OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Economic Perspectives is 22. 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
The Changing Firm and Country Boundaries of US Manufacturers in Global Value Chains	45
Industrial Policy: Lessons from Shipbuilding	45
Front Matter	44
Recommendations for Further Reading	43

Recommendations for Further Reading	42
Front Matter	41
Government Data of the People, by the People, for the People: Navigating Citizen Privacy Concerns	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
Administrative Burdens in the Social Safety Net	33
College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap	33
Retrospectives: Margaret Reid, Chicago, and Permanent Income	29
Evaluating Behavioral Incentive Compatibility: Insights from Experiments	29
What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?	29
Emerging Market Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic	28
Front Matter	28
Migration and Labor Market Integration in Europe	28
Agricultural Technology in Africa	26
The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	26
An Ounce of Prevention	25
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
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