Submission Guidelines for Working Papers in Economics

Working Papers in Economics

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How to Submit a Paper

Please refer to the Guidelines for Submission

OPTION 2:

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2. Write an abstract for your paper. Abstracts should be no more than 150 words in length. Please also select keywords. These are words that will help a user locate your paper through a search.

3. Submit the paper by emailing it to Michael.Donihue@colby.edu. Include in an email message [OR CREATE A COVER PAGE FOR YOUR PAPER WITH] the following things: abstract; keywords; and name, affiliation (department and university), and email address for each author.

4. If you have any questions, contact SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR E-MAIL ADDRESS.

Overview of the Process

OPTION 1 (author review):

After you submit your paper, we will create an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the paper. We will then send you a message asking you to approve the PDF version. Please look it over within 5 days [DEFAULT IS 5; OR REPLACE WITH YOUR OWN CHOICE] and reply to SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR E-MAIL ADDRESS HERE as soon as possible. At this stage, we're unable to make any changes beyond the truly necessary. You will be notified by e-mail when the paper is posted.

OPTION 2 (no author review):

After you submit your paper, we will create an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of it and publish it on the site. You will be notified by e-mail when the paper is posted.

How to Revise Your Paper

If you publish this paper or a revised version elsewhere, for example in a journal, please send the citation of the new version to SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR E-MAIL ADDRESS. We will be able to inform repository users about the new version.

If you would like to post a revised version of your paper on the site, please follow the instructions in How to Submit; however, please specify when you submit the paper that it is a revision of a previously submitted paper.