Topic · Economic Growth and Development
Most cited papers in Economic Growth and Development
What are the most cited papers in Economic Growth and Development?
The most cited paper in Economic Growth and Development is "Finance and Growth: Schumpeter Might Be Right" (Robert G. King, Ross Eric Levine, 1993), with 8,704 citations. Next come "Africa's Growth Tragedy: Policies and Ethnic Divisions" (5,730) and "Entrepreneurship: Productive, unproductive, and destructive" (4,014).
Showing 50 of 97 papers. Every paper with more than 770 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finance and Growth: Schumpeter Might Be Right Robert G. King, Ross Eric Levine · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Aug 1993 | 8,704 |
| 2 | Africa's Growth Tragedy: Policies and Ethnic Divisions William Russell Easterly, Ross Eric Levine · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Nov 1997 | 5,730 |
| 3 | Entrepreneurship: Productive, unproductive, and destructive William J. Baumöl · Journal of Business Venturing | 1996 | 4,014 |
| 4 | The causes of corruption: a cross-national study Daniel S. Treisman · Journal of Public Economics | Jun 2000 | 3,968 |
| 5 | Finance, entrepreneurship and growth Robert G. King, Ross Eric Levine · Journal of Monetary Economics | Dec 1993 | 3,574 |
| 6 | Catching Up, Forging Ahead, and Falling Behind Moses Abramovitz · The Journal of Economic History | Jun 1986 | 3,519 |
| 7 | Fractionalization Alberto Alesina, Arnaud Devleeschauwer, William Russell Easterly et al. · Journal of Economic Growth | Jun 2003 | 3,343 |
| 8 | The Theory of Economic Development Simone Raudino | 2016 | 2,987 |
| 9 | Government Ownership of Banks Rafael La Porta, Florencio López‐de‐Silanes, Andrei Shleifer · The Journal of Finance | Feb 2002 | 2,567 |
| 10 | Who Gives Foreign Aid to Whom and Why? Alberto Alesina, David Dollar · Journal of Economic Growth | Mar 2000 | 2,504 |
| 11 | Corporate governance, investor protection, and performance in emerging markets Leora F. Klapper, Inessa Love · Journal of Corporate Finance | 13 May 2003 | 2,283 |
| 12 | The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa Nathan Nunn, Léonard Wantchekon · American Economic Review | Dec 2011 | 2,223 |
| 13 | Natural Resources: Curse or Blessing? Frederick van der Ploeg · Journal of Economic Literature | Jun 2011 | 2,208 |
| 14 | Learning about a New Technology: Pineapple in Ghana Timothy G. Conley, Christopher Udry · American Economic Review | Mar 2010 | 2,194 |
| 15 | Corporate responsibility and financial performance: the role of intangible resources Jordi A. Surroca, Josep A. Tribó, Sandra A. Waddock · Strategic Management Journal | 17 Nov 2009 | 2,137 |
| 16 | Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance Alberto Alesina, Eliana La Ferrara · Journal of Economic Literature | Aug 2005 | 2,096 |
| 17 | Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa Jenny C. Aker, Isaac Mbiti · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Aug 2010 | 2,070 |
| 18 | Country-of-Origin Effects on Product Evaluations Warren J. Bilkey, Erik B. Nes · Journal of International Business Studies | Mar 1982 | 1,829 |
| 19 | Financial development and dynamic investment behavior: Evidence from panel VAR Inessa Love, Lea Zicchino · The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance | May 2006 | 1,822 |
| 20 | The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Methodology and Analytical Issues Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay, Massimo Mastruzzi · Hague Journal on the Rule of Law | Sep 2010 | 1,800 |
| 21 | Organizational Innovation and Performance: The Problem of "Organizational Lag" Fariborz Damanpour, William M. Evan · Administrative Science Quarterly | Sep 1984 | 1,784 |
| 22 | Tropics, germs, and crops: how endowments influence economic development William Russell Easterly, Ross Eric Levine · Journal of Monetary Economics | 2003 | 1,742 |
| 23 | Are corruption and taxation really harmful to growth? Firm level evidence Raymond J. Fisman, Jakob Svensson · Journal of Development Economics | 12 Sep 2006 | 1,720 |
