OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Economic Perspectives is 9. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Economic Markets and Pharmaceutical Innovation	202
Next-Generation Policing Research: Three Propositions	150
American Enslavement and the Recovery of Black Economic History	150
Popular Personal Financial Advice versus the Professors	146
Migration and Innovation: Learning from Patent and Inventor Data	112
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and Economic Research	110
US Corporate Bond Markets: Bigger and (Maybe) Better?	105
Why Did the Best Prepared Country in the World Fare So Poorly during COVID?	94
COVID-19, School Closures, and Outcomes	92
Effects of the COVID-19 Recession on the US Labor Market: Occupation, Family, and Gender	90
Financial Sanctions, SWIFT, and the Architecture of the International Payment System	88
The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the Panic of 2023	81
Front Matter	78
The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession	69
Early Career Paths of Economists Inside and Outside of Academia	64
Front Matter	61
Blending Theory and Data: A Space Odyssey	60
Children and the US Social Safety Net: Balancing Disincentives for Adults and Benefits for Children	52
How Economists Could Help Inform Economic and Budget Analysis Used by the US Congress	51
How Can Lower-Income Countries Collect More Taxes? The Role of Technology, Tax Agents, and Politics	49
Recommendations for Further Reading	48
Industrial Policy: Lessons from Shipbuilding	47
The Changing Firm and Country Boundaries of US Manufacturers in Global Value Chains	45
Designing Simple Mechanisms	45
Front Matter	45

Recommendations for Further Reading	44
Government Data of the People, by the People, for the People: Navigating Citizen Privacy Concerns	43
Recommendations for Further Reading	43
Front Matter	42
Semiconductors and Modern Industrial Policy	36
Changes in the Distribution of Black and White Wealth since the US Civil War	35
Export-Led Industrial Policy for Developing Countries: Is There a Way to Pick Winners?	35
Administrative Burdens in the Social Safety Net	33
Overreaction and Diagnostic Expectations in Macroeconomics	33
The Economics of Generic Drug Shortages: The Limits of Competition	32
College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap	32
Seeking the “Missing Women” of Economics with the Undergraduate Women in Economics Challenge	32
Evaluating Behavioral Incentive Compatibility: Insights from Experiments	32
Emerging Market Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic	31
Front Matter	31
What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?	30
Why Is the Fragmented Municipal Bond Market So Costly to Investors and Issuers?	30
Retrospectives: Margaret Reid, Chicago, and Permanent Income	29
The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	28
Front Matter	28
Sweeping Changes and an Uncertain Legacy: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017	27
Agricultural Technology in Africa	24
Tracking the Pandemic in Real Time: Administrative Micro Data in Business Cycles Enters the Spotlight	23
Danish Flexicurity: Rights and Duties	21
The Economics of Policing and Public Safety	21
Slavery and the Rise of the Nineteenth-Century American Economy	21
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
Are Opportunity Zones an Effective Place-Based Policy?	21
A Social Insurance Perspective on Pandemic Fiscal Policy: Implications for Unemployment Insurance and Hazard Pay	21
On the Economics of Extinction and Possible Mass Extinctions	20
Front Matter	20
Behavioral Incentive Compatibility and Empirically Informed Welfare Analysis: An Introductory Guide	20
How US Treasuries Can Remain the World’s Safe Haven	19
Front Matter	19
Universal Early-Life Health Policies in the Nordic Countries	18
Front Matter	18
Measuring Human Capital	17
Recommendations for Further Reading	17
Front Matter	17
Lessons for the United States from Pharmaceutical Regulation Abroad	17
Recommendations for Further Reading	17
Recommendations for Further Reading	17
America’s Continuing Struggle with Mental Illnesses: Economic Considerations	17
The 2023 Merger Guidelines and the Arc of Antitrust History	16
Carbon Border Adjustments, Climate Clubs, and Subsidy Races When Climate Policies Vary	16
Measuring Income and Income Inequality	16
The Importance of Financial Literacy: Opening a New Field	16
Compensating Wage Differentials in Labor Markets: Empirical Challenges and Applications	16
Is Pay Transparency Good?	16

Debt Revenue and the Sustainability of Public Debt	15
Facts and Fantasies about Wage Setting and Collective Bargaining	14
A Linear Panel Model with Heterogeneous Coefficients and Variation in Exposure	14
Four Facts about Human Capital	14
Should We Insure Workers or Jobs During Recessions?	14
Political Distortions, State Capture, and Economic Development in Africa	13
Did Welfare Reform End the Safety Net as We Knew It? The Record since 1996	13
Why Do Retired Households Draw Down Their Wealth So Slowly?	13
The Economics of Electricity Reliability	13
Retrospectives: Friedman and Schwartz, Disaggregated	13
Of Forking Paths and Tied Hands: Selective Publication of Findings, and What Economists Should Do about It	13
Retrospectives: Yair Mundlak and the Fixed Effects Estimator	13
Unraveling the Hispanic Health Paradox	12
Acquisitions to Enter New Markets	12
The Causal Effects of Place on Health and Longevity	12
Some Thoughts on the Washington Consensus and Subsequent Global Development Experience	12
Public Finance Implications of Economic Inequality	12
Front Matter	11
Global Transportation Decarbonization	11
Are Developed Countries Outsourcing Pollution?	10
Is There Any Future for a US Labor Movement?	10
The US Individual Income Tax: Recent Evolution and Evidence	9
Statistical Significance,p-Values, and the Reporting of Uncertainty	9
Quantitative Urban Models: From Theory to Data	9
Intangible Capital and Modern Economies	9