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Online ISSN: 1465-7295
Country: United
States
Frequency: Quarterly
Impact Factor: 1.09 (2012)
About Journal
Published since
1962, (formerly Western Economic Journal), Economic Inquiry (EI) is widely regarded as one of the top scholarly journals in its
field. Twenty-two Nobel laureates are among EI's long list of prestigious
authors. Besides containing research on all economics topic areas, a principal
objective is to make each article understandable to economists who are not
necessarily specialists in the article's topic area.
Submission Process
Submit manuscripts online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ecin
General Guidelines for Authors
Title Page
Manuscript Title. Maximum of 75 characters and spaces, and typed in
upper-case letters. Author’s Name and Contact Information. Include full name,
affiliation, mailing address, phone, and e-mail for each author and indicate
which author is the corresponding author for the submission. At the time of
submission, it is the author's responsibility to mask their identity on their
manuscript. WEAI will not intentionally reveal author identity during the
review process.
Abstract
An abstract of no
more than 100 words is required for all articles published except speeches,
addresses, and comments. Work hard on your abstract; the reader’s decision to
tackle your article often depends on the abstract. Give a clear idea of the
main conclusions of the article, the methods employed, and a clear indication
of the line of reasoning. The opening sentence should indicate the major
conclusion of the article. Abstracts must not contain equations, diagrams, or
footnotes.
Put Journal of
Economic Literature categories to which the paper belongs in parentheses at the
end of your abstract. If there is more than one category, list the principal
one first.
Text
Double
space. Use 8½ x 11 inch paper, Times
Roman 12 point type or the equivalent, one-inch margins all around. Articles
generally should not exceed 35 pages. Longer papers also considered as
warranted by subject area.
Dividing
the manuscript into sections. Number
section headings with roman numerals, in upper case, centered. The text then
begins on the next line. Subheadings are upper and lower case and underlined,
flush left. The text then begins on the next line. Further subheadings are
flush left, underlined, upper and lower case, and followed by a period. The
text then begins on the same line, immediately following the subheading.
Footnotes. Footnotes should be embedded and numbered
consecutively. Do not use endnotes.
Reference
citations. Refer in the text to listed
references by author with date and, if necessary, page numbers, placed in parentheses.
Separate year references to different articles with brackets by semicolons. A
comma indicates that the next number is a page number. If a reference comes at
the end of a sentence, the period follows the parenthesis. In the References,
list every publication or unpublished manuscript cited in your paper.
REFERENCES
Use the Chicago Manual of Style format
for all references listed alphabetically by author’s last name, then by date
with oldest publication date appearing first.
Some examples are provided below:
Article listings:
Bungus, J. “Revealed Preference among
Economists.” Journal Title, 39(4), 1923, 162–73.
Billings, B. B., and Wanda J. D.
Watkins. “The Relative Quality of Economics Journals.” Western Economic
Journal, December 1972, 467–69. [Use this form only if volume and issue number
are not available.]
California Coastal Commission. Offshore
Drilling Rights. Sacramento, 1980.
Book listings:
Doe, D., and C. Coauthor. Title of Book.
Boston: Brown and Company, 1978.
Doe, D., ed. Book She Edited. Boston:
Brown and Company, 1978.
Flamingo, J. Flamingo’s Collected Works,
edited by Jevons Marshall. Boston: etc. . . .
Gregious, M. His Book in a Series. Title
of Series. Boston: etc. . . .
———. His Work in a Later Edition. 2nd.
ed. Boston: etc. . . .
Gregious, E., and S. Strange. “Chapter
in a Cooperative Work,” in Title of Work, edited by M. Sams. Boston: Brown and
Company, 1979, 26–40.
