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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Popular Personal Financial Advice versus the Professors	189
Next-Generation Policing Research: Three Propositions	148
American Enslavement and the Recovery of Black Economic History	127
Migration and Innovation: Learning from Patent and Inventor Data	113
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and Economic Research	103
COVID-19, School Closures, and Outcomes	98
Financial Sanctions, SWIFT, and the Architecture of the International Payment System	87
Why Did the Best Prepared Country in the World Fare So Poorly during COVID?	84
Effects of the COVID-19 Recession on the US Labor Market: Occupation, Family, and Gender	83
The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the Panic of 2023	80
Front Matter	76
Front Matter	74
Fiscal Policy in Europe: Controversies over Rules, Mutual Insurance, and Centralization	71
Blending Theory and Data: A Space Odyssey	68
Early Career Paths of Economists Inside and Outside of Academia	67
The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession	58
How Economists Could Help Inform Economic and Budget Analysis Used by the US Congress	57
How Can Lower-Income Countries Collect More Taxes? The Role of Technology, Tax Agents, and Politics	56
Children and the US Social Safety Net: Balancing Disincentives for Adults and Benefits for Children	52
Recommendations for Further Reading	50
Designing Simple Mechanisms	49
Industrial Policy: Lessons from Shipbuilding	45
The Changing Firm and Country Boundaries of US Manufacturers in Global Value Chains	45
Front Matter	44
Recommendations for Further Reading	43

Recommendations for Further Reading	42
Government Data of the People, by the People, for the People: Navigating Citizen Privacy Concerns	41
Front Matter	41
Changes in the Distribution of Black and White Wealth since the US Civil War	40
Semiconductors and Modern Industrial Policy	39
Export-Led Industrial Policy for Developing Countries: Is There a Way to Pick Winners?	38
Overreaction and Diagnostic Expectations in Macroeconomics	37
Seeking the “Missing Women” of Economics with the Undergraduate Women in Economics Challenge	36
College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap	33
Administrative Burdens in the Social Safety Net	33
Evaluating Behavioral Incentive Compatibility: Insights from Experiments	29
What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?	29
Retrospectives: Margaret Reid, Chicago, and Permanent Income	29
Emerging Market Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic	28
Front Matter	28
Migration and Labor Market Integration in Europe	28
The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	26
Agricultural Technology in Africa	26
Danish Flexicurity: Rights and Duties	25
Sweeping Changes and an Uncertain Legacy: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017	25
What Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities Teach about Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Black Students?	25
An Ounce of Prevention	25
Are Opportunity Zones an Effective Place-Based Policy?	24
Skilled Immigrants, Firms, and the Global Geography of Innovation	22
A Social Insurance Perspective on Pandemic Fiscal Policy: Implications for Unemployment Insurance and Hazard Pay	22
Slavery and the Rise of the Nineteenth-Century American Economy	21
The Economics of Policing and Public Safety	20
Tracking the Pandemic in Real Time: Administrative Micro Data in Business Cycles Enters the Spotlight	19
On the Economics of Extinction and Possible Mass Extinctions	19
Behavioral Incentive Compatibility and Empirically Informed Welfare Analysis: An Introductory Guide	19
Mammograms and Mortality: How Has the Evidence Evolved?	18
Universal Early-Life Health Policies in the Nordic Countries	18
Front Matter	18
Front Matter	18
Front Matter	18
Recommendations for Further Reading	18
America’s Continuing Struggle with Mental Illnesses: Economic Considerations	17
Measuring Human Capital	17
Recommendations for Further Reading	17
Recommendations for Further Reading	16
The 2023 Merger Guidelines and the Arc of Antitrust History	15
Compensating Wage Differentials in Labor Markets: Empirical Challenges and Applications	15
Is Pay Transparency Good?	15
Front Matter	15
The Importance of Financial Literacy: Opening a New Field	14
Debt Revenue and the Sustainability of Public Debt	14
The Economics of Electricity Reliability	14
Facts and Fantasies about Wage Setting and Collective Bargaining	14
Carbon Border Adjustments, Climate Clubs, and Subsidy Races When Climate Policies Vary	14
Political Distortions, State Capture, and Economic Development in Africa	13

Should We Insure Workers or Jobs During Recessions?	13
A Linear Panel Model with Heterogeneous Coefficients and Variation in Exposure	13
Four Facts about Human Capital	13
Some Thoughts on the Washington Consensus and Subsequent Global Development Experience	12
Why Do Retired Households Draw Down Their Wealth So Slowly?	12
Did Welfare Reform End the Safety Net as We Knew It? The Record since 1996	12
Of Forking Paths and Tied Hands: Selective Publication of Findings, and What Economists Should Do about It	12
Unraveling the Hispanic Health Paradox	11
The Causal Effects of Place on Health and Longevity	11
Retrospectives: Friedman and Schwartz, Disaggregated	11
Acquisitions to Enter New Markets	11
Front Matter	10
The US Individual Income Tax: Recent Evolution and Evidence	10
Global Transportation Decarbonization	10
Is There Any Future for a US Labor Movement?	10
Are Developed Countries Outsourcing Pollution?	10
Quantitative Urban Models: From Theory to Data	10
Statistical Significance,p-Values, and the Reporting of Uncertainty	9
Retrospectives: Sadie T.M. Alexander: Black Women and a “Taste of Freedom in the Economic World”	9
Recommendations for Further Reading	9
The Baker Hypothesis: Stabilization, Structural Reforms, and Economic Growth	9
Think Globally, Act Globally: Opportunities to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	9
Intangible Capital and Modern Economies	9
Two Histories of the Public Safety Net	9