Economist on "Why are papers longer than ten pages?"
A paper is supposed to be about a very specific point. If you have more than one point, write another paper. Or a book. Remember books? I do. They used to be good. Because you had a really long point...
View ArticleEconomist on "Papers accepted on first submission at top 5s"
I know of only one: thompson\fox-kean AER takedown of jaffe\tratjenberg\henderson's QJE.Are there others?
View ArticleEconomist on "Article Influence Score Ranking of Theory Journals 2017"
Based on 2016 journal citation report. The ranks are out of 340 economics journals in the pool. The number to the right is the score.6 Econometrica 9.863 26 AEJ-Micro 3.994 27 TE 3.841 46 JET 2.092 71...
View ArticleEconomist on "JAERE is crap"
The conclusion following a few years of this experiment is that JAERE is an outlet for established folks in the environmental economics club to put their mediocre papers. I see so many poor studies go...
View ArticleEconomist on "Better to publish crappy paper or keep it in file drawer?"
Does publishing a crappy paper hurt more than it helps? I can get one of my papers into a B outlet, which is fine, but it's specifically a paper I can't stand and don't ever want to see the light. The...
View Articlechartwel on "AER: Communications"
"The AEA Executive Committee voted to establish a new publication outlet for short and compact papers in economics. The journal is provisionally named AER: Communications. The style of papers in the...
View ArticleEconomist on "Your breakfast affects your social decision making (ultimatum...
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/06/06/1620245114.abstractFood intake is essential for maintaining homeostasis, which is necessary for survival in all species. However, food intake also impacts...
View ArticleEconomist on "Black or african-american"
Hey guys, I am writing a paper on the effect of race on labor market outcomes. Should I refer to blacks/African-Americans as black or African-American? What is the standard in economics?
View ArticleEconomist on "Why is Econometrica considered a general interest?"
It is inscrutable to anyone who doesn't have a double degree in mathematics and economics.
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 "Impact factor 2016 (JCR)"
Top-20 in economics: QJE 6.662 JF 6.043 JEP 5.727 Ec Geo 5.344 JEL 5.220 JFE 4.505 Value in Health 4.235 JHR 4.047 RES 4.030 AER 4.026 JPE 3.923 Review of Envir. Ec. and Policy 3.862 JAE 3.839...
View ArticleEconomist on "JME review time"
Please share your recent experience with Journal of Monetary Economics in terms of the first decision time. thanks
View ArticleEconomist on "Overhead for social science NSF grants is a joke"
My University put 65% on top of any NSF proposal I file. For what? I'm just going to download a bunch of data sets and do some P hacking, and pay some RAs to fake the results. I can see overhead for...
View ArticleEconomist on "Restat or Restud?"
What's the true #5 better journal?Good for RestatNo good for Restud
View ArticleEconomist on "Submit papers right after wrting them up?"
I am referring to papers submitted to good journals. I'm wondering if people submit their papers right after they finish writing them up, or wait for a few months to collect some feedback before they...
View ArticleEconomist on "JEDC or JEBO for behavioral macro paper"
I have a behavioral macro paper with simulations. Recently rejected from JMCB with disinterested reports. If I want to be read by macroeconomists, am I better off sending the paper to JEDC or JEBO? I...
View ArticleEconomist on "Applied economics letters"
Any experience on how long does it take to get an answer from Applied Economics Letters?
View ArticleEconomist on "where to submit working paper?"
Does anyone have any ideas about where to submit a paper as a working paper (if I am unable to submit at the WP at my own university)? I know that someone else is doing something very similar to my...
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