Journal of Mathematical Economics

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| title = Journal of Mathematical Economics

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| abbreviation = J. Math. Econ.

| mathscinet = J. Math. Econom.

| discipline = Mathematical economics

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| editor = Andres Carvajal

| publisher = Elsevier

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| history = 1974–present

| frequency = Bimonthly

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| impact = 0.634

| impact-year = 2018

| ISSN = 0304-4068

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| LCCN = 82645478

| OCLC = 39167313

| website = http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-mathematical-economics/

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The Journal of Mathematical Economics is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal of mathematical economics published by Elsevier. It covers work in economic theory that expresses economic ideas using formal mathematical reasoning. The journal was established in 1974, with Werner Hildenbrand as the founding editor-in-chief. The current editor-in-chief is Andres Carvajal (UC Davis). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 5-year impact factor of 0.725.{{cite book |year=2014 |chapter=Journal of Mathematical Economics |title=2013 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}

The journal has published some seminal papers in economics, including some written by Nobel laureates such as Lloyd Shapley,{{Cite journal|title=On cores and indivisibility|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 1|pages = 23–37|last=Lloyd Shapley, Herbert Scarf|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(74)90033-0|year = 1974|hdl = 10338.dmlcz/135727| s2cid=154744803 |hdl-access = free}}{{Cite journal|title=Noncooperative general exchange with a continuum of traders: Two models|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 23|issue = 3|pages = 253–293|last=Pradeep Dubey, Lloyd S. Shapley|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(94)90008-6|year = 1994}} Alvin Roth,{{Cite journal|title=Weak versus strong domination in a market with indivisible goods|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 4|issue = 2|pages = 131–137|last=Alvin E. Roth, Andrew Postlewaite|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(77)90004-0|year = 1977}} Robert Aumman,{{Cite journal|title=Subjectivity and correlation in randomized strategies|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 1|pages = 67–96|last=Robert J. Aumann|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(74)90037-8|year = 1974|citeseerx = 10.1.1.120.1740}}{{Cite journal|title=An elementary proof that integration preserves uppersemicontinuity|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 3|pages = 15–18|last=Robert J. Aumann|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(76)90003-3|year = 1976}}{{Cite journal|title=A note on Gale's example|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 1|issue = 2|pages = 209–211|last=Robert J. Aumann, Bezalel Peleg|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(74)90012-3|year = 1974}} Roger Myerson,{{Cite journal|title=Optimal coordination mechanisms in generalized principal–agent problems|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 10|pages = 67–81|last=Roger B. Myerson|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(82)90006-4|year = 1982}} Eric Maskin,{{Cite journal|title=Nash and dominant strategy implementation in economic environments|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 10|pages = 17–47|last=Jean-Jacques Laffont, Eric Maskin|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(82)90004-0|year = 1982|url = http://publications.ut-capitole.fr/16111/1/Laffont_16111.pdf}} Leonid Hurwicz,{{Cite journal|title=An integrability condition with applications to utility theory and thermodynamics|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 6|pages = 7–14|last=Leonid Hurwicz, Marcel K. Richter|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(79)90019-3|year = 1979|url = http://purl.umn.edu/54837}}{{Cite journal|title=On the demand generated by a smooth and concavifiable preference ordering|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 16|issue = 2|pages = 169–189|last=Leonid Hurwicz, James Jordan, Yakar Kannai|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(87)90006-1|year = 1987}} Reinhard Selten,{{Cite journal|title=Game theoretical analysis of wage bargaining in a simple business cycle model|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 10|issue = 2–3|pages = 177–195|last=Reinhard Selten, Werner Güth|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(82)90036-2|year = 1982|url = https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2909701}} Edmund Phelps,{{Cite journal|title=Ambiguity on the insurer's side: The demand for insurance|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 58|pages = 61–78|last=Massimiliano Amarante, Mario Ghossou, Edmund Phelps|doi=10.1016/j.jmateco.2015.03.008|year = 2015|url = http://www.cireqmontreal.com/wp-content/uploads/cahiers/04-2015-cah.pdf}} Oliver Hart,{{Cite journal|title=A proof of the existence of equilibrium without the free disposal assumption|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 2|issue = 3|pages = 335–343|last=Oliver D. Hart, Harold W. Kuhn|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(75)90001-4|year = 1975}} Paul Milgrom and Gerard Debreu.{{Cite journal|title=Excess demand functions|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 1|pages = 15–21|last=Gerard Debreu|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(74)90032-9|year = 1974}}{{Cite journal|title=Least concave utility functions|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 3|issue = 2|pages = 121–129|last=Gerard Debreu|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(76)90020-3|year = 1976}}{{Cite journal|title=The rate of convergence of the core of an economy|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 2|pages = 1–7|last=Gererd Debreu|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(75)90008-7|year = 1975}} Similarly, Fields medal winner Stephen Smale has also published in this journal regularly.{{Cite journal|title=Global analysis and economics V: Pareto theory with constraints|last=Stephen Smale|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(74)90013-5}}{{Cite journal|title=A convergent process of price adjustment and global newton methods|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 3|issue = 2|pages = 107–120|last=Stephen Smale|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(76)90019-7|year = 1976}}{{Cite journal|title=Exchange processes with price adjustment|journal = Journal of Mathematical Economics|volume = 3|issue = 3|pages = 211–226|last=Stephen Smale|doi=10.1016/0304-4068(76)90009-4|year = 1976}}

Several other prominent economists and mathematicians have also published in the journal, including Herve Moulin, Andreu Mas-Collel, David Gale, Jon Geanakoplos, David Kreps and Hugo Sonnenschein.