Journal of Financial Economics

The Journal of Financial Economics is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier, covering the field of finance. It is considered to be one of the premier finance journals. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 6.988. The journal was founded by Michael C. Jensen, Eugene Fama, and Robert C. Merton in 1974.

Editors
The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief of the journal:
 * Eugene Fama, 1974-1977
 * Michael C. Jensen, 1974-1996
 * Robert C. Merton, 1974-1977
 * G. William Schwert, 1979–1986, 1989-2020
 * John B. Long, 1983–1987, 1988-1996
 * Clifford W. Smith, 1983-1996
 * René M. Stulz, 1983-1987
 * Jerold B. Warner, 1987-1996
 * Richard S. Ruback, 1988-1996
 * Wayne Mikkelson, 1993-1996
 * Ron Kaniel, 2017-2020
 * David Hirshleifer, 2020-2021
 * Toni Whited, 2021–present

Awards
The journal issues two annual prizes for economics research, Jensen Prize and Fama–DFA Prize.