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  • International Economics

    • ISSN: 2110-7017
    International Economics publishes top-quality, original research in applied international economics. Topics covered include trade, trade policy, macroeconomics and finance. International Economics, is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of research in the area of applied international economics. The journal especially welcomes empirical contributions that include, but are not limited to, topics in international trade, commercial policy, open economy macroeconomics, international finance, exchange rates, financial and monetary policies, economic development, migration and factor movements.Other than regular submission (“Research papers”), two additional forms of submissions are offered: “Data, Tools, and Replication” and “Short communication". The journal also has a “Transfer” option from top journals.The "Data, Tools, and Replication" section is devoted to the publication of short notes presenting new and innovative datasets in the area of international economics, new tools useful for research in international economics, and/or replications of existing empirical studies in the field of international economics. As for all articles submitted to International Economics, papers for the "Data, Tools and Replication" section follow the standard refereeing process. For more details about the "Data, Tools and Replication" section, please see the file DataToolsReplication... “Short paper” section is devoted to manuscripts with at most 7,000 words. Each exhibit (table or figure) reduces the word limit by 200 words (e.g., a manuscript with five exhibits has a maximum length of 6,000 words). A maximum of five exhibits is allowed. The first decision will be accept, accept conditional on minor (expositional) changes, reject, or desk reject. Manuscripts must be self-contained. Papers will be rejected if the editor or the referees cannot assess the paper’s contribution based solely on the main text (i.e., without referring to appendices). The current turnaround time to a first decision is 39 days, with an approximate acceptance rate of 12%. To avoid unnecessary delay for authors, the editor might decide to return the paper to the author(s) before full review if she/ he determines that the paper is not suitable for the journal. The decision is always motivated.Internatio... Economics also offers a transfer option for papers which were marginally rejected from top field or general purpose journals. Authors could require the editors of International Economics to consider reports and editorial decisions taken within the last six months from such journals. The submission should then be accompanied by (i) a cover letter indicating that the paper is submitted through the informal cascading option, (ii) the previous referee reports and (iii) a document describing how the authors have incorporated the comments of the referees and editors of the journal which earlier rejected the paper.International Economics encourages young researchers to submit their work. The journal will also organize special issues to emphasize new research directions.The journal is indexed by EconLit, RePEc and Scopus.
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  • Sports Economics Review

    • ISSN: 2773-1618
    Sports Economics Review (SER) welcomes submissions that deal with various economic topics in the sports industry or manuscripts that use sports as a laboratory to study human behavior. The journal views sports economics as a part of economic science and welcomes sport related contributions from fields such as behavioral economics, development economics, finance, game theory, health economics, industrial organisation, labor economics, political economics, public economics, sports analytics, and urban economics. The journal is open to different research methodologies that are employed in general interest economic journals, as long as they are relevant to the topic and employed rigorously. Literature reviews that integrate findings from many studies are also welcome, but they should synthesize the literature in a useful manner and provide a substantial contribution beyond what the reader could get by simply reading the abstracts of the cited papers. In empirical work, it is important that the results are not only precise but also economically relevant. In addition, empirical papers are expected to follow a clear identification strategy. Papers should not be unnecessarily long. Short articles are also welcome. We acknowledge the importance of replication in science, thus we welcome manuscripts that try to replicate previous findings, as long as these manuscripts demonstrate the need for replication.
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  • Ecological Economics

