Guidelines on Organization and Style

Manuscripts accepted for publication must conform to the EJPE style, which is based on the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. Contributions need not be in this style when submitted, but after a text is accepted for publication the author is expected to make the appropriate changes. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in the eventual rejection of your manuscript.

  • Manuscripts should be written in English (in any consistent spelling convention).
  • All contributions should be submitted in Microsoft Word, LaTeX or PDF, using a 12-point font, and a 1.5 line-spacing. Avoid the use of page-breaks, section-breaks, and automatic spacing between paragraphs in the document.
  • Articles should include an abstract of up to 150 words, and a list of up to 6 keywords suitable for on-line searching purposes.
  • Jargon, acronyms, and abbreviations should be used only after identifying the complete name once, and preferably kept to a minimum.
  • Use a single (not double) space after a full stop.
  • (Brief) acknowledgements should be added as a footnote on the first page.
  • Authors of articles are requested to avoid any obvious self-references within the text, footnotes, and document properties in the initial submission, to support the blind review process.

References, Quotations, and Footnotes

  • Citations should appear within the main text as (author year, page number), e.g. (Schelling 1978, 59).
  • Citations of works by two authors should include both names separated by "and", then the year, e.g. (Morgan and Morrison 1999). Use "et al." after the first name when there are four or more authors, e.g. (Heap et al. 1992).
  • Short quotations of less than four lines should be in double quotation marks, and followed by a bracketed reference, for example: "The two dogmas are, indeed, at root identical" (Quine 1953, 41).
  • Extended quotations of four lines or more should be indented (0.75 cm), single spaced, without quotation marks, and separated from the rest of the text by an additional line.
  • Conventions such as "ibid" or "op. cit." should not be used.
  • Substantive footnotes should be denoted by Arabic numbers and included at the bottom of the page.
  • Footnotes should not be used for citations and should not be excessive.
  • Articles and Book Reviews should include a complete bibliography at the end of the document, detailing every work actually cited in the text in the style illustrated below. Note: Do not use "et al." in the bibliography unless the number of authors is more than ten: spell out each author's name, including first name if known. If the number of authors is ten or more, list the first seven followed by “et al.”.

Books

Hanfling, Oswald. 2000. Philosophy and Ordinary Language: The Bent and Genius of our Tongue. London: Routledge.

Publication date should appear, without parentheses, following the author. Book titles should be in italics.

Smith, Adam. (1776) 1981. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund.

Austen, Jane. (1813) 2003. Pride and Prejudice. London: T. Egerton. Reprint, New York: Penguin Classics. Citations refer to the Penguin edition.

Darwin, Charles. (1859) 1964. On the Origin of Species. Facsimile of the first edition, with an introduction by Ernest Mayr. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Reprinted books should include the year of reprint and the original year of publication in brackets.

Articles

Walsh, Vivian. 2003. “Sen after Putnam.” Review of Political Economy 12 (1): 5–25.

Article titles should appear with quotation marks. 12 is the volume and (1) is the issue number. Complete page numbers for the article should follow the colon without "pp".

Book Chapters

Blaug, Mark. 2002. “Ugly Currents in Modern Economics.” In Fact and Fiction in Economics, edited by Uskali Mäki, 35–56. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Be sure to include the page numbers for the entire chapter.

Working Papers

Krugman, Paul, and Robert Lawrence. 1993. “Trade, Jobs, and Wages.” NBER Working Paper No. 4478. National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA.

For working papers the city and state follow rather than precede the publisher.

Websites

Alliance for Linguistic Diversity. n.d. "Balkan Romani." Endangered Languages. Accessed April 6, 2016. http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/5342.

Other Notes

  • Authors must have permission to publish any materials for which they do not own the copyright.
  • At the proof stage, authors can only make typographical changes to the manuscript.
  • Authors are responsible for correct spelling, grammar, and other aspects of style that may affect the clarity and accessibility of the text. However, the editors may actively edit for these if necessary.