《經濟研究季刊》于1950年由一批日本著名經濟學家創辦，1959年成為日本經濟學會的官方英文刊物。作為《日本經濟評論》的繼承者，《日本經濟評論》已經成為《美國經濟評論》在日本的翻版，從日本國內外的研究人員那里發表了在整個經濟學領域中質量最高的大量經濟分析。它還歡迎對現實經濟問題，無論是政治、理論或面向政策問題，具有很強相關性的創新性和發人深省的貢獻。

Started in 1950 by a group of leading Japanese economists under the title The Economic Studies Quarterly, the journal became the official English language publication of the Japanese Economic Association in 1959. As its successor, The Japanese Economic Review has become the Japanese counterpart of The American Economic Review, publishing substantial economic analysis of the highest quality across the whole field of economics from researchers both within and outside Japan. It also welcomes innovative and thought-provoking contributions with strong relevance to real economic issues, whether political, theoretical or policy-oriented.