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Author Guidelines

The editorial office accepts articles not exceeding 24 pages (format settings: Times New Roman, 14pt, 1.5 line spacing), i.e. 40,000 characters (including spaces). We only accept articles submitted as DOC files. 

     We do not accept:

• previously published works or simultaneous submissions
• submissions not meeting the below content and layout requirements

Article content and layout requirements

     An eligible article should have the following structure:

1. Article details in the Russian
2. Article text
3. References
4. Article details in the English

     1. Article details in the Russian

     The following information should precede the article text:

• initial letter of the given name and surname of the author (names of multiple authors should be separated by commas)
• article title
• abstract (500 to 700 characters; the abstract should outline the contents of the article: goals, objective and methods of research, and a short conclusion)
• keywords (key phrases should not be long)
• JEL codes

     The author’s following details should be provided in a footnote:

• full name
• academic degree and title
• official place of work and position (full official name of the organization)
• city (if not clear from the organization name)
• contact email address (to be published in the journal). In case of multiple authors, the corresponding author’s email address should be provided
• ORCID iD (What is ORCID and why a researcher needs it)

      Example of article metadata in Russian

2. Article text

    Text. The first lines of paragraphs should be indented using Microsoft Word indentation, with no spaces or tabs. Text fragments should be accentuated with bold or italic font, but not highlighted, as color highlights will be lost when the layout is built before publishing. Text frames are not allowed, as the text inside them may be misplaced in the article text after they are deleted. Footnotes should be placed at the bottom of respective pages (not after the article) and added using standard MS Word tools (Insert – Reference – Footnote).

     Tables should be formatted as MS Word tables. Please try to ensure that there is a corresponding cell for each table item (do not create new paragraphs to break lines). The text and numbers within cells should be aligned using standard tools rather than spaces or empty lines. Do not highlight text in the table with color unless an accent is needed. 

     Figures. If the article includes figures, the source files should be provided after accepting article for publication. We strongly recommend Microsoft Excel for generating graphs and charts (the file must contain the source numbers relevant to the image). Graphs generated using specialized software should be saved or exported as vector images (PDF, EPS, AI, CDR). TIF, JPEG, GIF and BMP images are not acceptable. Graphs created using MS Word should be avoided where possible, as they take substantial extra effort to prepare a layout. In exceptional cases, such images and diagrams should be grouped as single objects. Otherwise, a slightest alteration of the page margins – inevitable in document processing – may lead to individual elements being shifted. Please do not:
• Supply files that are optimized for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG);
• Supply bitmapped line drawings or color (grayscale) photographs (e.g., TIFF or JPEG);
• Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content. 

3. References

     In-text citation

• Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also appear in the reference list (and vice versa)
• cite the author’s name, publication date, and pages (where needed) in parentheses: (Freeman, 1987. P. 120)
• if the author’s name of reference written in or translated into Russian is mentioned in the text, only the publication year should be specified in the parentheses: (2008. С. 132)
• for two authors: both authors’ names should be specified (separated by comma); for three or more authors: first author’s name followed by “et al.”. If several sources are cited at once, they should be separated by semicolon: (Obstfeld, Rogoff, 1995. P. 631; Radcliffe et al., 1984)
• for several papers by the same author, the publication dates should be listed, separated with comma: (OECD, 1996, 2005)

     Reference list (after the article text)

• the reference list should include only the sources you refer to in the article. References should be arranged in alphabetical order. References in Russian placed first
• all titles in Russian should be accompanied with their translations into English in brackets, with the words “(In Russian)”, enclosed in parentheses, at the end
• for references translated from English, it is preferable to specify the English title, keeping the publication year and details of the periodical (journal) which published the translation:
        De Soto H. W. (2008). Socialism, economic calculation and entrepreneurship. Chelyabinsk: Sotsium. (In Russian).
• each reference should be supplied with the author’s name. For collected papers, the editor should be specified. For corporate papers, the organization should be specified as the author:
        Polterovich V. (ed.) (2010). Strategy of modernization of the Russian economy. St. Petersburg: Aletheia. (In Russian).
       WEF (2014). Global Competitiveness Report 2014—2015. Geneva: World Economic Forum.
• more than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified by the Latin letters “a”, “b”, “c”, etc.: (2019a)
• English translation of Russian sources should includ:
  — surnames of foreign authors in their original spelling (e.g., Nietzsche)
  the following should be transliterated:
  — surnames and initials of Russian authors
  — journal title (if an English title not exists)
  — name of the publisher
  ! use the translit.net website for quick and correct transliteration (choose BGN transliteration system)
  the rest should be translated into English, including:
  — organization name
  — city (full name)
• uppercase and lowercase letters in source paper titles in foreign languages and in English translations:
  —all words in the titles should begin with lowercase letters (except for proper names and the first word after a colon, including prepositions and articles)
  —all words (except for prepositions and articles) in the titles of journals, publishers and organizations should begin with uppercase letters
• always provide the DOI if available. Do not insert a full stop at the end of a DOI or any other web-link.

     Not included in the reference list: statutory regulations (bylaws), statistical compendiums, archived materials, newspaper items without citing the author(s), references to websites without quoting the particular material. References to those sources should be placed in footnotes.
     ! Unreliable websites, tabloid websites, forums and social networks are not accepted as sources.

      Referencing style guidelines 

  4. Article details in English
      (placed on the last page of article)

• article title
• author’s (authors’) transliterated names(s) and surname(s)
• each author’s place of work (full official name of the organization in English)
• city, country
• abstract
• keywords
• JEL codes
• corresponding author and email.

      Example of article metadata in English

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. The manuscripts are accepted if has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
2. The materials should be prepared in a format Microsoft Word.

3. Internet links are provided as a complete URL. 

4. Text should be typed with an interval of 1.5 line spacing, font Times New Roman, 14 pt; to highlight the accents it is recommended to use italics rather than underlining (except Internet links). All images, graphics and tables are placed within the text according to the meaning of the particular part of text (and not at the end of the document). Abstract least 1,000 characters (including spaces).

5. Text should follow the stylistic and bibliography requirements as stated in Regulations located in the Author Guidelines. 

6. Please, remove the authors' names from the title of the article and other parts of the document for ensuring a blind peer review

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