I went to AEA/ASSA in Atlanta, GA to interview for jobs. My experience was positive overall. AEA/ASSA is a massive conference. I was able to network and meet other students that are on the job market and students that are in their second year. Some of the guys (and gals) were job market as a 6th year student, and others were there presenting working as a post doctorate. I met a lot of students from top schools (MIT, HARVARD, Boston College, Carnegie Mellon). It was cool. Most of the students I met were from an economics background.
Spent the weekend cross country skiing and hiking in Grand Marais, Michigan. Great short trip for a break from the holidays. Got to see and old friend and do some outdoor activity.
I wrote a paper on how to make money (or not lose money) in the stock market for a class in Spring of 2015. I published it in the Asian Journal of Economic modeling, small low impact journal but still on google scholar. I have also build a website which you can download it from: yetul.github.io. I went to two conferences the next year, one in Pensacola, and another in Oklahoma City. Both sent letters of interest to publish in their Journals. I sent in the article to the journal in OKC (Federation of Business Disciplines). I ended up getting rejected with revisions. The feedback I got from the rejection was enough to think that revising the paper would amount to writing a new paper and conducting new research. So, I decided to get with my co-author and submit to another conference in New York, which I attended this past July. I got a couple of journal offers from low level journals at this conference. It was a good opportunity to network, share ideas, get feedback, and learn from ...
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