SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS

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SUBMISSION POLICY

The Cambridge Journal of Economics, founded in the traditions of Marx, Keynes, Kalecki, Joan Robinson and Kaldor, provides a focus for theoretical, applied, interdisciplinary and methodological work, with strong emphasis on realism of analysis, the development of critical perspectives, the provision and use of empirical evidence, and the construction of policy. The Editors welcome submissions in this spirit on economic and social issues such as unemployment, inflation, the organisation of production, the distribution of the social product, class conflict, economic underdevelopment, globalisation and international economic integration, changing forms and boundaries of markets and planning, and uneven development and instability in the world economy.

USE OF MATHEMATICS

Authors are asked to use mathematics only when its application is a necessary condition for achieving the stated objective of the paper. When mathematics is used, the necessity for doing so should be explained, and the major steps in the argument and the conclusions made intelligible to a non-mathematical reader. Wherever possible, authors are encouraged to put the mathematical parts of their argument into an appendix.

In the case of empirical articles, authors will be expected to make readily available to interested readers a complete set of data as well as details of any specialised computer programs used.

LAYOUT

All copies must be in Journal style (see a recent issue), double spaced (including footnotes and references). Footnotes should be kept to a minimum, indicated by superscript figures in the text, and collected on a single page placed at the end of the manuscript. Please do not use the automatic footnote feature of your word processing program. Tables and figures should be attached on separate sheets at the end of the manuscript and their position indicated in the text. Citations in the text should use the Harvard System of short references (e.g. Isenman, 1980, pp. 66-7; Brown, 1975A, 1993B) with a full alphabetical list at the end in the following style:

• Isenman, P. 1980. Basic needs: the case of Sri Lanka, World Development, vol. 8, no. 3 [or page nos if issue number not known]
• Myrdal, G. 1939. Monetary Equilibrium, London, Hodge
• Phillips, A.W.H. 1953. 'Dynamic Models in Economics', PhD Thesis, University of London

LANGUAGE EDITING

Particularly if English is not your first language, before submitting your manuscript you may wish to have it edited for language. This is not a mandatory step, but may help to ensure that the academic content of your paper is fully understood by journal editors and reviewers. Language editing does not guarantee that your manuscript will be accepted for publication. If you would like information about one such service please click here. There are other specialist language editing companies that offer similar services and you can also use any of these. Authors are liable for all costs associated with such services.

ADVANCE ACCESS CITATION

Papers published in Advance Access are citeable using the DOI and publication date. An example of an Advance Access citation is given below:

• Brammer, S and Millington, A. 'Profit maximisation vs. agency: an analysis of charitable giving by UK firms', Cambridge Journal of Economics Advance Access published April 4, 2005, doi:10.1093/cje/bei036.

The same paper in its final form would be cited:

• Brammer, S. and Millington, A. 'Profit maximisation vs. agency: an analysis of charitable giving by UK firms', Cambridge Journal of Economics, 29(4), pp. 517-534. First published April 4, 2005: doi:10.1093/cje/bei036.

COMMENTS ON PUBLISHED ARTICLES

Before submitting a comment (normally no more than 1500 words) on any article published in the Journal, a copy of the comment should be sent to the author of the original article with a request they respond to any points of possible misunderstanding. The comment should not be submitted for publication before this response has been received unless the original author does not reply within a reasonable time.

COPYRIGHT

© Cambridge Political Economy Society 2005. All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without either the prior written permission of the Publishers, or a licence permitting restricted copying issued in the UK by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 9HE, or in the USA by the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, Mass 01923, USA.

It is a condition of publication in the Journal that authors assign copyright to the Cambridge Political Economy Society. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. In assigning copyright, authors may use their own material in other publications provided that the Journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Oxford University Press is notified in writing and in advance. You can download the licence to publish form here.

AUTHOR SELF-ARCHIVING/PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY

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PRE-PUBLICATION POLICY

The Cambridge Journal of Economics does not accept papers that have been previously published elsewhere with the exception of working papers series. The Journal’s policy regarding working paper series is:

• Pre-publication in working paper series is allowed where submission to the working paper series is prior to acceptance by the Journal.
• The working paper version may remain online after publication in the Journal.
• The working paper version should NOT be updated after acceptance by the Journal.
• Authors are requested to append the appropriate citation to the working paper version on acceptance by the Journal (if the working paper series allows this).