The paper submitted for publication in the journal should be sent to Editor-in-Chief:
p.ekonometrika@gmail.com
· A paper should meet the following requirements:
o contain results which have not been published previously in another journal;
o apply econometric methods;
o contain specific computations related to those methods and based on real economic information;
o be in line with modern achievements in that area.
· The journal may also publish methodological materials on the econometric methods used.
APPLIED ECONOMETRICS is a peer-reviewed journal.
All papers are double-blind refereed.
The publication of all materials in the journal is FREE OF CHARGE.
Requirements for the presentation of the materials
Text
The paper shall be in MS Word format *.doc or *.docx. Font — Times New Roman 11pt, line spacing — 1.5.
The size of the paper should be no more than 20–25 pages.
The author(s) should provide an abstract in English (200–500 characters long) and in Russian (if the paper is in Russian).
The author(s) should provide the title of the article, keywords in English and JEL Classification codes (lists separated by semicolon).
The article should be structured: it should have the sections numbered and possibly, subsections with titles. Moreover, the paper's structure should include an introduction, a review of the modern literature for the analyzed topic, the author’s results and a conclusion.
All tables and figures shall have titles and numbering. They shall be placed in the text no earlier than their first mention. References to the tables and figures in the text shall contain their numbers.
Hyphen (-) [for example: cross-section, Mittag-Leffler], en dash (–) [for example: pages 7–18, Cobb–Douglas], and em dash (—) should be distinguished.
The 'minus' sign for negative numbers reported in the text and in tables should be typed as en dash (–). Numbers in tables and text should be typed using a dot as the decimal separator. (Example: 12.3+0.8; –12.5%; 1/3=0.333...)
Do not use automatization tools in MS Word (numbering of sections, tables, figures, references).
Formulae
All formulae (inline and display ones) should be typed as MathType objects (not MS Word formula editor!). Standard options should be used: Math style, Latin and Greek letters in italics, formulae in Times New Roman 11pt.
Large formulae, located on several lines are advisable to be typed as several MathType objects. One for each line.
Formula numbers shall be at the right in parenthesis. Right aligned.
Tables
Title of the table is placed above the table (font 11pt).
Font in the tables is Times New Roman 10pt, line spacing — 1.0.
Avoid bold fonts in the table. Avoid vertical lines and use horizontal lines only when necessary.
It is advisable that the tables reporting the regression results should indicate with asterisks (*, **, ***) the significance of the coefficients at 10, 5, 1% level, respectively, and report the standard errors in parenthesis.
Tables shall have numbers and be placed in the text (some less important could be placed in Appendix).
Figures
Figures as a rule shall be editable MS Excel objects. Also the could be presented in other graphical vector (editable) formats: emf, wmf, eps, ps, pdf, svg, vsd.
Figures shall have numbers and be placed in the text (some less important could be placed in Appendix).
Figures shall be gray-scaled.
Title of the figure shall be placed below the figure (font 11 pt). Text inside the figure is typed with Times New Roman 9pt.
Axis shall be labeled.
It is advisable additionally to present each figure in a separate file.
Citation
References to literature, placed in text, should be given inside parenthesis.
The surname of the author should be placed at first, the year of publication should go next.
Examples: …the article (Kuznetsov, 2005) suggests…; … Kuznetsov (2005) suggests…
If there are two authors then both surnames should be given. An example: (Petrov, Smith, 2001).
If there are three or more authors then only the surname of the first author should be given.
Examples: (Petrov et al., 2001); (Smith et al., 1999).
References to collections of papers (Proceedings, Books etc.) should also be given inside round brackets. The title should be placed at first, the year of publication should go next. An example: (The regions of Russia, 2002–2004). If the title of the collection contains more than 60 characters, then it is possible to write only the first two words of the title or an abbreviation of an organization/project contained in the title. Examples: (CEMI, 2000), (Methodological regulations …, 2006).
In reference to a site, it is necessary to give its conventional name (it may be the organization which has created the site).
References
At the end of the article, the author should place the full list of references in alphabetical order: sources in Russian go first, sources in English go next. References should contain all paper mentioned in the text and only these papers.
A reference should be as complete as possible (surname(s), initials, title, place and year of publication, volume, issue, pages and so on). The title of a journal or a book should be italicized.
In title of the paper all words (except the first, word after colon, and names) shall be in lowercase letters.
It is highly advisable to report DOI for each item in the references list in the following format: DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2021.06.018.
Examples
1) Journal paper
Lensink R., Meesters A., Naaborg I. (2008). Bank efficiency and foreign ownership: Do good institutions matter? Journal of Banking and Finance, 32 (5), 834–844. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.06.001.
2) Paper in Proceedings, Books, etc.
Basile R. (2010). Labour productivity polarization across western European regions: Threshold effects versus neighbourhood effects. In: The Labour Market Impact of the EU Enlargement. A New Regional Geography of Europe? 75–97. Physica-Verlag. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2164-2_4.
3) Book
Cliff A. D., Ord J. K. (1973). Spatial autocorrelation. Pion, London.
Editorial office have a right to refuse in the publication if authors do not follow the above formulated journal rules.
The author(s) should send the author card as a separate file (download) to the following email: p.ekonometrika@gmail.com.