TheJournal of Business and Economic Statistics(JBES) publishes a range of articles, primarily applied statistical analyses of microeconomic, macroeconomic, forecasting, business, and finance related topics. More general papers in statistics, econometrics, computation, simulation, or graphics are also appropriate if they are immediately applicable to the journal's general topics of interest. Articles published inJBEScontain significant results, high-quality methodological content, excellent exposition, and usually include a substantive empirical application.