The ''Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics'' is an
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peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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of
economics
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, published by
SpringerOpen on behalf of the
Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, and financially supported by the and the
Swiss National Bank
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. The current
editor-in-chief
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is
Marius Brülhart.
History
The journal was established in 1864 as the ''Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Statistik'' (in
German
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) and ''Journal de Statistique suisse'' (in
French
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).
Its first editor was
Johannes Stössel, the secretary of the
Federal Statistical Bureau , who served as an editor from 1864 to 1869.
In 1916, the journal was titled ''Zeitschrift für schweizerische Statistik und Volkswirtschaft'' (in German) and ''Journal de statistique et Revue économique suisse'' (in French), and from 1945 onwards, it was named ''Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik'' (in German), ''Revue suisse d'Économie politique et de Statistique'' (in French), and ''Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics'' (in English).
Although the journal is now published entirely in English, issues prior to the first edition of 2007 also accepted articles written in German, French and
Italian
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.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
Editors-in-chief
Notable papers
Selected papers highlighted for their historical significance (older papers) or
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External links
*{{Official website, https://sjes.springeropen.com/
Swiss Society of Economics and StatisticsSwiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences
Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies of Switzerland
Academic journals established in 1864
Annual journals
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