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.
MSc Programme Administrator - Department of Economics
Journal Administrator, Economica
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 page.
