Economist on "Why LRMs write sooo badly?"
OK, I can see that they can't come up with very original ideas and may struggle with the technical parts, but why the writing is so poor? I was expecting less heterogeneity when it comes writing, but...
View ArticleEconomist on "Economics Letters for Educational Economics"
Does anyone know of a journal that prints short articles (like Economics Letters) but specifically for the subject of education economics?
View ArticleEconomist on "Typical schedule of productive researchers"
What is a typical schedule? I'm never able to start soon after I walk in to my office. I spend an hour or so reading blah online and then feel I've wasted a good part of the day. How to change this?
View ArticleEconomist on "How difficult is it to publish in CAR or RAS?"
CAR and RAS are considered as top accounting journals by many departments but they are of course below top 3 like TAR, JAE, and JAR. Can I understand CAR and RAS as par with JFQA in that they are just...
View ArticleAngryBro on "Journal of Business Ethics"
It's an FT 50 journal. What do you guys think about this journal? How is it viewed in your department or school?
View ArticleEconomist on "Any theory grad student get NFS funding without a big name on...
I am looking for funding but I don't have any co-authors or previous pubs. I have heard that grad students get NSF money even before they are accepted to grad school. But my sense is that they are...
View ArticleEconomist on "Bruno Frey member of Econ Journal Watch Advisory Board !?"
Is this a joke?https://econjwatch.org/about/Reminder: http://olafstorbeck.blogstrasse2.de/?p=1595
View ArticleEconomist on "In 20 months"
you can have a child and watch her grow up. or even have your second child. but you may not hear from the JME. not even once! it is harder to publish at the JME than have a child. confirmed.
View ArticleEconomist on "Do you have to list the conferences where a paper was presented?"
Do you have to list the conferences (and titles) where a paper was presented when submitting it to a journal? I've presented the same paper at a couple of conferences and have changed the title as it...
View ArticleEconomist on "Scandal! Oberholzer-Gee vs Liebowitz vs Lisa George"
http://andrewgelman.com/2017/02/16/cry-of-alarm/"OS’s choice of IEP was not surprising. Among other factors, the editor of the journal, Lisa George, was a student of Oberholzer-Gee (he served on her...
View ArticleEconomist on "why people publish at Economics Bulletin?"
This is a serious question. I know many will answer: the journal is crap, why do you care, etc. But it has been out for a decade and a lot of people seem to be sending there stuff there. Why?
View ArticleEconomist on "Student Sorting and Implications for Grade Inflation | Michael...
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~herron/sorting.pdf"There is a sizable literature on higher education, both in the United States and beyond, that draws attention to the phenomenon known as grade inflation. We...
View ArticleEconomist on "Citation counts"
How many legit citations would you need in your lifetime to not feel like a scrub?
View ArticleEconomist on "Does publishing"
comments on a paper insult the authors?Say, like, pointing out their mistakes.Serious answers, please.
View ArticleEconomist on "Withdrawing an accepted paper"
I am in a dilemma. My paper has been accepted by a good journal but all the 4 referee reports are so positive and full of praise of the paper that I am seriously considering withdrawing it from the...
View ArticleEconomist on "Weight of coauthored paper"
Suppose the value of a single authored regular article = 1 How about: 2 authors, 0.75 for each 3 authors, 0.6 for each 4 authors, 0.45 for each ... And A note = 0.6 * the above values A comment = 0.4 *...
View ArticleEconomist on "Economic Development and Cultural Change"
Can you share your experience on how long the journal took to desk reject/review your paper?Jim
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