Research in Economic Psychology and Behavioral Economics
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(or "Permanent address") may be
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must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic
numerals are used for such footnotes. Abstract. A
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conclusions. An abstract
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Literature)
should be added.
Abbreviations. Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field at their first occurrence in
the article: in the abstract but also in the main text after it. Ensure consistency of
abbreviations throughout the article.
N.B.
Acknowledgements. Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article and do not, therefore, include them
on the title page, as a footnote to the title or
otherwise.
Arrangement of the article Subdivision of the article.
Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ), 1.2, etc.
(the abstract is not included
in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to "the
text". Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading
should appear on its own separate line. Appendices. If
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numbering: (Eq. A.1),
(Eq. A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix, (Eq. B.1) and so forth. Footnotes. Footnotes should
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them with superscript
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Citing
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All citations in the text should refer to: 1. Single author: the author's
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Examples: "as demonstrated (Allan, 1996a, 1996b, 1999; Allan and Jones, 1995). Kramer et al. (2000) have recently shown ...." List:
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A. J., & Lupton R. A. (2000). The art of writing a scientific article. Journal of Scientific Communications, 163, 51-59.
Reference to a book: Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979). The elements of style. (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan,
(Chapter 4). Reference to a chapter in an edited book: Mettam, G. R., & Adams, L. B. (1994). How to prepare an electronic
version of your article. In B. S. Jones, & R. Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the
electronic age (pp. 281-304). New York:
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