Research Guides: Economics: &nbsp;Journals&nbsp;

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Journals

Below you'll find several important economic journals. Select a category to go to the titles:

American Economic Association (AEA) Journals
Top Quartile Journals: A-L and M-Z
Economics top quartile journals (by impact factor) per Journal Citation Reports.

American Economic Association (AEA) Journals

Journal of Economic Literature
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Designed to help economists keep abreast of the vast flow of literature. Issues contain commissioned, peer-reviewed survey and review articles, book reviews, an annotated bibliography of new books classified by subject matter, and an annual index of dissertations in North American universities. [full record]
American Economic Review
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Publishes on a broad range of topics; a general-interest economics journal. [full record]
Journal of Economic Perspectives
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Fills a gap between the general interest press and most other academic economics journals. [full record]
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
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Publishes papers covering a range of topics in applied economics, with a focus on empirical microeconomic issues. [full record]
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
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Publishes papers covering a range of topics, the common theme being the role of economic policy in economic outcomes. [full record]
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
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Focuses on studies of aggregate fluctuations and growth, and the role of policy in that context. [full record]

Top Quartile Journals, A-L

Annual Review of Economics
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Covers significant developments in the field of economics, including macroeconomics and money; microeconomics, including economic psychology; international economics; public finance; health economics; education; economic growth and technological change; economic development; social economics, including culture, institutions, social interaction, and networks; game theory, political economy, and social choice; and more. [full record]
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
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Covers broad range of macroeconomic issues currently impacting the public policy debates. Emphasizes rigorous analysis that has an empirical orientation, takes real-world institutions seriously, and is relevant to economic policy. [full record]
Econometrica
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Publishes in all branches of economics - theoretical and empirical, abstract and applied, providing wide-ranging coverage across the subject area. [full record]
The Economic Journal
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A general interest economic research journal, publishing papers in all fields of economics for a broad international readership. [full record]
Economic Systems Research
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Dedicated to disseminating knowledge on interindustry economic systems, structures and processes. This includes the interaction of economies with the natural environment, their use of natural and human resources and their change across time and space. [full record]
Journal of Economic Growth
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Outlet for research in the fields of economic growth and comparative economic development. Publishes research that explores the growth process in the contemporary period as well as over the entire course of human history. [full record]
Journal of Economic Surveys
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Seeks to improve the communication of new ideas. It provides a means by which economists can keep abreast of recent developments beyond their immediate specialization. Areas covered include: economics, econometrics, economic history and business economics. [full record]
Journal of Finance
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Publishes across all the major fields of financial research. The official publication of The American Finance Association. [full record]
Journal of Financial Economics
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Publishes in the area of financial economics and the theory of the firm, placing primary emphasis on the highest quality analytical, empirical, and clinical contributions in the following major areas: capital markets, financial institutions, corporate finance, corporate governance, and the economics of organizations. [full record]

Top Quartile Journals, M-Z

Mathematical Finance
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Publishes original research articles focused on the development and application of novel mathematical and statistical methods for the analysis of financial problems. [full record]
Quarterly Journal of Economics
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Covers all aspects of the field- from the journal's traditional emphasis on microtheory, to both empirical and theoretical macroeconomics. [full record]
Review of Economics and Statistics
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General journal of applied (especially quantitative) economics. From time to time, the Review also publishes collections of papers or symposia devoted to a single topic. [full record]
Review of Economic Studies
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Encourages research in theoretical and applied economics, especially by young economists. [full record]
Review of Financial Studies
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Publishes new research in financial economics. The Review balances theoretical and empirical contributions. [full record]
Review of International Political Economy
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dedicated to the systematic exploration of the international political economy. Publishes articles that explore such issues as international trade and finance, production and consumption, and global governance and regulation, in conjunction with issues of culture, identity, gender, and ecology. [full record]
World Development
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Multi-disciplinary journal of development studies. It seeks to explore ways of improving standards of living, and the human condition generally, by examining potential solutions to problems such as: poverty, unemployment, malnutrition, disease, lack of shelter, environmental degradation, discrimination, conflict, etc.. [full record]

Advances in Econometrics [book series]

Advances in Econometrics
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Publishes original scholarly econometrics papers with the intention of expanding the use of developed and emerging econometric techniques by disseminating ideas on the theory and practice of econometrics throughout the empirical economic, business and social science literature. Annual volume themes, selected by the Series Editors, are their interpretation of important new methods and techniques emerging in economics, statistics and the social sciences.

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I want to replicate an economics article. Where's the article's data?

It depends on a few factors, especially: 1) whether the journal requires or encourages sharing data, and 2) who produced the data, e.g. a government, the authors, or a commercial firm. Sometimes data is restricted because it's expensive or it's sensitive (health info, trade secrets, etc.).

Below are links to data policies for each featured journal, and links to data repositories, when available.

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--Orange = may be difficult or impossible to get data

AEA Journals

AEA Journals: Policy

Data: openICPSR- AEA

Top Quartile Journals A-L

Brookings (BPEA): Policy

Data: Journal's site; accompanies articles

Econometrica: Policy

Data: Econometrica Supplementary Materials

The Economic Journal: Policy

Data: Journal's site; accompanies articles

Economic Systems Research: Policy

Data: Varies per article

Journal of Economic Growth: Policy

Data: Varies per article

Journal of Economic Surveys: Policy

Data: Varies per article

Journal of Finance: Policy

Data: Varies per article

Journal of Financial Economics: Policy

Data: linked from articles

Top Quartile Journals M-Z

Mathematical Finance: Policy

Data: Varies per article

Quarterly Journal of Economics: Policy

Data: QJE Dataverse

Review of Economics and Statistics: Policy

Data: RESTAT Dataverse

Review of Economic Studies: Policy

Data: Varies per article

Review of Financial Studies: Policy

Data: Varies per article; see RFS Dataverse

Review of International Political Economy: Policy

Data: Varies per article

World Development: Policy

Data: Mendeley- World Development