《经济设计评论》探索发明、分析和测试经济、社会和政治机构和机制的艺术和科学。该杂志采用规范和实证经济学和博弈论的战略分析，使用新颖的想法设计和装配各种法律经济工具。这些文书包括宪法和其他权利的转让;分配或管制机制;税务及奖励计划;合同形式;投票和其他选择汇总程序;市场;拍卖;以及各种各样的组织形式。
Review of Economic Design explores the art and science of inventing, analyzing, and testing economic, social, and political institutions and mechanisms.The journal applies normative and positive economics and the strategic analysis of game theory, using novel ideas for designing and assembling diverse legal-economic instruments. Among these instruments are constitutions and other assignments of rights; mechanisms for allocation or regulation; tax and incentive schemes; contract forms; voting and other choice aggregation procedures; markets; auctions; and a variety of organizational forms.