| Leapfrogging: A theory of cycles in national technological leadership ES Brezis, PR Krugman, D Tsiddon National Bureau of Economic Research, 1991 | 876 | 1991 |
| The Oxford history of Indian business D Tripathi Oxford University Press, 2004 | 221 | 2004 |
| Technology and the life cycle of cities ES Brezis, PR Krugman Journal of Economic Growth 2, 369-383, 1997 | 216 | 1997 |
| Foreign capital flows in the century of Britain's industrial revolution: new estimates, controlled conjectures ES Brezis Economic History Review, 46-67, 1995 | 93 | 1995 |
| Immigration, investment, and real wages ES Brezis, PR Krugman Journal of Population Economics 9 (1), 83-93, 1996 | 73 | 1996 |
| Arbitrariness in the peer review process ES Brezis, A Birukou Scientometrics 123 (1), 393-411, 2020 | 63 | 2020 |
| Brain drain and development traps JP Bénassy, ES Brezis Journal of Development Economics 102, 15-22, 2013 | 60 | 2013 |
| Focal randomisation: An optimal mechanism for the evaluation of R&D projects ES Brezis Science and Public Policy 34 (10), 691-698, 2007 | 55 | 2007 |
| Social mobility at the top and the higher education system ES Brezis, J Hellier European Journal of Political Economy 52, 36-54, 2018 | 50 | 2018 |
| Elites and economic outcomes ES Brezis, P Temin MIT Department of Economics Working Paper, Forthcoming, 2007 | 49 | 2007 |
| The role of higher education institutions: recruitment of elites and economic growth ES Brezis, F Crouzet Institutions, development, and economic growth 13, 191, 2006 | 47 | 2006 |
| Scientometrics of peer review F Squazzoni, E Brezis, A Marušić Scientometrics 113, 501-502, 2017 | 42 | 2017 |
| Elites, minorities and economic growth ES Brezis, P Temin Elsevier, 1999 | 41 | 1999 |
| Conscientious regulation and post-regulatory employment restrictions ES Brezis, A Weiss European Journal of Political Economy 13 (3), 517-536, 1997 | 38 | 1997 |
| Wy are the transition paths in China and Eastern Europe different? A political economy perspective1 ES Brezis, A Schnytzer Economics of Transition 11 (1), 3-23, 2003 | 35 | 2003 |
| Why do Students Migrate? Where do they Migrate to? E Brezis, A Soueri AlmaLaurea Inter-University Consortium Working Papers, 2011 | 32 | 2011 |
| Political institutions and economic reforms in Central and Eastern Europe: a snowball effect ES Brezis, T Verdier Economic Systems 27 (3), 289-311, 2003 | 32 | 2003 |
| The new views on demographic transition: a reassessment of Malthus's and Marx's approach to population E Brezis, W Young European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 10 (1), 25-45, 2003 | 29 | 2003 |
| Economic growth, leadership and capital flows: the leapfrogging effect ES Brezis, D Tsiddon Journal of International Trade & Economic Development 7 (3), 261-277, 1998 | 27 | 1998 |
| Why migrate: For study or for work? ES Brezis Economies 4 (3), 17, 2016 | 25 | 2016 |
