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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The measurement of zombie enterprise under information asymmetry–a case of China’s iron and steel industry	63
The impact of green finance on sustainable development: an investigation into national ESG performance	47
Exports and long-run growth: The case of Spain, 1850-2020	41
FDI spillover effect on the green productivity of Vietnam manufacturing firms: the role of absorptive capacity	36
Ownership structure and corporate cash holdings in Jordan: the role of government ownership	32
The interrelationships between bank risk and charter value in ASIAN-5	22
On the economics of CO ₂ contracts in the enhanced oil recovery industry	22
Biased innovation and network evolution: digital driver for green innovation of manufacturing in China	20
Rollover restrictions and firm export behavior: evidence from China	18
Logistics input complexity and comparative advantage in manufacturing: based on the perspective of global value chains	17
Currency crisis, capital flow regulations, and political performance: assessing high and middle-income economies	16
Does technological diversity in M&A networks improve ESG performance?	16
Forecasting 2030 CO ₂ reduction targets for Russia as a major emitter using different estimation scenarios	16
Fiscal regimes and debt sustainability in Colombia	16
Does intellectual property protection stimulate digital economy development?	15
Impact of competition on product innovation: evidence from Vietnamese manufacturing enterprises	15
Export destination and firm upgrading: evidence from Spain	13
Multi-dimensional competition in local governments, performance pressures, and corporate green innovation in China	12
Impact of mixed ownership reforms on firm innovation–empirical evidence from China	12
Do FinTech algorithms reduce gender inequality in banks loans? A quantitative study from the USA	12
A novel hybrid decision support methodology for data-driven comparative analysis of EU macroeconomic performance	11
The intertemporal relation between economic growth, total hours worked, and labor income of salaried and non-salaried workers in Colombia	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
Zombie firms and resource allocation: research trends and developments during the spread of COVID-19	11

Bank performance during the COVID-19 pandemic: does income diversification help?	10
Beyond work-life balance: decomposing the gender gap in physical activity	10
Economic growth and poverty in sub‑Saharan African countries: non‑linearity and exports threshold effect	10
US domestic sentiment reactions to climate and economic policy uncertainties: a quantile ARDL approach	10
The euro at 25: how demand, supply and policy shocks contributed to inflation in the euro area countries	10
Mapping energy poverty measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: a new global panel dataset	9
Oil price passthrough to consumer price inflation in South Africa: the role of the inflation environment	9
An improved model accuracy for forecasting risk measures: application of ensemble methods	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
South African inflation response to fiscal policy shocks	8
“Governance in action: transforming financial landscape through innovation among developing countries”	8
Structural change, elasticity of substitution, and growth	8
Asymmetric information, credential assessment services and earnings of new immigrants	8
Statement of Retraction: using bibliometrics to understand algorithmic finance	8
Economic and health impacts of China’s comprehensive health care system reform	8
Investment timing and quantity under ambiguity and business cycles	8
Illicit financial flows in Africa: linkages with terrorist activity and public investment	8
Have credit card services become important to monetary aggregation? An application of sign restricted Bayesian VAR	7
Assortative mating, marital stability and the role of business cycles in the United States from 1968 to 2011	7
School finance centralization and revenue levels: evidence from a school finance reform	7
The effect of oil price fluctuation on the economy: what can we learn from alternative models?	7
Educational stream choice and labour market outcomes in Bangladesh: evidence from general and madrasah schooling	7
Can high-speed train improve the innovation ability of enterprises?	7
School quality and labor market earnings: some new results on an old debate	7
Political uncertainty and cryptocurrency futures and spot market efficiency: evidence from the 2024 U.S. presidential election	6
Total factor productivity and firm size in the German energy industry: evidence from a symbolic transfer entropy panel causality test	6
Dynamic forecasting of banking crises with a Qual VAR	6
Cross-price elasticity between licit and illicit cigarette consumption in Brazil	6
Corporate ESG performance and the capital market’s information environment: evidence from analysts’ forecasts	6
The impact of environmental information disclosure on the cost of debt: evidence from China	6
A meta-regression analysis on judicial efficiency literature: the role of methodological and courts diversity	6
Human capital and firms’ markup: evidence from China	6
The unintended consequences of environmental tax for green innovation: evidence from China	6
Understanding the exchange rate responses: a focus on monetary and output shocks in the context of Pakistan	6
The cost of electricity interruption for manufacturing firms in Ethiopia: valuing outage by applying stated preference approach	6