Economist on "Economists' best papers are always written before their 40's"
After that they just repeat their work with different decorations. Like musicians creativity rapidly fades away after that age.
View ArticleEconomist on "Research misconduct"
My colleague is under investigation for research misconduct and other related incidents at our university. The charge are severe and the proof seems overwhelming.Two of the papers under investigation...
View ArticleEconomist on "Journal performance based on the Impact factor 2016 (JCR)"
What are the journals improved/fell from the last year? Any significant increase or fall for any journal?
View ArticleEconomist on "What is a novel dataset"
What would you consider a novel dataset? Does a combination of several sources of publicly available (non-propriety) data constitute a 'novel dataset'? Or do you have to have your own (field)...
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 "Short paper on corruption"
Just got rejected by Econ Letters. Dump or submit somewhere else?
View ArticleEconomist on "My wife told me my paper is worthless"
She's also an economist, and read my latest production. She told me it's worthless.Counting on her to improve it.
View ArticleEconomist on ""Pending decision" - Wiley"
Status changed from Under Review to Pending Decision like 3 days ago or so. How many days does this usually take?I expect to receive a decision in the next few days, right? My guess is I will get...
View ArticleEconomist on "How to get paid by the AER for refereeing?"
I just submitted a report for the AER and asked for my $100 to be paid through paypal. Except, now that I've sent the report there is no word from the AER about how they will pay me and when they will...
View ArticleEconomist on "Associate Editors at JME"
Grad student without journal experience here:1)When I submit to the JME, will Reis or Jermann necessarily be in charge of handling my paper or (possibly) one of the associate editors?2)Since I am...
View ArticleEconomist on "You'll die renowness, and you know it..."
So why bothering wasting your and other's time spamming journals with s**t? It's time to quit guys.
View ArticleEconomist on "A new fetal health paper"
We've had some threads on this topic in the past. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/692694But really what is the added value of papers such as these? We know that incentives matter. We...
View Articleduckman on "How to get data for domestic US firms using CRSP?"
Hi all, I am new to CRSP and would like to get daily data (price, volume etc) for domestic US firms. I also would like to remove mutual funds, investment vehicles and REITs. What would be the best way...
View ArticleEconomist on "Best time of year to submit paper"
Is there a time of year where journals tend to receive more or less submissions than normal? I'd guess summer months receive more submissions?
View ArticleEconomist on "What do you think of Nassim Nicholas Taleb?"
He goes overboard with attacking the theorists. However, his empirical approach makes a lot of sense. It wouldn't be very welcomed in academia, would it?
View ArticleEconomist on "How many before your 1st pub?"
how many rejections before your first hit.. i had 25. came close to being fired.. tenured now though.
View ArticleEconomist on "I got a pub! It took 10 different journals to find a home....
Has anyone ever got a pub where they submitted the paper to more than 10 different journals?
View ArticleEconomist on "Anybody having issues connecting WRDS via PC SAS"
I am having problems since last night ( East Coast). They are a monopoly these days. You can not even call them.
View ArticleEconomist on "1.5 months, still "with editor""
I submitted a paper a month and a half ago. The website still says "with editor". What's the deal?Is this a situation where it is okay to email the editor?
View ArticleEconomist on "QJE status: does it change if not desk rejected?"
Before desk rejection, status is 'pending'. Do they use a different label once the paper is sent out to the referees?
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