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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

100 Years of the American Economic Review: The Top 20 Articles

  • Kenneth J. Arrow
  • B. Douglas Bernheim
  • Martin S. Feldstein
  • Daniel L. McFadden
  • James M. Poterba
  • Robert M. Solow
American Economic Review
vol. 101, no. 1, February 2011
(pp. 1–8)
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Abstract

This paper presents a list of the top 20 articles published in the American Economic Review during its first 100 years. This list was assembled in honor of the AER's one-hundredth anniversary by a group of distinguished economists at the request of AER's editor. A brief description accompanies the citations of each article.

Citation

Arrow, Kenneth J., B. Douglas Bernheim, Martin S. Feldstein, Daniel L. McFadden, James M. Poterba, and Robert M. Solow. 2011. "100 Years of the American Economic Review: The Top 20 Articles." American Economic Review, 101 (1): 1–8. DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.1.1

JEL Classification

  • B10 History of Economic Thought through 1925: General
  • B20 History of Economic Thought since 1925: General