American Economic Review
DisciplineEconomics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byRobert A. Moffitt
Publication details
History1911–present
Publisher
Frequency7 issues per year
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4AER
Indexing
ISSN0002-8282
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The American Economic Review (AER) is a peer-reviewed journal of economics published quarterly by the American Economic Association. First published in 1911, it is considered one of the most prestigious journals in the field.[1][2][3] The current editor is Robert A. Moffitt of Johns Hopkins University. The previous editor was Ben Bernanke. The journal is based out of Pittsburgh.[4]

The May issue of the American Economic Review each year is known as Papers and Proceedings. Selected papers and discussions of papers presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Economic Association are published along with reports of officers, committees, and representatives.

The following well-known articles were first published in the AER:

The journal can be accessed online via JSTOR. In both 2006 and 2007, the AER was the most widely viewed journal of all the 775 journals in JSTOR.[5]

References

  1. ^ Oswald, Andrew J. (2007), "An Examination of the Reliability of Prestigious Scholarly Journals: Evidence and Implications for Decision-Makers", Economica, 74 (293): 21–31.
  2. ^ Northrup, Cynthia Clark (2004), "American Economic Association", The American economy: a historical encyclopedia, vol. 2, ABC-CLIO, pp. 9–10, ISBN 1576078663 ((citation)): Cite has empty unknown parameter: |lastauthoramp= (help).
  3. ^ IDEAS/RePEc h-index for Journals, retrieved September 11, 2009
  4. ^ "Prestigious economics magazine calls Pittsburgh home". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 18, 2007.
  5. ^ "American Economic Association - Journals of the Association". Vanderbilt.edu. Accessed November 10, 2010. ((cite web)): Check date values in: |date= (help)

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