Refereed economics, written by students

Long-form, evidence-based economics papers, written by undergraduates, read by two external referees. Every accepted empirical paper is reproduced before publication. Submissions open soon: see the call for papers.

Vol. 1, No. 1

Forthcoming

Issue 1
March 2027

Provisional. Papers accepted by 15 February appear in it.

  • Applied Micro, Development, and Labour
  • Political Economy and Public Policy
  • Macroeconomics
  • Finance and Financial Markets
  • Econometrics and Data Science
  • Trade, Law, and Institutions
  • Energy, Environment, and Digital Infrastructure

Dates

Submissions are handled as they arrive, and we aim to decide within eight weeks of receipt. We publish two issues a year.

  • SoonSubmissions open
  • Winter 2026Priority deadlinefor a decision before the spring cut-off
  • Spring 2027Issue 1provisional
  • Summer 2027Issue 2provisional

Review

Every paper that passes the editors’ desk is sent to two external referees. Editors decide based on the evidence of the reports, without knowing who the author is, and authors are never told who refereed them. How review works

  1. 1Submissionopen all year
  2. 2Screeninganonymised in 5 working days
  3. 3Desk decisionSection Head + cluster Deputy
  4. 4Two refereesreports due in 21 days
  5. 5Recommendationsecond read by the Deputy
  6. 6Final decisionEditor in Chief
  7. 7Revisionminor 14 days, major 28
  8. 8Data and codemethods desk check
  9. 9Productiontypeset and proofed
  10. 10Publishedtwo issues a year

We invite papers of 4,000 to 6,000 words with a defensible empirical or analytical basis, held to a standard above ordinary coursework. Causal language should only be employed where identification supports it, while data and code must be published if the argument rests on them. About the journal