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The American Economic Association (AEA) encourages economic research, issues publications on economic subjects, and encourages perfect freedom of economic discussion. The AEA’s media relations department is available for questions about the Association, the American Economic Review (AER), Journal of Economic Literature (JEL), Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP), the American Economic Journals: Applied Economics, Economic Policy, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, and EconLit.

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Press Kit Materials

The AEA’s press kit includes facts sheets, highlights, and detailed information about the Association’s history, and information about the Annual Meeting.

Press Releases

April 12, 2013 AEA Announces 2013 Awards Recipients
March 25, 2013 Beating the Odds: Economists Unravel Reasons for Low Rates of Predictive Testing for Huntington's Disease
June 21, 2012 Importance of the American Community Survey for Economic Analysis
January 5, 2012 AEA Adopts Extensions to Principles for Author Disclosure of Conflict of Interest
November 23, 2011 The Case for a Progressive Tax: From Basic Research to Policy Recommendations
November 1, 2011 Study Identifies Industries Responsible for Air Pollution Damage
April 15, 2011 AEA Announces 2011 Awards Recipients
February 8, 2011 AEA Publishes Centenary Issue of the AER
January 6, 2011 2011 Annual Meeting: Letter from the President
November 23, 2010 Online Journal Access for Subscribers
February 2009 AEA announces the publication of four new economics journals

 

 

 


This page last updated 9/27/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Contents of Current Issues

May 2013 AEJ: Policy

May 2013 AEJ: Micro

April 2013 AER

April 2013 AEJ: Macro

April 2013 AEJ: Applied

March 2013 JEL

Winter 2013 JEP

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In the News:

The Huffington Post reports on a study addressing the influence of lifestyle factors on shrinking height in the elderly published in the April issue of AEJ: Applied Economics.

Michael Frakes' (Cornell Law School) article on medical liability standards from the February issue of the American Economic Review was discussed as part of a Bloomberg opinion piece on medical malpractice.

Slate Magazine recently discussed former AEA president, George Akerlof's classic behavioral research and a 2012 American Economic Review study conducted by German and Swiss researchers to explore how gifting can motivate some employees more than cash incentives do in the workplace.

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