Journal of Financial Economics
Dispute Policy
Occasionally an author will conclude that the referee erred in reviewing his
paper. To resolve these disputes, the JFE
follows the following procedure (modified effective July 1, 2004).
- A letter detailing the issues in dispute is sent by the author to the
editorial office and forwarded to the anonymous referee.
- The referee is asked to respond to the editor saying the he agrees or
disagrees with the issues raised by the author.
- If the author and referee have agreed to disagree, the author can initiate
the following dispute procedure:
- Use PaylPal or send a check for $500 payable to the Journal
of Financial Economics to cover the costs of another review.
- The editor will send the paper to another referee, along with all
of the relevant correspondence from the first review, including the
correspondence between the author and the first referee.
The second referee's report will lead to the following outcomes:
- If paper is published in its current form, the JFE
will refund the full submission fees [the original submission fee of $500
(or $550 for non-subscribers) plus the $500 fee for the second review].
- If the JFE decides not to publish
the paper, but the second referee agrees with the author that the first
referee erred, the JFE will refund the
incremental $500 fee.
- If the second referee agrees with the first referee, the paper is rejected,
no submission fees will be refunded, and the rejection decision is final.
We hope that both authors and referees understand the desirability of having
authors share the burden of disputes. Our intent is to resolve disputes efficiently
and fairly, and to rectify mistakes through our refund policy.
Authors who wish to use PayPal to pay the $500 dispute fee:
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