Journal of Financial Economics
Dispute Policy
Occasionally an author will conclude that the referee erred in reviewing his paper. To resolve these disputes, the JFE follows the following procedure (modified effective January 21, 2012).
- A letter detailing the issues in dispute is sent by the author to the editorial office and forwarded to the anonymous referee.
- The referee is asked to respond to the editor saying the he agrees or disagrees with the issues raised by the author.
- If the author and referee have agreed to disagree, the author can initiate the following dispute procedure:
- Use PayPal or send a check for $750 payable to the Journal of Financial Economics to cover the costs of the dispute.
- The editor will send the paper to another referee, along with all of the relevant correspondence from the first review, including the correspondence between the author and the first referee.
The second referee's report will lead to the following outcomes:
- If paper is published in its current form, the JFE will refund the full submission fees [the original submission fee of $600 (or $650 for non-subscribers) plus the $750 fee for the second review].
- If the JFE decides not to publish the paper, but the second referee agrees with the author that the first referee erred, the JFE will refund the incremental $750 dispute fee.
- If the second referee agrees with the first referee, the paper is rejected, no submission fees will be refunded, and the rejection decision is final.
We hope that both authors and referees understand the desirability of having authors share the burden of disputes. Our intent is to resolve disputes efficiently and fairly, and to rectify mistakes through our refund policy.
Authors who wish to use PayPal to pay the $750 dispute fee:
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