About The Journal

• Editorial policy
• Editorial team
• Abstracted/indexed in
• Eckstein Prize
• ISSN and eISSN

Editorial Policy

The Eastern Economic Journal, a quarterly publication of the Eastern Economic Association, was established in 1973. The EEJ publishes papers written from every perspective, in all areas of economics and is committed to free and open intellectual inquiry from diverse philosophical perspectives. It welcomes manuscripts that are methodological and philosophical as well as empirical and theoretical. Readability and general interest are major factors in publication decision.

Editorial Team

Editors:
Joyce P. Jacobsen, Wesleyan University
Gilbert L. Skillman, Wesleyan University

Associate Editors:
James L. Butkiewicz, University of Delaware
Victor A. Matheson, College of the Holy Cross
Steven Pressman, Monmouth University, Book Review Editor

Managing Editor:
Bill Boyd

Editorial Board:
Philip Arestis, University of Cambridge, UK
Stacie E. Beck, University of Delaware
Howard Bodenhorn, Lafayette College
David C. Colander, Middlebury College
Joseph J. Cordes, The George Washington University
David Fairris, University of California, Riverside
Steve M. Fazzari, Washington University
Rodney Fort, University of Michigan
Adrienne Kearney, University of Maine
Marc Lavoie, University of Ottawa
Sara Markowitz, Rutgers University
Thomas J. Miceli, University of Connecticut
Stephen M. Miller, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
José A. Pagán, University of Texas-Pan American
Philip Rothman, East Carolina University
Nachum Sicherman, Columbia University
Stoyan Tenev, World Bank Group
Jill Tiefenthaler, Wake Forest University

Abstracted/Indexed in

• RePEc - abstracts of recent articles are available at http://econpapers.repec.org/article/eejeeconj/
• EconLit (JEL)
• EconPapers
• ABI/Inform
• Business Publications Index and Abstracts
• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
• Business Source Elite (EBSCO)
• SCOPUS

Eckstein Prize

The Eckstein Prize was established by the Eastern Economic Association in honour of Otto Eckstein, a former president of the EEA, and is awarded biennially to the article in the Eastern Economic Journal judged to be the best over that period. A $1,000 award accompanies first prize.

Eckstein Prize Winners

• 1991/1992: Elizabeth Savoca, "The Effect of Changes in the Composition of Financial Aid on College Enrollments"


• 1993/1994: Mario Ferrero, "Why Were Investment Ratios so High in Soviet-type Economies? A Public Choice Approach"


• 1995/1996: Robert A. Blewett, "Property Rights as a Cause of the Tragedy of the Commons: Institutional and the Pastoral Maasai in Kenya"


• 1997/1998: Howard Bodenhorn, "Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?"


• 1999/2000: Thomas R. Michl, "Can Rescheduling Explain the New Jersey Minimum Wage Studies?"


• 2001/2002: Donald J. Smythe, "The Great Merger Movement and the Diffusion of Electric Power Utilization in American Manufacturing, 1899-1909: A Simple Test of the Schumpeterian Hypothesis"


• 2003/2004: Doris Weichselbaumer, "Is it Sex or Personality? The Impact of Sex Sterotypes on Discrimination in Applicant Selection"

ISSN and eISSN

The international standard serial number (ISSN) for Eastern Economic Journal is 0094-5056 and the electronic international standard serial number (eISSN) is 1939-4632.