MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

Submitted papers should typically not exceed 40 double-spaced typewritten pages. Final versions of accepted manuscripts (including notes, references, tables, and legends) should be typed double-spaced on 8.5 x 11 inch (22cm x 29cm) white paper with 1 inch (2.5 cm) margins on all sides. Sections should appear in the following order: title page, abstract, text, figure legends, references, notes, tables, and figures. Comments or replies to previously published articles should also follow this format with the exception of abstracts, which are not required. Manuscripts should be prepared carefully according to the Chicago Manual of Style, fifteenth edition.

Title Page

The title page should include the title, name(s) of the author(s), and institutional affiliation for each author. It should also include name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the author responsible for correspondence. Page numbering should begin on this page.

Text

The text should begin on a separate page, starting with an abstract of not more than 100 words and a list of two to six keywords, along with JEL classification numbers, if applicable. The first numbered section should follow the introduction of the article. References in the text should follow the author-date format. Footnotes should be placed at the end of the text, beginning on a separate page, double-spaced. They should not be placed at the bottom of the page on which they are cited. Do not number author affiliations or acknowledgments of support or assistance.

Tables

Tables should be typewritten, each on a separate page, and numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals; each should have a brief, descriptive title; each should be designed to fit on a page without undue compression. Vertical rules should not be used. They should be as self-explanatory as possible, incorporating any necessary descriptive material in an unnumbered footnote.

Figures and Illustrations

Figures should also be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. All explanatory material should be included in the legend and not in the figure itself. Figure legends should be typed together on a separate page, double-spaced. Submit review copies of each figure with the manuscript. Upon acceptance, final figures should be submitted in electronic format, preferably as TIFF or EPS files for images and Word, Excel or PowerPoint files for graphs. For optimal print quality, all images should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi (dots per inch), and all line art should be at least 1200 dpi. Each figure should be in a separate electronic file, with the figure number in the filename. For useful information on preparing your figures for publication, see http://dx.sheridan.com.

If electronic files are not available, camera-ready hard copy figures can be submitted; however, typewritten or hand-drawn figures are not acceptable. Each hard copy figure should have a stick-on label on the reverse with the figure number and the author and title of the article.

References

References should be typed double-spaced beginning on a separate page following the text and should follow the samples below.

• Adams, G., R.Jones, and J. Doe. 1999. Article Title. Journal Title 9: 226-232.
• Doe, J. 2002. "Title of Paper to Be Published." Working Paper 00-000, University of California, Berkeley; forthcoming in Journal Title.
• Johnson, C., and P. Smith. 1985. Book Title. Boston, MA: Kluwer.
• Shaw, J. 1986a. "Chapter Title." In R. Jones and M. Brown (eds.), Book Title, vol. 3. Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel Publishing.
• Shaw, J. 1986b. "Title of Paper." Working Paper 00-000, University of Notre Dame.

LICENSE TO PUBLISH

It is a condition of publication in the journal that authors grant an exclusive license to Oxford University Press; requests for permission to reprint material found in the journal should also come to Oxford University Press. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be disseminated as widely as possible. 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 as the publisher.

AUTHOR SELF-ARCHIVING/PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY FROM MAY 2005

For information about this journal's policy, please visit our Author Self-Archiving Policy page.

Journal of Financial Econometrics authors have the option, at an additional charge, to make their paper freely available online immediately upon publication, under the Oxford Open initiative. After your manuscript is accepted, as part of the mandatory license form required of all corresponding authors, you will be asked to indicate whether or not you wish to pay to have your paper made freely available immediately. If you do not select the Open Access option, your paper will be published with standard subscription-based access and you will not be charged.

For those selecting the Open Access option, the charges for Journal of Financial Econometrics vary depending on the institution at which the corresponding author is based:

Optional Oxford Open charges:
For a corresponding author based at an institution with an online subscription to Journal of Financial Econometrics:

• Regular charge - £900 / $1800 / €1350
  
• List B developing country charge** - £450 / $900 / €675
  
• List A developing country charge** - £0 / $0 / €0
  

For a corresponding author based at an institution that does not subscribe to the online journal:

• Regular charge - £1500 / $3000 / €2250
  
• List B developing country charge** - £750 / $1500 / €1125
  
• List A developing country charge** - £0 /$0 / €0
  

*Visit http://www.oxfordjournals.org/jnls/devel/ for list of qualifying countries.

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If you choose the Open Access option you will also be asked to complete an Open Access charge form online. You will be automatically directed to the appropriate version of the form depending on whether you are based at an institution with an online subscription to Journal of Financial Econometrics. Therefore please make sure that you are using an institutional computer when accessing the form. To check whether you are based at a subscribing institution please use the Subscriber Test link for Journal of Financial Econometrics.

Please see these guidelines for reuse of Oxford Open content.

PERMISSIONS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND FIGURES

Permission to reproduce copyright material, for print and online publication in perpetuity, must be cleared and if necessary paid for by the author; this includes applications and payments to DACS, ARS, and similar licensing agencies where appropriate. Evidence in writing that such permissions have been secured from the rights-holder must be made available to the editors. It is also the author's responsibility to include acknowledgements as stipulated by the particular institutions. Oxford Journals can offer information and documentation to assist authors in securing print and online permissions: please see the Guidelines for Authors section. Information on permissions contacts for a number of main galleries and museums can also be provided. Should you require copies of this, please contact the editorial office of the journal in question or the Oxford Journals Rights department.

PRE-PUBLICATION POLICY

The Journal of Financial Econometrics 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/Co-Editors

Submission by Editor/Co-Editor
A paper submitted by one of the Editors or Co-Editors will be handled by another Editor or Co-Editor who is not at the same institution. The other Editor 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 family member of Editor/Co-Editor or by author whose relationship with Editor/Co-Editor might create the perception of bias
If a paper is submitted by a family member of one of the Editors or Co-Editors, or by an author whose relationship with one of the Editors or Co-Editors might create the perception of bias (e.g. in terms of close friendship or conflict/rivalry), the Editor/Co-Editor will declare a conflict of interest and the paper will be handled by one of the other Editors or Co-Editors. 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 or Co-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, 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 a possible conflict of interest in your refereeing this paper, please declare it. By accepting this invitation, it is assumed there is no such conflict of interest.’ Standard policy will be not to use a referee if a conflict of interest has been declared, but the Editors/Co-Editors may use their discretion.

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.

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 sentence should begin: ‘This work was supported by …’
• The full official funding agency name should be given, i.e. ‘National Institutes of Health’, not ‘NIH’ (full RIN-approved list of UK funding agencies) Grant numbers should be given in brackets as follows: ‘[grant number xxxx]’
• Multiple grant numbers should be separated by a comma as follows: ‘[grant numbers xxxx, yyyy]’
• Agencies should be separated by a semi-colon (plus ‘and’ before the last funding agency)
• 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: ‘This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health [AA123456 to C.S., BB765432 to M.H.]; and the Alcohol & Education Research Council [hfygr667789].’