Sixty years of research leadership: contributing authors and institutions to the journal of finance

One referee thought it might be appropriate to analyze the trend over time using up to six different time intervals.These intervals would cover periods ranging from three to 6 years before the editors take office, less than three years before that date, the years during their tenure, less than 3 years following their tenure, and 3–6 years following their tenure; plus a possible sixth interval from 6 to 9 years following their tenure period. The referee believes that reporting the publication rate during five or six sub-periods (as opposed to the three sub-periods used here) would provide additional valuable insights.That is, it would facilitate the examination of whether the improvement in publication rate starts prior to the nomination of the editor, whether it eventually reverts to the pre-tenure publication rate, and whether the decay after the editor departs is abrupt or gradual. Such a procedure would add richness and texture to the interpretation of the data. We agree with this proposal but leave it for future research.