''Econ Journal Watch'' is a semiannual

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established in 2004. It is published by the

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. According its website, the journal publishes comments on articles appearing in other economics journals, essays, reflections, investigations, and classic critiques. As of 2017, the ''Journal'' maintained a podcast, voiced by Lawrence H. White. As of 2011, the

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was Daniel B. Klein, a libertarian economist and professor at

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. In 2018, the

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was Jason Briggeman. As of 2022, the Fraser Institute claimed nine Nobel laureates had been on the ''Journal''s advisory council.

Studies

A 2010 study by Klein and Zeljka Buturovic published in ''Econ Journal Watch'' purported to show that conservatives and libertarians were better informed than liberals about economics. After receiving criticism, the authors adjusted their research questions in a new study, and published its different findings in 2011. Jonathan Chait of ''

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'', who had called the 2010 study "hackery" and "obviously designed to portray conservatives as better informed", offered the authors praise in 2011 for the revisions. A study published in ''Econ Journal Watch'' in 2016 said that American university professors were much more likely to be Democrats than Republicans.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the

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/Social & Behavioral Sciences, EconLit, ''

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'', and

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2010

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of 0.920.

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* {{Official website, http://econjwatch.org/ Academic journals established in 2004 Economics journals English-language journals

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