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Field
Experimental Design (Public)
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Before
This study employs a survey experiment, and the participants will be academic researchers from all over the globe who have published at least one research article in an academic journal in economics or a related field (finance, for example) since 2000 and for whom we can find a publicly available email address. We collect the email addresses from publicly available sources including the articles, journal webpages, university webpages, or other public sources. In total, there are approximately 43,000 addresses on the list.
The survey has five sections: Consent, basic questions, encouragement screen, decision letter and follow-up questions, and demographic questions. We will use Qualtrics to create and distribute the survey. The duration is approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
Subjects who consent will proceed to the basic question section where they will be asked about their job and research activities. After these baseline questions, respondents are asked to carefully read a sample letter from the editor of a top-5 general interest journal who is writing with a decision on their hypothetical submission. Respondents will indicate what they would do next if they were to receive such a letter. They will also answer questions about their confidence in the success of this paper at this journal and more generally at other leading journals. The survey will end with standard demographic questions. This section also includes questions about the approximate rank of their PhD institution and current institution. We will offer them the opportunity to provide a link to their website for us to glean this information, as well as their publication record, but this will be completely optional. The final screen will ask respondents for their email address if they would like to enter the lottery for a chance to win a prize of $50 value.
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After
This study employs a survey experiment, and the participants will be academic researchers from all over the globe who have submitted at least one paper to a peer-reviewed journal for publication and received at least one editor decision letter in the past five years in economics or a related field (finance, for example) and for whom we can find a publicly available email address. We collect the email addresses from publicly available sources including the articles, journal webpages, university webpages, or other public sources. In total, there are approximately 43,000 addresses on the list.
The survey has five sections: Consent, basic questions, encouragement screen, decision letter and follow-up questions, and demographic questions. We will use Qualtrics to create and distribute the survey. The duration is approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
Subjects who consent will proceed to the basic question section where they will be asked about their job and research activities. After these baseline questions, respondents are asked to carefully read a sample letter from the editor of a top-5 general interest journal who is writing with a decision on their hypothetical submission. Respondents will indicate what they would do next if they were to receive such a letter. They will also answer questions about their confidence in the success of this paper at this journal and more generally at other leading journals. The survey will end with standard demographic questions. This section also includes questions about the approximate rank of their PhD institution and current institution. We will offer them the opportunity to provide a link to their website for us to glean this information, as well as their publication record, but this will be completely optional. The final screen will ask respondents for their email address if they would like to enter the lottery for a chance to win a prize of $50 value.
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