The inside scoop: Acceptance and rejection at the journal of international economics

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Cherkashin, Ivan; Demidova, Svetlana; Imai, Susumu; Krishna, Kala
• 署名单位: McMaster University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Queens University - Canada
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2008.10.002
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 120-132
• 关键词: Publishing in Economics; Performance evaluation; Probit model; selection bias

摘要

There is little work on the inner workings of journals. What factors seem to affect the ability to publish in a journal? Could simple rules (which are already used by some journals) like the desk rejection of a significant minority of papers, help to streamline the process? At what cost? How well do journals seem to do in choosing papers? What can we say about the extent of type 1 and type 2 errors? Do editors seem to have uniform standards or are some harsher than others? We use data on submissions to the journal of International Economics to help answer these questions. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.