Better?	97
COVID-19, School Closures, and Outcomes	91
Recommendations for Further Reading	91
Financial Sanctions, SWIFT, and the Architecture of the International Payment System	81
The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the Panic of 2023	70
Why Did the Best Prepared Country in the World Fare So Poorly during COVID?	68
Front Matter	66
Early Career Paths of Economists Inside and Outside of Academia	62
Front Matter	53
Blending Theory and Data: A Space Odyssey	52
The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession	50
How Economists Could Help Inform Economic and Budget Analysis Used by the US Congress	50
How Can Lower-Income Countries Collect More Taxes? The Role of Technology, Tax Agents, and Politics	48
Building Costs and House Prices	45
Children and the US Social Safety Net: Balancing Disincentives for Adults and Benefits for Children	45
How Regional Inequality and Migration Drive Housing Prices and Rents	45
Recommendations for Further Reading	43
Industrial Policy: Lessons from Shipbuilding	42

Front Matter	38
The Changing Firm and Country Boundaries of US Manufacturers in Global Value Chains	38
Recommendations for Further Reading	37
Designing Simple Mechanisms	37
Front Matter	36
Government Data of the People, by the People, for the People: Navigating Citizen Privacy Concerns	36
Semiconductors and Modern Industrial Policy	35
Overreaction and Diagnostic Expectations in Macroeconomics	34
Export-Led Industrial Policy for Developing Countries: Is There a Way to Pick Winners?	33
Changes in the Distribution of Black and White Wealth since the US Civil War	33
The Economics of Generic Drug Shortages: The Limits of Competition	32
Administrative Burdens in the Social Safety Net	32
Seeking the “Missing Women” of Economics with the Undergraduate Women in Economics Challenge	31
College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap	30
Why Is the Fragmented Municipal Bond Market So Costly to Investors and Issuers?	29
Front Matter	29
Retrospectives: Margaret Reid, Chicago, and Permanent Income	28
Evaluating Behavioral Incentive Compatibility: Insights from Experiments	25
What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?	24
Emerging Market Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic	24
Front Matter	23
Curbing Rising Housing Costs: A Model-Based Policy Comparison	23
The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	22
Sweeping Changes and an Uncertain Legacy: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017	22
Skilled Immigrants, Firms, and the Global Geography of Innovation	21
What Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities Teach about Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Black Students?	21
A Social Insurance Perspective on Pandemic Fiscal Policy: Implications for Unemployment Insurance and Hazard Pay	21
Agricultural Technology in Africa	21
Are Opportunity Zones an Effective Place-Based Policy?	20
Slavery and the Rise of the Nineteenth-Century American Economy	20
The Economics of Policing and Public Safety	20
Behavioral Incentive Compatibility and Empirically Informed Welfare Analysis: An Introductory Guide	19
Front Matter	19
Danish Flexicurity: Rights and Duties	19
On the Economics of Extinction and Possible Mass Extinctions	19
Front Matter	18
Universal Early-Life Health Policies in the Nordic Countries	18
How US Treasuries Can Remain the World’s Safe Haven	18
Recommendations for Further Reading	18
Recommendations for Further Reading	17
Measuring Human Capital	16
Lessons for the United States from Pharmaceutical Regulation Abroad	16
America’s Continuing Struggle with Mental Illnesses: Economic Considerations	16
Protecting Antiquities: A Role for Long-Term Leases?	16
Recommendations for Further Reading	15
Front Matter	15
Debt Revenue and the Sustainability of Public Debt	14
The 2023 Merger Guidelines and the Arc of Antitrust History	14
Measuring Income and Income Inequality	13
Compensating Wage Differentials in Labor Markets: Empirical Challenges and Applications	13

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