Christopher A. Sims and Thomas J. Sargent were jointly awarded the prize 'for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy'.
Independently conducted, their complementary research has been fundamental to policymakers’ and researchers’ understanding of the major short and long term aspects of macroeconomics. Sims has identified and analyzed the impact of unanticipated events on the economy, such as an increase in the price of oil. Sargent’s research analyzes the effects and the consequences of changes in economic policy including GDP, inflation and investment. Read more here.
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Elsevier is pleased to announce that as per September, four new editors have started working on Economics Letters. Their names are Professor Badi Baltagi (Syracuse University, USA), Andrew Samwick (Dartmouth College, USA), Pierre-Daniel Sarte (Richmond Fed, USA) and Roberto Serrano (Brown University, USA & IMDEA Social Sciences Institute, Spain).
In the build up to his retirement as Editor in Chief of Economics Letters, Eric Maskin will finalize editorial handling of all submissions received prior to July 1st, 2011. Responsible for handling all new submissions received after that date will be the new Editors, who will work on the journal alongside Eric until the end of the year. Beginning January 2012, the new Editors will assume full editorial control of the journal.
The new editors also revised the aims & scope of Economics Letters. The new text can be found on the journal homepage.
General Call for Papers
Triggered by the recent financial crisis in the western world, the new editorial team of The North American Journal of Economics and Finance is calling for high quality submissions on a variety of financial economics topics, including, but not limited to: financial intermediation, behavioural finance and the relationship between law and finance
Christopher A. Sims and Thomas J. Sargent were jointly awarded the prize 'for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy'.
