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The '''''Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA)''''' is a journal of macroeconomics published twice a year by the [[Brookings Institution Press]].<ref>[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eca/ Journal Information from Project MUSE]</ref> BPEA commenced publication in 1970 under the editorship of [[Arthur Okun]] and [[George Perry (American economist)|George Perry]], and since then has been ranked as a leading journal in the field.<ref>[http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.journals.simple.html IDEAS Ratings, RePEc]</ref> The journal was edited by [[David Romer]] and [[Justin Wolfers]] from 2009 through Fall 2015.<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/media/NewsReleases/2009/0318_bpea.aspx Press Release: Brookings Appoints Romer, Wolfers as New Editors for Brookings Papers on Economic Activity]</ref> [[Janice Eberly]] and [[James H. Stock]] will edit the journal beginning with the Spring 2016 edition.<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/about/media-relations/news-releases/2015/0911-eberly-stock-new-bpea-editors News Release: Brookings appoints Eberly and Stock as new editors of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity ]</ref>
The '''''Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA)''''' is a journal of macroeconomics published twice a year by the [[Brookings Institution Press]].<ref>[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eca/ Journal Information from Project MUSE]</ref> BPEA commenced publication in 1970 under the editorship of [[Arthur Okun]] and [[George Perry (American economist)|George Perry]], and since then has been ranked as a leading journal in the field.<ref>[http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.journals.simple.html IDEAS Ratings, RePEc]</ref> The journal was edited by [[David Romer]] and [[Justin Wolfers]] from 2009 through 2015,<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/media/NewsReleases/2009/0318_bpea.aspx Press Release: Brookings Appoints Romer, Wolfers as New Editors for Brookings Papers on Economic Activity]</ref> handing over the jobs to [[Janice Eberly]] and [[James H. Stock]] in 2016.<ref>[http://www.brookings.edu/about/media-relations/news-releases/2015/0911-eberly-stock-new-bpea-editors News Release: Brookings appoints Eberly and Stock as new editors of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity ]</ref>


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".<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=broopapeeconacti Journal Information from JSTOR]</ref>
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".<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=broopapeeconacti Journal Information from JSTOR]</ref>

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Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
DisciplineEconomics
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
History1970–present
Publisher
Brookings Press (USA)
Frequencysemiannually
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4BPEA
Indexing
ISSN0007-2303
Links

The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) is a journal of macroeconomics published twice a year by the Brookings Institution Press.[1] 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.[2] The journal was edited by David Romer and Justin Wolfers from 2009 through 2015,[3] handing over the jobs to Janice Eberly and James H. Stock in 2016.[4]

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".[5]

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