Journal of Public Economic Theory


The Journal of Public Economic Theory is a fully peer-reviewed academic journal of public economic theory published by Wiley-Blackwell. It covers public economic theory and general economics, including public goods, local public goods, club economies, externalities, taxation, growth, public choice, social and public decision making, voting, market failure, regulation, project evaluation, equity, and political systems. The editors are Rabah Amir,Helmuth Cremer, and . John Conley is an Editor, but currently inactive.
The Journal of Public Economic Theory is the official publication of the .
The journal is abstracted and indexed by , American Business Law Journal, CatchWord, Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences, EBSCO Online, EconLit, Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition, , RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, and the Social Sciences Citation Index.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, under the active current editorship the impact factor of JPET has a 2019 impact factor of 1.037.