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All submissions are handled online at OUR LINK. Once you have logged on as author using your 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.
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The cover page (separate) should contain the article title, authors' names and complete affiliations, footnotes to the title, and the address for manuscript correspondence (including e-mail address and telephone and fax numbers).
Legal and copyright
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form 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and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the copyright holder.
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Article
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Title. Concise and informative. Avoid abbreviations and formulas.
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). Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lowercase 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. Since surnames are capitalized, Chinese names may either be in Chinese order (surname first) or in English order (surname last). Surnames listed in the text or references are not capitalized.
Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all 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.
Highlights. Highlights are mandatory for this journal. They consist of a short collection of bullet points that convey the core findings of the article and should be submitted in a separate file in the online submission system. Please include 3 to 5 bullet points (max. 85 characters per bullet point including spaces). Seewww.elsevier.com/researchhighlights for examples.
Graphical Abstract. A Graphical abstract is optional and should summarize the contents of the paper in a concise, pictorial form designed to capture the attention of a wide readership online. Authors must provide images that clearly represent the work described in the paper. Graphical Abstracts should be submitted as a separate file in the online submission system. Maximum image size: 400x600 pixels (hxw, recommended size 200x500 pixels). Preferred file types: TIFF, EPS, PDF or MS Office files. See www.elsevier.com/graphicalabstracts for examples.
Classification codes and keywords. Provide at least one standard JEL code (http://www.aeaweb.org/journal/elclasjn.html ) and up to 5 additional keywords.
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Tables. Tables should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals and printed on separate sheets. Any manuscript that does not conform to the above instructions may be returned for the necessary revision before publication.
Equations. Equations to which reference is made in the text should be numbered consecutively, with optional subdivision by sections. Equation numbers should be placed in parentheses against the right margin of the text.
Footnotes. The use of footnotes should be kept to a minimum and numbered consecutively throughout the text with superscript Arabic numerals.
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:
Buch, Claudia M., Heinrich, Ralph P., Pierdzioch, Christian, 1999. The value of waiting: Russia's integration into the international capital markets. Journal of Comparative Economics 27, 209-230.
Diewert, W. Erwin, 1987. Index numbers. In: Eatwell, John, Milgate, Murray, Newman, Peter (Eds.), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Vol. 2. Macmillan, Basingstoke/London, pp. 767-779.
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 1999. FAOSTAT Agricultural Data. Available athttp://apps.fao.org/cgi-bin/nph-db.pl?subset=agriculture . FAO, Rome.
Honkkila, Juha, 1977. Privatization, asset distribution and equity in transitional economies. Working Paper No. 125. UNU/WIDER, Helsinki.
Montias, John M., 1976. The Structure of Economic Systems. Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, CT.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 1996. OECD Economic Surveys 1995-1996: The Slovak Republic. OECD, Paris.
Note that journal titles should not be abbreviated.
References in articles in Special Issues. Please ensure that the words 'this issue' are added to any references in the list (and any citations in the text) to other articles in the same Special Issue.
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.
Important: the title page, abstract, and manuscript should contain the article title and footnotes to the title. This page should omit the authors' names and affiliations, but should include the title of the manuscript. Footnotes containing information pertaining to the authors' identity or affiliations should be included with the cover page to ensure this information is not seen by reviewers. Also ensure that the manuscript does not identify authors' names in the properties or in the paper itself (i.e., running heads, etc.).
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- One author designated as corresponding author and e-mail address , full postal address ,telephone and fax numbers are available.
- 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).
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