期刊名称：ECONOMICA
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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Economica is an international journal devoted to research in all branches of economics. Theoretical and empirical articles are welcome from all parts of the international research community. Economica is a leading economics journal, appearing high in the published citation rankings. In addition to the main papers which make up each issue, there is an extensive review section, covering a wide range of recently published titles at all levels. From time to time special issues on selected topics are published, and are available as either single back issues or, if published in the current year, are included in the annual subscription.
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| ABI - INFORM (American Business Information) (Feb.1989-); America: History and Life (1954-1992); Asian - Pacific Economic Literature; Bibliography of Asian Studies (Online Edition) (1969-1998); Criminal Justice Abstracts; Current Contents (1981-); Family Index; GEOBASE; I B R. Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur; I B Z - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; Journal of Economic Literature (Mar.1969, 7(1)-; 2004-)(Feb.1969, vol.36(141)-Jan./Aug.1980, vol.26(1-2)); P A I S International in Print (Annual) (Public Affairs Information Service); Periodicals Contents Index; Social Sciences Citation Index; Social Sciences Index (Jan.1982-); Statistical Theory and Method Abstracts (CD-ROM Edition) (1981-) | |
Instructions to Authors
1 General procedure
Manuscripts submitted for publication should be sent by email to economica@lse.ac.uk. Only documents in standard pdf or MS-Word format should be sent: the preferred format is pdf. Papers exceeding 35 pages double-spaced typescript (20 printed pages) will rarely be accepted without considerable modification.
All submissions should include the following basic information in the body of the message:
- Name of author(s)
- Title
- An abstract of no more than 100 words
- Up to three Journal of Economic Literature subject codes
- Up to five keywords
The Editors reserve the right to make minor grammatical and other changes at any stage before publication. These are sometimes necessary to make the paper conform to the general style of ECONOMICA and should not be construed as criticism of the author's style.
The author of a paper accepted for publication will receive proofs for correction. The correction of proofs should not be used to revise the paper. Alterations at proof stage are costly and should be minimised. A schedule of charges for offprints is sent to the author with the proofs.
Papers published in ECONOMICA become the copyright of the London School of Economics and Political Science, which will be glad to consider applications for reproduction elsewhere. Institutions with a paid subscription to ECONOMICA may make copies of articles from ECONOMICA for teaching purposes without charge. Neither the London School of Economics and Political Science nor the Editors take any responsibility for opinions or facts stated by contributors.
Reviews
ECONOMICA endeavours to provide for its readers reviews of the more important works published in its field. The Review Editor will be glad to receive review copies of works of a suitable kind, the receipt of which will be acknowledged by insertion of the title and particulars in the list published at the end of each issue. The Review Editor cannot guarantee the publication of a review of any particular book.
All review books should be sent to:
The Reviews Editor
ECONOMICA STICERD
London School of Economics
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
England
economica@lse.ac.uk
2. Preparation of papers
Papers should use 10 or 12 point font, on one side of the paper, with ample margins and double spacing throughout, typewritten on one side of the paper, with ample margins and double spacing throughout, quotations, references and appendices as well as text. If a paper is divided into sections, the introductory one usually requires no heading or number; subsequent sections should be given Roman numerals, and the section heading should be typed in capitals and centred. Headings of subsections should be flush with the left margin.
Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, and a descriptive heading typed above each table. Tables should, as far as possible, be self-explanatory without reference to the text. Small tables may be typed with the text, but large tables should be typed on separate sheets and the position of each table in the text indicated by an instruction such as "Table 2 here". Vertical rules should not be used in tables.
Figures should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, and should have an explanatory legend or title. Figures should be submitted on separate sheets. The use of complicated notations within the figure should be avoided. The final preparation of figures for press is done by our own artist, who would appreciate an indication of any special geometric features, such as tangencies or parallelisms.
ECONOMICA discourages the use of footnotes: the elimination of footnotes almost always improves the quality of the text. Where their use is unavoidable, notes should be placed at the end of the article. They should be consecutively numbered throughout, reference numbers in the text being typed superscript, without brackets.
Acknowledgements of financial support, technical advice, computational assistance, priority and so forth should be made in a section headed "Acknowledgements", placed at the end of the text.
2.1 References in the text
ECONOMICA uses the standard Harvard style for references. References in the text should be by author's surname and year of publication, as in the following examples:
"Brown (2000) in a paper on...." "Brown (2000, p.12) has shown that....." "This method has been criticised (Jones, 1999a,b; Brown and Smith, 2000)". "A proof is given by Jones et al. (1998)".
The following points should be noted:
- When more than two collaborating authors are quoted the first surname only should be given followed by et al., e.g. Jones et al. (1998), not Jones, Smith and White (1998). In the list of references, however, all names should be given in full.
- The word 'and' is used in preference to '&'.
- When a book is quoted, reference to a particular page, section or chapter is often necessary.
- Ibid., op. cit., loc. cit. must not be used
Where this system of citation is awkward, the Editors are prepared to consider a reasonable alternative.
2.2 List of References
References should be listed using a standard format in alphabetical order at the end of the paper. The list of references should contain only those papers referred to in the text and references to unpublished reports or to personal communications should be avoided. Please note:
- The first and last page numbers of a paper should be given.
- Journal titles should not be abbreviated.
