Instructions for Authors

• Date: 01 June 2017
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/ijet.12108
• Published date: 01 June 2017

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

AIMS AND SCOPE

The International Journal of Economic Theory is published

in cooperation with Kyoto University. The Journal publishes

English language original research articles in all fi elds of

economic theory.

EDITORIAL REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE

The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and

originality of the research and its signifi cance to our read-

ership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer

reviewed by anonymous reviewers and the Editors. Final

acceptance or rejection rests with the Editorial Board, who

reserves the right to refuse any material for publication.

Manuscripts should be written so that they are intelligible to

the professional reader who is not a specialist in the particu-

lar fi eld. They should be written in a clear, concise, direct

style. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for pub-

lication on the basis of content, the Editors or the Publisher

reserve the right to modify typescripts to eliminate ambiguity

and repetition and improve communication between author

and reader. If extensive alterations are required, the manu-

script will be returned to the author for revision.

Non-native English speaking authors are requested to have

the paper checked by a native English speaker before the fi nal

version of the paper is submitted.

PRE-ACCEPTANCE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITING

Authors for whom English is a second language may choose

to have their manuscript professionally edited before submis-

sion to improve the English. Visit http://wileyeditingservices.

com to learn about the options. All services are paid for and

arranged by the author. Please note using the Wiley English

Language Editing Service does not guarantee that your paper

will be accepted by this journal.

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically at http://

www.ijet.jp/submission.html, as PDF format, including the

fi gures and tables and with all fonts embedded in the fi le.

Email submission is not accepted. Alternatively, authors can

submit a disk containing the PDF fi le to:

The Editorial Offi ce

International Journal of Economic Theory

Institute of Economic Research

Kyoto University

Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-ku

Kyoto 606-8501

Japan

Tel: +81-75-753-7188; Fax: +81-75-753-7170

When submitting their manuscript online, authors will be

asked if they agree with the terms of submission. Authors

who submit their manuscript by sending a disk to the above

address should include a covering letter stating the following:

(i) that the content of the paper has not been published or

submitted for publication elsewhere; (ii) that all authors have

contributed signifi cantly, and that all authors are in agree-

ment with the content of the manuscript; (iii) that they have

declared any fi nancial support or relationships that may pose

confl ict of interest; and (iv) that if tables or fi gures have been

reproduced from another source, a letter from the copyright

holder (usually the Publisher), stating authorization to repro-

duce the material, has been obtained.

PREPARATION OF FINAL MANUSCRIPTS

All articles accepted must comply with these instructions.

Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and

possible delay in publication.

• If submitting a disk, use a new one rather than a reformat-

ted one.

• The disk must contain the relevant fi le(s) only. The entire

article (including tables) should be supplied as a single fi le;

only electronic fi gures should be supplied as separate fi les.

• Authors should supply their accepted paper as formatted

text. Specify the hardware and the word processing pack-

age on the disk (e.g. IBM,Word 2000 or Mac,Word 5.1),

as well as the fi rst author’s surname, the journal title and

the manuscript number.

• Please note that Word 2007 is not yet compatible with

journal production systems. Unfortunately, the journal

cannot acceptMicrosoftWord 2007 documents until such

time as a stable production version is released. Please use

Word’s “Save As” option to save your documents as an

older (.doc) fi le type.

• Do not use Enter at the end of lines within a paragraph.

• Include only those hyphens that are essential to the meaning.

• Specify any special characters used to represent nonkey-

board characters.

• Take care not to use l (ell) for 1 (one), O (capital o) for 0

(zero) or ß (German esszett) for ␤ (Greek beta).

• Use a tab, not spaces, to separate data points in tables.

If you use a table editor function, ensure that each data

point is contained within a unique cell (i.e. do not use

Enter within cells).

Heavily mathematical papers can be drafted in software such

as TeX or LaTeX, in which case the PDF page proofs should

be checked thoroughly for accuracy. Authors are required to

supply style and class fi les for TeX and LaTex formats. Note

that the use of specialized versions of TeX or extensive use

of custom macros may necessitate conventional typesetting

from the hard-copy manuscript.

Author material archive policy

Authors who require the return of any submitted material that

is accepted for publication should inform the Editorial Offi ce

after acceptance. If no indication is given that author material

should be returned, Wiley will dispose of all hardcopy and

electronic material two months after publication.

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