From the inbox:
Dear Colleague,
I am writing to let you know that one or more of your papers was cited in issue 3 of volume 3 of the J. of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (JAERE). I have attached a PDF of the paper; the authors and title are:
Laura A. Bakkensen and Robert O. Mendelsohn, “Risk and Adaptation: Evidence from Global Hurricane Damages and Fatalities”
This reminds me of that one time when I submitted a hurricane evacuation paper to JEEM and got a desk rejection. The editor told me it wasn't environmental enough but I should send it to the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. So, I sent it to the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. I got a desk rejection. The editor told me that hurricane evacuations weren't risky or uncertain enough but I should send it to JEEM. [1]
This also reminds me of that time when the exact same thing happened ... again with a hurricane evacuation paper. [2]
And then there was this third paper. Oyster consumption safety isn't risky or uncertain enough for the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. But, at least, this one got a review. My favorite line was something like this: "Readers of JRU won't be interested in this paper until page 26." That's when we began computing a measure of the value of lives saved from an oyster safety policy. Funnier still, this paper was also rejected at JEEM after two rounds of reviews. The editor suggested I send it to JRU. Which I did. [3][4]
Notes:
[1] Finally published at Ocean and Coastal Management.
[2] Finally published at Environmental and Resource Economics. It was environmental enough for the Europeans.
[3] Under review somewhere.
[4] I don't plan on sending any more papers to JRU ... unless I start estimating hedonic wage models with a risk variable and turning the results into a VSL.
