Economics 730
Reading List


Publish or Perish
David N. Laband, Michael J. Piette, The Relative Impacts of Economics Journals: 1970-1990, Journal of Economic Literature, June 1994.
Joshua S. Gans and George B Sheperd, How Are the Mighty Fallen: Rejected Classic Articles by Leading Economists, Journal of Economic Perspectives 8(2), Winter 1994.
Daniel S. Hamermesh, Facts and Myths about Refereeing, Journal of Economic Perspectives 8(2), Winter 1994.
Caroline Elliott, David Greenaway, and David Sapsford, Who's publishing who? The national composition of contributors to some core US and European journals, European Economic Review 42, 1998.
William Thomson, The Young Person's Guide to Writing Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Literature, March 1999.
John Hudson, Trends in Multi-Authored Papers in Economics, Journal of Economic Perspectives 10(3), Summer 1996.
C. Elton Hinshaw, John J. Siegfried  Who gets on the AEA program? 9(1) Winter 1995
David Figlio, Trends in the Publication of Empirical Economics, Journal of Economic Perspectives 8(3) Summer 1994.
The Job Market
John J. Siegfried and Wendy A. Stock, The Labor Market for New Ph.D. Economists, Journal of Economic Perspectives 13(3), Summer 1999.
Albert Rees, The salaries of Ph.D.'s in Academe and Elsewhere   Journal of Economic Perspectives 7(1) Winter 1993.
The Profession
Daniel S. Hamermesh, The Young Economist's Guide to Professional Etiquette, Journal of Economic Perspectives 6(1), Winter 1992.
Bruno S. Frey, Reiner Eichenberger, American and European Economics and Economists, Journal of Economic Perspectives 7(4), Fall 1993.
Robert H. Frank, Thomas D. Gilovich, Dennis T. Regan, Do Economists Make Bad Citizens?, Journal of Economic Perspectives 10(1), Winter 1996.
Women in the Profession
Shulamit Kahn, Women in the Economics Profession, Journal of Economic Perspectives 9(4) Fall 1995.
Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) Newsletter