THE OPEN ECONOMY AND BORDERS: REFLECTIONS OF A MANAGING EDITOR

Abstract

This paper reviews the thirteen-year record of Open Economies Review (OER), an economics journal specializing in issues of the open economy, both at the micro and macro levels. It first examines the journal’s output – defined by number and type of articles published, location of the authors’ institutional affiliation, recurrent themes, and rejection rates – and then critically assesses the development of big themes in international economics and finance, where OER authors have made a contribution. The main conclusion is that national border represents a big constraint to the expansion of the open economy, a point not lost by OER authors.

Citation

Fratianni, M. (2003), "THE OPEN ECONOMY AND BORDERS: REFLECTIONS OF A MANAGING EDITOR", Rugman, A.M. (Ed.) Leadership in International Business Education and Research (Research in Global Strategic Management, Vol. 8), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 305-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1064-4857(03)08019-7