OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Economic Perspectives is 23. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Front Matter	180
Economic Markets and Pharmaceutical Innovation	179
American Enslavement and the Recovery of Black Economic History	160
Next-Generation Policing Research: Three Propositions	136
Migration and Innovation: Learning from Patent and Inventor Data	122
Popular Personal Financial Advice versus the Professors	118
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and Economic Research	111
US Corporate Bond Markets: Bigger and (Maybe) Better?	99
Recommendations for Further Reading	96
The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the Panic of 2023	95
Why Did the Best Prepared Country in the World Fare So Poorly during COVID?	88
COVID-19, School Closures, and Outcomes	72
Financial Sanctions, SWIFT, and the Architecture of the International Payment System	72
Front Matter	68
Early Career Paths of Economists Inside and Outside of Academia	63
Front Matter	57
The Puzzle of Falling US Birth Rates since the Great Recession	56
Blending Theory and Data: A Space Odyssey	52
How Economists Could Help Inform Economic and Budget Analysis Used by the US Congress	50
Building Costs and House Prices	49
How Regional Inequality and Migration Drive Housing Prices and Rents	48
How Can Lower-Income Countries Collect More Taxes? The Role of Technology, Tax Agents, and Politics	47
Children and the US Social Safety Net: Balancing Disincentives for Adults and Benefits for Children	46
Recommendations for Further Reading	45
The Changing Firm and Country Boundaries of US Manufacturers in Global Value Chains	42

Front Matter	41
Designing Simple Mechanisms	40
Recommendations for Further Reading	40
Industrial Policy: Lessons from Shipbuilding	40
Front Matter	38
Government Data of the People, by the People, for the People: Navigating Citizen Privacy Concerns	38
Semiconductors and Modern Industrial Policy	37
Changes in the Distribution of Black and White Wealth since the US Civil War	37
Export-Led Industrial Policy for Developing Countries: Is There a Way to Pick Winners?	37
Overreaction and Diagnostic Expectations in Macroeconomics	35
Administrative Burdens in the Social Safety Net	34
Seeking the “Missing Women” of Economics with the Undergraduate Women in Economics Challenge	33
The Economics of Generic Drug Shortages: The Limits of Competition	33
Front Matter	33
College Majors, Occupations, and the Gender Wage Gap	33
Why Is the Fragmented Municipal Bond Market So Costly to Investors and Issuers?	31
Evaluating Behavioral Incentive Compatibility: Insights from Experiments	30
What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?	30
Retrospectives: Margaret Reid, Chicago, and Permanent Income	29
Emerging Market Sovereign Debt in the Aftermath of the Pandemic	26
Curbing Rising Housing Costs: A Model-Based Policy Comparison	26
Front Matter	24
Sweeping Changes and an Uncertain Legacy: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017	23
Agricultural Technology in Africa	23
The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	23