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Ramseyer controversy

In 2021, questions were raised about the International Review of Law and Economics' editorial practices following the online publication of an article by John Mark Ramseyer in which the author was accused of drawing from contracts he later admitted had never been located, construed the comfort women forced into sexual servitude under the Japanese Empire as prostitutes. Ramseyer published a response to his critics in January 2022 saying that his article had explained that it was not based on actual contracts, very few of which had probably survived the war, and describing the sources he had used. [4] The article led to numerous scholarly petitions, the resignation of an associate editor, and was written about in The New Yorker . [5] [6] [7] [2] In an open letter signed by over one thousand economists in February 2021, the authors expressed concern that "young scholars aspiring to enter our profession will be greatly dismayed by an article published in a scholarly economics journal that denies the existence of a government-sponsored system of sexual coercion and argues that a ten-year old girl can consent to work as a sex worker." [8] [9] Economists and Nobel laureates Alvin Roth and Paul Milgrom took issue with Ramseyer's application of game theory, and wrote in a joint statement that the article "reminded [them] of Holocaust denial." [10] [11]

References

  1. ↑ "International Review of Law and Economics". 2016 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2017.
  2. 1 2 Jeannie Suk Gersen (2021-02-26). "Seeking the True Story of the Comfort Women". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  3. ↑ Youmi Kim and Mike Ives (2021-02-26). "A Harvard Professor Called Wartime Sex Slaves 'Prostitutes.' One Pushed Back". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  4. ↑ Ramseyer, J. Mark (2022-01-04). "Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War: A Response to My Critics". The Harvard John M. Olin Discussion Paper Series. 1075. Rochester, NY. SSRN   4000145 – via SSRN.
  5. ↑ "Harvard Prof Rejects Historical Consensus on 'Comfort Women'". Inside Higher Ed. 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  6. ↑ "Ramseyer 'comfort women' paper challenged by historians". Korea JoongAng Daily. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  7. ↑ ""Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War": The Case for Retraction on Grounds of Academic Misconduct". The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  8. ↑ "Letter by Concerned Economists Regarding "Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War" in the International Review of Law and Economics" . Retrieved 2021-02-24.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ↑ "Hundreds of Scholars Demand Corrective Measures to Ramseyer's Article". KBS World. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  10. ↑ "Statement by Al Roth and Paul Milgrom" (PDF). chwe.net. February 27, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  11. ↑ "Two Nobel Economics Prize winners say Ramseyer's paper reminds them of Holocaust denial". Hankyoreh. 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
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