Cuadernos de Economía

Cuadernos de Economía
Title	Cuadernos de Economía
Discipline	Economics
Language	Spanish
Abbreviation	Cuad. Econ.
Publisher	University-based publisher
Country	Spain
History	1970s–present
Frequency	Quarterly

Cuadernos de Economía is a Spanish-language academic journal addressing macroeconomic, microeconomic, and applied research topics, founded in the 1970s with ties to Iberian and Latin American academic networks. The journal has published research by scholars associated with institutions such as Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Barcelona, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universitat de València, Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad de Granada, Universidad de Zaragoza, and contributors linked to international centers like London School of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Stanford University, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, New York University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, Northwestern University, University of Michigan, University of Toronto, University of British Columbia, Australian National University, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, National University of La Plata, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Chile, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, El Colegio de México, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Universidad Central de Venezuela, IMF, World Bank, Banco de España, Banco Central de Chile, Banco Central de la República Argentina, European Central Bank.

History

Founded in the late 20th century, the journal emerged amid intellectual currents influenced by scholarship from Keynesian economics-adjacent institutions and figures associated with Cambridge School (economics), MIT School of Economics, Chicago School (economics), and Latin American structuralist traditions connected to ECLAC and scholars from Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Early editorial decisions reflected debates paralleling work by economists linked to John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman, Paul Samuelson, Raúl Prebisch, Bairoch, Friedrich Hayek, Piero Sraffa, Joan Robinson, Amartya Sen, Kenneth Arrow, Robert Solow, Jan Tinbergen, Franco Modigliani, James Tobin, Simon Kuznets, Maurice Dobb, Thorstein Veblen, Douglass North, Eric Maskin, Jean Tirole, Oliver Williamson, Daniel Kahneman, Vernon Smith, Robert Lucas Jr., Angus Deaton, Thomas Piketty, Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee, and regional policymakers from Felipe González administrations to later reformers linked to José María Aznar and Pedro Sánchez-era analysts.

Scope and Focus

The journal emphasizes empirical and theoretical studies on topics relevant to Spain, Portugal, and Latin America, engaging with literature from authors associated with Joseph Stiglitz, Martin Feldstein, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen, Mario Draghi, Luis de Guindos, Raghuram Rajan, Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff, Hernando de Soto, Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, Matthew Gentzkow, Ariel Rubinstein, Herbert Simon, Hyman Minsky, Nicholas Kaldor, Albert Hirschman, Carlos A. Rodríguez Braun, Guillermo Calvo, Joaquín Almunia, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Néstor Kirchner, Eduardo Duhalde, Alberto Fujimori, Lula da Silva, Michelle Bachelet, Ricardo Lagos, Evo Morales, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mauricio Macri, Sebastián Piñera, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Alan García, Óscar Arias, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, António Costa, Mariano Rajoy-era studies, and analyses touching on international episodes such as the European sovereign debt crisis, the Latin American debt crisis, the Global Financial Crisis (2007–2008), and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Editorial Board and Publisher

Editorial leadership has included academics with appointments at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Salamanca, Universidad de Alcalá, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Universidad de La Laguna, and visiting editors from London School of Economics, Columbia University, Harvard University, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and Instituto de Empresa. The publisher operates within a Spanish university press framework similar to those of Universidad Complutense de Madrid Press and collaborates with professional societies such as Asociación Española de Economía, regional sections of American Economic Association, and research networks linked to Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and European bodies like European Commission research programs.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in regional and international services comparable to Scopus, EBSCOhost, ProQuest, RePEc, Dialnet, Latindex, ISOC-CNR, Emerald Insight, Clarivate Analytics-derived indices, and national catalogs curated by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain). Citations appear in working paper series and repositories such as NBER, CEPR, IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Banco de España Working Papers, BBVA Research, CEPAL publications, and university digital libraries at Universidad de Buenos Aires Biblioteca, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Biblioteca, Biblioteca Nacional de España.

Notable Articles and Contributions

Contributions include empirical studies on monetary policy influenced by frameworks associated with Kydland and Prescott, Friedman rule discussions, fiscal analyses in the tradition of Barro–Ricardo equivalence, labor market research referencing Lucas critique-term debates, and trade and development articles engaging with Ricardo-inspired comparative advantage literature. The journal has published work that dialogues with scholarship by Ragnar Frisch, Jan Tinbergen, Arthur Lewis, Albert O. Hirschman, Raúl Prebisch-style development policy critiques, and pieces citing methodological approaches from Gary Becker, Edward Leamer, Tjalling Koopmans, Leonid Kantorovich, John von Neumann, Oskar Morgenstern, Kenneth Arrow and Gerard Debreu.

Impact and Reception

The journal has influenced Spanish- and Portuguese-language academic debate and policymaking circles, with citations in policy reports by Banco de España, Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital, Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de México, Banco Central de Chile, and references in legislative analyses within parliaments like the Congreso de los Diputados and regional assemblies. Scholarly reception notes engagement with international literature from American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Development Economics, World Development, Economic Journal, Cambridge Journal of Economics, and inclusion in university syllabi across institutions such as Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Chile, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad de São Paulo, London School of Economics, Harvard University.

Category:Economics journals