William Sjostrom wrote:
> > I agree that academia wastes vast resources relative to the goal of seeking
> > truth, but I disagree that this implies a market failure, mainly because I
> > don't think the ultimate customers fundamentally want truth. In fact, I
> > think customers in part want fadd
Bill Sjostrom wrote:
"Clearly, there are journals that exist solely as outlets for economists at little teaching colleges to get in the one or two papers they need for tenure, for no
obvious reason."
What are some examples of those journals?
Also, what are some good lines of research or question
> I agree that academia wastes vast resources relative to the goal of
seeking
> truth, but I disagree that this implies a market failure, mainly because I
> don't think the ultimate customers fundamentally want truth. In fact, I
> think customers in part want faddism and cults of personality.
Po
2002 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: Not such a fantastically entertaining paper
> Pete writes "We go through an entire process of being cultured to the
> ways of the
> profession called graduate school and especially the process of writing
> a
> dissertation and getting a job. T
s/pboettke
- Original Message -
From: "Robin Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: Not such a fantastically entertaining paper
> Peter J. Boettke wrote:
> >... But the bottom line problem with
Pete writes "We go through an entire process of being cultured to the
ways of the
profession called graduate school and especially the process of writing
a
dissertation and getting a job. Then you get more of that as an
assistant
professor -- especially if you are at a top 20 research university.
Peter J. Boettke wrote:
>... But the bottom line problem with this
>entrepreneurial hope in the market for academic economics is that we don't
>have institutions that serve the functions analogous to property, prices and
>profit and loss.
The standard story is that authors have a property right i
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- Original Message -
From: "Alex Tabarrok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: &l
I said "I happen to think that much of what the profession demands is
unnecessary,
boring, absurd, and counter-productive but what has this to do with the
way journals are refereed?"
Pete responded "Well, that is the question isn't it?"
Yes, it is the question that Frey doesn't answer.
Pete wri
Let me also add that the basic assumption of Frey's article is also
wrong - the assumption that editors slavishly follow referee's.
My take is that it's editors choose referees, so the editor's
really do choose the articles because they choose referees
and indirectly choose the outcomes.
Fabio
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- Original Message -
From: "Alex Tabarrok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 3:17 PM
Subject: Not such a fantastically entertaining paper
> In addition to Robin's comments I found the m
In addition to Robin's comments I found the motivating factor of Frey's
paper to be weak. I take it that his main complaint is that referee's
force authors to prostitute themselves by making changes the authors
think are wrong.
I personally have never experienced this problem and I would be
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