The ''Journal of Economic Perspectives'' (JEP) is an
economic
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journal
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published by the
American Economic Association. The journal was established in 1987.
It is very broad in its scope. According to its editors its purpose is:
#to synthesize and integrate lessons learned from active lines of economic research;
#to provide economic analysis of public policy issues; to encourage cross-fertilization of ideas among the fields of thinking;
#to offer readers an accessible source for state-of-the-art economic thinking;
#to suggest directions for future research;
#to provide insights and readings for classroom use;
#and to address issues relating to the economics profession.''
Its current
editor is
Heidi Williams
Heidi Williams (born 1981) is the Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics at Stanford University and Director of Science Policy at the Institute for Progress. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and earned her MSc in development economics fr ...
, and its
managing editor
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United States
In the United States, a managing edit ...
is
Timothy Taylor.
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Publications established in 1987
Quarterly journals
Academic journals published by learned and professional societies of the United States
American Economic Association academic journals