Journal of Economic Perspectives

The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) is an economic peer reviewed journal published by the American Economic Association. The journal was established in 1987.^[1] The JEP was founded by Joseph Stiglitz, Carl Shapiro, and Timothy Taylor.^[2]

It is oriented around the twin goals of "providing perspective on current economic research, and explaining how economics provides perspective on questions of general interest."^[2][3] According to its editors its purpose is:

1. to synthesize and integrate lessons learned from active lines of economic research;
2. to provide economic analysis of public policy issues; to encourage cross-fertilization of ideas among the fields of thinking;
3. to offer readers an accessible source for state-of-the-art economic thinking;
4. to suggest directions for future research;
5. to provide insights and readings for classroom use;
6. and to address issues relating to the economics profession.

Its current editors are Heidi Williams and Jeffrey Kling, and its managing editor is Timothy Taylor.

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