Journal of Financial Economics

*Journal of Financial Economics*
Discipline	Financial economics
Language	English
Edited by	Toni M. Whited
Publication details
History	1974-present
Publisher	Elsevier
Frequency	Monthly
Impact factor	6.988 (2020)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Financ. Econ.
Indexing;
CODEN	JFECDT
ISSN	0304-405X;
LCCN	84649771
OCLC no.	863010774
Links
	Journal homepage; Online archive; Journal page;

The Journal of Financial Economics is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier, covering the field of finance. It is considered to be one of the premier finance journals.^[1]^[2] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 6.988.^[3] The journal was founded by Michael C. Jensen, Eugene Fama, and Robert C. Merton in 1974.^[4]

Mission[]

The Journal of Financial Economics (JFE) is a leading peer-reviewed academic journal covering theoretical and empirical topics in financial economics. It provides a specialized forum for the publication of research in the area of financial economics and the theory of the firm, placing primary emphasis on the highest quality empirical, theoretical, and experimental contributions in the following major areas: capital markets, financial intermediation, entrepreneurial finance, corporate finance, corporate governance, the economics of organizations, macro finance, behavioral finance, and household finance.^[5]

Editors[]

The current editor-in-chief is Toni M. Whited (Ross School of Business).

The following persons are or have been editors or coeditors of the journal:^[4]

Eugene Fama, 1974-1977
Michael C. Jensen, 1974-1996
Robert C. Merton, 1974-1977
, 1979-1986, 1989-2020
John B. Long, 1983-1987, 1988-1996
, 1983-1996
René M. Stulz, 1983-1987
, 1987-1996
Richard S. Ruback, 1988-1996
, 1993-1996
, 2017-2020
David Hirshleifer, 2020-2021
, 2014-present

Awards[]

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

References[]

^ Oltheten, Elisabeth; Theoharakis, Vasilis; Travlos, Nickolaos G. (2005-03-01). "Faculty Perceptions and Readership Patterns of Finance Journals: A Global View". Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 40 (1): 223–239. doi:10.1017/S0022109000001800.
^ Borokhovich, Kenneth A.; Bricker, Robert J.; Simkins, Betty J. (1994-06-01). "Journal Communication and Influence in Financial Research". The Journal of Finance. 49 (2): 713–725. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6261.1994.tb05159.x.
^ "Journal of Financial Economics". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.
^ ^a ^b Schwert, G. William. "The Remarkable Growth in Financial Economics, 1974-2020". SSRN. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ "Home". Journal of Financial Economics. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

External links[]

Official website

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[1] Oltheten, Elisabeth; Theoharakis, Vasilis; Travlos, Nickolaos G. (2005-03-01). "Faculty Perceptions and Readership Patterns of Finance Journals: A Global View". Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 40 (1): 223–239. doi:10.1017/S0022109000001800.

[2] Borokhovich, Kenneth A.; Bricker, Robert J.; Simkins, Betty J. (1994-06-01). "Journal Communication and Influence in Financial Research". The Journal of Finance. 49 (2): 713–725. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6261.1994.tb05159.x.

[WoS-3] "Journal of Financial Economics". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.

[RemarkableGrowth-4] Schwert, G. William. "The Remarkable Growth in Financial Economics, 1974-2020". SSRN. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[5] "Home". Journal of Financial Economics. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

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