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| Increasing returns and long-run growth PM Romer Journal of political economy 94 (5), 1002-1037, 1986 | 32649 | 1986 |
| The origins of endogenous growth PM Romer Journal of Economic perspectives 8 (1), 3-22, 1994 | 6162 | 1994 |
| Democracy and growth RJ Barro Journal of economic growth 1 (1), 1-27, 1996 | 5016 | 1996 |
| Economic integration and endogenous growth LA Rivera-Batiz, PM Romer The Quarterly Journal of Economics 106 (2), 531-555, 1991 | 2979 | 1991 |
| Growth based on increasing returns due to specialization PM Romer The American Economic Review 77 (2), 56-62, 1987 | 2780 | 1987 |
| Human capital and growth: Theory and evidence PM Romer National Bureau of Economic Research, 1989 | 2519 | 1989 |
| Idea gaps and object gaps in economic development P Romer Journal of monetary economics 32 (3), 543-573, 1993 | 1957 | 1993 |
| The growth of nations NG Mankiw, ES Phelps, PM Romer Brookings papers on economic activity 1995 (1), 275-326, 1995 | 1595 | 1995 |
| New goods, old theory, and the welfare costs of trade restrictions P Romer Journal of development Economics 43 (1), 5-38, 1994 | 1215 | 1994 |
| Capital accumulation in the theory of long run growth PM Romer RCER Working Papers, 1988 | 1118 | 1988 |
| Looting: The economic underworld of bankruptcy for profit GA Akerlof, PM Romer, RE Hall, NG Mankiw Brookings papers on economic activity 1993 (2), 1-73, 1993 | 1116 | 1993 |
| Two strategies for economic development: using ideas and producing ideas PM Romer The World Bank Economic Review 6 (suppl_1), 63-91, 1992 | 1108 | 1992 |
| International trade with endogenous technological change LA Rivera-Batiz, PM Romer European economic review 35 (4), 971-1001, 1991 | 1063 | 1991 |
| The new Kaldor facts: ideas, institutions, population, and human capital CI Jones, PM Romer American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 2 (1), 224-45, 2010 | 803 | 2010 |
| Crazy explanations for the productivity slowdown PM Romer NBER macroeconomics annual 2, 163-202, 1987 | 801 | 1987 |
| Are nonconvexities important for understanding growth? PM Romer National Bureau of Economic Research, 1990 | 558 | 1990 |
| Science, economic growth, and public policy RR Nelson, PM Romer Challenge 39 (1), 9-21, 1996 | 459 | 1996 |
| Capital, labor, and productivity PM Romer Brookings papers on economic activity. Microeconomics 1990, 337-367, 1990 | 458 | 1990 |
| The trouble with macroeconomics P Romer ----, 2016 | 454 | 2016 |
