Abbreviated title (ISO 4) RJE Language English | Publication history 1970-present | |
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Former names The Bell Journal of Economics and Management ScienceThe Bell Journal of Economics Publisher Wiley-Blackwell for RAND (USA) | ||
The RAND Journal of Economics (usually called Rand Journal or simply Rand ) is a scholarly journal of economics published quarterly by the RAND Corporation. It is a leading journal in the field of industrial organization.
The journal's purpose is "to support and encourage research in the behavior of regulated industries, the economic analysis of organizations, and more generally, applied microeconomics". It publishes both theoretical and empirical papers. It is a peer-reviewed journal. [1]
History
AT&T's Bell Labs economics group launched the journal in the spring of 1970 with the name The Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science. From 1975–1983 it was titled The Bell Journal of Economics. In 1984, after transfer to the RAND Corporation, it acquired its present name.