Manuscripts for publication should be addressed to:
Dr Barnett R. Parker
Parker Associates
3001 Wild Meadow
Drive
Durham, NC 27705
USA
Only papers not previously published will be accepted, and authors must agree not to publish elsewhere
a paper submitted to and accepted by the journal.
English is the preferred language of the journal.
Page proofs will be sent to the
author (or the first-mentioned author in a paper of multiple authorship) for checking. Corrections to the proofs must be restricted
to printer's errors. Any substantial alterations other than these may be charged to the author.
Authors are particularly requested
to return their corrected proofs as quickly as possible in order to facilitate rapid publication. Please note that authors are urged
to check their proofs carefully before return, since late corrections cannot be guaranteed for inclusion in the printed journal.
Reprints: The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail or, alternatively, 25 free
paper offprints. This PDF file is a watermarked version of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image
and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions of use.
The original manuscript and diagrams will be discarded 1 month after
publication unless the publisher is requested to return original material to the author.
Figures will be photo-reproduced, and authors
are required to furnish camera-ready artwork or glossy prints. Photocopies or carbon copies are not adequate as they will not reproduce
clearly.
Style of Manuscript
Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced, on one side of the page only, with wide margins.
Four hard/paper copies and two disk copies of the manuscript must be submitted. All authors should supply a c.v. (i.e. resumé,
bio data) as well as a brief biography, including current position, details of degrees, research interests, books published, journals
in which previous work has appeared and relevant awards and affiliations. (The biography is printed in the journal issue within which
an author publishes.) A short abstract must appear at the beginning of the manuscript. The paper should be accompanied by a title page
which includes the manuscript's title, the name or names of the authors and their affiliations, and the month and the year of submission
to the journal. In the case of co-authors, it should be clearly indicated which author is to receive correspondence and proofs for correction.
Where possible, the Fax number of the corresponding author should be supplied with the manuscript, for use by the publisher. Mathematical
expressions should be carefully inserted keeping in mind typographical difficulty. Authors should indicate in the margin the names of
Greek letters or other unusual symbols when they first occur and clarify any other possible sources of ambiguity: for example, between
"zero" and the letter "o", the numeral "one" and the letter "1", capital and small letters, etc.
References should be indicated in
the text by means of bracketed numbers, e.g. [3] or [5, p. 19]. A full list of only those references used should be given at the end
of the text in alphabetical order of author in the style of the journal.
For example:
1. R.E. Grieson. The economics
of property taxes and land values: the elasticity of supply of structures. J. Urban Econ. 1, 367-381 (1974).
2. W.
Oates. Fiscal Federalism. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York (1972).
3. B.G. Rozenkrantz. Public health and social disease.
In AIDS and Patient Management: Legal, Ethical and Social Issues (Edited by M. D. Witt), pp. 164-166. Rynd Communications, Owings
Mills, Md (1986).
Abbreviations of journal titles should follow those given in World List of Scientific Periodicals (4th edn).
It is particularly requested that authors' initials, and appropriate volume and page numbers, should be given in every case.
Tables
should not repeat data which are available elsewhere in the paper e.g. in a line diagram.
Preparation of Figures. Camera-ready
versions of all figures will be required for articles accepted for publication.
Submission on Disk after Acceptance for Publication
Delivery.
Authors may submit accepted manuscripts on disks. Disks must be clearly marked with the following information: (i) operating
system; (ii) disk format (e.g. DS/DD); (iii) word processor used, including version number; (iv) authors' names; and (v) short title
of article. Two printed copies of the final version of the manuscript should also be submitted with the disk. In the event of differences
between disk and hard copy, the hard copy will be considered as the definitive version.
Illustrations. Should be included
separately and clearly marked. Illustrations available electronically should be supplied on separate disks and the operating system,
format and graphics program used (with version number) clearly marked.
Colour Illustrations. Please make sure that artwork
files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, EPS or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution. If, together with your accepted article,
you submit usable colour figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in colour on the
Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version.
For colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article.
Please indicate your preference for colour in print or on the Web only. For further information on the preparation of electronic artwork,
please see http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions .
Please note: Because of technical complications which can
arise by converting colour figures to "grey scale" (for the printed version should you not opt for colour in print) please submit in
addition usable black and white versions of all the colour illustrations.
Preparation. When using a word-processor to prepare
a manuscript the following should be noted: (i) page design will be handled by the publisher. There is therefore no need to use formatting
commands such as centring, justifying text, indenting, etc.; (ii) use the word processor's facilities to indicate the following text
attributes; bold, underline, italic, subscript, superscript, strikeout; (iii) do not use the hyphenation facilities of your word processor;
and (iv) when using symbols to denote special characters please supply a list of all codes used. Use "hard returns" (i.e. using the Enter
key) only at the end of paragraphs. Use your word-processor's "word-wrap" feature within paragraphs.
It is essential that the printed
versions supplied are produced directly from the submitted
electronic version.
