The paper was submitted as follows:
*Economics Letters: Submitted on Aug 23, 2020 ($65 fee). Desk rejected by Joao F. Gomes on Aug 31. ("...while of some interest...")
*Economics Bulletin: Submitted on Sept 7, 2020 (No fee). Under review at last check. http://www.accessecon.com/pubs/eb/
The next obvious choices are:
*Finance Research Letters: $150 fee, 2,500 word limit, Cite Score 3.8, Impact Factor 2.02, 2nd quartile, https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/finance-research-letters
*Applied Economic Letters: $125, 2000 words, https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rael20/current