| Cover: | Journal of Development Economics.gif |
| Discipline: | Development economics |
| Abbreviation: | J. Dev. Econ. |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Frequency: | Bimonthly |
| History: | 1974-present |
| Impact: | 3.875 |
| Impact-Year: | 2020 |
| Website: | http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-development-economics |
| Link1: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03043878 |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Issn: | 0304-3878 |
| Oclc: | 1292659 |
| Lccn: | 76647333 |
| Coden: | JDECDF |
The Journal of Development Economics is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier. It was established in 1974 and is considered the top field journal in development economics.[1] [2] [3]
Its editor-in-chief from 1985 to 2003 was Pranab Bardhan, who has been the longest-serving JDE editor to date. He followed T.N. Srinivasan, and Lance Taylor as Editors since the journal was established in 1974. He was succeeded by Mark Rosenzweig (2003-2009) and Maitreesh Ghatak (2009-2015). The current editor-in-chief is Andrew Foster, who started in 2016.[4]