The ''American Law and Economics Review'' is a biannual
peer-review
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ed
academic journal
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covering
law and economics
Law and economics, or economic analysis of law, is the application of microeconomic theory to the analysis of law, which emerged primarily from scholars of the Chicago school of economics. Economic concepts are used to explain the effects of laws ...
. It was established in 1999 and is published by
Oxford University Press
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on behalf of the
American Law and Economics Association The American Law and Economics Association (ALEA), a United States organization founded in 1991, is focused on the advancement of economic understanding of law, and related areas of public policy and regulation. It promotes research in law and econo ...
, of which it is the official journal. The founding
editors-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
were
Richard Posner
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(
University of Chicago Law School
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) and
Orley Ashenfelter
Orley Clark Ashenfelter (born October 18, 1942) is an American economist and the Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics at Princeton University. His areas of specialization include labor economics, econometrics, and law and economics. H ...
(
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...
).
The current ones are J. J. Prescott and Albert Choi. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2020
impact factor
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of 0.923.
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://aler.oxfordjournals.org/
Biannual journals
Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies of the United States
Oxford University Press academic journals
American law journals
Law and economics journals
Publications established in 1999
English-language journals
1999 establishments in the United States