1 Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Stanford, CA 94305. · 2 Stanford University Department of Economics, Economics Building, 247 Stanford, California 94305. · 3 National Bureau of Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138. · 4 University of California, Berkeley, Department of Economics, 508-1 Evans Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720. · 5 MIT Department of Economics, 50 Memorial Drive, Building E52, Room 350, Cambridge MA 02142. · 6 MIT Department of Economics, 50 Memorial Drive, Building E52, Cambridge MA 02142.
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Abstract
This paper presents a list of the top 20 articles published in the American Economic Review during its first 100 years. This list was assembled in honor of the AER's one-hundredth anniversary by a group of distinguished economists at the request of AER's editor. A brief description accompanies the citations of each article.