the Financial Economist (FE) is an independent international think tank and publisher of the journal of the Financial Economist. It generates economic policy-relevant ideas and analysis, convenes experts and policymakers, and promotes informed public discussion—all to have an impact on the most consequential issues facing the Middle East, Europ, the US and the world.

FE brings together insights and research that contribute to the finance literature and seek to apply knowledge and experience to current policy debates The journal promotes thoughtful analysis and encourages intellectual engagement across a wide range of scholarly and policy topics related to financial economics, financial markets, and institutions. FE is committed to supporting informed, research-driven contributions to important economic and financial policy discussions. regularly explores current national and international policy issues related to financial markets and institutions through in-depth research and analysis. Key insights and consensus perspectives on these topics are published in the Journal of the Financial Economist, aiming to advance understanding among public policymakers, financial economists, researchers in finance, and the broader public. The journal serves for disseminating rigorous studies that inform contemporary policy debates and contribute to the evolving field of financial economics.

Published Work

Financial Economist (FE) focuses on publishing rigorous research and analysis on key policy issues in digital financial economics. When a topic has been thoroughly examined, subsequently accepted manuscripts and issues are published in the Journal of the Financial Economist. This journal is made publicly available to support informed policy discourse and is distributed to policymakers, the media, and the broader academic community. International editions are also published as paperback journals on platforms such as Amazon to ensure global accessibility.

Full articles are available for download within each Journal page. The complete archive of Journal of the Financial Economist issues is available to personal and institutional subscribers through the financial economist and Amazon platform.

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Aims & Scope

The Journal of the Financial Economist provides an international forum for rigorous theoretical and empirical macro economic and financial analysis of the causes, management, resolution and preventions of financial crises, including securities market, payments, cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and currency crises. The primary focus is on applied research that would be useful in affecting public policy with respect to digital finance. Thus, the Journal seeks to promote interaction among researchers, policy-makers and practitioners to identify potential risks to financial stability and develop means for preventing, mitigating or managing these risks both within and across countries.

Benefits to authors

Each author for The Journal of the Financial Economist is an experienced scholar who has made substantial contributions to the field of finance and financial economics, is professionally active, and has demonstrated a strong interest in public policy issues through their scholarly and professional work. Authors will automatically be registered for EF’s annual conference and receive additional benefits such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts, and more. To learn more about EF’s annual conference click here.

Goals and Objectives

Financial Economist (FE) is dedicated to studies, in-depth articles, research, briefings and dissemination of knowledge in the field of digital finance and economic studies, financial and political economy, helping the academic community and policymakers use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways.

To encourage spirited interaction and intellectual discussion of a broad range of scholarly and policy topics related to financial markets and institutions

To develop in-depth analyses of important policy issues to provide objective contributions to policy debates and decisions.