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The author-date style of referencing is used. In-line references should be of the form Smith (2008) argues that¡, Kroncke and Smith (1999, 2001) claim that¡ For a work having more than two authors use ¡®et al.¡¯, e.g. Smith et al. (1990). The letters a, b, c etc should be used to distinguish citations of different works by the same author in the same year, e.g. Smith (1975a). If the reference appears within parentheses it should be of the form: (see, for example, Smith, 2001).
All works cited should be listed alphabetically by author after the main body of the text using the following style (journal names should not be abbreviated):

Articles in journals:

Cotton, Jeremiah C. (1988). ¡±On the Decomposition of Wage Differentials¡±, The Review of Economics and Statistics 70(2), 236-43.

Books:

Becker, Gary S. (1971). The Economics of Discrimination. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Chapters in edited volumes:

Vinokur, Aaron and Ofer, Gur (1987). ¡±Inequality of Earnings, Household Income, and Wealth in the Soviet Union in the 1970s¡±, in James Millar (ed.), Politics, Work and Daily Life in the USSR: A Survey of Former Soviet Citizens. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 13-18.

Working papers:

Coates, John C. (2000). ¡°Explaining Variation in Takeover Defenses¡±, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 297.

Unpublished works:

Cortes, Patricia (2005), ¡°The Effect of Low-Skilled Immigration on US Prices: Evidence from CPI Data¡±, Manuscript, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Websites:

Latvijas Banka. Financial information. Available at http://www.bank.lv/eng/main/all/finfo/, accessed March 18 2008.