Focus and Scope

Scope and Topics

AEI welcomes original empirical research articles, policy evaluations, replication studies, and systematic literature reviews across the spectrum of applied economics. Core thematic areas include, but are not limited to:

  • Applied Microeconomics & Industrial Organization: Market structure and competition, consumer behavior, behavioral economics, price dynamics, and regulatory impact assessments.

  • Applied Macroeconomics, Monetary & Fiscal Policy: Inflation dynamics, fiscal sustainability, central bank policies, exchange rate regimes, and international trade flows.

  • Labor, Health & Education Economics: Human capital formation, labor market flexibility, wage inequality, health economics, educational ROI, and social security systems.

  • Financial Markets, Banking & FinTech: Asset pricing, corporate governance, credit risk modeling, financial inclusion, digital currencies, and banking sector resilience.

  • Development, Environmental & Regional Economics: Sustainable economic growth, carbon economics and energy transition, regional economic development, agricultural economics, and urban-spatial economics.