The American Economic Review (AER) is a quarterly journal of economics published by the American Economic Association. First published in 1911, it is considered one of the most prestigious journals in the field. The current editor is Robert A. Moffitt of Johns Hopkins University. The previous editor was Ben Bernanke. Economics (from the Greek οίκος [oikos], house, and νÎμω [nemo], rules, hence household management) is the social science that studies the production, distribution, trade and consumption of goods and services in the context of the competing alternative allocations of goods and courses of action. ... The American Economic Association, or AEA, is the oldest and most important professional organization in the field of economics. ... The Johns Hopkins University is an internationally prestigious private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland. ... Ben Bernanke Ben S. Bernanke (born December 13, 1953) is Chairman of the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers. ...
The following well-known articles were first published in the AER:
For the first time since the AmericanEconomicReview (AER) was established in 1911, the dominant association in North America (and, at least for a while longer, in the world) has recognized that the demand for economics is not only broadening but becoming more specialized as well -- like the economy itself.
The Journal of Economic Literature, begun in 1969 to review and summarize what was even then an avalanche of serious economics publishing, and the Journal of Economic Perspectives, created 1987 fill a gap between the general interest press and most other academic economics journals, will continue to occupy their respective niches as well.
The oldest journals, the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Journal of Political Economy, are associated with university departments (Harvard and the University of Chicago).
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