Economica is an international journal covering research in all branches of economics published on behalf of the LSE Economics Department. It welcomes high-quality contributions from all parts of the international research community which are of interest to general readers. Economica is a leading economics journal, appearing high in the published citation rankings. From time to time the journal publishes special issues on selected topics, and are available either as single back issues or, if published in the current year, as part of the annual subscription.