Recently added articles from American Economist:
Succeeding in economics.(Column)
Sep 22, 2008; ... The editors of American Economist invited me to discuss professional aspects of my life as an economist as part of an ongoing series of similar discussions by others. They thought readers might find this of interest and might even benefit from learning how contributors to this series go ...
Journals, editors, referees, and authors: experiences at the Journal of Economic Literature.(Column)
Sep 22, 2008; ... I have been invited to write about my experiences as editor of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) and to reflect on what these experiences may mean for the status of journals in intellectual inquiry. I was editor of the JEL for thirteen years from 1986 to 1998. Before becoming ...
Practitioner of the dismal science? Who, me? Couldn't be!!(Column)
Sep 22, 2008; ... Why did I become a labor economist concerned with the institutions that affect the lives of workers and the organization of work when I could have been an investment banker, McKinsey consultant, used car salesman or even a theorist working out the truths of the Invisible Hand on a ...
Econ agonistes: navigating and surviving the publishing process.(Column)
Sep 22, 2008; ... INTRODUCTION Let me begin this article with a brief summary of my qualifications. During my career, I have refereed nearly 300 articles for professional journals and as a journal editor have made decisions on more than 1000 papers. I have edited several symposia and special ...
Epistemic flagpoles: economics journals as instrumental rhetoric.
Sep 22, 2008; ... I. INSTRUMENTAL RHETORIC Donald/Deirdre McCloskey has made a number of profound contributions to economics. Nothing in his/her prodigious output can match the masterful article offering clarity on the word rhetoric [1983]. Clarity, however, brought anxiety. "You mean economics ...
Linking labor productivity to economic freedom.
Sep 22, 2008; ... I. INTRODUCTION In the preface to New Economic Growth." New Factors and New Perspectives, the editors, Bahmani-Oskooee and Galindo Martin (2006), say that in recent decades economists have provided newer views of a better economic future where economic growth takes center stage ....
Determinants of the time-variation in emerging-market closed-end fund premiums: a comparison between equity and bond funds.
Sep 22, 2008; ... I. INTRODUCTION A closed-end fund is a publicly traded investment company that holds a portfolio of securities, whose composition is typically determined by the fund manager. Once started, a closed-end fund trades on the secondary market and sells either at a discount or a ...
The influence of economists on public attitudes toward government.
Sep 22, 2008; ... I. INTRODUCTION Do economists in government encourage or discourage the growth of government? Since economists tend to be more skeptical of government intervention in markets (Blendon et al. 1997), one would expect government spending to slow when more economists are employed by ...