Online submission
All submissions are handled online at http://ees.elsevier.com/ecolet.
Once you have
logged on as author using your Economics Letters username and password you will
be guided through the creation and uploading
of your files. The system automatically
converts source files to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is
used in
the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files
are converted to PDF at submission for the review process,
these source files are
needed for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including
notification of the Editor's decision
and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail
and via the Author's homepage only. Therefore users need to keep their contact
coordinates
on the registration page up-to-date with the "UPDATE MY
INFORMATION" option. The status of online submissions can be tracked via the
Author Main Menu homepage, where all submissions, revisions and decisions are
recorded.
Article requirements
Articles
submitted must be written in good English and not exceed 2,000 words,
including diagrams, figures, tables and references. Articles exceeding
this length will
normally be returned to the author without being reviewed. Articles submitted are to
contain new results, models and
methods in any field of economic research.
Comments or educational notes are not suitable for publication in Economics Letters.
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of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or
academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that
its
publication is approved by all Authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible
authorities where the work was carried out, and
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Word processors
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in the native format of the word processor used. The text should be in
single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as
possible. Most
formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular,
do not use the word processor's
options to justify text or to hyphenate words.
However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. Do not embed
"graphically
designed" equations or tables, but prepare these using the word
processor's facility. When preparing tables, if you are using a table
grid, use only one
grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs,
not spaces, to align columns.
Do not import the figures into the text file but, instead,
indicate their approximate locations directly in the electronic text. To avoid
unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the "spellchecker" function of your
word processor.
Article Title.
Concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulae.
Author names and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g.,
a
double name), please indicate this clearly using appropriate script (capital cases as
first letter of authors' first and surnames followed
by lower cases). The Present the
Authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names.
Indicate all affiliations
with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the
Author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal
address
of each affiliation, including the country name, and, if available, the e-mail address of
each Author. Corresponding
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stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication.
Ensure that telephone and
fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail
address and the complete postal
address. Abstract. A concise abstract should briefly state the purpose of the research and the
main results. An abstract
is often presented separate from the article, so it must be
able to stand alone. Classification codes and keywords. Provide
at least one standard JEL code (
http://www.aeaweb.org/journal/elclasjn.html) and up to 5 additional keywords. Illustrations.
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References. References to publications should be as follows: 'Smith (1992) reported
that...' or 'This problem has
been studied previously (e.g., Smith et al., 1969)'.
The author should make sure that there is a strict one-to-one correspondence between
the names and years in the text and those on the list. The list of references should
appear at the end of the main text (after any appendices,
but before tables and legends
for figures). It should be double spaced and listed in alphabetical order by author's
name.
References
should appear as follows: For monographs
Hawawini, G. and I. Swary, 1990, Mergers and Acquisitions in the U.S. Banking
Industry: Evidence from the Capital Markets. (North-Holland, Amsterdam). For contributions to collective works
Brunner,
K. and A.H. Meltzer, 1990, Money supply, in: B.M. Friedman and F.H.
Hahn, eds., Handbook of Monetary Economics, Vol. 1 (North-Holland,
Amsterdam)
357-396. For periodicals
Griffiths, W. and G. Judge, 1992, Testing and estimating location vectors when the
error covariance matrix is unknown, Journal of Econometrics 54, 121-138.
Note that journal titles should not be abbreviated. Tables. Tables should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals and
printed on separate sheets. All unessential
tables should be eliminated from the
manuscript. Citing and listing of Web references. As a minimum, the full URL should
be given.
Any further information, if known (Author names, dates, reference to a source
publication, etc.), should also be given. Web
references can be listed separately (e.g.,
after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the
reference list.
Submission checklist • One Author designated as corresponding Author • E-mail address •
Full postal address • Telephone and fax numbers • All necessary files have been uploaded • JEL code(s) and
keywords • All figure captions • All tables (including title, description, footnotes) • Manuscript has been
"spellchecked" • References are in the correct format for this journal • All references mentioned in the Reference
list are cited in the text, and vice
versa • Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other
sources
(including the Web)
Author Proofs and Reprints
Page proofs will be sent electronically to the corresponding author. Proofs
should be corrected carefully; the responsibility for detecting errors lies with the author.
Corrections should be restricted to instances in which the proof is at variance with the manuscript. Extensive alterations will be charged.
A PDF file of the published
article, including a cover sheet and a disclaimer outlining the terms and condition of use will be provided free of charge. Alternatively
the corresponding author can choose to receive 25 complimentary reprints.
