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How does co-authoring papers with other faculty members factor into your attractiveness as a job market candidate? My impression is that your job market paper should be your individual work, but it is acceptable for you to do some collaborative work with faculty as well.
So it seems that in addition to the time you spend on your job market paper, you can allocate your research time in 2 ways: 1) you could work with a reputable faculty member in your department and attempt to get a paper published with them before you get on the job market, or 2) you could get other independent projects going so that they are 'in the works' when you are on the market. What are your guys' opinions of the tradeoffs between these 2?
Also, I've seen a lot of dissertations that are actually a collection of seperate papers (i.e. 3 essays on a related set of topics). Do people who do this write all these papers individually, or are some co-authored pieces with their advisors?
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