The Review of Economics and Statistics

About the journal

The Review of Economics and Statistics is a 100-year-old general journal of applied (especially quantitative) economics. Edited at the Harvard Kennedy School, the Review has published some of the most important articles in empirical economics. From time to time, the Review also publishes collections of papers or symposia devoted to a single topic of methodological or empirical interest.

Impact Measures:

• Impact Factor 4.345 (2019 Journal Citation Reports)
• #10 in Economics (2019 Google Scholar Metrics)
• #2 in Social Sciences (Miscellaneous); #16 in Economics and Econometrics (2019 SCImago Journal & Country Rank, Indicator: 7.538)

The Review of Economics and Statistics offers access to “Just Accepted” manuscripts and uncorrected proofs of articles before they are published. Learn more about Just Accepted and Early Access.

Purchase and pricing information

The personal subscription price starts at $84 ($45 for students). The institutional subscription price starts at $713. 

Subscriptions are entered for the volume year only.

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