Style Instruction to Contributors

The manuscript:

• There is no definite limit on the length of papers. However, normally the length of the paper should fall within the range of 2000-6000 words. The papers must be in English, typed in double spacing on one side of A4 paper only.

• All the pages should be numbered consecutively and should be arranged under headings and subheadings.

Cover page:

The cover page of the manuscript should contain the following information:

• the full title, the affiliation(s) and address(es), e-mail address(s), phone and fax nos. of the author(s);
• a running title of not more than 80 characters
• the name and address of the author who will be responsible for correspondence and other duties.

Abstracts:

• Authors are requested to include an abstract of no more than 200 words summarising the objectives, major findings, methodology and conclusions of the paper.

Keywords:

• Authors should also provide 3-6 keywords that clearly describe the subject matter of the paper for indexing.

Heading and sub-heading:

• Headings should be numbered consecutively as 1, 2, etc. Subheading should be numbered as 1.1, 1.2, etc.

Figures, charts, diagrams and other illustrations:

• These should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and labeled as Figure I, Figure 2 etc. together with a brief title.

• Figures should be camera-ready and printed on separate sheets of paper, and an indication made in the text as to where they should appear.

Tables:

• Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and labeled as Table I, Table. 2 etc. together with a brief title

• Tables should be camera-ready and printed on separate sheets of paper, and an indication made in the text as so where they should appear.

References:

• The Harvard System should be used.
• Cite other work in the text with both authors last name (without any title) and year, e.g. Fama (1991), or if more than two authors, Blomquist et. al. (1988).
• Reference to the same author in the same year should be differentiated by using 1990a, and 1990b etc.
• List alphabetically by the first authors? last names under the heading Reference at the end of the paper in the following form.

Book:

Silberberg, E. (1990). The Structure of Economics: A Mathematical Analysis (2^nd edition). McGraw Hill Pub. Co.: New York.

Joumal article:

Granger C.W.J. (1969). Investigating Causal Relationship by Econometric Methods and Cross-Spectral Methods, Economtrica, 34, 4, 424-43 8.

Article in book:

Dhrymes, P.J. (1971). Price and Quality Changes in Consumer Capital Goods: An Empirical Study in: Price Index and Quality Change: Studies in New Methods of Measurement, Grilielses, Z. (ed.), Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 88-149.

Acknowledgements:

Authors wishing to acknowledge any organization or persons for providing data, financial support and any other significant contributions can do so in a separate paragraph under the heading Acknowledgements.

Footnotes:

• Do not use explanatory notes if they can be readily included in the text.
• Explanatory notes should be numbered consecutively in the text and denoted by superscript.