Quarterly Journal of Economics
Encyclopedia
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, or QJE, is a peer-reviewed academic journal
published by the Oxford University Press
and edited at Harvard University
's Department of Economics. Its current editors are Robert J. Barro, Elhanan Helpman
and Lawrence F. Katz
. The QJE is the oldest professional journal of economics in the English language, and covers all aspects of the field—from the journal's traditional emphasis on microtheory, to both empirical and theoretical macroeconomics
. It is one of the most prestigious journals in economics.
Some of the most influential and well-read papers in economics have been published in the QJE, including:
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
published by the Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
and edited at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
's Department of Economics. Its current editors are Robert J. Barro, Elhanan Helpman
Elhanan Helpman
Elhanan Helpman is an Israeli-American economist who works in the field of international trade, political economy and economic growth.-Biography:...
and Lawrence F. Katz
Lawrence F. Katz
Lawrence F. Katz is Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Katz is the coauthor of The Race Between Education and Technology with Claudia Goldin, also a Harvard professor....
. The QJE is the oldest professional journal of economics in the English language, and covers all aspects of the field—from the journal's traditional emphasis on microtheory, to both empirical and theoretical macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics is a branch of economics dealing with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of the whole economy. This includes a national, regional, or global economy...
. It is one of the most prestigious journals in economics.
Some of the most influential and well-read papers in economics have been published in the QJE, including:
- "Distribution as Determined by a Law of Rent" (1891), by John B. Clark
- "The Positive Theory of Capital and Its Critics" (1895), by Eugen von Böhm-BawerkEugen von Böhm-BawerkEugen Ritter von Böhm-Bawerk was an Austrian economist who made important contributions to the development of the Austrian School of economics.-Biography:...
- "Fallacies in the Interpretation of Social Cost" (1924), by Frank H. Knight
- "The Interpretation of Voting in the Allocation of Economic Resources" (1943), by Howard Rothmann Bowen
- "A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth" (1956), by Robert SolowRobert SolowRobert Merton Solow is an American economist particularly known for his work on the theory of economic growth that culminated in the exogenous growth model named after him...
- "The Market for "Lemons": Quality Uncertainty and the Market MechanismThe Market for Lemons"The Market for Lemons: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism" is a 1970 paper by the economist George Akerlof. It discusses information asymmetry, which occurs when the seller knows more about a product than the buyer. A lemon is an American slang term for a car that is found to be...
" (1970), by George AkerlofGeorge AkerlofGeorge Arthur Akerlof is an American economist and Koshland Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics George Arthur Akerlof (born June 17, 1940) is an American economist and Koshland Professor of Economics at the University of... - "Job Market SignalingSignalling (economics)In economics, more precisely in contract theory, signalling is the idea that one party credibly conveys some information about itself to another party...
" (1973), by Michael SpenceMichael SpenceAndrew Michael Spence is an American economist and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, along with George A. Akerlof and Joseph E. Stiglitz, for their work on the dynamics of information flows and market development. He conducted this research while at Harvard University... - "Equilibrium in Competitive Insurance Markets: The economics of markets with imperfect information" (1976), by Michael RothschildMichael RothschildMichael Rothschild is an American economist; he is visiting professor at the Department of Economics of the University of California in Los Angeles and a former dean at Princeton.- Education :...
and Joseph Stiglitz - "A Reformulation of the Economic Theory of Fertility" (1980), by Robert BarroRobert BarroRobert Joseph Barro is an American classical macroeconomist and the Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard University. The Research Papers in Economics project ranked him as the 4th most influential economist in the world as of August 2011 based on his academic contributions...
and Gary BeckerGary BeckerGary Stanley Becker is an American economist. He is a professor of economics, sociology at the University of Chicago and a professor at the Booth School of Business. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1992, and received the United States' Presidential Medal of Freedom... - "A Theory of Competition among Pressure Groups for Political Influence" (1983), by Gary Becker
- "A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Growth" (1992), by N. Gregory MankiwN. Gregory MankiwNicholas Gregory "Greg" Mankiw is an American macroeconomist and Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Mankiw is known in academia for his work on New Keynesian economics....
, David RomerDavid RomerDavid Romer is the Herman Royer Professor of Political Economy at the University of California, Berkeley, the author of a standard textbook in graduate macroeconomics as well as many influential economic papers, particularly in the area of New Keynesian economics...
, and David N. Weil - "Golden Eggs and Hyperbolic Discounting" (1997), by David LaibsonDavid LaibsonDavid Isaac Laibson is a professor of economics at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1994. His research focuses on macroeconomics, intertemporal choice, behavioral economics and neuroeconomics....
- "Does Social Capital Have An Economic Payoff? A Cross-Country Investigation" (1997) by Stephen Knack and Philip Keefer
- "A Theory of Fairness, Competition, and Cooperation" (1999), by Ernst FehrErnst FehrErnst Fehr is an economist from Austria. He is Professor of Microeconomics and Experimental Economic Research and chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Zürich, Switzerland...
and Klaus M. Schmidt - "Monetary Policy Rules And Macroeconomic Stability: Evidence And Some Theory" (2000), by Richard ClaridaRichard ClaridaRichard Clarida is an American economist, C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and Global Strategic Advisor for PIMCO. He is notable for his contributions to dynamic stochastic general...
, Jordi GalíJordi GalíJordi Galí is a Spanish macroeconomist who is regarded as one of the main figures in New Keynesian macroeconomics today...
, and Mark GertlerMark Gertler (economist)Mark Lionel Gertler is an American economist and Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Economics at New York University. A specialist in business cycles and monetary policy, he has been an associate and collaborator of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for more than 30 years. He is among the 20... - "Information Technology, Workplace Organization, and the Demand for Skilled Labor: Firm-Level Evidence" (2002) by Timothy F. Bresnahan, Erik BrynjolfssonErik BrynjolfssonErik Brynjolfsson is the Schussel Family Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, the Director of the MIT Center for Digital Business and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research...
and Lorin M. Hitt