- Series and part numbers should not be used unless their omission causes ambiguity; they are rarely needed. A series number, where necessary, should precede the volume number; a part number, where necessary, should be placed in parentheses immediately after the volume number.
Some examples:
ALLEN, F. and WINTON, A. (1995). Corporate financial structure, incentives and optimal contracting. In R. A. Jarrow, V. Maksimovic and W. T. Ziemba (eds.), Handbooks in Operations research and Management Science, Vol. 9, Finance. Amsterdam and New York: Elsevier.
ATKINSON, A.B., BOURGUIGNON, F. and MORRISSON, C. (1992). Empirical Studies of Earnings
Mobility. New York: Harwood.
BERNAKE, B. and BLINDER, A. (1988). Credit, money and aggregate demand. American Economic
Review, Papers and Proceedings, 78 , 435-9.
___ and GERTLER, M. (1995). Inside the black box: the credit channel of monetary policy transmission. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 9 (4), 27-48
___, ___ and GILCHRIST, S. (1996). The financial accelerator and the flight to quality. Review of Economics and Statistics. 78, 1-152.
2.3 Mathematics
It is helpful if the word processor supports italic and bold styles. Mathematical symbols should be set in italics but certain standard abbreviations log, lim, exp, but not e, max, min, inf, var, cov, sin, cos are set in roman font. You can indicate vectors and matrices by the use of bold style if you wish.
Avoid ambiguous notation. Some Greek and Roman symbols such as upper case B are hard to distinguish, as are the numbers 0 and 1 and the letters O and l. The use of an economical, simple and descriptive notation not only makes production easier, but also improves the quality of the paper. For many problems, the definition of a good notation makes the solution transparent. Editing and improving notation will often greatly improve the quality and clarity of the argument.
Excessive use of multiple font sizes should be avoided. We would prefer authors to aim for a high quality 'typewritten' style rather than trying to produce typeset quality manuscripts. The use of small fonts should be minimised and very small fonts should be avoided. To reduce the use of small fonts:
- Avoid elaborate notations involving multiple suffices.
- Avoid the simultaneous use of both subscripts and superscripts where possible.
- Avoid using subscripts or superscripts on quantities which are limits of summation or integration, or which in turn become subscripts or superscripts; define a fresh symbol.
- Use the expression "exp" for the exponential function when the argument is longer than a single compact group of symbols, e.g. exp(a+bt+ct2) but e t.
Equations and long formulae should be displayed, shown on a separate line, where necessary being numbered at the left of the page. Short isolated formulae should usually be left in the text and then arranged so as not to be more than one line high. The solidus sign (/) should be used for fractions in the text. Bracket a group of symbols to the right of the solidus if they are to be included in the denominator; for example (a+b)/(c+d)(h+k) is wrong, being ambiguous without a special convention.
Equations involving complicated expressions should be avoided where possible. Equations must be punctuated in the usual way.
2.4 Checklist
The submission of a well-prepared typescript which conforms as nearly as possible to the style used by ECONOMICA will speed the editorial process. Accepted Manuscripts will need to conform to the style guidelines that can be downloaded from the website. Please check:
- Is the paper in its final form?
- Are the sections, tables and figures correctly numbered and provided with suitable headings and legends?
- Has the use of footnotes been minimised?
- Does the list of references correspond to those in the text?
- Are the graphics and mathematics presented clearly?
- Has the pdf been checked for integrity?
- Has the basic information been included in the email to economica@lse.ac.uk?
3. Subscriptions
Are you a subscriber to ECONOMICA? If not please see below for details of how to become one.
TO: ECONOMICA
STICERD
London School of Economics & Political Science
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE
England
economica@lse.ac.uk
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4. Copyright Assignment Form
Authors will be required to assign copyright in their paper to the London School of Economics and Political Science. Copyright assignment is a condition of publication and papers will be passed to the publisher for production unless copyright has been assigned. To assist authors an appropriate copyright assignment form will be supplied by the editorial office. Alternatively, authors may like to download a copy of the form here http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/ECCA_CAF.pdf (Government employees need to complete the Author Warranty sections, although copyright in such cases does not need to be assigned.)
Editorial Board
Editors
Frank Cowell, London School of Economics, UK
Tore Ellingsen, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Alan Manning, London School of Economics, UK
Review Editor
Amos Witztum, London School of Economics, UK
Chairman
John Sutton, London School of Economics, UK
Associate Editors
Charles Bean, London School of Economics, UK
Simon Burgess, University of Bristol, UK
Nicholas Crafts, London School of Economics, UK
Peter Davis, London School of Economics, UK
John Driffill, Birkbeck College, London, UK
Lena Edlund, University College London, UK
Thomas Gehrig, University of Freiburg, Germany
Maitreesh Ghatak, University of Chicago, USA
Jonathan Haskel, Queen Mary & Westfield College, London, UK
Ian Jewitt, Nuffield College, Oxford, UK
Ricardo Lagos, New York University, USA
Bruce Lyons, University of East Anglia, UK
Henry Overman, London School of Economics, UK
Pierre Pestieau, University of Liege, Belgium
Christopher Pissarides, London School of Economics, UK
Ailsa Roell, Princeton University, USA
Paul Segerstrom, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
Enrique Sentana, CEMFI, Madrid, Spain
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