Guidelines for Publication

General Guidelines

Manuscripts for the Journal of Economic Education should fall within one of the following categories:

• Research in economic education: Original theoretical and empirical studies dealing with the analysis and evaluation of teaching methods, learning attitudes and interests, materials, or processes.

   

• Economic content: Substantive issues, new ideas, and research findings in economics that may influence or can be used in the teaching of economics.

   

• Economic instruction: Innovations in pedagogy, hardware, materials, and methods for treating traditional and newer subjects. Issues involving the way economics is taught are emphasized.

   

• Online: The Online section identifies exemplary material for teaching and learning economics that is interactive or otherwise not conducive to traditional printed-page format. It features noncommercial work by economists and educators who are creating teaching materials using innovative electronic technology.

   

• Features and information: Reports on the status and events that influence academic economists (the labor market, status of women and minorities, and developments within graduate and undergraduate programs).

   

Send five copies of all manuscripts, including a 125-word abstract, to W. E. Becker, Editor, Journal of Economic Education, Wylie Hall 105, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-1201. Receipt of manuscripts will be acknowledged, and authors will be notified of editorial decisions.

Manuscripts typically will be evaluated by two or more reviewers. Pertinent comments will be brought to the author's attention, but manuscripts will not be returned. Submissions should be clear and concise. Authors should keep in mind that our readers are economists and educators with diverse preparation in economics, statistics, and educational theory. Upon acceptance of a manuscript, authors will receive instructions about submitting a disk. Following the publication of articles in the JEE, and as a condition of that publication, authors will be expected to make their data available to those who request it from them.

Manuscript requirements

• All copy. Text, explanatory notes, and references should be typed double-spaced on 8.5" x 11" white paper.

   

• Title page. To retain anonymity in the review process, show author's name only on title page. Include author's complete mailing and E-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and a short statement noting professional title and institutional affiliation.

   

• Tables and figures. Submit on separate pages and supply short titles for each. Repeat in the text only information from the tables that interprets a statement. Use figures only if they present concepts that cannot be conveyed easily in words. Upon acceptance of a manuscript for publication, the author will be asked to submit camera-ready art work. Printing specifications will be supplied at that time.

   

• Mathematical symbols and equations. Present clearly. Distinguish numbers from letters (one from the letter l; zero from the letter o). Identify all vectors and Greek letters.

   

• Notes and references. Follow Style B of Manual of Style, 14th ed., University of Chicago Press, 1993. Number notes sequentially and list at end of text. For text citations, use author/date style (Smith 1980). Include a page number for quotations. List full citations, alphabetically by author, in the references; include year of publication, title, publication, and publisher or volume, issue, and page numbers. For example:

   

  • Allingham, M. 1983. Value. London: MacMillian.

     

  • Samuelson, P. A. 1954. The pure theory of public expenditures and taxation. In Public economics, ed. J. Margolis and H. Guitton. New York: St. Martin's.

     

  • Soper, J. C., and W. B. Walstad. 1983. On measuring economic attitudes. Journal of Economic Education 14 (Fall): 4-17.

     

Printing specifications for camera-ready figures.

• Figures should be no larger than 5" high and 5" wide. Figures should be vertical if possible.

   

• All designations for points, lines, or curves within a figure should be in bold italics; type face Times Roman; type size between 8 and 10 points. All words such as axis designations and line labels should be bold but not italics; in type face Times Roman; and type size between 8 and 10 points. To ensure quality reproduction, the journal cannot reduce a figure more than 75 percent.

   

• Figures should be done in black and white. Please indicate any screened areas but do not screen.

   

• All lines and curves should be labeled.

   

• Each figure should have a short title, which will be typeset at the journal for consistency.

   

• If lines or curves are of different weight, please make that obvious with thicker lines, dotted lines, etc.

   

• If you reproduce a figure used in another publication, be sure to obtain permission to publish from the holder of the copyright.