Economica
An international peer-reviewed academic journal, covering research in all branches of economics.
The journal is published on behalf of the Department of Economics at LSE by Wiley. It is widely read, being available in nearly 10,000 institutions worldwide.
Established in 1921, it was formerly edited by Frank Cowell (Managing Editor), Lena Edlund, Gianluca Benigno, Peter Norman Sørensen, and Amos Witztum (Book Reviews).
In July 2015, it was that Economica would be re-launched with a new team of editors from January 2016.
The Editorial Board of Economica was greatly saddened by the death of Ghazala Azmat, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po, in June 2025. Ghazala was an Associate Editor at Economica, having been appointed in 2022. Her expertise, insight, and professional contribution will be greatly missed: In Memoriam
The Chair of the Board of Economica is the Head of Department of Economics and the Professors of Economics at LSE are the journal board.
Professor of Economics | Head of Department
School Professor of Economics and Political Science
W Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics
Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics
Henry Overman
(Department of Geography and Environment)Professor of Economic Geography
Deputy Head of Department (Research)
Catherine Thomas (Department of Management)
Associate Professor (Reader) of Managerial Economics and Strategy
Journal Manager is Sarah Burton
Journal Administrator is Rudi Clayton
| Diego Battiston, University of Edinburgh |
| Johannes Boehm, Sciences Po |
| Jo Blanden, Surrey |
| Alessandra Bonfiglioli, QMUL |
| Felipe Carozzi, LSE |
| Jonathan de Quidt, IIES |
| Lucie Gadenne, QMUL |
| Giulia Giupponi, Bocconi |
| Hanwei Huang, City University of Hong Kong |
| Nicola Limodio, Bocconi |
| Pushkar Maitra, Monash |
| Monica Martinez-Bravo, CEMFI |
| Sandra McNalley, Surrey |
| Caterina Mendicino, ECB |
| Maria Micaela Sviatschi, Princeton |
| Sharun Mukand, Warwick |
| Federico Rossi, Warwick |
| Cecilia Testa, Nottingham |
| Zaki Wahhaj, Kent |
| Tim Willems, Bank of England |
The journal offers a quick turnaround time and is open to submissions from all fields. The Editorial Team welcomes high-quality contributions from all parts of the international research community which are of interest to general readers. There is no submission fee and the journal does not require the use of JEL codes.
To submit a paper to Economicaplease go to the online submission page. For further information please visit the website of the Wiley Online Library.
Fair use policy:
To maintain quality of submissions to the journal and to ensure editorial efficiency, the editorial team strongly encourage a maximum of two submissions per author/group of authors in any one calendar year.
For a list of the journal issues from 2016 onwards, please visit the departmental Economica page.
To access current and past issues, please visit the Wiley Online Library Economica page.
Economica turned 100 in 2021.
Our aim to commemorate this is to publish 100 papers by former LSE Department of Economics students, and current and former faculty.
The launched this process and the papers from the conference, which will appear in the journal, will be part of the 100 we intend to publish.
Read the published manuscripts here.