American Economic Society

construction purposes

1, in particular statistical study of the history and reality of the economic situation of the industry;

2, published economic publications;

spirit more oriented association's goal.

From 1885 to about 1910, a member of the Institute of Economics mainly of teachers colleges composition. Since the 21st century, with widespread concern about the economics, the Institute has attracted more and more people from the business and professional groups to join. To date, the Institute membership of about 18,000, there are about 4,600 libraries, various agencies and companies in all kinds of subscription quarterly publication of the Institute.

American Economic Association more than 50% of members from various academic institutions, and 15% from the business community, the rest mostly from government agencies and other non-profit organizations.

Organization publications

"American Economic Review" (AER) was founded in 1911. Respectively, each March, June, September, December issue of the Journal of Economics published articles and commentaries. Every year in May published papers and learn album agenda of the annual meeting, publish the report on its review, as well as officials, members and representatives of conference papers and conferences. Text "Membership Survey" (Survey of Members) are no longer issued (the last one published in 1997). Instead regularly updated electronic version of the "Member Directory" (Directory of Members), this directory contains the Introduction to this Society.

1963, the Institute began hosting issue "Economic Summary Quarterly", after 1969, to become a "Journal of Economic Literature" (JEL) and learn to become an official publication, each year respectively in March, June, In September, the issue in December. JEL published comment or research articles, book reviews, and signed books by subject classification introduced, while the electronic version (no text version) Journal of Economics index. JEL has text version, CD version and the online version, which includes a CD version and a summary of all periodical indexes listed in the economics literature database (EconLit) among.

1987 August Institute launched the "Journal of Economic Outlook" (JEP), each year in February, May, August, November published. JEP is committed to providing relevant recent research reports and reviews for The Economist, evaluation of public policies, as well as providing readers insightful teaching. JEP magazine editors expect that the current economic research can be spread to the public sector and the business community outside of academic circles. Editorial department is responsible for receiving and articles published work. Society journals before official publication, members can get their electronic version through the network. Each journal has been published and JSTOR connection, members of the Society can be found via a password page.

Publications Academic Features

"American Economic Review" is America's most important and influential economic theories publication, sponsored by the American Economic Association. Purpose is to enable readers to understand and master the thinking process of economic development of major economic events. Research related to economic theory, the application fields of economics and economic policy. Key topics varies with the economic circles concerned. Every year in May the album papers (Phase II) and the Society of the publication of the agenda of the meeting, published in 1998, the 110th Annual Meeting of the papers, which examines the contents of a considerable part of the thesis is elected president, economics Nobel thesis award winner R. Fogel proposed, involving pensions, health care and leisure issues older economics; existing and emerging issues of economic inequality; a series of emerging market economies in Asia mainly to obtain a the dominance. Research on financial intermediation and economic growth cycle, the stock market and derivative securities trading and lobbying activities, etc., are all the current and future years has very important significance to the economic sector; Before and after publication of the papers also involved, such as family, labor and wages issues.