The 2010 volume of Economic Inquiry consists of 74 papers in a wide variety and diverse set of fields, including microeconomics, macroeconomics, and empirical studies. Since my last report, we have brought in two new co-editors, Gian Luca Clementi for macroeconomics and Cedric Tille for international trade, and Darren Lubotsky has agreed to replace Peter Arcidiacono. Among the specialized co-editors, we replaced Yah Chert, for experimental, with Tony Kwasnica and David Pennock, for algorithmic game theory, with Sebastien Lahaie. We probably need an additional experimental co-editor, given the volume, and perhaps another empirical co-editor. My goal is to limit the regular co-editors to at most 50 papers per year and 20 for the specialized coeditors. I thank all the co-editors for their hard work, diligence, and expertise. Kaulene Gellerman has done terrific work serving as my administrative assistant and much of the success of the journal at improving performance despite heavy submissions is due to her. We continue to receive strong submissions in sports (24), health (approximately 20), and experimental (37). The economics of publishing, Internet issues, and field experiments attract modest numbers. The miscellany section remains vibrant. Table 1 shows the processing of manuscripts by year of submission. As of June 1, 2011, we have 47 acceptances, 15 without revision, and 363 rejections. As reported last year, I took three steps to reduce the backlog: lowering the target acceptance rate, alerting the co-editors with the highest acceptance rates to their rates (one coeditor was over half the problem), and increasing the size of the journal. While being alerted was insufficient for one co-editor, I believe that the problem with the backlog has now been mitigated and will naturally diminish over time without further action beyond continued monitoring for problem co-editors. Submissions remain strong. We had 496 submissions in 2010, a 138% increase over 2001-2005 average. The average first decision occurred in 105 days, of decisions that have occurred. There were 138 no revisions papers, 28% of total submissions in 2010. At this time, 131 no revisions papers have decisions, of which 14 are accepted, and the average time to accept is approximately 4 months. Prior to 2007 acceptances averaged about 14 months. I am especially grateful to the referees. Economic Inquiry received reports from 670 referees, an increase of about 42% over 2006. When a decision can reasonably be made with fewer reports, we release and thank any remaining referees, which cuts the burden on referees approximately in half on average. The complete list is attached. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2011.00418.x R. Preston McAfee, Editor TABLE 1 Manuscript Disposition (Some Historical Data Lost) Total Final R & R Decision Year Subs Accept Reject Withdrawn Subs Pending 2010 496 47 363 18 94 68 2009 485 71 389 16 66 9 2008 470 89 352 23 47 6 2007 372 69 289 14 29 0 2006 262 63 199 0 0 0 2005 254 49 205 0 0 0 2004 196 57 136 2 1 0 2003 193 53 137 2 1 0 2002 213 60 152 1 0 0 2001 183 47 135 1 0 0 2000 166 39 126 1 0 0 First Days to Decision First Articles Year Pending Decision Published 2010 58 105 74 2009 3 112 54 2008 0 104 45 2007 0 108 56 2006 0 153 52 2005 0 156 62 2004 0 162 54 2003 0 186 49 2002 146 51 2001 159 52 2000 156 45 TABLE 2 2010 Economic Inquiry Referees Afonso, Antonio Agbetsiafa, Douglas Ahn, Thomas Alba, Joseph Albanesi, Stefania Alcala, Francisco Aldashev, Gani Alexeev, Michael Allen, Douglas Allgood, Sam Alm, James Alvarez, Roberto Amromin, Gene Anderson, Axel Anderson, Christopher Anderson, Michael Anderson, Siwan Ando, Amy Whritenour Antman, Francisca Arefiev, Nicolay Aruoba, Boragan Assenza, Tiziana Aw-Roberts, Bee Yan Babcock, Bruce A Badunenko, Oleg Bagues, Manuel Baier, Scott Barankay, Iwan Barth, James Battu, Harminder Beauchamp, Andrew Becker, Johannes Gerd Beckworth, David Bender, Keith Berkovitch, Elazar Bernal, Raquel Berniell, Lucila Besley, Timothy Bianchi, Francesco Bikhchandani, Sushil Birchenall, Javier Bisin, Alberto Bizer, Kilian Bjerk, David Bjorvatn, Kjetil Bleaney, Michael Blonigen, Bruce Boccard, Nicolas Bodvarsson, Orn Bognanno, Michael Bonnisseau, Jean-Marc Bono, James Border, Kim Bougheas, Spiros Brandao, Antonio Braun, Matias Bridgman, Benjamin Brown, Jennifer Brown, Martin Buckles, Kasey Bucks, Brian Bueno de Mesquita, Ethan Burks, Stephen Burriel, Pablo Burtraw, Dallas Busse, Meghan Butcher, Kristin Butler, Alexander Buyukkarabacak, Berrak Caglayan, Mustafa Caliendo, Lorenzo Caliendo, Marco Calsamiglia, Caterina Cameron, Lisa Campbell, Noel D. …