JFE is a good publication
German Market
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Because it's too risky. Die Liste kann platzen. And, then you have to convince the president once more that it is worth to re-advertise a position in econ. Maybe, there is even a committee for that purpose. Your points in the negotiations: (i) the number of econ students is declining. (ii) econ does not provide much third-party funding. (iii) gender stuff/plural stuff/environment stuff is much more politically en vogue. So, good luck then. And no, no one cares about fiscal/monetary policy in times of Covid or vaccination incentives.
From a social point of view, improvement in terms of pubs is warranted of course. It would make sense to go for the senior, even if it's a long shot.
But as a small to medium faculty, you do not want to bear the burden.
# Greetings from a disenchanted colleague who got tenure not so long ago.
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I think the political climate in the US makes you think that well, maybe, it isn't so bad if your kids grow up in Tübingen.
AG and RL (as well as MT) are amazing hires for relatively small departments. This is great for German economics. Look at the hires of 10 years ago and now, clear upward trajectory
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Still, it's Hannover. How many JUNIORS with top-5 pubs are out there and applied for that position?
Top-5???
There are many desperate postdocs with a top-5 around. Question is whether they fit. They were looking for tax people, which is presumably the only field in D where you can compete without a top5.
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There are many desperate postdocs with a top-5 around. Question is whether they fit. They were looking for tax people, which is presumably the only field in D where you can compete without a top5.
This.
The absurd market distortion created in Germany by the existence of Finanzwissenschaft as a separate field is ridiculous. Entire careers built publishing one or two JPubE or JIE on international tax competition, while being shielded from competition in ones own “sector”. Meanwhile, in the other fields, you get entire Berufungslisten with all people with top fives (or “narrow misses” in the worst case).
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There are many desperate postdocs with a top-5 around. Question is whether they fit. They were looking for tax people, which is presumably the only field in D where you can compete without a top5.
This.
The absurd market distortion created in Germany by the existence of Finanzwissenschaft as a separate field is ridiculous. Entire careers built publishing one or two JPubE or JIE on international tax competition, while being shielded from competition in ones own “sector”. Meanwhile, in the other fields, you get entire Berufungslisten with all people with top fives (or “narrow misses” in the worst case).Just checked his CV - no pipeline, but typos. O Germany, where art thou?
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Well, all the public guys were smart enough to pick the right field. Every German university needs to teach public finance, and there are just not enough juniors with top 5 publications to fill these pf positions. In general, not many people in pf publish top 5.
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Reinforcing the tyranny of the TOP 5 anyone?
There are many desperate postdocs with a top-5 around. Question is whether they fit. They were looking for tax people, which is presumably the only field in D where you can compete without a top5.
This.
The absurd market distortion created in Germany by the existence of Finanzwissenschaft as a separate field is ridiculous. Entire careers built publishing one or two JPubE or JIE on international tax competition, while being shielded from competition in ones own “sector”. Meanwhile, in the other fields, you get entire Berufungslisten with all people with top fives (or “narrow misses” in the worst case). -
To fight the tyranny of Public in Germany - you bet.
Reinforcing the tyranny of the TOP 5 anyone?
There are many desperate postdocs with a top-5 around. Question is whether they fit. They were looking for tax people, which is presumably the only field in D where you can compete without a top5.
This.
The absurd market distortion created in Germany by the existence of Finanzwissenschaft as a separate field is ridiculous. Entire careers built publishing one or two JPubE or JIE on international tax competition, while being shielded from competition in ones own “sector”. Meanwhile, in the other fields, you get entire Berufungslisten with all people with top fives (or “narrow misses” in the worst case).
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To fight the tyranny of Public in Germany - you bet.
Reinforcing the tyranny of the TOP 5 anyone?
There are many desperate postdocs with a top-5 around. Question is whether they fit. They were looking for tax people, which is presumably the only field in D where you can compete without a top5.
This.
The absurd market distortion created in Germany by the existence of Finanzwissenschaft as a separate field is ridiculous. Entire careers built publishing one or two JPubE or JIE on international tax competition, while being shielded from competition in ones own “sector”. Meanwhile, in the other fields, you get entire Berufungslisten with all people with top fives (or “narrow misses” in the worst case).Conditional on the field, these are great guys. And: the field is very relevant....
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Public finance isn't just a big field in Germany. Every US econ department also needs someone in public finance.
So you are saying it is harder to publish in a top 5 journal for pf guys because the supply of papers is larger? ;)
The problem is that bread and butter PF topics are harder to publish in top 5 without using US data. Of course if you have unique data or a once in a lifetime natural experiment that only exists in Germany it's a different story.