Canadian Journal of Economics

Canadian Journal of Economics
Title	Canadian Journal of Economics
Discipline	Economics
Language	English, French
Publisher	University of Toronto Press
Country	Canada
Frequency	Quarterly
History	1967–present (successor to earlier journals)
Issn	0008-4085
Eissn	1540-5982

Canadian Journal of Economics The Canadian Journal of Economics is a peer-reviewed academic journal publishing research in economics and related fields. Founded as a continuation of earlier Canadian periodicals, it has featured contributions from scholars affiliated with institutions such as University of Toronto, McGill University, Queen's University at Kingston, University of British Columbia, and Université de Montréal. The journal has published work by authors connected to Royal Society of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureates, and contributors who also appear in outlets like American Economic Review, Econometrica, and Journal of Political Economy.

History

The journal traces its origins to 19th- and 20th-century Canadian publications and professional organizations including the Canadian Economics Association, Royal Society of Canada, and provincial learned societies in Ontario, Québec, and British Columbia. Its establishment in the 20th century followed transformations involving titles such as the Journal of the Canadian Bankers Association and other financial periodicals, aligning with postwar expansions at institutions like McMaster University and University of Saskatchewan. Over decades the journal engaged with methodological shifts marked by debates seen in venues like Cowles Commission, Keynesian Revolution, Chicago School of Economics, and the rise of fields linked to scholars at London School of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Scope and Editorial Policy

The journal's scope covers microeconomic theory, macroeconomic dynamics, econometrics, labor studies, public finance, industrial organization, and applied research with ties to policy bodies such as Bank of Canada, Department of Finance (Canada), and provincial ministries. It invites submissions addressing topics relevant to regions including Ontario, Québec, and the Canadian Prairies as well as comparative studies involving United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, and emerging markets like Brazil, India, and China. Editorial policy emphasizes double-blind peer review, data transparency consistent with norms from National Bureau of Economic Research, replication standards paralleling American Economic Association guidelines, and ethical practices aligned with Committee on Publication Ethics.

Publication and Access

Published quarterly by University of Toronto Press, the journal appears in print and electronic formats distributed through academic libraries such as Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Library and Archives Canada, Harvard University Library, Bodleian Library, and university consortia like Canadian Association of Research Libraries. Authors affiliated with universities including York University, University of Alberta, Dalhousie University, University of Waterloo, and Simon Fraser University have used the journal to reach audiences overlapping with subscribers to Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and professional associations including European Economic Association and American Economic Association.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is indexed in major services such as Web of Science, Scopus, EconLit, RePEc, JSTOR, and interdisciplinary databases used by organizations like OECD and World Bank. Its articles are discoverable through library catalogs like WorldCat and citation indices maintained by entities including Clarivate Analytics and Google Scholar. Coverage in databases has supported citation tracking comparable to leading journals like Review of Economic Studies and Quarterly Journal of Economics.

Notable Papers and Contributions

The journal has published influential papers on topics including consumption and savings literatures related to work by Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes, and Alan A. Walters; contributions to labor economics that dialogue with researchers from University of Chicago, Princeton University, and Stanford University; and econometric advances resonant with methods from James Heckman and Robert Engle. It has featured empirical studies on resource economics tied to regions like Alberta and Saskatchewan, public finance analyses connecting to Canada Pension Plan, and policy assessments referenced by Bank of Canada staff and reports produced by Statistics Canada.

Editors-in-Chief and Editorial Board

Editors-in-chief have come from leading Canadian and international institutions, including past scholars affiliated with University of Toronto, McGill University, Queen's University at Kingston, University of British Columbia, and Université de Montréal. The editorial board traditionally includes researchers from universities such as Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, London School of Economics, University of Chicago, Princeton University, Yale University, Columbia University, Northwestern University, University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, Duke University, Cornell University, University College London, Sciences Po, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Bocconi University, and policy-affiliated economists from International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Category:Economics journals