24/07/2010

Decisions, Decisions

"I have certainly had articles rejected, even on occasion for good reasons. . . . I recall on one occasion a referee filing a two paragraph commentary on a paper I co-authored suggesting (in the first paragraph) that the key theorem involved was trivially obvious and (in the second) that it was wrong. I thought on the whole that he ought to choose."

James March, quoted in: Joshua S. Gans and George B. Shepherd, "How are the mighty fallen: Rejected Classic Articles by Leading Economists", Journal of Economic Perspectives 8: 165-179 (p. 174)

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