Re: patent paper and bepress

2002-10-13 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 10/13/02 10:43:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Its my impression that the physical science journals all want fast turn around on their referee reports. Anybody know what its like with Anthropology, Sociology, or Political Science? - - Bill Dickens >> I seem to recall tha

RE: patent paper and bepress

2002-10-13 Thread Michael Etchison
William Dickens: >Anyone have any idea why the norm in economics allows referees so much time to do a report? Why its so different from other fields? Is this one of those "soft" vs. "hard" field things? Its my impression that the physical science journals all want fast turn around on their refere

Re: patent paper and bepress

2002-10-13 Thread William Dickens
Hi Alex, Congratulations and thanks for a very useful report on your experience with BE. I have never read any articles in BE. I hadn't even gone to their website before this. However, I'm a technological dinosaur who still gets hard copies of journals. My RAs barely know what the inside of a

patent paper and bepress

2002-10-12 Thread Alex T Tabarrok
Warning: Some shameless self-promotion as well as promotion of bepress.com My most recent paper, Patent Theory versus Patent Law, has just been published by the B.E. journal, Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy. You can find the article and abstract here (abstract is also below) http: