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American Economic Review: Vol. 101 No. 1 (February 2011)
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The Economic History of the American Economic Review: A Century's Explosion of Economics Research
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Margo, Robert A. 2011. "The Economic History of the American Economic Review: A Century's Explosion of Economics Research."
American Economic Review,
101(1): 9-35.
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.1.9
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.1.9
Abstract
Written in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the American
Economic Review, this paper recounts the history of the journal. The
recounting has an analytic core that sees the American Economic
Association as an organization supplying goods and services to its
members, one of which is the Review. Early in its history the Review was a multipurpose publication with highly disparate content. Over time the economics profession expanded and more economics research was produced, primarily in the form of journal articles. Editors accommodated this shift by allocating more resources to the refereeing and editing process and more space to research papers. (JEL A14, B19, B29)
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Margo, Robert A. (Boston U)
JEL Classifications
A14: Sociology of Economics
B19: History of Economic Thought through 1925: Other
B29: History of Economic Thought since 1925: Other
B19: History of Economic Thought through 1925: Other
B29: History of Economic Thought since 1925: Other
