Aims and Scope
Mission Statement
The mission of Economic Research and Perspectives is to provide a specialized platform for disseminating rigorous, problem-oriented, and theory-building research in economics. The journal seeks to advance scholarly understanding of contemporary economic challenges, with particular attention to the dynamics of growth, sustainable development, and future economic prospects at microeconomic and macroeconomic levels.
The journal is committed to enhancing the international visibility and scholarly impact of high-quality research from Iran and beyond, while fostering dialogue on economic issues of national, regional, and global relevance.
Objectives
- To enrich the economic literature by publishing original, innovative, and methodologically rigorous research.
- To promote the application of academic research in support of evidence-informed economic policymaking.
- To advance knowledge in emerging interdisciplinary areas, particularly at the intersection of economics, technology, the environment, and institutions.
Thematic Areas
The journal welcomes original research articles in the following areas:
- Development and Growth: contemporary development theories, sustainable growth models, economic resilience, and poverty reduction.
- Institutions and Governance: institutional economics, political economy, governance, law and economics, and the analysis of legal and regulatory institutions.
- Sustainable and Green Economics: ESG-related issues, low-carbon transitions, climate change, energy economics, and natural-resource economics.
- Industrial Organization and Markets: industrial organization, labour economics, global value chains, international trade, and foreign direct investment.
- Financial Stability and Inclusion: monetary and fiscal policy, macroeconomic stability, banking, financial inclusion, and financial technology.
- Digital Economics and Trade: platform economics, e-commerce, artificial intelligence and the economy, and emerging digital markets.
Manuscript Evaluation Criteria
Priority is given to manuscripts that demonstrate methodological rigor and originality and make a clear theoretical contribution and/or offer strong policy relevance. Manuscripts that merely present descriptive statistical results without substantive economic analysis, sound reasoning, or a clear contribution to the literature will normally not be considered for publication.