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Journals

Membership in the AEA includes a subscription to three academic journals: AER, JEL and JEP

The AER, JEL and JEP are available on CD-ROM. You may elect to receive any one or all three journals in print format OR CD at no additional charge. You may choose to receive each journal in print AND CD for an additional $18 per journal.

AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW

Published March, June, September, and December with a number of articles and shorter papers on economic subjects. Papers and Proceedings of the Annual Meeting is published in May. During 2006 and 2007, the American Economic Review was the most widely consulted journal among all 775 scholarly journals that are archived in JSTOR.

For members only... Visit the American Economic Review web site to access e-AER which is the electronic edition of the American Economic Review. E-AER is free to individual members who subscribe to AER. You must first create a separate UserID and password for electronic journal access online.

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE

Published March, June, September, and December containing survey and review articles, abstracts of articles from foreign and domestic periodicals, lists of new books classified according to subject matter, and book reviews.

For members only...Visit the Journal of Economic Literature web site to access e-JEL, the electronic edition of the Journal of Economic Literature. E-JEL is free to individual members who subscribe to JEL. You must first create a separate UserID and password for electronic journal access online.

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES

Published Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall to provide economists with accessible articles that report on and critique recent research findings, evaluate public policy initiatives and serve as insightful readings for classroom, public, and business use.

For members only...Visit the Journal of Economic Perspectives web site to access e-JEP, the electronic edition of the Journal of Economic Perspectives. E-JEP is free to individual members who subscribe to JEP. You must first create a separate UserID and password for electronic journal access online.

ECONOMIC INDEX PUBLICATIONS

  1. Index of Economic Articles in 38 printed volumes: economic literature indexed by publication year (1886-1996) both by subject category and by author.

  2. EconLit-AEA: CD-Rom for individual AEA members only which contains the most recent 3 years of the EconLit bibliography and the same SilverPlatter search software as the more comprehensive CD subscription.

  3. EconLit (Online): libraries and organizations may subscribe to these services to offer access to the AEA's bibliography of journal citations from JEL since 1969. Both versions also include dissertations, books, and collective volume citations. EconLit additionally contains Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics and JEL Book Reviews.

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