Rejected: Leading Economists Ponder the Publication Process. This item is unavailable.Rejected: Leading Economists Ponder the Publication Process

The publishing process is a the lifeblood of the economics profession. What do the world's foremost economists and journal editors think about the journal publication process? Have journals rejected their articles, perhaps articles that later became famous?

Many people know that Robert Merton and Myron Scholes won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics for their now famous 1973 paper on options pricing. A lucky few are aware that this options paper was rejected by several leading journals before the Journal of Political Economy finally accepted it. This book compiles tales of rejection from more than 70 leading economists, including 20 Nobel winners.

"...waxed philosophical about the inevitable ups and downs of academic publishing." -- San Fransisco Chronicle

"Ordinary mortals...will be heartened to learn that even the Nobel laureates among them have had their work rejected." -- The Chronicle of Higher Education