The Southern Business and Economic Journal (SBEJ) was first published in 1978 and is currently distributed to 800 individuals and libraries across the country and in many parts of the world. The journal serves as a publishing outlet for a variety of disciplines including economics and agricultural economics, finance, accounting, management, information systems and others. The SBEJ is listed in the EBSCO Online Data Base and is in the Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities: Accounting, Economics and Finance.