    • ISSN: 0921-8009
    The Transdisciplinary Journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE)The journal is concerned with extending and integrating the understanding of the interfaces and interplay between "nature's household" (ecosystems) and "humanity's household" (the economy). Ecological economics is an interdisciplinary field defined by a set of concrete problems or challenges related to governing economic activity in a way that promotes human well-being, sustainability, and justice. The journal thus emphasizes critical work that draws on and integrates elements of ecological science, economics, and the analysis of values, behaviors, cultural practices, institutional structures, and societal dynamics. The journal is transdisciplinary in spirit and methodologically open, drawing on the insights offered by a variety of intellectual traditions, and appealing to a diverse readership.Specific research areas covered include: valuation of natural resources, sustainable agriculture and development, ecologically integrated technology, integrated ecologic-economic modelling at scales from local to regional to global, implications of thermodynamics for economics and ecology, renewable resource management and conservation, critical assessments of the basic assumptions underlying current economic and ecological paradigms and the implications of alternative assumptions, economic and ecological consequences of genetically engineered organisms, and gene pool inventory and management, alternative principles for valuing natural wealth, integrating natural resources and environmental services into national income and wealth accounts, methods of implementing efficient environmental policies, case studies of economic-ecologic conflict or harmony, etc. New issues in this area are rapidly emerging and will find a ready forum in Ecological Economics.Ecological Economics Sections All submissions to Ecological Economics are reviewed using the general criteria of quality, creativity, originality, accuracy, and contribution to the field. There are several categories of articles to allow for a full range of constructive dialogue.News and Views Topical and timely short pieces reviewed by the editor and/or one outside reviewer at the editor's discretion. May include editorials, letters to the editor, news items, and policy discussions. Maximum 1500 words (600 words for letters).Commentary Essays discussing critical issues. Reviewed by two outside reviewers with the criteria weighted toward quality of the exposition and importance of the issue. Maximum 5000 words.Surveys Examination and review of important general subject areas. Reviewed by two outside reviewers with the criteria weighted toward importance of the subject and clarity of exposition. Maximum 8000 words.Methodological and Ideological Options Research articles devoted to developing new methodologies or investigating the implications of various ideological assumptions. Reviewed by two outside reviewers with criteria weighted toward originality and potential usefulness of the methodology or ideological option. Maximum 8000 words.Analysis Research articles devoted to analysis of important questions in the field. Reviewed by two outside reviewers with the criteria weighted toward originality, quality, and accuracy of the analysis, andimportance of the question. Maximum 8000 words.Book Reviews Reviews of recent books in the field. Reviewed by one outside reviewer with criteria weighted toward clarity and accuracy of the review, and importance of the book to the field. Maximum 1200 words.
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  • Research in International Business and Finance

    • ISSN: 0275-5319
    Research in International Business and Finance (RIBAF) seeks to consolidate its position as a premier scholarly vehicle of academic finance. The Journal publishes high quality, insightful, well-written papers that explore current and new issues in international finance. Papers that foster dialogue, innovation, and intellectual risk-taking in financial studies; as well as shed light on the interaction between finance and broader societal concerns are particularly appreciated. The Journal welcomes submissions that seek to expand the boundaries of academic finance and otherwise challenge the discipline. Papers studying finance using a variety of methodologies; as well as interdisciplinary studies will be considered for publication.Papers that examine topical issues using extensive international data sets are welcome. Single-country studies can also be considered for publication provided that they develop novel methodological and theoretical approaches or fall within the Journal's priority themes. It is especially important that single-country studies communicate to the reader why the particular chosen country is especially relevant to the issue being investigated.It is especially important to the Journal that authors, even of papers of an applied nature, describe and support empirical investigations within a context of a well-considered theoretical framework. Papers motived by advocacy for a new paradigmatic perspective are ideally constructed as thorough reviews that present new perspectives formed by discovering new linkages and organization of the particular topic.For all submissions, high quality, well-written papers are essential. In order to respect the time constraints of RIBAF's committed reviewers, submissions that do not meet these high standards will be returned to the authors without seeking peer review.The scope of topics that are most interesting to RIBAF readers include the following:Financial markets and institutionsFinancia... practices and sustainabilityThe impact of national culture on financeThe impact of formal and informal institutions on financePrivatization... public financing, and nonprofit issues in financeInterdiscipli... financial studiesFinance and international developmentInternati... financial crises and regulationFinanciali... studiesInternational financial integration and architectureBehavior... aspects in financeConsumer financeMethodologies and conceptualization issues related to finance
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  • Labour Economics

