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1、TheEconomicHistoryoftheAmericanEconomicReviewACentury’sExplosionofEconomicsResearchAmericanEconomicReview101(February2011):9–35//.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/aer.101.1.9TheEconomicHistoryoftheAmericanEconomicReview:ACentury’sExplosionofEconomicsResearchByR??????¤?
2、?A.M??¤§??*Writtenincelebrationofthe100thanniversaryoftheAmericanEconomicReview,thispaperrecountsthehistoryofthejournal.TherecountinghasananalyticcorethatseestheAmericanEconomicAssociationasanorganizationsupplyinggoodsandservicestoitsmembers,oneofwhichistheReview.Earlyini
3、tshistorytheReviewwasamultipurposepublicationwithhighlydisparatecontent.Overtimetheeconomicsprofessionexpandedandmoreeconom-icsresearchwasproduced,primarilyintheformofjournalarticles.Editorsaccommodatedthisshiftbyallocatingmoreresourcestotherefereeingandeditingprocessandm
4、orespacetoresearchpapers.(JELA14,B19,B29)TheFebruary2011issueoftheAmericanEconomicReview(AER)markstheReview’scentennial.AstheagshippublicationoftheAmericanEconomicAssociation(AEA)andaleadingeconomicsjournalworldwide,itisappropriatetomarkthisspe-cialanniversarybypausingtot
5、akestock.TheAERisamirroroftheAEA,sotakingstockallowsustoseewheretheAssociationhasbeenandmaygointhefuture.MymainobjectiveistooutlinecertainfeaturesofthehistoryoftheAER.Idosoinstraightforwardfactualterms,butmydescriptionhasananalyticcore.ThiscoreviewstheAEAasaneconomicorgan
6、izationthatprovidesgoodsandservices,oneofwhichistheAER.Thequantityandtypeofmaterialthatappearsbetweenthecov-ersoftheAERisaneconomicdecision.Atanytimespaceallocationistheprovinceoftheeditor,subjecttoasetofconstraints.Overtime,thedecisionreectsthecol-lectivewisdomoftheedito
7、randotherAEAdecisionmakers—and,ultimately,the1demandsofsubscribers.*ProfessorandChair,DepartmentofEconomics,BostonUniversity,andResearchAssociate,NationalBureauofEconomicResearch,DepartmentofEconomics,BostonUniversity,270BayStateRoad,BostonMA02215.Thispaperwaspreparedatth
8、erequestofRobertMof??tt,forthe100thanniversaryoftheAmericanEconomicReview.IthankLeeP.Breckenridg