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Effective July 1, 2004, the submission
fee schedule is:
- For subscribers to the JFE, $500
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As always, fees on the last submission
are refunded for accepted papers. Resubmissions are generally required to pay
another fee unless the editor explicitly waives this requirement. Submission
fees are also refunded when, in the editor's judgment, the delay in providing
a report and decision letter is abnormally long. Submission fees involved in
disputes between authors and referees will also be adjusted (see the
JFE
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The Two-stage Review Process
I will screen all submissions and determine whether, even if the claims of
the authors are correct, the topic of the paper is of sufficiently broad interest
to warrant publication in the JFE.
If I determine that the paper does not meet that standard, I will send a quick
rejection letter and refund all but $100 of the submission fee. The submitting
author will receive no referee's report and there will be no right of appeal.
My goal is to have fewer referees' reports that merely say "this paper
is OK, but just not interesting/broad enough for the JFE."
This outcome is expensive for authors, referees, and editors, and the feedback
received by authors typically does not improve their papers very much.
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