Economist on "How likely that my two papers take way longer than median to...
If the review times were independent of each other and of my identity, then it should be about 25% chance (prob 1st > median)*(prob 2nd > median)=0.5*0.5. I think they are not independent though.
View ArticleEconomist on "Does any other field have submission fees for both top and...
Seems like damn near every journal in econ these days is trying to swindle out some extra cash from authors, on top of the fees they get from libraries. This is true for the top journals and even some...
View ArticleEconomist on "Why aren't they citing my papers? WHY?"
I keep finding papers that are closely related with what I am doing but no one cites me, they keep citing the same old papers and new research from people inside the 'club'. I'm a new AP and I only...
View ArticleEconomist on "What kind of papers publish in top 5 econ journals?"
It seems:QJE publishes papers with simple answers to long-standing puzzles and ones that offer a new contribution. Econometrica papers tend to be theoretically and econometrically involved. SO very...
View ArticleEconomist on "There are only 10 manuscripts that have been under review...
Of the current manuscripts under review at a particular top journal. I'm quite unlucky.
View ArticleEconomist on "Burn academia"
s**t day: 7 months ago a journal rejected my paper but said the paper was very well written and would do well at a top field. Sent it to a top field and the paper was rejected on grounds that it was...
View ArticleEconomist on "Say you have an applied micro-theory paper"
what's your submission order?
View ArticleEconomist on "Journal of Sports Economics"
Is Journal of Sports Economics respectable? Another suggestion for applied research on Sports Labor Market?
View ArticleEconomist on "Word Count for Economics Letters Latex Document"
How do you produce a reliable word count for a Latex document? I've used various online pdf word count applications, saved the document as a word file, and Texcount, all with differing outcomes.Any...
View ArticleEconomist on "Wish me luck bros, I should hear back soon!!"
This manuscript was submitted on October 12, 2016 and all reviews are in. It has been pending for a total of 132 days.
View ArticleEconomist on "Just realized a typo in the title of the paper I just submitted"
I just submitted a paper to an Elsevier journal, and realized in the submission confirmation email that I accidentally left out an "of" from the title of the paper.The uploaded manuscript has the...
View ArticleEconomist on "Finance Academia is Delusional"
The other day, someone said Fama French changed the hedge fund industry forever. LOL!!!!!!!!!I almost fell down laughing.
View ArticleEconomist on "There are only 10 manuscripts that have been under review...
Of the current manuscripts under review at a particular top journal. I'm quite unlucky.
View ArticleEconomist on "Emailing editors after rejections"
Do you ever e-mail editors after a rejection, e.g. to ask about any suggestions for other suitable outlets if they haven't mentioned this? Or is this a big no-no?
View ArticleEconomist on "A New Way to Rank Journals"
Instead of the traditional characterization (top 5, top field, etc.), why not use natural cutoff points? Consider the IDEAS 10-Yr recursive discounted rankings (excluding survey journals and moving AER...
View ArticleEconomist on "My wife generates lot of trouble for minor domestic issues"
Doesn't let me concentrate in my research
View ArticleEconomist on "Michigan economist: Climate change to severely impact...
The existing empirical literature on the impacts of climate change on the electricity sector has focused on changing electricity consumption patterns. In this paper, we show that incorporating impacts...
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