Instructions for Authors
To submit a Note, Comment,
Preliminary Result or letter to the Economic Bulletin you must produce a
PDF version of your manuscript. If
your paper is accepted, the PDF you submit will be published without further
typesetting. Thus, it is extremely important that your manuscript adhere as
closely as possible to the following formatting standards.
Most important:
Do
not include a title page with any submission.
A standard title page will be generated from the metadata (your name, the
abstract, the paper title, etc.) that you will be asked to provide through our
submission interface. Thus, the
first page of the PDF you submit should begin with the title of the first
section of your paper as in:
1.
Introduction
This is the first sentence of my
introduction. My paper examines . . .
Format
for Notes, Comments, and Preliminary Results
General:
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Submissions are limited to seven pages of
text exclusive of figures, tables, references and appendixes.
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Please use 12pt Times Roman, CM (standard fonts for TeX and LaTeX) or
other similar font.
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Pages should be single spaced with one-inch
margins.
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Sections and subsections should be numbered
consecutively in Arabic numerals
(as in section 1. and subsection 1.2). Section headings should be centered and in bold 12pt
type.
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For
other matters of style, authors should be guided by The
Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and
Publishers
14th
edition, 1993 University
of Chicago Press.
Equations:
numbers for displayed equations should be placed in parentheses at the right
margin. References to equations should use the form “(3)”.
Footnotes:
Footnotes should be used sparingly and should be identified by superscripted
Arabic numerals in order of their appearance.
Page
numbers:
Please number each page at the bottom middle in Arabic numerals.
Figures:
Figures should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Type
sizes below 4 points should not be used.
Tables:
Number tables consecutively with Roman numerals in order of appearance in the
text. A short descriptive caption should be typed directly above each table.
References:
Cite references in the text by author's surname and date of publication.
The text citations can be given in the form “Tiebout (1956) claims
that…”or “This casts doubt on the existence of equilibrium (see also
Aivazian et al. 1987, and Harrison and
McKee 1980).” References should be listed in alphabetical order and in
descending order of date. Style and punctuate references according to the
following examples:
Arrow, K. (1970) “The Organization of Economic
Activity: Issues Pertinent to the Choice of Market Versus Non-market
Allocations” in Public Expenditure and
Policy Analysis by R.H. Havenman and J. Margolis, Eds., Markham: Chicago,
67-81
Benabou, R. (1994) “Education, Income Distribution,
and Growth: The Local Connection” NBER working paper 4798
Berglas, E. (1976) “Distribution of tastes and skills
and the provision of local public goods” Journal
of Public Economics 6, 409-423.
Edgeworth, F.Y. (1881) Mathematical Psychics, Kegan Paul: London.
Mas-Colell, A., and J. Silvestre (1991) “A Note on
Cost-Share Equilibrium and Owner-Consumers” Journal of Economic Theory 54,
204-14.
For
unpublished lectures or symposia, include the title of the paper, name of the
sponsoring society in full and the date.
Note
that it is permissible to include active hyperlinks in your manuscript if you
choose. Please use the formatting
convention that hyperlinks be underlined but appear in black.
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