| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Political risk, institutions and foreign direct investment | European Journal of Political Economy | 2007 | 971 |
| 2 | Shadow economies around the world: what do we really know? | European Journal of Political Economy | 2005 | 707 |
| 3 | Foreign direct investment, economic freedom and growth: new evidence from Latin America | European Journal of Political Economy | 2003 | 554 |
| 4 | On the relationship between economic freedom and economic growth | European Journal of Political Economy | 2000 | 518 |
| 5 | Modelling rent-seeking contests | European Journal of Political Economy | 1994 | 502 |
| 6 | How does political instability affect economic growth? | European Journal of Political Economy | 2013 | 459 |
| 7 | The cross-country pattern of corruption: economics, culture and the seesaw dynamics | European Journal of Political Economy | 2002 | 446 |
| 8 | The determinants of individual attitudes towards immigration | European Journal of Political Economy | 2006 | 437 |
| 9 | Economic growth and judicial independence: cross-country evidence using a new set of indicators | European Journal of Political Economy | 2003 | 430 |
| 10 | The effects of terrorism on global capital markets | European Journal of Political Economy | 2004 | 421 |
| 11 | Evidence on corruption as an incentive for foreign direct investment | European Journal of Political Economy | 2005 | 417 |
| 12 | The median-voter hypothesis, income inequality, and income redistribution: an empirical test with the required data | European Journal of Political Economy | 2000 | 412 |
| 13 | The two concepts of money: implications for the analysis of optimal currency areas | European Journal of Political Economy | 1998 | 409 |
| 14 | The multiple facets of social capital | European Journal of Political Economy | 2006 | 364 |
| 15 | How transparent are central banks? | European Journal of Political Economy | 2006 | 346 |
| 16 | An economic perspective on transnational terrorism | European Journal of Political Economy | 2004 | 322 |
| 17 | Do liberalization and globalization increase income inequality? | European Journal of Political Economy | 2010 | 311 |
| 18 | Corruption, growth and political regimes: Cross country evidence | European Journal of Political Economy | 2006 | 309 |
| 19 | Corruption and military spending | European Journal of Political Economy | 2001 | 292 |
| 20 | The effectiveness of government spending on education and health care in developing and transition economies | European Journal of Political Economy | 2002 | 284 |
| 21 | The concept and measurement of economic freedom | European Journal of Political Economy | 2003 | 284 |
| 22 | Finance and income inequality: A review and new evidence | European Journal of Political Economy | 2017 | 282 |
| 23 | Expressive behavior in economics and politics | European Journal of Political Economy | 2010 | 279 |
| 24 | Government size, composition, volatility and economic growth | European Journal of Political Economy | 2010 | 272 |
| 25 | Quasi real time early warning indicators for costly asset price boom/bust cycles: A role for global liquidity | European Journal of Political Economy | 2011 | 272 |
| 26 | Social capital and growth in European regions: an empirical test | European Journal of Political Economy | 2005 | 270 |
| 27 | Do domestic firms learn to export from multinationals? | European Journal of Political Economy | 2004 | 269 |
| 28 | The effects of fiscal policy in Italy: Evidence from a VAR model | European Journal of Political Economy | 2007 | 260 |
| 29 | Aid effectiveness on growth: A meta study | European Journal of Political Economy | 2008 | 254 |
| 30 | Economic conditions and terrorism | European Journal of Political Economy | 2004 | 245 |
| 31 | Financial markets and terrorism | European Journal of Political Economy | 2004 | 245 |
| 32 | Tax morale and direct democracy | European Journal of Political Economy | 2005 | 241 |
| 33 | Network externalities, complementarities, and invitations to enter | European Journal of Political Economy | 1996 | 239 |
| 34 | Pollution abatement and long-term growth | European Journal of Political Economy | 1996 | 238 |
| 35 | Terrorism and international trade: an empirical investigation | European Journal of Political Economy | 2004 | 238 |
| 36 | On the measurement of political instability and its impact on economic growth | European Journal of Political Economy | 2009 | 238 |
| 37 | Central bank independence and monetary policymaking institutions — Past, present and future | European Journal of Political Economy | 2008 | 235 |
| 38 | Intergenerational transfers without altruism | European Journal of Political Economy | 1993 | 231 |
| 39 | A model of tax evasion with group conformity and social customs | European Journal of Political Economy | 1996 | 228 |
| 40 | Causality in the freedom–growth relationship | European Journal of Political Economy | 2003 | 227 |
| 41 | Economic freedom and economic growth: Does specification make a difference? | European Journal of Political Economy | 2006 | 226 |
| 42 | Interest groups: A survey of empirical models that try to assess their influence | European Journal of Political Economy | 1996 | 224 |
| 43 | Partisan theory after fifteen years | European Journal of Political Economy | 1992 | 222 |
| 44 | Central bank independence and transparency: Evolution and effectiveness | European Journal of Political Economy | 2008 | 214 |
| 45 | What determines debt intolerance? The role of political and monetary institutions | European Journal of Political Economy | 2011 | 211 |
| 46 | Contagious speculative attacks | European Journal of Political Economy | 1995 | 210 |
| 47 | The design of fiscal rules and forms of governance in European Union countries | European Journal of Political Economy | 2007 | 210 |
| 48 | Public expenditure, corruption, and economic growth: the case of Italy | European Journal of Political Economy | 2001 | 206 |
| 49 | Motivation for bilateral aid allocation: Altruism or trade benefits | European Journal of Political Economy | 2008 | 205 |
| 50 | The origins of terrorism: Cross-country estimates of socio-economic determinants of terrorism | European Journal of Political Economy | 2011 | 202 |
