Given a scarcity of journal space, what is the optimal rule for whether an empirical finding should be published? Suppose publications inform public about policy-relevant state. Then journals publish extreme results, meaning ones that move beliefs sufficiently. This may take form one- or two-sided test comparing point estimate to prior mean, with critical values determined by cost-benefit analy...

Lexical bundles are known as important elements of coherent discourse that have been the subject of much research. While the previous research has been mainly concerned with exploring variations in the use of these word sequences across different registers and disciplines, very few studies have addressed the use of some particular groups of lexical bundles within some types of academic writing....