Cato Journal
Last updated ISSN 0273-3072
Cato Journal is published by Cato Institute in economics, econometrics and finance. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Cato Journal concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Economic Theory and Policy
- Global Financial Crisis and Policies
- Economic Theory and Institutions
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- Economic theories and models
- Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Global trade and economics
- Economic Growth and Productivity
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
Key facts
| Publisher | Cato Institute |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0273-3072, 1943-3468 |
| Subject area | Economics, Econometrics and Finance |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 223 |
| Publishing since | 1971 |
| Journal website | www.cato.org/pubs/journal/index.html |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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