    • ISSN: 0927-5371
    The Official Journal of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE)Labour Economics is devoted to publishing international research on empirical, theoretical and econometric topics that are of particular interest to labour economists. In particular, Labour Economics gives due recognition to solid empirical work with a strong economic interpretation. From time to time Labour Economics publishes review articles and articles on comparative labour market policies. Special issues and special sections of Labour Economics are available for the publication of collections of high quality topical papers or conference papers.Send us your past reportsTo improve the speed and quality of decisions, Labour Economics encourages authors to provide information relating to prior submission of the paper at other journals. Please include the editor's letter and referee reports accompanied by a response letter. Labour Economics reserves the right to use its own referees and provide these referees with copies of this correspondence.Data PolicyIt is the policy of Labour Economics to publish papers with the program codes and the data used in the analysis clearly and precisely documented and made available for purposes of replication in accordance with the journal’s data sharing policy. For the full policy, see Option C in the Research data section below. Authors of accepted papers, in particular those that contain empirical work, simulations, experimental work, or numerical computations, must ensure that the data, program codes, and other details of the computations are documented and made available in accordance with this policy. The editor should be notified at the time of submission if the data used in a paper are proprietary or cannot be shared for another reason. If data cannot be shared, the data availability statement must explain why. In that case, the program codes must still be made available at a minimum on publication or on request.Submission to the journal is free to EALE members. You can easily become a member of the Association here.
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  • International Review of Economics Education

    • ISSN: 1477-3880
    The International Review of Economics Education is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting innovations in economics education with potential for widespread adoption and demonstrable impact on student outcomes. We consider all areas of teaching, learning, curriculum and module design and assessment as suitable for innovation, experimentation, and evaluation. The journal welcomes contributions in the following areas:Theoretical and empirical papers with carefully studied impact on student outcomes. Student outcomes are broadly defined and may include grades (marks) and their distributions, student progression, continuation and degree outcomes, employability skills and other skills embedded in the nationally recognised descriptors of economics degree learning outcomes, as well as motivation and feedback on the work of their instructors. Student outcomes also relate to inputs, such as effort, motivation, teaching quality, and institutional resources, so studies relating those are also welcome. Student outcomes are also known to vary across students with diverse characteristics. Therefore, in an environment of a widening access and participation of students in economics education, evaluating outcomes across the distribution of student observables is also welcome. We particularly encourage comparative and international studies that generate insights from different educational systems, institutional contexts, and student populations.Teaching and curriculum innovations, including new pedagogical approaches, classroom activities, instructional resources, curriculum design, and technology-enhanced learning. For example, active learning techniques, use of media and popular culture, simulations, experiments, games, case studies, and other experiential learning approaches, tools that enhance quantitative, statistical, and data literacy, and the integration of educational technologies, including digital learning environments and artificial intelligence. The innovations we seek to publish extend existing knowledge in the field of economics education and can demonstrate scalability across the economics education profession. Scalability typically involves a pedagogical design which makes adoption appealing across many modules and institutions. While we value scalability, we also welcome carefully evaluated small-scale interventions carrying broader lessons for economics educators.To enhance critical dialogue within our field, we also welcome theoretical, conceptual, and critical contributions that advance understanding of how economics is learned, taught and assessed, including the design, implementation, validity, reliability, and evaluation of assessment and feedback practices that enhance student learning in economics. To this end, we welcome studies of challenges, institutional constraints, and unintended consequences that inform the adoption of educational innovations, so that future generations of economics educators do not experience similar challenges and are aware of the risks involved with certain innovations. Literature reviews that advance understanding of economics education research and identify priorities for future scholarship, including reviews of trends in economics education research and reviews of curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, or educational technologies.IREE welcomes qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research. Regardless of methodology, submissions should make a clear contribution to the scholarship of economics education, be grounded in the relevant literature, employ methods appropriate to the research question, and discuss the implications for educational practice. The journal particularly values work that combines scholarly rigor with practical relevance, enabling educators to improve teaching, learning, and assessment in economics. It is our belief that research in economics education should be replicable. Therefore, if authors used data to deliver their results, we strongly encourage submissions with prior ethical approvals, as well as replication packages referenced in the submitted manuscripts. Please note that the journal’s scope is the enhancement of economics education in higher education. It is not an ‘education economics’ journal, nor is it an outlet for economics research into the effects of education on health or labour markets more generally.
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