Instructions to Authors of Accepted Manuscripts
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- Introduction
- Literature Review
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First level subsections should be listed using sub-numbers (e.g. 1.1, 1.2, etc.). Third level subsections should be offset in italics. A 100 to 150 word abstract must also be included along with a suggested running head (title). If desired, acknowledgement should be listed separated at the end of the document. For reference, see recently published JRAP articles accessed here .
References and Citations for The Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy
List all references on separate page(s), alphabetized by author’s last names, at the end of the manuscript iin a section titled "References". This material should be double-spaced with no extra spaces between cited references. Do not use et al. in the reference section. When citing works in the text, use et al. only when a work has three or more authors. The following are examples of various types of references.
Book with one author
Treyz, G.I. 1993. Regional Economic Modeling: A Systematic Approach to Economic Forecasting and
Policy Analysis. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Book with two or more authors
Judge, G.G., W.E. Griffiths, R.C. Hill, H. Luthepohl, and T.C. Lee. 1985. The Theory and Practice of
Econometric. Second Edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons.
Forthcoming book
Andersson, A.E., B. Harsman, and J.M. Quigley. (forthcoming). Government for the Future:
Unification, Fragmentation and Regionalism. Amsterdam:North-Holland.
Author in edited book
Sofranko, A.J. 1991. Transitions in rural areas of the Midwest and nation. In: N. Walzer (ed.) Rural Community
Economic Development. New York: Praeger.
Editor as author
Beaulieu, L.J and D. Mulkey (eds.). 1995. Investing in People: The Human Capital Needs of Rural
America. Boulder: Westview Press.
Paper delivered at professional meetings and not published
Fulton, G.A., D.R. Grimes, and A.L. Baum. 1984. Industrial location decisions and their impact on
the Michigan economy: The Mazda automobile assembly case. Paper presented at the
Economic and Social Outlook Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (November).
Referred journal article
Conway, R.S. Jr. 1990. The Washington projection and simulation model: A regional interindustry
econometric model. International Regional Science Review 13(2):141-165.
Article in popular magazine
Schluter, G. 1993. Is the farm income multiplier seven? Chocies. Fourth Quarter, pp. 36-37.
Forthcoming referred journal article
Lambert, P. (forthcoming). Parameters of social disintergration. Political Science Quarterly.
University departmental publication
Carter, M.R. and J. May. 1999. One kind of freedom: Poverty dynamics in Post-Apartheid Africa.”
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics Staff Paper No.427, University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
Working paper
Fishbourne, N. and B. Geagh. 1992. Food policies and social supply. Working paper, Department of
Agricultural Economics, University of California-Davis.
Unpublished paper
Leatherman, J. 1998. Industrial targeting for the Great Plain States. Unpublished, Department of
Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University.
Publication by government agency with no author
U.S. Bureau of the Budget. 1999. The Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2000. Washington, DC.
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