# Most-cited Economics papers of 2018, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Economics research papers published in 2018, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. [Power-law distributions in empirical data](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3103362336) · 6,622 citations
2. [The Race between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth, Factor Shares, and Employment](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3125498346) · 3,101 citations · Free PDF
3. [Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2017](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3092065440) · 2,531 citations
4. [Robots at Work](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3122245868) · 2,006 citations · Free PDF
5. [Three frames for innovation policy: R&D, systems of innovation and transformative change](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2889003232) · 1,806 citations
6. [Measuring the Frequency Dynamics of Financial Connectedness and Systemic Risk*](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2949333925) · 1,792 citations · Free PDF
7. [Railroads of the Raj: Estimating the Impact of Transportation Infrastructure](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3021822145) · 1,667 citations
8. [Health Care Spending in the United States and Other High-Income Countries](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2790706219) · 1,633 citations · Free PDF
9. [Democracy Does Cause Growth](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2927606987) · 1,556 citations
10. [Mission-oriented innovation policies: challenges and opportunities](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2897383306) · 1,478 citations
11. [Monetary Policy According to HANK](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2253894436) · 1,429 citations
12. [Really Uncertain Business Cycles](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3023239135) · 1,160 citations · Free PDF
13. [The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Opportunities and Challenges](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2793922568) · 1,151 citations
14. [Global Economic Burden of Diabetes in Adults: Projections From 2015 to 2030](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2791113526) · 1,133 citations
15. [Replicating Anomalies](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4211134865) · 1,073 citations
16. [Mortality due to low-quality health systems in the universal health coverage era: a systematic analysis of amenable deaths in 137 countries](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2891701191) · 1,046 citations
17. [Deconstructing Monetary Policy Surprises: The Role of Information Shocks](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2791959148) · 1,020 citations
18. [Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2804207405) · 1,000 citations · Free PDF
19. [Why Is Pollution from US Manufacturing Declining? The Roles of Environmental Regulation, Productivity, and Trade](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2762794668) · 975 citations
20. [Understanding Costs of Care in the Operating Room](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2790233912) · 924 citations
21. [The financial burden and distress of patients with cancer: Understanding and stepping‐up action on the financial toxicity of cancer treatment](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2783091042) · 867 citations
22. [Returns to investment in education: a decennial review of the global literature](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3125687003) · 855 citations
23. [Many Analysts, One Data Set: Making Transparent How Variations in Analytic Choices Affect Results](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2762364541) · 825 citations · Free PDF
24. [Catastrophic health spending in Europe: equity and policy implications of different calculation methods](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2809886963) · 821 citations · Free PDF
25. [Volatility Is Rough](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2949695413) · 803 citations · Free PDF

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