The EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION (EEA) is an international scientific body, with membership open to all persons involved or interested in economics. Individual membership of the EEA includes access to the Journal of the Economic Association (JEEA). Members can submit papers to JEEA for no fee. Members also have the right to submit a paper to the EEA annual congress and attend the event. 

FLASH NEWS

Inappropriate comments on Econ Job Market Rumors website should stop - read the full EEA statement here

The EEA 2018 officer elections have officially closed and the results are as follows: Vice-President - Per Krusell. For Council - Paula Bustos, Camille Landais, Kalina Manova, Claudio Michelacci, Massimo Morelli and Uta Schoenberg

Stéphane Dupraz, Matteo Gamalerio and Petra Thiemann awarded the 2017 Young Economist Award. Full information here

EEA extends its Seed Grant programme for for EEA members affiliated with institutions in a selection of European countries applying for ERC grants in 2018. Further info is here.

EEA members can nominate suitable candidates (or self-nominate) for EEA officer elections through admin@eeassoc.org. The EEA central office will pass all nominations on to the EEA Nominating Committee Chair

The EEA has produced some short films based on research presented at EEA congresses and other events. All films can be viewed on EEA YouTube channel.

JEEA FLASH NEWS

The two-year impact factor 2016 is at 2.758. The 5-year impact factor is 4.521, up from 4.147 in 2015 and 3.495 in 2014. The eigenfactor score remains stable at 0.02. The total number of citations (2,981) is also a record high (up from 2,691 in 2015 and 2,280 in 2014).
JEEA ranks ranks currently close to top-10 amongst mainstream economics journals. In addition to the top-5 journal, three AEJ journals (AEJ: Applied, AEJ: Policy and AEJ: Macro) and the Review of Economics and Statistics and the Journal of Labor Economics are ahead of JEEA. Amongst other traditional competitors of JEEA, the Economic Journal has an impact factor of 2.608; the European Economic Review has an impact factor of 1.259

JEEA 15:5 is now downloadable through your EEA membership profile page. For futher details, please visit here.

JEEA presents a new virtual issue on political economy. This collection of articles explores the latest theories and research affecting the current political economic climate. Topics covered range from immigration and voting patterns, to public education and pensions. All articles in this virtual issue are available to read for free until 31st October 2017. Please click here to access the issue.