Economics, Econometrics and Finance papers

Pofolia organises Economics, Econometrics and Finance into 1 subfields: 84 papers in total (2012–2025), each with a short summary. The subfields come first, then the most-cited work across the whole field.

Subfields

At a glance

  • Most cited: Diffusion of Innovations 1 (2019, 37,204 citations).
  • The 12 papers listed have 81,776 citations between them.
  • 6 of the 6 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
  • 2 have a free full text (open access).
  • Most frequent journals: American Economic Review, Cambridge University Press eBooks, Choice Reviews Online.
  • Published between 2012 and 2020.

Most cited across the field

Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”.

  • Diffusion of Innovations 1

    2019 · FWCI 2664.25 · 37,204 citations

    This chapter outlines a theoretical and methodological framework for studying how innovations spread through communication, drawing on historical diffusion research.

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  • Capital in the Twenty-First Century

    Harvard University Press eBooks · 2014 · FWCI 541.30 · 13,609 citations

    Analysis of unique historical data from 20 countries reveals that the tendency for returns on capital to exceed economic growth rates is the primary driver of modern inequality, threatening democratic values.

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  • Globalization and Its Discontents

    The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society · 2015 · 5,550 citations

    This entry provides a high-level overview of the concept of globalization and its associated criticisms.

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  • The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States

    American Economic Review · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 23.00 · FWCI 352.88 · 4,373 citations · Open access

    Rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 significantly harmed US local labor markets, leading to higher unemployment, lower labor force participation, and reduced wages in areas with import-competing manufacturing.

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  • An Autoregressive Distributed-Lag Modelling Approach to Cointegration Analysis

    Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2012 · FWCI 380.86 · 3,942 citations

    This paper demonstrates that appropriately augmented Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) models can provide super-consistent estimators for long-run cointegrating relationships, even with I(1) variables, allowing valid inferences using standard asymptotic theory.

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  • The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future

    2015 · FWCI 685.24 · 2,968 citations

    Growing inequality within nations is a critical issue that undermines democracies and economies, and is not inevitable but a result of policy choices.

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  • Measuring Uncertainty

    American Economic Review · 2015 · Q1 · SJR 23.00 · FWCI 355.90 · 2,940 citations

    New econometric estimates of macroeconomic uncertainty reveal that popular proxies often misrepresent its true variation, with significant uncertainty episodes occurring less frequently but being more impactful.

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  • An Illustrated User Guide to the World Input–Output Database: the Case of Global Automotive Production

    Review of International Economics · 2015 · Q1 · FWCI 462.88 · 2,445 citations

    This guide illustrates how to prudently use the World Input–Output Database (WIOD) for international trade analysis, highlighting its strengths and weaknesses.

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  • The entrepreneurial state: debunking public vs. private sector myths

    Choice Reviews Online · 2014 · 2,314 citations

    This book argues that the state, not private enterprise, is the primary driver of technological innovation and economic growth, challenging the myth of a purely private sector-led innovation landscape.

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  • Bartik Instruments: What, When, Why, and How

    American Economic Review · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 23.00 · FWCI 332.50 · 2,253 citations

    This paper clarifies the statistical assumptions and identification strategies behind the Bartik instrument, a common tool in empirical economics for estimating causal effects.

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  • Identification Properties of Recent Production Function Estimators

    Econometrica · 2015 · Q1 · SJR 19.00 · FWCI 179.70 · 2,196 citations

    This paper analyzes the theoretical identification properties of recently developed estimators for production functions, focusing on their ability to uniquely determine underlying economic parameters.

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  • The KOF Globalisation Index – revisited

    The Review of International Organizations · 2019 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 397.27 · 1,982 citations · Open access

    A revised KOF Globalisation Index is introduced, now distinguishing between de facto and de jure measures, separating trade and financial globalization, and using 43 variables with time-varying weights.

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