OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Economics of Governance is 1. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Incentives of a monopolist for innovation under regulatory threat	17
Unveiling the myth of economies of scale in local government: empirical evidence from interpretable machine learning	14
Younger CEO and older managers: focusing on tournament incentives	12
How do environmental technology and governance influence environmental degradation in Indo-Pacific countries?	11
The integration of ecosystem-based management in EU fisheries governance: challenges and opportunities	10
Does municipality’s self-generated income influence the efficiency of its public spending?	8
Religion and corruption: Are there any saints?	6
Central-local collaborative environmental governance and firm-level environmental performance: the role of firm ownership	6
Honor among thieves: how nineteenth century American pirate publishers simulated copyright protection	6
Do austerity policies reduce public debt? An analysis on twelve Eurozone countries	6
New types infrastructure construction, governmental peer effects, and regional carbon emission reduction	5
Predicting satisfaction with democracy in Germany using local economic conditions, social capital, and individual characteristics	4
Does the informal economy undermine political stability? Empirical evidence from global perspectives	4
Legislative redistricting and the partisan distribution of transportation expenditure	4
Effective management structures for offshore manufacturing: centralization vs. decentralization	4
Political and non-political side activities in an agency framework	3
Professional team sporting success: do economic and personal freedom provide competitive advantages?	3
Compliance and effectiveness of alcohol prohibition: evidence from India	3
Data-driven growth: unpacking the productivity gains from open government data	3
A model of religious identities and income redistribution: from the Lebanese Civil War to the Taif Agreement	3
Incompetence and corruption in procurement auctions	3
Correction to: Inside Buchanan’s Samaritan’s Dilemma: altruism, strategic courage and ethics of responsibility	3
Trust in municipal government and recycling behavior	3
Effects of election and natural disaster mortality on calamity relief spending in India	3
Corporate governance and ESG integration: pathways to sustainability in European companies	3

How does municipal governance structure affect innovation and knowledge diffusion? Evidence from U.S. metro areas	3
How does information consumption pilot policy affect climate-friendly technological innovation? Evidence from China	2
Beyond the veil: unpacking money laundering through economic models, emerging technologies, and government capture	2
Sharing rules in rent-seeking contests with third-party intervention	2
Incumbent policy strategy and the value of winning	2
Corruption risk and political dynasties: exploring the links using public procurement data in the Philippines	2
Ideological ambiguity and political spectrum	2
Optimising the decision threshold in a weighted voting system: the case of the IMF’s Board of Governors	2
The timing of opportunism: political cycles under binding fiscal rules in Brazil	2
The role of internal governance competence in mitigating ESG greenwashing: insights from emerging markets	2
Do young politicians make a difference? Evidence from local public expenditure in South Korea	2
Environmental policy implementation, gender, and corruption	1
Correction: The timing of opportunism: political cycles under binding fiscal rules in Brazil	1
Accumulation rule of fiscal slack and mimicking behavior in local public finance: evidence from Japan’s municipalities	1
The Perils of Regulating COVID–19: Insights from Kirznerian Entrepreneurship and Ostromian Polycentricity	1
Renewable energy and energy-related uncertainty in the voluntary provision of global public goods	1
How does China's local fiscal decentralization promote common prosperity? An analysis of the mediating role of rural revitalization	1
Syndication, investment horizon, and managerial effort in venture capital	1
Alternative intervention mechanisms in rent-seeking contests	1
From complexity to resilience: the role of regional knowledge in reducing China’s local government debt risk	1
Anti-corruption and firm-level green total factor productivity	1
Endogenous timing of decentralized leadership with heterogeneous spillovers	1
Quantities vs. prices: monopoly regulation without transfer under asymmetric demand information	1
Shadow economy, financial development and institutions: theory and evidence	1
Fiscal shocks and subnational government finances: evidence from Indian states	1
Corporate income tax competition and efficient tax base equalization	1
College sports governance: “Amateurism” enforcement in big time college sports	1
Discipline by turnout	1