Instructions to Authors
Please follow British spelling throughout (authors who are accustomed to writing in American English can retain American spelling).
Please keep in mind that your texts and tables will be typeset and that all graphs will be redone in the Ifo format. Please do the tables in MS Word format and provide the data for the graphs in an MS Excel file.
Please note: This journal does not accept Microsoft Word 2007 documents at this time. Please use Word's "Save As" option to save your document as an older (.doc) file type.
1 Text
Please avoid any form of block-settings, line breaks or print-formatting. Do not use ligatures.
1.1 Length
Unless otherwise agreed, manuscripts should be about 20-25 pages, double-spaced, not counting tables and figures.
1.2 Footnotes
Notes serve to provide supplementary information and are therefore to be used sparingly. Notes are to be indicated in the text by exponents without parentheses.
1.3 Sources and bibliographical references in text
Sources and bibliographical references should be given in the text itself according to the author-date (or Harvard) style of referencing, with the author’s or editor’s surname together with the year of publication and the page or pages, all enclosed in parentheses. Page numbers are to be separated by a medium-length en-dash (–).
When multiple works by the same author within the same year are cited, the letters "a", "b", "c" etc. should follow the dates. Instead of the abbreviation "ff.", the exact page specifications are to be given.
Example:
(Jones 1981a, pp. 55–58 ).
It is also acceptable to cite the author with only the remaining information parenthesised.
As Jones (1981a, pp. 413–26 ) stated ...
For co-authored works, the names are to be separated by "and"; when there are three authors, the first and second are separated by a comma, the second and third by "and" without a comma. When there are more than three authors, the first author is given, followed by the abbreviation "et al". If two references are necessary, they are separated by a semicolon. Examples:
(Miyamoto and Takemura 1990, p. 427)
(Ariyoshi, Takemura and Tanaka 1984, pp. 23–29 )
(Kenwood et al. 1979, p. 65)
(Kollo 1998; Kagami 1998)
1.4 Anonymous essays
Anonymous essays in newspapers and non-scientific magazines should be cited by giving the name of the newspaper, with the date of publication and the page number(s). Example:
(Handelsblatt 22 July 1995, p.15)
2 Incorporating house style
2.1 Quotations
Quotations must appear as in the original and should not be changed. Use double quotation marks with singles for quotes within quotes. Interpolated words should be enclosed in square brackets to show that they are not part of the quoted matter. Punctuation should be within quotation marks if a compete sentence is quoted. Final punctuation will be outside quotation marks if the quotation forms only part of a sentence.
2.2 Dates
Dates should be written 18 August 1996, decades should be written in numbers (e.g. 1970s) and not in letters (e.g. seventies). No apostrophe should be used. Dates should be elided to the last two digits 1977–78.
2.3 Abbreviations
Abbreviations consisting of capital letters do not have full stops (GNP, USA, US). For abbreviating United States either as a noun or an adjective, use "US" without full stops. Contractions ending with the same letter as the original word do not take terminal full stops (St, Mr, Dr).
Abbreviations where the last letter of the singular word is not included take a full stop (vol., vols./ed., eds.). The abbreviation for number is no./nos. Abbreviated unit of measurements do not take a full stop (lb, mm, kg) and do not take a final 's' in the plural.
2.4 Numbers
Numbers one to ten are expressed in words, but 11 upward appear in figures, unless used in general terms. Example: "about a hundred people". Wherever a unit of measurement is used, the number preceding it appears in figures, unless it is used in a very general sense: "hundreds of miles".
2.5 Percent
In text, percent should be spelled out and the number should appear in figures: 54 percent. In tables the % symbol may be used.
2.6 Hyphenation
In general, the hyphen is now used less frequently in compound terms, for example, "microeconomic", but note the adjectival hyphen in "a twentieth-century author".
2.7 Headings
Headings, sub-headings, table headings and figure captions should not have full stops.
2.8 Currencies
Currencies should be indicated consistently applying the conventional abbreviation of the European Central Bank: JPY, EUR, USD. Use before the numbers with a space: USD 1.2 billion. The symbols €, ¥ and £ are also permissible, especially in Tables. The dollar sign $ can be used if it is clear from the context that the US dollar is intended.
3. Bibliographical references
In the bibliography at the end of the paper, all of the cited works are to be given in alphabetical order. In the case of two or more works by a single author, the order should be chronological. When a single work has more than one author, it should be listed under the name of the first author, but after the individual publications of this author. Personal names should be abbreviated. Surnames should be separated from personal names by a comma. Please include the publisher of the book as well.
