The ''Journal of Financial Economics'' is a

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published by

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, covering the field of

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. It is considered to be one of the premier finance journals. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 6.988. The journal was founded by Michael C. Jensen, Eugene Fama, and

Robert C. Merton Robert Cox Merton (born July 31, 1944) is an American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate, and professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, known for his pioneering contributions to continuous-time finance, especia ...

in 1974.

Editors

The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief of the journal: * Eugene Fama, 1974-1977 * Michael C. Jensen, 1974-1996 *

, 1974-1977 * G. William Schwert, 1979–1986, 1989-2020 * John B. Long, 1983–1987, 1988-1996 * Clifford W. Smith, 1983-1996 * René M. Stulz, 1983-1987 * Jerold B. Warner, 1987-1996 * Richard S. Ruback, 1988-1996 * Wayne Mikkelson, 1993-1996 * Ron Kaniel, 2017-2020 * David Hirshleifer, 2020-2021 * Toni Whited, 2021–present

Awards

The journal issues two annual prizes for economics research, Jensen Prize and Fama–DFA Prize.

References

External links

* Finance journals Publications with year of establishment missing Financial economics Academic journals established in 1974 Elsevier academic journals English-language journals Monthly journals {{econ-journal-stub