Editor-in-Chief
Harald Bathelt
Frederic Robert-Nicoud
Neil Coe
William Kerr
About the journal
Steered by a team of editors drawn from both Geography and Economics, Journal of Economic Geography publishes original academic research and discussion of the highest scholarly standard in the field of 'economic geography' broadly defined.
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Latest Special Issues
Read the 2018 Special Issues from Journal of Economic Geography:
Challenges in International Business Development
Call for Papers
Submit your papers for an upcoming special issue of JoEG looking at the economic consequences of climate change. The issue will be edited by Giovanni Peri (UC Davis) and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (U of Geneva), and the deadline for submissions is 30 November 2019.
Virtual Issue: Entrepreneurship
Read a collection of exceptional papers on the role of regions in entrepreneurship and economic growth.
Prize Winners
Urban Land Institute Prize Winner 2018
The Urban Land Institute Prize is awarded annually to the author(s) of the best JOEG paper published online in the previous calendar year.
The 2018 prize has been awarded to Yong Suk Lee, for his paper, "Entrepreneurship, small businesses and economic growth in cities".
Best Referee Award
The JOEG Best Referee Award is given annually to the referees used in the previous year who, in the views of the Editors, have made an outstanding contribution to Journal of Economic Geography in terms of the number of reviews provided, speed of response, and quality and helpfulness of the comments.
Click to see the latest winnersJEL Codes Explained
Articles from Oxford Journals economics titles are classified according to the system used by the Journal of Economic Literature (commonly known as 'JEL codes').
Learn moreNew option for authors to share reports from previous submissions
JoEG authors who have previously submitted their article to a select list of journals now have the option to share the decision letter(s) and reviews with the JoEG editors.
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