Instruction for Authors
The editors of the Journal of Economic Structures would like to put down here the authentic
Instructions for Authors for you reference to submitting articles online.

Step-by-step ONLINE submission
1.

Prepare your Manuscript(=Title Page +Main Text, in one file) using templates forsubmission.
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Erase completely the name(s) and address(es) of the author(s) in your Manuscript.

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Go to the SpringerOpen JES webpage

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Fill in the blanks to Register/Login for SpringerOpen.

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Choose the subject area; always choose "Research" for type of article.

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Fill in the Title and the Abstract of your manuscript and continue.

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In the "Coverletter" please provide the names of up to three potential reviewers withand strike the continue botton.

their affiliations and email addresses. Here8.

is an example of a coverletter.

Also, if your manuscript has been language-edited please provide the name of theservice (person/institution) in the coverletter.

9.

Provide author details.

10. Upload the Manuscript (of 2. above) for double blind review (Manuscript without any
information concerning the author(s)), Figures (if any) and Additional material files (ifany). Tables and Figures may be included in the Manuscript.
11. Proceed as usual and finish.

Overview
Manuscript submission
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published
before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its
publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible
authorities - tacitly or explicitly - at the institute where the work has been carried out.
The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims forcompensation.

Manuscripts must be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript, and should not
be submitted by anyone on their behalf. The submitting author takes responsibility forthe article during submission and peer review.
Double-blind peer review
This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. Authors are therefore requested
to submit:A blinded manuscript without any author names and affiliations in the text or on
the title page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text shouldbe avoided.

A separate title page, containing title, all author names, affiliations, and thecontact information of the corresponding author.

Article Processing Charge
Please note that JES levies an article-processing charge (EUR850 per article) on all
accepted Research articles; PAPAIOS International Members are fully exempted fromthe Article Processing Charge for publishing in JES.
Manuscript presentation
JES only accepts manuscripts written in English. Spelling should be US English only.
Springer style typesetting
ALL JES articles will be typesetted using the authentic Springer style.

Prepareing the Manuscript
Templates/Packages
Microsoft Word templateLaTeX macro package< use the option: smallextended >Title page
The Title Page should include:

A concise and informative title

The names(s) of the author(s)The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author

Abstract Please provide an abstract of 150 to 250 words.
The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

Keywords Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.

Classification code An appropriate number of JEL classification codesshould beprovided.
Acknowledgments (if any) Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should beplaced in the title page, although this will appear in a separate section before thereference list in the final version. The names of funding organizations should be written
in full.

Main Text
The main text should begin with the "Introduction" section.
Headings
Please use the decimal system of headings with no more than three levels.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
Mathematical notation
Please use the standard mathematical notation for formulae, symbols etc.:
Italic for single letters that denote mathematical constants, variables, andunknown quantities.

Roman/upright for numerals, operators, and punctuation, and commonly defined
functions or abbreviations, e.g., cos, det, e or exp, lim, log, max, min, sin, tan, d(for derivative).

Bold for vectors, tensors, and matrices.

Footnotes
Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of areference included in the reference list. They should not consist solely of a reference
citation, and they should never include the bibliographic details of a reference. They
should also not contain any figures or tables. Footnotes to the text are numberedconsecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (orasterisks for significance values and other statistical data). Footnotes to the title or theauthors of the article are not given reference symbols. Always use footnotes instead ofendnotes.

References
Citation
Cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. Some examples:Negotiation research spans many disciplines (Thompson 1990).

This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman (1996).

This effect has been widely studied (Abbott 1991; Barakat et al. 1995; Kelso andSmith 1998; Medvec et al. 1999).

Reference list
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that havebeen published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublishedworks should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a
substitute for a reference list.
Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the first author ofeach work.
Journal article
Harris, M., Karper, E., Stacks, G., Hoffman, D., DeNiro, R., Cruz, P., et al. (2001). Writinglabs and the Hollywood connection. Journal of Film Writing, 44(3), 213-245.
Article by DOI
Slifka, M. K., & Whitton, J. L. (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine
production. Journal of Molecular Medicine, doi:10.1007/s001090000086
BookCalfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal
publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Book chapter
O'Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men's and women's gender role journeys: Metaphor forhealing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across thelife cycle (pp. 107-123). New York: Springer.
Online document
Abou-Allaban, Y., Dell, M. L., Greenberg, W., Lomax, J., Peteet, J., Torres, M., & Cowell,V. (2006). Religious/spiritual commitments and psychiatric practice. Resource document.
American Psychiatric Association.
http://www.psych.org/edu/other_res/lib_archives/archives/200604.pdf. Accessed 25
June 2007.

