Economist 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 "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 "JIE vs. IJIO"
Which one is better? Which one is a better fit for a theoretical paper. Thank you in advance.
View ArticleEconomist on "How to give semi negative review as young ap in small field"
Young ap here and have done work in a relatively small fieldReviewing paper for pretty good journal and I sort of know the author. But I am somewhat negative on the paper.Moreover the author presents...
View ArticleEconomist on "My undergraduate students are smarter than well established...
My coauthor and I are both non-native English speakers. We received the referees reports- for one of our recent papers - around a month ago. This paper is nontechnical with a toy model and some simple...
View ArticleEconomist on "Rejected from World Economy"
Broader trade paper, policy-based, little empirics and more on trade agreements. Any ideas on a good venue to send it?
View ArticleEconomist on "Americans have their journals, Europeans have their own...
poor Asians do not have their own journals. Distribution of journal publications from different continents could be better if it was mandatory to have regional journals? At least networking wise they...
View ArticleEconomist on "RA positions, out of ideas"
Any ideas? I think I have applied for every possible position.
View ArticleEconomist on "Data vindicates NK models with sticky prices due to menu costs"
Are Sticky Prices Costly? Evidence from the Stock Market, AER Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Michael Weber We show that after monetary policy announcements, the conditional volatility of stock market returns...
View ArticleEconomist on "I got a decision on a manuscript today"
Rejection. After five months. Message to editors: Don't be such asshooles to wait five months to send me a rejection the day before Christmas. Sad. Show a little bit of empathy.
View ArticleEconomist on "Didn't hear back from editor after reviewing a paper..."
New AP here. I was asked to review a paper for a top field journal a few months ago. I put in more time than I felt the paper deserved and submitted my referee report much earlier than the editor's...
View ArticleEconomist on "Is RFS inferior to the other two?"
Why do I come across people with this view sometimes? Is this a general view?
View ArticleEconomist on "I am submitting a paper tomorrow. Christmas day"
Alpha as f**k. While you proles go out and party.
View ArticleEconomist on "submitted your work to Labour Economics?"
Based on their initial processing time, I've got a feeling their turnover time is pretty long :(
View ArticleEconomist on "How's this even possible"
http://retractionwatch.com/2014/12/19/elsevier-retracting-16-papers-faked-peer-review/
View ArticleEconomist on "Are editors more or less prone to work for their journals...
Im planning to contact an editor to ask about my paper (he has asked me clarificafions before taking a final decisions anf hasnt replied after I wrote him two months ago). Do you think its better to...
View ArticleEconomist on "Working papers, priority, and the views of Ken Judd"
I just read Ken Judd's correpondence with the editorial board of the AER. Judd makes some remarks that I do not quite understand:"whereas unpublished work should be given zero weight [in publication...
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