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Submission Guidelines

Papers can be submitted in any major language, i.e. English, Spanish, French, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, and submitted in pdf or word format. Pages should be properly numbered. Final editing should be completed before submission of article.

  • Papers are still being accepted to be posted online.

Font: The text of the paper should be in plain typeface. In general, 12 point Times New Roman is preferred.

Spacing: The entire text of the paper should be double-spaced, including separation between paragraphs. The first line of new paragraph should be indented. There should a margin of at least two inches at the top and one inch at the sides and bottom.

Citation: References and bibliographic entries should conform to MLA guidelines. Parenthetical notation or endnotes are preferred over footnotes.

Tables and Charts: Tables and charts should be selected carefully and should be included after the text of the paper. They should be properly labeled for referencing. If statistical software is used, it should be noted.

Format: The first page should contain title, author information, and an abstract of the paper. The text of the paper and endnotes (if used) should follow this. In general, a good format for economic working papers is Introduction,  Data and Methodology, Analysis, and Conclusion. Tables and charts should be placed after the text of the paper, followed by the bibliography.