Issue Information

• Date: 01 August 2020
• Published date: 01 August 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0106.12306

Pacifi c

Economic

Review

Aims and Scope: The Pacific Economic Review (PER) publishes high-quality articles in all areas of economics,

both theoretical and empirical research, and welcomes in particular analyses of economic issues in the Asia-

Pacific area. The journal, inaugurated in 1994 and publishing five times a year since 2007, is of interest to

academics, policy-makers and corporate economists. The Pacific Economic Review is the official publication

of the Hong Kong Economic Association and has a strong editorial team and international board of editors.

The October issue, edited and published with sponsorship from National Taiwan University, welcomes

empirical, theoretical and policy-oriented contributions from all fields of economics, with a special focus on

applied econometrics. The December issue, edited by the Center for Advanced Policy Studies and the Joint

Usage and Research Center, International Joint Research Center of Advanced Economic Theor y at the Insti-

tute of Economic Research at Kyoto University, welcomes all areas of economics with a special focus on

economic issues and policies relating to the Asia-Pacific region. All issues of the PER maintain the same

high standards of quality. The Pacific Economic Review is a double-blind refereed journal.

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editorial office respectively. Authors from North Amer ica can submit their papers to the US editorial office,

while authors from the rest of the world other than Taiwan and Japan can submit their papers to the Hong

Kong editorial office. Manuscripts should not exceed 50 pages.

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Asian Studies (Online Edition) (1971–1991), Current Contents, Current Index to Statistics (Online Edition),

Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management, GEOBASE, International Bibliography of the Social

Sciences (coverage dropped), Journal of Economic Literature (Mar. 1969, 7(1)-) (Jun. 1996, 1(1)-), PAIS

International in Print (Annual) (Public Af fairs Infor mation Service), Risk Abstracts (Online Edition),

SCOPUS, Social Sciences Citation Index.

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