Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
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The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) is a journal of economics published twice a year by the Brookings Institution Press. BPEA commenced publication in 1970 under the editorship of Arthur Okun and George Perry
, and since then has been ranked as a leading journal in the field. The current editors are David Romer
and Justin Wolfers
.
Each semiannual issue of the journal comprises the proceedings of a conference, the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, held in Washington D.C. each spring and fall. The conference and journal both focus on the empirical analysis of issues of current relevance to macroeconomic policy with particular attention given to "recent and current economic developments that are directly relevant to the contemporary scene or especially challenging because they stretch our understanding of economic theory or previous empirical findings".
George Perry
George Perry may refer to:*George Perry , Scottish engineer, ironmaster, draughtsman and cartographer*George Perry , former Ontario MPP*George Perry , 19th century English naturalist...
, and since then has been ranked as a leading journal in the field. The current editors are David Romer
David Romer
David Romer is the Herman Royer Professor of Political Economy at the University of California, Berkeley, the author of a standard textbook in graduate macroeconomics as well as many influential economic papers, particularly in the area of New Keynesian economics...
and Justin Wolfers
Justin Wolfers
Justin Wolfers is an Australian-American economist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a contributor to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal and an editor of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity...
.
Each semiannual issue of the journal comprises the proceedings of a conference, the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, held in Washington D.C. each spring and fall. The conference and journal both focus on the empirical analysis of issues of current relevance to macroeconomic policy with particular attention given to "recent and current economic developments that are directly relevant to the contemporary scene or especially challenging because they stretch our understanding of economic theory or previous empirical findings".