"Accelerated" PhD - How do people do that??

[Elliephant]

Getting your paper published will definitely help especially if it is published on a notable journal. but it is not a prerequisite for landing a job. I know people who got scouted out even before graduation just because they got their paper published on a very notable journal.

 

Are you speaking out of experience with economists? Because:

In many other fields with quicker publication processes, this is more accurate. [...] Perhaps people with some awareness of the standards in these other fields falsely assume that economics is similar.

 

Besides, the question wasn't whether good publications help - it is obvious to everyone and his grandmother that they do - but whether they are standard, which, in economics, they're mostly not.

 

Also, for someone who claims to make a living as a writer/editor, your posts could use better punctuation and correct prepositions.

Edited November 26, 2010 by Elliephant