JAR Editor Timeline
JAR History/Editor Timeline
1963
- Sidney Davidson (University of Chicago) and William Baxter (London School of Economics) establish JAR
- David Green and Sidney Davidson act as the first editors
1968
- David Green leaves
1968
- Sidney Davidson remains
- Nicholas Dopuch joins as editor
1969
- Sidney Davidson leaves
- Nicholas Dopuch acts a sole editor
1975
- University of Chicago takes overs sole sponsorship of journal. London School of Economics steps down
1985
- Katherine Schipper joins as editor
2000
- Katherine Schipper and Nicholas Dopuch leave
- Ray Ball, Richard Leftwich, and Abbie Smith join as editors
2003
- Philip Berger joins as conference editor
2004
- Philip Berger transitions to full editor
2005
- Merle Erickson joins as editor
2006
- Douglas Skinner joins as editor
2009
- Haresh Sapra joins as editor
2011
- Ray Ball, Merle Erickson, Richard Leftwich and Abbie Smith leave
- Christian Leuz joins as editor
- Haresh Sapra transitions to advisory editor handling only theory papers
2015
- JAR appoints Rachel Hayes, Thomas Hemmer, Mark Lang, David Larcker, and Stephen Ryan as guest editors for Booth-related submissions
2019
- Guest editors’ terms end
- Editorial Board ends
- Associate Editors join
- Haresh Sapra transitions to a full editor
- Luzi Hail, Rodrigo Verdi and Regina Wittenberg Moerman join as external editors
2021
- Douglas Skinner leaves
2022
- Valeri Nikolaev joins as editor
2023
- Rodrigo Verdi leaves as editor
2024
- Laurence van Lent joins as editor