Economic Inquiry (EI)
Published since 1962, EI is a highly regarded scholarly journal in economics publishing articles of general interest across the profession. Quality research that is accessible to a broad range of economists is the primary focus of the journal. Join our long list of prestigious authors, including more than 20 Nobel laureates.
FEATURED ARTICLES
DESIGNING SCHOOL CHOICE MECHANISMS: A STRUCTURAL MODEL AND DEMAND ESTIMATION
Zhiyi Xu, Bates White Economic Consulting and Robert G. Hammond, University of Alabama
THE LONG-RUN AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS OF EARLY AGRICULTURE IN EUROPE
Andrew Dickens, Brock University, and Nils-Petter Lagerlöf, York University
New Energy Economics edited by Charles F. Mason, University of Wyoming, and Jeremy Weber, University of Pittsburgh (January 2023)
Consumer Protection Economics edited by Janis K. Pappalardo, Assistant Director for Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, and Wesley W. Wilson, University of Oregon (October 2020)
Contemporary Banking Research edited by Sanja Jakovljevic, Lancaster University, Hans Degryse, KU Leuven and CEPR, and Steven Ongena, University of Zurich, SFI, KU Leuven and CEPR (April 2020)
Legalization of Marijuana and its Effects edited by Philip Curry, University of Waterloo and Wesley W. Wilson, University of Oregon (April 2020)
Research on Social Dilemmas edited by Angela C.M. de Oliveria, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Timothy C. Salmon, Southern Methodist University, John O. Ledyard, California Institute of Technology, Charles R. Plott, California Institute of Technology, and Louis Putterman, Brown University (January 2020)
Contests: Theory and Evidence edited by Subhasish M. Chowdhury, University of Bath, and David A. Malueg, University of California, Riverside (July 2018)
Engineering Data on Individual and Family Decisions Over the Life Cycle edited by Andrew Caplin, New York University (January 2018)
Economic Inquiry's most recent rankings are as follows:
EIGENFACTOR
.00530
in economic journals
ARTICLE INFLUENCE
1.057
in economic journals
IMPACT FACTOR
1.7 / 1.8
5-Year/2-Year
ISI RANKING
221 / 380
in economic journals
BEST EI ARTICLE AWARDS
- 2022
“The Evolving Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Inequality in the US Labor Market: The COVID Motherhood Penalty”
by Kenneth A. Couch, Robert W. Fairlie, Huanan Xu - 2021
“The Influence of Hidden Researcher Decisions in Applied Microeconomics”
by Nick Huntington-Klein, Andreu Arenas, Emily Beam, Marco Bertoni, Jeffrey R. Bloem, Pralhad Burli, Naibin Chen, Paul Grieco, Godwin Ekpe, Todd Pugatch, Martin Saavedra, and Yaniv Stopnitzky - 2020
“Antitrust Treatment of Nonprofits: Should Hospitals Receive Special Care?”
by Cory S. Capps, Dennis W. Carlton, and Guy David - 2019
“Who Wins in an Energy Boom? Evidence from Wage Rates and Housing”
by Grant D. Jacobsen - 2018
“Big Data and Big Cities: The Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life”
by Edward L. Glaeser, Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Luca, and Nikhil Naik - 2017
“The Effect of Minimum Wages on Employment: A Factor Model Approach”
by Evan Totty - 2016
“Reconciling Micro and Macro Estimates of the Frisch Labor Supply Elasticity”
by William B. Peterman - 2015
“Lead Exposure and Behavior: Effects on Antisocial and Risky Behavior among Children and Adolescents”
by Jessica Wolpaw - 2014
“Reputation Effects in the Market of Certifiers: Evidence from the Audit Industry”
by Áron Tóth
- 2013
“Gravity Redux: Measuring International Trade Costs with Panel Data”
by Dennis Novy - 2012
“Modeling Informality Formally: Households and Firms”
by Sebastian Galiani and Federico Weinschelbaum - 2011
“A Simple Model of Optimal Hate Crime Legislation”
by Li Gan, Roberton C. Williams III, and Thomas Wiseman - 2010
“Not All Rivals Look Alike: Estimating an Equilibrium Model of the Release Date Timing Game”
by Liran Einav - 2009
“The Effects of Financial Education in the Workplace: Evidence from a Survey of Employers”
by Patrick J. Bayer, B. Douglas Bernheim, and John Karl Scholz - 2008
“What Determines Corruption? International Evidence from Microdata”
by Naci Mocan - 2007
“Theories of Commitment, Altruism and Reciprocity: Evidence from Linear Public Goods Games”
by Rachel T. A. Croson - 2006
“How Important are Capital and Total Factor Productivity for Economic Growth?”
by Scott Baier, Gerry P. Dwyer Jr., and Robert Tamura - 2005
“Labor Market Search and Optimal Retirement Policy”
by Joydeep Battacharya, Casey Mulligan, and Robert Reed