In this paper, we provide a detailed profile of the scholarly literature published in the AER, JPE, and QJE from their respective inceptions through 1995. The examination includes: (1) an overview of the changing relative importance of articles, book reviews, and notes, comments and short papers published, (2) an analysis of changes with respect to authorship—the incidence and extent of coauthorship, the changing pattern of contributions by nonacademic authors and by female authors, and the concentration of contributions by authors located at a small set of elite universities, and (3) identification of ebbs and flows in the topical coverage represented in this literature.
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