Comments on: Student Notes R.I.P. or Survive on SSRN?

By: Deven Desai

Deven Desai — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:20:26 +0000

Please know that I am not saying students should not be able to participate in SSRN. The questions began as I wondered whether and/or how many students post and then thought about the impact large numbers of posts would have if any. Also note that I do not think nor am I saying that SSRN prohibits posts. I am wondering whether the site has any rules on who may post.

By: Dave!

Dave! — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:03:45 +0000

I’ve been working on a paper (as a student) that I had planned on posting to SSRN when I have the draft ready. I don’t see any reason why students who are motivated enough to do the work and who are interested enough in potential feedback should not be able to participate in SSRN.

By: Zvi Rosen

Zvi Rosen — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:09:21 +0000

Even if the piece isn’t particularly useful for its conclusions and/or argument, it’s still possible that the research that went into the piece and the footnotes would be…

By: David Schraub

David Schraub — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:38:52 +0000

If they accept working papers, why shouldn’t they accept non-published student notes? Or better, why can’t one post their student note prior to acceptance/publication as a working paper?