Submitting a paper

To submit a paper, at least one of the authors of the paper has to be a member of the Econometric Society. We plan to introduce a submission fee, but currently there is none; membership of the Econometric Society by at least one author is all that is required. (If you are a member of the Society for Economic Theory with unused submission credits, are not a member of the Econometric Society, and would like to submit a paper, please contact the Editor.)

In addition, you need to be registered with the journal. If you are not registered, please complete the form on our registration page (which will log you in after it is submitted). If you are registered, please go to the paper submission page (which will ask you to log in if you are not already logged in).

Papers must be submitted as pdf files; the size of the text font must be at least 12 point. Please include each figure and table on the relevant page in the paper; do not collect figures and tables at the end of the paper. The list of references should appear after any appendices, at the very end of the paper.

If you have previously submitted your paper to Econometrica, you have the option of requesting that the referees' reports and covering letters and the editor's decision letter be transferred to the coeditor assigned to handle your paper at TE. You will be asked whether you wish to take this option when you submit a paper.

A separate page gives information on the kinds of papers Theoretical Economics publishes.

Information about our targets and performance on turnaround is available.