SUBMISSION

1. Submission
The contents of the papers shall be the sole responsibility of the authors and publication shall not imply the concurrence of editors and publishers. The following are submission guidelines:
  • Electronic Submission is requested. Please send a Word file of the manuscript to ijem@econ.upm.edu.my
  • All manuscripts shall be subject to an editorial pre-screening process to assess suitability for the journal and pass through a blind review process.
  • Both theoretical and applied manuscripts will be considered for publication. Theoretical manuscripts must provide a clear link to important and interesting applications.
  • Subject to the pre-screening, manuscripts shall be processedin a anonymous manner, using independent expert referees from the respective field.
  • Submission of an article to the journal indicates formal acceptance by the author(s) of these peer review conditions and procedures.
  • Submission of the manuscript will be held to imply that it contains original unpublished work and is not being submitted for publication elsewhere at the same time. Submitted material will not be returned to the author, unless specifically requested.
  • Include up to five keywords, the Journal of Economic Literature classification codes that describe your paper for indexing purposes.
  • Decision by the editorial board is final.
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    2. The manuscript
    Manuscripts must be typed with a double spacing throughout, on ane side of A4 paper only, with a 4cm left-hand margin. The text and references should be checked thoroughly for errors before submission. It is the responsibility of the author to ensure that the typescript is correct in style, syntax and spelling. Papers should normally be divided into headed sections. The text should be in Times New Roman font size 12.
         
    3. Title page
    The first page of the typescript must contain: the full title, name and affiliation of authors; a running title of not more than 75 letters; an abstract of not more than 200 words; and the name, full postal address and email of the corresponding author.
         
    4. Abbreviations
    Any word or words to be abbreviated should be written in full when first mentioned followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.
         
    5. Illustrations
    All illustrations of any kind should be submitted as sequentially numbered figures. Illustrations should not be inserted in the manuscript but supplied after the main body of text.
         
    6. Tables
    Tables should be numbered and headed with short titles. As with illustrations, they should not be inserted in the manuscript but supplied after the main body of text.
         
    7. Acknowledgements
    Acknowledgements should appear at the end of the text before references.
         
    8. References
    The Harvard system is used. When quoted in the text style is: ...Smith (1995)... or (Brown and Jones, 2002) or ...Smith et al. (2004a). References are listed alphabetically after the text. Journal and book titles should be written out in full.

    Examples are:

    Guidolin, M. and Timmermann, A. (2005) Economic Implications of Bull and Bear Regimes in UK Stock and Bond Returns, The Economic Journal, 115, 111-143.

    Phelps-Brown, H. (1981) Labour Market Policy, in Changing Perceptions of Economic Policy(Ed.) F. Cairncross, Methuen, London, pp. 68-113.

    Mundell R. A. (1968) International Economics. Macmillan: New York

    Rodrik, D. (1997) TFPG Controversies, Institutions and Economic Performance in East Asia. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper, No. 5914.
         
    9. Footnotes
    These should be numbered consecutively in the text and gathered at the bottom of each corresponding page. Footnotes should be minimized.





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