Submit a Paper

To submit a paper, at least one of the authors of the paper has to be a member of the Econometric Society. There is no submission fee; membership of the Econometric Society by at least one author is all that is required. Membership is not required for resubmission of an invited revision.

In addition, all authors of the paper need to be registered with the journal. To register, please complete the form on our registration page (which will log you in after it is submitted). If all authors of the paper 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.

The editorial process at Theoretical Economics is completely independent of that at Econometrica. However, if your paper has been previously rejected by Econometrica, in our submission process you have the option of requesting the transfer of the coeditor’s decision letter, referees’ reports, and referees’ cover letters directly from Econometrica to us (a referee’s cover letter is transferred only with the permission of that referee). (This transfer is completely optional. Not revealing that you previously submitted your paper to Econometrica is perfectly fine.) Note there is a presumption that we will consult referees different from the ones consulted by the Econometrica coeditor.

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

Information about our targets and performance on turnaround is available.