3.1 Monographs
Monographs should list:
- The author's initials and name
- The year of publication in parentheses
- The title of the book in italics
- The volume number of edition where relevant
- The name of the publisher and the place of publication
- The page number(s)
Sinn, H.-W. (2002), The New Systems Competition, Basil Blackwell, Oxford.
Tobin, J. J., Y. H. David and D. H. Davidson (1989), Preschool in Three Cultures, Yale University Press, New Haven, London.
3.2 A book within a series
Opitz, P. J. (2001), Weltprobleme im 21. Jahrhundert, UTB no. 2209, Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich.
3.3 A book within a multivolume work
Yamamura, K. and Y. Yasuba, eds. (1987), The Political Economy of Japan, vol. 1, The Domestic Transformation, Stanford University Press, Stanford.
3.4 Articles within a Book
McKean, M. (1993), "State Strength and the Public Interest", in G. Allinson and Y. Sone, eds., Political Dynamics in Contemporary Japan, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, pp. 72–104.
3.5 Journal articles
Sinn, H.-W. (1997), "The Selection Principle and Market Failure in Systems Competition", Journal of Public Economics 66, 247–74.
3.6 Newspaper articles
Financial Times Deutschland (2002), Vertikaler Vorteil, 9 July, p. 26.
3.7 Working paper
Pezzin, L.E. and B.S. Schone (2006), "Examining Motives for Intergenerational Transfers: A New Test Based on Siblings’ Behavior", Working paper, AHRQ, Rockville, MD.
3.8 Internet
OECD (1998), OECD News Release: Standardised Unemployment Rates, http://www.oecd.org/news and events/new-numbers/sur/nw98-75a.htm (found day/month/year).
4 Tables and figures
Figures should be printed out and data supplied in an MS Excel file. They should be clearly labelled. For tables and figures, the following information is to be added:
- The number of the table or figure, together with the title
- Explanatory notes, if necessary (Note: ...)
- Sources (Source: ...)
5 Funding
Details of all funding sources for the work in question should be given in a separate section entitled 'Funding'. This should appear before the 'Acknowledgements' section. The following rules should be followed: the full official funding agency name should be given, i.e. ‘National Institutes of Health’, not ‘NIH’; grant numbers should be given in brackets; multiple grant numbers should be separated by a comma; agencies should be separated by a semi-colon; no extra wording like 'Funding for this work was provided by ...' should be used; where individuals need to be specified for certain sources of funding the following text should be added after the relevant agency or grant number 'to [author initials]'. An example is given here: ‘National Institutes of Health (CB5453961 to C.S., DB645473 to M.H.); Funding Agency (hfygr667789).’
6 Submitting the paper
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Copyright
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PRE-PUBLICATION POLICY
CESifo Economic Studies 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:
1. Pre-publication in working paper series is allowed where submission to the working paper series is prior to acceptance by the Journal.
2. The working paper version may remain online after publication in the Journal.
3. The working paper version should NOT be updated after acceptance by the Journal.
4. 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).
Conflict of Interest Policy
Editors
Submission by Editor
A paper submitted by one of the Editors will be handled by another Editor or an Editorial Board member who is not at the same institution. The other Editor/Board member will select referees and make all decisions on the paper. The decision process will be handled in such a way that the submitting Editor does not have access to information or correspondence relating to the submission.
Submission by author at same institution as an Editor
A paper submitted by an author who is at the same institution as one of the Editors will be handled by one of the other Editors or an Editorial Board member who is not at that institution. The Editor who is at the same institution as the author will not be involved in selecting referees or making any decisions on the paper.
Submission by family member of Editor or by author whose relationship with Editor might create the perception of bias
If a paper is submitted by a family member of one of the Editors, or by an author whose relationship with one of the Editors might create the perception of bias (e.g. in terms of close friendship or conflict/rivalry), the Editor will declare a conflict of interest and the paper will be handled by one of the other Editors or an Editorial Board member. The Editor who has declared a conflict of interest will not be involved in selecting referees or making any decisions on the paper.
General policy
If an Editor feels that there is likely to be a perception of a conflict of interest in relation to their handling of a submission, they will declare it to the other Editors or Editorial Board, and the paper will be handled in the same way as described above.
Referees
Potential conflict of interest for referee
The invitation letter to referees will include the following wording: ‘If you feel there is any potential conflict of interest in your refereeing this paper please declare it. By accepting this invitation, it is assumed there is no potential conflict of interest.’ Standard policy will be not to use a referee if a conflict of interest has been declared, but the Editor may use his/her discretion.
Authors
Sources of funding
On acceptance, authors will be asked to provide a statement declaring all sources of funding relating to their paper, and the statement will be printed on the title page or at the end of their paper.