Tables
Each table should be numbered and cited in sequence using Arabic numerals (i.e. Table 1, 2, 3etc.). Tables should also have a title (above the table) that summarizes the whole table; it should
be no longer than 15 words. Detailed legends may then follow, but they should be concise.
Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
Smaller tables considered to be integral to the manuscript can be pasted into the end of thedocument text file, in A4 portrait or landscape format. These will be typeset and displayed in thefinal published form of the article. Such tables should be formatted using the 'Table object' in aword processing program to ensure that columns of data are kept aligned when the file is sent
electronically for review; this will not always be the case if columns are generated by simply
using tabs to separate text. Columns and rows of data should be made visibly distinct byensuring that the borders of each cell display as black lines. Commas should not be used toindicate numerical values. Color and shading may not be used; parts of the table can behighlighted using symbols or bold text, the meaning of which should be explained in a tablelegend. Tables should not be embedded as figures or spreadsheet files.
Larger datasets or tables too wide for a portrait page can be uploaded separately as additional
files. Additional files will not be displayed in the final, laid-out PDF of the article, but a link will be
provided to the files as supplied by the author.
Tabular data provided as additional files can be uploaded as an Excel spreadsheet (.xls) orcomma separated values (.csv). As with all files, please use the standard file extensions.

Artwork and Illustrations
Illustrations should be provided as separate files, not embedded in the text file. Each figure
should include a single illustration and should fit on a single page in portrait format. If a figure
consists of separate parts, it is important that a single composite illustration file be submitted
which contains all parts of the figure. There is no charge for the use of color figures. Please readour figure preparation guidelines
figuresfor detailed instructions on maximising the quality of your.

Formats
The following file formats can be accepted:
EPS (preferred format for diagrams)

PDF (also especially suitable for diagrams)

TIFF

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PNG (preferred format for photos or images)

Microsoft Word (version 5 and above; figures must be a single page)

PowerPoint (figures must be a single page)

JPEG



BMP

Figure legends
The legends should be included in the main manuscript text file at the end of thedocument, rather than being a part of the figure file. For each figure, the following
information should be provided: Figure number (in sequence, using Arabic numerals - i.e.
Figure 1, 2, 3 etc); short title of figure (maximum 15 words); detailed legend, up to 300words.
Please note that it is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain permission from thecopyright holder to reproduce figures or tables that have previously been publishedelsewhere.

Preparing additional files
Although JES does not restrict the length and quantity of data included in an article, there may
still be occasions where an author wishes to provide data sets, tables, movie files, or otherinformation as additional files. Results that would otherwise be indicated as "data not shown"
can and should be included as additional files. Since many weblinks and URLs rapidly become
broken, JES requires that all supplementary data are included as additional files rather than as alink to your own website. These files can be uploaded using the 'Additional Material files' buttonin the manuscript submission tool.
The maximum file size for additional files is 20 MB each, and files will be virus-scanned on
submission.
Additional files will be linked to the final published article in the form supplied by the author, butwill not be displayed within the article. They will be made available in exactly the same form as
originally provided by the authors.
If additional material is provided, please list the following information in a separate section of themanuscript text, immediately following the tables (if any):File name (e.g. Additional file 1)File format including the three-letter file extension (including name and a URL of an
appropriate viewer if format is unusual)

Title of dataDescription of data

Additional files should be named "Additional file 1" and so on and should be referenced explicitlyby file name within the body of the article, e.g. 'An additional movie file shows this in more detail[see Additional file 1]'.
Additional File Formats
Ideally, file formats for additional files should not be platform-specific, and should beviewable using free or widely available tools. The following are examples of suitableformats.
Additional documentationo

Animationso

PDF (Adode Acrobat)
SWF (Shockwave Flash)

Movieso

MOV (QuickTime)oMPG (MPEG)

Tabular datao

XLS (Excel Spreadsheet)oCSV (Comma separated values)

As with figure files, files should be given the standard file extensions. This is especially
important for Macintosh users, since the Mac OS does not enforce the use of standard
extensions. Please also make sure that each additional file is a single table, figure ormovie (please do not upload linked worksheets or PDF files larger than one sheet).
Mini-websites
Small self-contained websites can be submitted as additional files, in such a way thatthey will be browsable from within the full text HTML version of the article. In order todo this, please follow these instructions:1.

Create a folder containing a starting file called index.html (or index.htm) in theroot.

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Put all files necessary for viewing the mini-website within the folder, or subfolders.

3.

Ensure that all links are relative (ie "images/picture.jpg" rather than"/images/picture.jpg" or"http://yourdomain.net/images/picture.jpg" or "C:\Documents

and Settings\username\My Documents\miniwebsite\images\picture.jpg") and no link is longer than 255 characters.
4.

Access the index.html file and browse around the mini-website, to ensure thatthe most commonly used browsers (Internet Explorer and Firefox) are able toview all parts of the mini-website without problems, it is ideal to check this on adifferent machine.

5.

Compress the folder into a ZIP, check the file size is under 20 MB, ensure thatindex.html is in the root of the ZIP, and that the file has .zip extension, thensubmit as an additional file with your article.

~~~~~~~~~~~Example Coverletter~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Editor:
I am submiting herewith a manuscript entitled"--- the title of your paper here ---" for possible evaluation and publication in Journal ofEconomic Structures.
With the submission of this manuscript I would like to undertake that:
The contents of this manuscript have not been published previously;
The contents of this manuscript are not now under consideration for publicationelsewhere;
The contents of this manuscript will not be submitted, or published elsewhere, while
acceptance by the Journal is under consideration.
Possible reviewers would be:
Dr. ---------

email ------

Dr. ---------

email ------

Dr. ---------

email ------(((option))) Also, please note that this manuscript has been reviewed by an English
language editing service (----name of the service----).
Kind regards,------------------