''Econometrica'' is a

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, publishing articles in many areas of

, especially econometrics. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Econometric Society. The current

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is Guido Imbens.

History

''Econometrica'' was established in 1933. Its first editor was Ragnar Frisch, recipient of the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969, who served as an editor from 1933 to 1954. Although ''Econometrica'' is currently published entirely in English, the first few issues also contained scientific articles written in French.

Indexing and abstracting

''Econometrica'' is abstracted and indexed in: * Scopus * EconLit * Social Science Citation Index According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.844, ranking it 22/557 in the category "Economics".

Awards issued

The Econometric Society aims to attract high-quality applied work in economics for publication in ''Econometrica'' through the Frisch Medal. This prize is awarded every two years for an empirical or theoretical applied article published in ''Econometrica'' during the past five years.

Notable papers

Even apart from those being awarded with the Frisch medal, numerous ''Econometrica'' articles have been highly influential in economics and social sciences, including: * * * * * * * * * * * *

References

External links

* {{Statistics journals Economics journals Econometrics journals Wiley-Blackwell academic journals Publications established in 1933 English-language journals Bimonthly journals 1933 in economics Econometric Society Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies