slowRumor on "Why is the Cohen et al "best ideas" paper not published?"
It seems like a rather solid paper, good topic, convincing empirical results, and well executed. Link is here:http://personal.lse.ac.uk/POLK/research/bestideas.pdfThe fact that it is not published...
View ArticleEconomist on "Retracted papers"
How often do papers get retracted in Finance and Economics ?It could be an honest mistake, a miscalculation, or something else...The paper can be a working paper or a published paper.. I guess a...
View ArticleEconomist on "Wrote some crummy referee reports today I did"
and it feels so good. one of them should have been a desk reject, so I ripped the editor for sending me the paper. It was barely in readable Engrish.the other could have been something if the authors...
View ArticleEconomist on "Refereeing theory (as an empiricist)"
I have been asked to referee a theory paper, and I want to do a serious job. What are the dimensions of the work I should be especially attentive to? What are elements that my report should absolutely...
View ArticleEconomist on "Short theory paper in top 5?"
I have a short (~10 page) theory paper where I suggest that the standard interpretation of a famous result is wrong, and I have a simple proof of a much better interpretation. If I'm right, this should...
View ArticleEconomist on "Applied Economics"
Hi Ladies and Gentlemen,I received an acceptance from AE. Since they are ranked #69 on REPEC, would that be a good signal for the job market? I am aiming for 100 to 200 rank and LACs.
View ArticleEconomist on "Under review for 4 months"
The referees clearly only took about 10 minutes to do their reviews. What a sham!
View ArticleEconomist on "NSF August cycle"
Quick survey:who is submitting a grant proposal to NSF in August cycle and to which program?
View ArticleEconomist on "This manuscript only solves two major pricing puzzles"
Seems too specialized for a general interest journal. Based on this reservation, I recommend reject.
View ArticleEconomist on "There is ALWAYS a reason for a rejection"
That's why you need an HRM status for a top pub
View ArticleEconomist on "When reviewing a paper it's important that you know the...
That's why reviewers for double-blind journals always do a google search first to find out who wrote the manuscript. Then, they quickly check their CV's to infer the quality of the author(s). At this...
View ArticleEconomist on "My paper is in the upper quartile for days under review at this...
I guess I'm just very unlucky.
View ArticleEconomist on "These asshats are taking longer to review my paper than I took...
50 days average turnaround time....my ass!
View ArticleEconomist on "Father is an executive editor and son has two R&R: how fair is...
https://sites.google.com/site/sakarolyi/skills/research-1"Debt Covenants, Expected Default Costs, and the Implicit Cost of Financial Reporting Manipulation" with Aytekin Ertan (LBS) - Revise and...
View ArticleEconomist on "50% of QJE papers come from MIT and Harvard PhDs"
and only from people who working at 7 universities (Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, Chicago, Princeton, Stanford and Columbia) http://ftp.iza.org/dp9414.pdfYale LRM, confirmed
View ArticleEconomist on "You got no one to blame for your research pipeline"
No, you got yourself into your own mess
View ArticleEconomist on "Publishing a simple insight"
I've got an insight that whenever I've told it to other people (and I've told it to many other people), they all say "huh, interesting! But I don't think you can publish this." The excuse they give is...
View ArticleEconomist on "Review of Economic Studies introduces a $100 submission fee"
Review of Economic Studies introduces a $100 submission fee, confirming that the submissions from LRMs making $40,000 a year teaching 4/4 at a local college or those making $15,000 a year from low...
View ArticleEconomist on "Finance Journal"
Which of these is the most easy to publish journal in finance?Journal of Empirical Finance International Review of Economics and Finance Annals of FinanceI am professor in a low ranked university. The...
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