A SURVEY OF JEL CODES: WHAT DO THEY MEAN AND ARE THEY USED CONSISTENTLY?

Lea‐Rachel Kosnik

doi:10.1111/joes.12189

journal article Jan 18, 2017

A SURVEY OF JEL CODES: WHAT DO THEY MEAN AND ARE THEY USED CONSISTENTLY?

Lea‐Rachel Kosnik

Journal of Economic Surveys Vol. 32 No. 1 pp. 249-272 · Wiley

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AbstractThe use and prevalence of JEL code categorization is wide in the field of economics, but what do JEL code classifications actually tell us? And are they used with consistency by academics in the field? Utilizing a data set of articles published in the American Economic Review from 1990 to 2008, we investigate whether there is heterogeneity in JEL codes assignments between authors and editors. We find that there is. A secondary goal of this paper is to survey overall thematic trends in JEL code usage over the past four and a half decades. One result is that JEL category M: Business Economics, in particular, appears to be thematically and spatially distinct from much of the rest of the published literature in the top general interest journals in the field.

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Published: Jan 18, 2017
Vol/Issue: 32(1)
Pages: 249-272
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Lea‐Rachel Kosnik

University of Missouri at Saint Louis

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Lea‐Rachel Kosnik (2017). A SURVEY OF JEL CODES: WHAT DO THEY MEAN AND ARE THEY USED CONSISTENTLY?. Journal of Economic Surveys, 32(1), 249-272. https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12189

A SURVEY OF JEL CODES: WHAT DO THEY MEAN AND ARE THEY USED CONSISTENTLY?

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