Three managing editors, Martin Cripps, Andrea Galeotti, and Kjell Salvanes have, or will finish their second 3-year term as Joint Managing Editors of The Economic Journal in 2018. The Economic Journal wishes to express its gratitude to Martin, Andrea and Kjell for the services they have provided to the journal over the last six years and the professionalism and skill they have demonstrated.
During this period, the journal has undergone a large number of changes, it has improved its standing in the profession, and it has had to deal with a very large growth in the number of submissions. Martin, Andrea and Kjell have been instrumental in The Economic Journal’s success in dealing with these changes and have made a lasting and positive impact on the journal.
Gilat Levy joined the Board of Managing Editors on 1 February 2018. Gilat is a Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. She received her PhD from Princeton University in 1999 and she has published extensively on microeconomic theory, political economy, and on law and economics. She also currently serves as a Council Member of the European Economic Association and is a member of the Regional Standing Committee (Europe) of the Econometric Society.
Barbara Petrongolo joined the Board of Managing Editors on 1 April 2018. Barbara is a Professor of Economics at the Queen Mary University of London. She received her PhD from the London School of Economics in 1998 and she has published extensively on applied microeconomics including topics such as labour markets, job search, gender inequality and public policy. Barbara is also the Director of the Centre for Economic Policy Research’s Labor Economics Programme and she is a Council Member of the Royal Economic Society.
Gilat and Barbara replace Martin and Kjell (who will remain on the board until the end of October 2018), respectively, while Rachel Kranton joined the board in 2017 as a replacement for Andrea. With these changes, the current Joint Managing Editors of the Economic Journal are:
- Estelle Cantillon, Universite Libre de Bruxelles
- Nezih Guner, CEMFI
- Rachel Kranton, Duke University
- Gilat Levy, London School of Economics
- Barbara Petrongolo, Queen Mary University of London
- Morten O. Ravn, University College London
- Kjell Salvanes (until 31/10/2018), Norwegian School of Economics
- Frederic Vermeulen, University of Leuven
- Joachim Voth, University of Zurich
