Article Format

Layout

- The title page should include the name(s) of the author(s), an informative title, the affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s), the e-mail address and telephone number of the corresponding author, an abstract of less than 150 words and a competing interest statement for each author.

- The decimal system of headings with no more than three levels should be used.

- Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list. They should not consist solely of a reference citation, and they should never include the bibliographic details of a reference. They must be featured at the bottom of each page, not at the end of the article.

- Appendices must be numbered alphabetically.

- Appendices will not be published in the print version, they will be hosted on the journal website. Please provide them in a separate file when submitting the final version of your manuscript.

- The bibliography must be placed after any appendices.

- Every table or figure should have a title or caption and at least one reference in the text.

Data Replication

On acceptance of their paper, authors must submit a complete set of any data used in the paper. Computer code necessary to run a commercial program or the source code of a non-commercial program must also be submitted. The results of the paper must be capable of replication given access to any commercial program used to obtain the results. The data, computer programs, and code will be maintained in the data archive which is linked to the journal’s homepage.

Competing interests 

All authors must include a competing interest declaration in their title page. This declaration will be subject to editorial review and may be published in the article. Competing interests are situations that could be perceived to exert an undue influence on the content or publication of an author’s work. They may include, but are not limited to, financial, professional, contractual or personal relationships or situations. If the manuscript has multiple authors, the author submitting must include competing interest declarations relevant to all contributing authors. 

Example wording for a declaration is as follows: “Competing interests: Author A is employed at company B. Author C owns shares in company D, is on the Board of company E and is a member of organisation F. Author G has received grants from company H.” If no competing interests exist, the declaration should state “Competing interests: The author(s) declare none”.

References

References should be cited in the text by the author’s last name and the date of publication; however, the author’s full name must be given in the list of references (see below). Complete bibliographic information for each citation should be included in the list of references. References should be typed in alphabetical order in the style of the following examples:

Monograph:

Stokey, Nancy L. and Robert E. Lucas, Jr. with Edward Prescott (1989) Recursive Methods in Economic Dynamics. Cambridge,MA: Harvard University Press.

Chapter in an Edited Volume:

Danthine, Jean-Pierre and John B. Donaldson (1995) Computing equilibria of nonoptimal economies. In Thomas F. Cooley (ed.), Frontiers of Business Cycle Research, pp. 65–97. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Journal Article:

Epstein, Larry G. and Stanley Zin (1989) Substitution, risk aversion and the temporal behavior of consumption and asset returns I: a theoretical framework. Econometrica 42, 937–969.

Article in Press:

Huang, He, Selahattin Imrohoroglu, and Thomas J. Sargent (in press) Two computational experiments to fund Social Security. Macroeconomic Dynamics.

Journal names should not be abbreviated

Publishing Ethics

This journal publishes in accordance with Cambridge University Press’s publishing ethics guidelines, which apply to authors, peer reviewers, the editorial office and the journal as a whole. Anyone who believes that these guidelines have not been followed should raise their concern with the editor or email publishingethics@cambridge.org.