''Econometrica'' is a

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, publishing

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s in many areas of

, especially

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. It is published by

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on behalf of the

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. The current

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History

''Econometrica'' was established in 1933. Its first editor was

Ragnar Frisch Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch (3 March 1895 – 31 January 1973) was an influential Norwegian economist known for being one of the major contributors to establishing economics as a quantitative and statistically informed science in the early 20th ce ...

, recipient of the first

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in 1969, who served as an editor from 1933 to 1954. Although ''Econometrica'' is currently published entirely in English, the first few issues also contained scientific articles written in French.

Indexing and abstracting

''Econometrica'' is abstracted and indexed in: *

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* Social Science Citation Index According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 5.844, ranking it 22/557 in the category "Economics".

Awards issued

The Econometric Society aims to attract high-quality applied work in economics for publication in ''Econometrica'' through the

Frisch Medal The Frisch Medal is an award in economics given by the Econometric Society. It is awarded every two years for empirical or theoretical applied research published in ''Econometrica'' during the previous five years. The award was named in honor of Ra ...

. This prize is awarded every two years for an empirical or theoretical applied article published in ''Econometrica'' during the past five years.

Notable papers

Even apart from those being awarded with the Frisch medal, numerous ''Econometrica'' articles have been highly influential in economics and social sciences, including: * * * * * * * * * * * *

References

External links

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