Journal of Economic Theory


The Journal of Economic Theory is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of economics. Karl Shell has served as editor-in-chief of the journal since it was established in 1968. Since 2000, he has shared the editorship with Jess Benhabib, Alessandro Lizzeri, Christian Hellwig, and more recently with Alessandro Pavan, Ricardo Lagos, Marciano Siniscalchi, and Xavier Vives. The journal is published by Elsevier.

Abstracting and indexing

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 1.181.