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Contemporary Economic Policy (CEP)

Featured

2022 Best Article Award Recipient ON THE ROLE OF DOMESTIC TRADE FLOWS FOR ESTIMATING THE GRAVITY MODEL OF TRADE Yoto V. Yotov, Drexel University

October 2023 Issue Featured Article SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE AND INTERGENERATIONAL ECONOMIC MOBILITY Katie Jajtner, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Matt Messel, Social Security Administration, and Jason Fletcher, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison

Recent Symposia THE LATEST RESEARCH IN SPECIALIZED FIELDS CURATED FOR YOU BY CEP Topics include Housing Affordability, Firm Level Dynamics and Micro Data, Economics of the Middle Class, and more to come...

Early View Online

Contemporary Economic Policy's most recent rankings are as follows:

EIGENFACTOR

.00152

in economics journals

ARTICLE INFLUENCE

.688

in economics journals

IMPACT FACTOR

1.4 / 1.5

5-Year/2-Year

ISI RANKING

251 / 380

in economics journals

Best CEP Article Awards

2021
“Economic Freedom and the Economic Consequences of the 1918 Pandemic”
by Vincent Geloso and Jamie Bologna Pavlik
2020
“China and World Output Impact of the Hubei Lockdown During the Coronavirus Outbreak”
by Shaowen Luo and Kwok Ping Tsang
2019
“The Effect of Parental Medicaid Expansions on Children's Health Insurance Coverage”
by Sarah Hamersma, Matthew Kim, and Brenden Timpe
2019
“Aid, Policies, and Growth: Why So Much Confusion?”
by Shaomeng Jia and Claudia R. Williamson
2018
“It's About Time: Effects of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate on Time Use”
by Gregory Colman and Dhaval Dave
2017
“Income Instability and the Response of the Safety Net”
by Bradley L. Hardy
2016
“Drug Policy and Intergenerational Income Mobility in the United States”
by Owen Thompson
2015
“Early Withdrawals from Retirement Accounts during the Great Recession”
by Robert Argento, Victoria L. Bryant, and John Sabelhaus
2014
“Right on Target: Exploring the Factors Leading to Inflation Targeting Adoption”
by Anna Samarina and Jakob De Haan
2013
“Understanding the Interstate Export of Crime Guns: A Gravity Model Approach”
by Leo Kahane
2012
“Salary Cap Regulation in Professional Team Sports”
by Helmut M. Dietl, Egon Franck, Markus Lang, and Alexander Rathke
2011
“An Evaluation of Financial Incentive Policies for Organ Donations in the United States”
by Edward A. Sayre and Alison J. Wellington
2010
“Casinos, Hotels, and Crime”
by William S. Reece
2009
“Alternative Strategies for Firms in Oppressive and Corrupt States: Informality or Formality via Business Associations?”
by Jeffrey B. Nugent and Grigor Sukiassyan
2008
“A Comparative Analysis of Payday Loan Customers”
by Gregory Elliehausen and Edward C. Lawrence
2007
“Obesity and Nutrient Consumption: A Rational Addiction?”
by Timothy J. Richards, Paul M. Patterson, and Abebayehu Tegene
2006
“Social Security Benefit Uncertainty under Individual Accounts”
by Amy Rehder Harris, John Sabelhaus, and Michael Simpson
2005
“Smoke-free Ordinances Increase Restaurant Profit and Value”
by Stanton A. Glantz and Benjamin C. Alamar

Editorial Board

Editor

Brad Humphreys
West Virginia University

Co-Editors

Craig A. Depken II
University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Amanda Griffith
Wake Forest University

Bradley Hardy
Georgetown University

Juan Moreno-Cruz
University of Waterloo

Jane E. Ruseski
West Virginia University

Kwok Ping Tsang
Virginia Tech

Gary Wagner
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Andrew Young
Texas Tech University

Specialized Co-Editor for CEP Conference Sessions

Jack Hou
California State University, Long Beach

Editorial Board

Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Texas Tech University

Gregory S. Burge
University of Oklahoma

Dennis Coates
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Dania V. Francis
University of Massachusetts Boston

Joshua Hall
West Virginia University

Gary A. Hoover
Tulane University

Tim Komarek
Colorado State University

Tin Cheuk Leung
Wake Forest University

Jun Ma
Northeastern University

Thomas Miceli
University of Connecticut

David Neumark
University of California, Irvine

Carlianne Patrick
Georgia State University

Michael Ransom
Brigham Young University

Justin M. Ross
Indiana University

Joseph Sabia
San Diego State University

Jenny Schuetz
The Brookings Institution

Kathleen Segerson
University of Connecticut, Storrs

Richard Startz
University of California, Santa Barbara

W. Kip Viscusi
Vanderbilt Law School

Past Editors

Eldon J. Dvorak
1982-1990

Darwin C. Hall
1991-2004

Wade E. Martin
2005-2011

Editorial Office

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Featured

EIGENFACTOR

ARTICLE INFLUENCE

IMPACT FACTOR

ISI RANKING

“Economic Freedom and the Economic Consequences of the 1918 Pandemic”

“China and World Output Impact of the Hubei Lockdown During the Coronavirus Outbreak”

“The Effect of Parental Medicaid Expansions on Children's Health Insurance Coverage”

“Aid, Policies, and Growth: Why So Much Confusion?”

“It's About Time: Effects of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate on Time Use”

“Income Instability and the Response of the Safety Net”

“Drug Policy and Intergenerational Income Mobility in the United States”

“Early Withdrawals from Retirement Accounts during the Great Recession”

“Right on Target: Exploring the Factors Leading to Inflation Targeting Adoption”

“Understanding the Interstate Export of Crime Guns: A Gravity Model Approach”

“Salary Cap Regulation in Professional Team Sports”

“An Evaluation of Financial Incentive Policies for Organ Donations in the United States”

“Casinos, Hotels, and Crime”

“Alternative Strategies for Firms in Oppressive and Corrupt States: Informality or Formality via Business Associations?”

“A Comparative Analysis of Payday Loan Customers”

“Obesity and Nutrient Consumption: A Rational Addiction?”

“Social Security Benefit Uncertainty under Individual Accounts”

“Smoke-free Ordinances Increase Restaurant Profit and Value”