Economist on "Immigration and the American Worker: A Review of the Literature...
http://cis.org/immigration-and-the-american-worker-review-academic-literatureThe Standard “Textbook” Model-The presence of all immigrant workers (legal and illegal) in the labor market makes the U.S....
View ArticleEconomist on "JIE status updates"
Journal of International Economics. What is the sequence of typical status updates a paper goes through at JIE?
View ArticleEconomist on "Economics Bulletin"
Just referreed for them. It was a positive experience, though the paper I reviewed was very low quality.I like that they just ask for your recommendation and only 1 or 2 paragraphs of comments. They...
View ArticleEconomist on "AER: The Very Short-Run Health Effects of Pokemon Go: Evidence...
Abstract:We estimate whether walking burns calories and causes individuals to lose weight. Using Pokemon Go as an instrument for miles walked, we find that exercise reduces one's body mass index. The...
View ArticleEconomist on "Finally got a referee rejection!"
Had only got desk rejections before. The paper is improving!
View ArticleEconomist on "Just gave my favorite undergrad a referee report to work on"
I'm too swamped right now (with personal stuff) to do my referee reports. And so I typically pass them on to my undergrad students.Just giving you guys a heads up here, as a service to the profession....
View ArticleEconomist on ""Both referees recommended rejection...""
I sometimes get this comment from the editor, but when I read the reports one of them is very positive. What am I missing?
View ArticleEconomist on "Anybody know any HRMs who refuse to publish below a certain...
As in, once it gets rejected by enough journals, they'll stop submitting it lower (even to decent ones)?
View ArticleEconomist on "Best short Econ papers?"
Easy mode: less than ten pages, two columns Hard mode: less than five pages, single column
View ArticleEconomist on "Review of Finance"
As expected its ranking is not the claimed one: it is not the 4th finance journal but at most it is in the top 10. citations 2010 are by far less then 2009. It can only decline.
View ArticleEconomist on "Taking Google scholar credit for a paper you never wrote"
You did write a "comment" on the paper, but not the original paper. So why are you adding the 400+ cites to the original paper as part of your...
View ArticleEconomist on "Is there any online journal ranking used for tenure decisions?"
I am specifically interested in finance. I remember there was a ranking by Bocconi. Any other schools published it online? Thanks, bros!
View ArticleEconomist on "JBES, J of Econometrics, and JASA"
Are these top journals? As important as JF/JFE/RFS?
View ArticleEconomist on "Slow editor at bad journal"
This summer I did my first referee report. It was due in September, I sent it in early and yet 2.5 months later no editorial decision has been made! Wtf is taking so long? It's not even my paper and it...
View ArticleEconomist on "How long before new computer?"
How long do you wait as an AP before you ask for a new computer? Is 3 years too soon?
View ArticleEconomist on "Thank someone to avoid having him as a referee?"
Hi guys, I have a paper in a very small subfield, so I could more or less guess who will be my potential referees. I talked to a senior and he was not particularly excited about the paper, I was...
View ArticleEconomist on "Submitting a paper now or later?"
Does it make a difference in terms of expected outcome whether one submits a paper close to the end of the year or right in the beginning?
View ArticleEconomist on "Something going on in JDE?"
I submitted my paper there about a month and a half ago, and it still says it's with the editor.What is going on here? Hope this is just a system glitch and I passed the desk reject at least.
View ArticleEconomist on "The paradox of policy-relevant RCTs and natural experiments"
http://www.phd-finance.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:3514b5ba-9c8b-4236-b1ff-0f48576e7436/FS_spring16_paper_Chemla.pdfThis seems like it *might* be an important paper, but they can't clearly state their argument,...
View ArticleEconomist on "Economics Bulletin"
Just referreed for them. It was a positive experience, though the paper I reviewed was very low quality.I like that they just ask for your recommendation and only 1 or 2 paragraphs of comments. They...
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