OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Applied Economics is 6. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The measurement of zombie enterprise under information asymmetry–a case of China’s iron and steel industry	48
The impact of green finance on sustainable development: an investigation into national ESG performance	45
Exports and long-run growth: The case of Spain, 1850-2020	39
FDI spillover effect on the green productivity of Vietnam manufacturing firms: the role of absorptive capacity	32
Ownership structure and corporate cash holdings in Jordan: the role of government ownership	27
Biased innovation and network evolution: digital driver for green innovation of manufacturing in China	22
The interrelationships between bank risk and charter value in ASIAN-5	22
Rollover restrictions and firm export behavior: evidence from China	19
Logistics input complexity and comparative advantage in manufacturing: based on the perspective of global value chains	18
Forecasting 2030 CO ₂ reduction targets for Russia as a major emitter using different estimation scenarios	17
Does technological diversity in M&A networks improve ESG performance?	16
Currency crisis, capital flow regulations, and political performance: assessing high and middle-income economies	16
Fiscal regimes and debt sustainability in Colombia	16
Impact of competition on product innovation: evidence from Vietnamese manufacturing enterprises	15
Export destination and firm upgrading: evidence from Spain	14
The intertemporal relation between economic growth, total hours worked, and labor income of salaried and non-salaried workers in Colombia	12
Impact of mixed ownership reforms on firm innovation–empirical evidence from China	12
Zombie firms and resource allocation: research trends and developments during the spread of COVID-19	12
Do FinTech algorithms reduce gender inequality in banks loans? A quantitative study from the USA	12
Multi-dimensional competition in local governments, performance pressures, and corporate green innovation in China	12
Bank performance during the COVID-19 pandemic: does income diversification help?	11
A novel hybrid decision support methodology for data-driven comparative analysis of EU macroeconomic performance	11
Training for transformation: the impact of investor-led training on yields, farm output, and food security among Ghanaian rice farmers	11
Migration and adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in Ghana	11
US domestic sentiment reactions to climate and economic policy uncertainties: a quantile ARDL approach	11

Economic growth and poverty in sub‑Saharan African countries: non‑linearity and exports threshold effect	10
Mapping energy poverty measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: a new global panel dataset	10
The euro at 25: how demand, supply and policy shocks contributed to inflation in the euro area countries	10
Beyond work-life balance: decomposing the gender gap in physical activity	10
South African inflation response to fiscal policy shocks	9
Oil price passthrough to consumer price inflation in South Africa: the role of the inflation environment	9
Statement of Retraction: using bibliometrics to understand algorithmic finance	9
“Governance in action: transforming financial landscape through innovation among developing countries”	8
Illicit financial flows in Africa: linkages with terrorist activity and public investment	8
School finance centralization and revenue levels: evidence from a school finance reform	8
An improved model accuracy for forecasting risk measures: application of ensemble methods	8
Economic and health impacts of China’s comprehensive health care system reform	8
Investment timing and quantity under ambiguity and business cycles	8
Structural change, elasticity of substitution, and growth	8
Annual report tone and divergence of opinion: evidence from textual analysis	8
Household production effects of non-wage benefits and working conditions in Ghana	8
Analyzing time-different connectedness among systemic financial markets during the financial crisis and conventional era: New evidence from the VARX-DCC-MEGARCH model	8
Political uncertainty and cryptocurrency futures and spot market efficiency: evidence from the 2024 U.S. presidential election	7
Can high-speed train improve the innovation ability of enterprises?	7
Assortative mating, marital stability and the role of business cycles in the United States from 1968 to 2011	7
Educational stream choice and labour market outcomes in Bangladesh: evidence from general and madrasah schooling	7
School quality and labor market earnings: some new results on an old debate	7
Have credit card services become important to monetary aggregation? An application of sign restricted Bayesian VAR	7
The unintended consequences of environmental tax for green innovation: evidence from China	6
A meta-regression analysis on judicial efficiency literature: the role of methodological and courts diversity	6
Dynamic forecasting of banking crises with a Qual VAR	6
The impact of environmental information disclosure on the cost of debt: evidence from China	6
The cost of producing health human capital: evidence from medical education in Afghanistan	6
Total factor productivity and firm size in the German energy industry: evidence from a symbolic transfer entropy panel causality test	6
The effect of oil price fluctuation on the economy: what can we learn from alternative models?	6
Corporate ESG performance and the capital market’s information environment: evidence from analysts’ forecasts	6
Understanding the exchange rate responses: a focus on monetary and output shocks in the context of Pakistan	6