Welcome to the Eastern Economic Journal
The Eastern Economic Journal, a quarterly publication of the Eastern Economic Association, was established in 1973. The EEJ is committed to free and open intellectual inquiry from diverse philosophical perspectives in all areas of theoretical and applied research related to economics.
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2009 Volume 35
Published quarterly
ISSN: 0094-5056
EISSN: 1939-4632
Editors:
Joyce P. Jacobsen and
Gilbert L. Skillman, both Wesleyan University, USA
Introduction
News
In 2009 the Eastern Economic Journal celebrates its thirty-fifth anniversary!
The first 2009 issue of the Eastern Economic Journal is now online.
Access the Table of Contents to see a full list of the articles available. These include Barbara Bergmann on The Economy and the Economics Profession, Gregory Mankiw on Smart Taxes and David Colander on Modern Economics.
Eckstein Prize winners announced
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Eckstein Prize. Awarded biennially, the latest Prize recognises the best article published in the Eastern Economic Journal (EEJ) in 2005 - 2006. First prize is awarded jointly to Monica Galizzi, University of Massachusetts Lowell for 'Wage Changes, Establishment Growth, and the Effect of Composition Bias' and to Lalith Munasinghe and Nachum Sicherman, Columbia University for 'Why Do Dancers Smoke? Smoking, Time Preference, and Wage Dynamics'.
The Eckstein Prize was established by the Eastern Economic Association in honor 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.
