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Formation | 1885 |
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Legal status | Learned society in economics |
Purpose | Encourage research, publication, and free discussion of economic topics[1] |
Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Region served | United States |
Members | 23,000 |
President | Janet Currie, Princeton University President-elect: Lawrence F. Katz, Harvard University |
Main organ | Executive Committee[2] |
Website | www |
The American Economic Association (AEA) is a learned society in the field of economics, with approximately 23,000 members. It publishes several peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Review, and the Journal of Economic Perspectives.[3]