Economic history referee report "BUSINESS FAILURES BY INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES, 1895 TO 1939: A STATISTICAL HISTORY.".

(each report being 2 ½ to 4 single spaced pages in length-one inch margins on each side and no larger than 12-point font)

1. supposed to be criticed and raise question and also provide suggestions for improvement (talk about what should be done)

2. a. a brief synopisis(tell the editor whether you understand the paper)

b. overall assessment ( one or two paragraph, how you view the paper)

c. area of concern, issue to address, linger questions

d. small part

b. overall assessment

-was the paper well written -was the paper original - was the paper well motivated -did the paper make clear what it was about, what question it was asking, how it was going to answer it.

Originality -does this paper make a contribution to body of scientific literature -does it tell us sth didnt know before -learn sth?
Motivation---is this paper answer question that people care about ---use ur own judgement
Clarity---does paper do what it said it would do ---can you follow?

c. area, issues

-75%of the paper ---show what you know ---one of first issueis theory (is appropriate or not)
History-2nd area

--does the paper get history right?

large part- showing that you knwo the literature author talking

Data and methodology

--is data appropriate ---is indirect ot direct method? ----if direct, is the data can be trusted?----if indirect, is the data can be trusted?