The Review of Economic Studies


The Review of Economic Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering economics. It was established in 1933 by a group of economists based in Britain and the United States. The original editorial team consisted of Abba P. Lerner, Paul Sweezy, and Ursula Kathleen Hicks. It is published by Oxford University Press.
In a 2003 survey, it ranked eighth in overall impact among economics journals. The journal is widely considered one of the top-5 journals in Economics. It is managed by the editorial board currently chaired by Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln. The current joint managing editors are Thomas Chaney, Andrea Galeotti, Nicola Gennaioli, Veronica Guerrieri, Kurt Mitman, Francesca Molinari, Uta Schöenberg, and Adam Szeidl. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 4.767.

History

The journal was founded in 1933. From the beginning, the board of editors has operated independently of any university department or learned society. The founding document of the journal stated that "The object of the Review is to supplement the facilities for the publication of new work on theoretical and applied economics, particularly by young writers." and that "Any member" of the editorial board "who becomes a Reader or Professor in a British University must resign his membership."
In its early years, the journal was used to log the macroeconomic debates of younger followers of Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes.

Notable papers

Some of the most path-breaking and influential articles published in The Review of Economic Studies are:
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