<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">See email below about formatting tables. So as I have been known to say a time or two please MATCH THE PDF.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Michelle DeBlasi <<a href="mailto:mdeblasi@aeapubs.org" class="">mdeblasi@aeapubs.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Tables</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">June 4, 2020 at 3:38:38 PM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Cathy Pawlowski <<a href="mailto:c.pawlowski@aeapubs.org" class="">c.pawlowski@aeapubs.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Bill Bailie <<a href="mailto:w.bailie@aeapubs.org" class="">w.bailie@aeapubs.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Cathy,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">I talked with Steve and we have agreed,</span> w</span><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);" class=""><font color="#1d1c1d" face="Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">e are no longer going to automatically center whole numbers in tables, except for observations (which Chicago says to center). </span></font></span></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);" class=""><font color="#1d1c1d" face="Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);" class=""><font color="#1d1c1d" face="Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">So going forward, set tables exactly as the authors send them. This should make your life easier. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-size: 15px;" class="">There</span><span style="font-size: 15px;" class=""> may be times we make changes, and that will be intentional, for clarity, but my investigation has shown that Chicago does not say to center whole numbers (again, except in the case of observations). We agreed we should be taking the authors lead on this. As an author said to me, they set their tables the way they do for a reason. </span></font></span></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);" class=""><font color="#1d1c1d" face="Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);" class=""><font color="#1d1c1d" face="Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">In a page proof I have not yet turned in, the author is correct in saying it has made it confusing and difficult to make comparisons by centering the whole numbers. </span></font></span></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);" class=""><font color="#1d1c1d" face="Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);" class=""><font color="#1d1c1d" face="Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">So in sum, I think this should mean less rounds of changes for you to make, and perhaps no changes at all, because it is being set as the author intended.</span></font></span></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);" class=""><font color="#1d1c1d" face="Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);" class=""><font color="#1d1c1d" face="Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Thanks,</span></font></span></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);" class=""><font color="#1d1c1d" face="Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Michelle</span></font></span></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);" class=""><font color="#1d1c1d" face="Slack-Lato, appleLogo, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></span></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2; " class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div class="">Michelle DeBlasi</div><div class="">Managing Editor</div><div class="">American Economic Journals</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:mdeblasi@aeapubs.org" class="">mdeblasi@aeapubs.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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