| 24 | On the Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries: Is Africa Different? Elizabeth Asiedu · World Development | 2002 | 1,644 |
| 25 | Political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment Matthias Busse, Carsten Hefeker · European Journal of Political Economy | 19 May 2006 | 1,600 |
| 26 | Does financial development cause economic growth? Time-series evidence from 16 countries Panicos O. Demetriades, Khaled Hussein · Journal of Development Economics | Dec 1996 | 1,554 |
| 27 | Bank-Based or Market-Based Financial Systems: Which Is Better? Ross Eric Levine · Journal of Financial Intermediation | Oct 2002 | 1,521 |
| 28 | Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth Daron Acemoğlu, Philippe Aghion, Fabrizio Zilibotti · Journal of the European Economic Association | Mar 2006 | 1,510 |
| 29 | The economic burden of malaria John L. Gallup, Jeffrey David Sachs · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2001 | 1,496 |
| 30 | The Correlates of Change in International Financial Regulation Dennis Patrick Quinn · American Political Science Review | Sep 1997 | 1,436 |
| 31 | Dodging the grabbing hand: the determinants of unofficial activity in 69 countries Eric Friedman, Simon Johnson, Daniel Kaufmann et al. · Journal of Public Economics | Jun 2000 | 1,395 |
| 32 | The Effect of Entrepreneurial Activity on National Economic Growth Andre J. van Stel, Martin Carree, Roy Thurik · Small Business Economics | Apr 2005 | 1,355 |
| 33 | Aid and growth regressions Henrik Steen Hansen, Finn Tarp · Journal of Development Economics | Apr 2001 | 1,354 |
| 34 | Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment Mohsin Habib, Leon Żurawicki · Journal of International Business Studies | Jun 2002 | 1,328 |
| 35 | Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Natural Resources, Market Size, Government Policy, Institutions and Political Instability Elizabeth Asiedu · World Economy | 2006 | 1,324 |
| 36 | Explaining African Economic Performance Paul Collier, Jan Willem Gunning · Journal of Economic Literature | Mar 1999 | 1,311 |
| 37 | Instruments, Randomization, and Learning about Development Angus Deaton · Journal of Economic Literature | Jun 2010 | 1,295 |
| 38 | Why do countries matter so much for corporate governance?☆ Craig Doidge, G ANDREWKAROLYI, René M. Stulz · Journal of Financial Economics | 7 Jun 2007 | 1,255 |
| 39 | Demand for green finance: Resolving financing constraints on green innovation in China Chin‐Hsien Yu, Xiuqin Wu, Dayong Zhang et al. · Energy Policy | 8 Apr 2021 | 1,237 |
| 40 | Addressing the Natural Resource Curse: An Illustration from Nigeria Xavier Sala-i-Martín, Arvind Subramanian · Journal of African Economies | 19 Dec 2012 | 1,214 |
| 41 | A free press is bad news for corruption Aymo Brunetti, Beatrice Weder · Journal of Public Economics | 30 Oct 2002 | 1,214 |
| 42 | Financial development and economic growth Jose De Gregorio, Pablo Emilio Guidotti · World Development | Mar 1995 | 1,211 |
| 43 | Remittances, financial development, and growth Paola Giuliano, Marta Ruiz-Arranz · Journal of Development Economics | 7 Nov 2008 | 1,208 |
| 44 | The Passing of Traditional Society: Modernizing the Middle East, by Daniel Lerner and Lucille W. Pevsner Elie Salem · Political Science Quarterly | Mar 1959 | 1,190 |
| 45 | What Drives Bank Competition? Some International Evidence Stijn Claessens, Luc A. Laeven · Journal of money credit and banking | 2004 | 1,177 |
| 46 | Cultural influences on national rates of innovation Scott A. Shane · Journal of Business Venturing | 1993 | 1,159 |
| 47 | The Long-Term Effects of Africa's Slave Trades * Nathan Nunn · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Feb 2008 | 1,157 |
| 48 | Law, Finance, and Economic Growth Ross Eric Levine · Journal of Financial Intermediation | 1999 | 1,152 |
| 49 | An empirical analysis of cross-national economic growth, 1951–1980 KEVIN B. GRIER, Gordon Tullock · Journal of Monetary Economics | Sep 1989 | 1,147 |
| 50 | Aid and Growth: What Does the Cross-Country Evidence Really Show? Raghuram G. Rajan, Arvind Subramanian · The Review of Economics and Statistics | 17 Oct 2008 | 1,144 |
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