STYLE REQUIREMENTS

• 1. Papers must be written in English.
• 2. All submitted manuscripts must be original work that is not under submission at another journal or under consideration for publication in another form.
• 3. Authors must submit papers by uploading the files in 'Submission of Manuscripts' part. Acceptable formats for electronic submission include Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat format only.
• 4. Manuscripts should be clearly typed, double spaced. The font size must be at least 10. All pages should be numbered consecutively. Titles and subtitles should be short. References, tables, and legends for figures should be printed on separate pages.
• 5. The cover page should contain the title of the manuscript, the name(s) and institutional affiliation of the author(s), and an abstract of not more than 100 words followed by 5 key words. A footnote on the same sheet should give the name, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the corresponding author.
• 6. Acknowledgements and information on grants received can be given in a first footnote, which should not be included in the consecutive numbering of footnotes.
• 7. Section headers should be left justified beginning with Arabic numeral. Each header should be in boldfaced type with the letter of each word capitalized.
  • For example:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Model
  • 2. 1 Previous Research
  • 2. 1. 1 Mathematical Models
  • 2. 1. 2 Econometric Models
  • 2. 2 Assumptions
  • 2. 3 The Model
  • 3. Data

• 8.Footnotes

  Footnotes should be kept to a minimum and Arabic numbered consecutively throughout the text with superscript Arabic numerals. They should be double-spaced and not include displayed formulae or tables.

• 9.Tables

  Tables must be numbered with Arabic numerals. Indicate in the text approximately where each table should be placed. Type each table on a separate page at the end of the paper. Tables must be self-contained, in the sense that the reader must be able to understand them without going back to the text of the paper. Each table must have a title followed by a descriptive legend. Authors must check tables to be sure that the title, column headings, captions, etc., are clear and to the point.

• 10.Figures

  Figures must be numbered with Arabic numerals. All figure captions must be typed in double space on a separate sheet. A figure's title should be part of the caption. Figures must be self-contained. Each figure must have a title followed by a descriptive legend.

• 11.Equations

  All but very short mathematical expressions should be displayed on a separate line and centered. Equations must be numbered consecutively on the right margin, using Arabic numerals in parentheses as (1), (2), etc

• 12.References

  References must be typed on a separate page, double-spaced, at the end of the paper. References to publications in the text should appear as follows:

  Fama and Miller (1972) report that..." or "(Fama and Miller, 1972)."

  At the end of the manuscript (before tables and figures), the complete list of references should be as follows:

  For monographs: Fama, Eugene F., and Merton H. Miller, 1972. The Theory of Finance (Dryden Press, Hinsdale, Ill.).
  For contributions to collective works: Grossman, Sanford J., and Oliver D. Hart, 1982, Corporate financial structure and managerial incentives, in John J. McCall, ed.:
  The Economics of Information and Uncertainty (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.).
  For periodicals: Jensen, Michael C., and William H. Meckling, 1976, Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure,
  Journal of Financial Economics 3, pp. 305-360.