Formal requirements

  • The length of articles is up to 55,000 printable characters including spaces (including the complete text with abstract, table, etc. and counting in the spaces and footnotes, but excluding the list of references), book reviews should have up to 10,000 characters and annotations up to 3,500 characters.
  • Length of title of paper is max. 80 characters.
  • the author(s) name(s), affiliation(s), email(s), ORCID identifier(s)
  • information about Grant/Project,
  • Abstract (max. 1,000 characters),
  • Keywords (3–6),
  • JEL Classification (3–6)
  • The pages of the manuscript should be numbered as well as the chapters of the text (max. two levels).

A minimum of formatting is required – please, use only bold and italics fonts when appropriate (e.g. variables italic, constants not italic, etc.).

Any less frequent concepts and abbreviations should be explained in the text.

Write the footnotes at the bottom of a page and number them consecutively.

The most frequent mistakes:

Percent 18%
Numbers 12,158.660 0.78
Minus −356 (use alt + 8722 for −)
Years 1998–2017 (use alt + 0150 for –)

Tables

Tables are numbered written by Word tool (not pasted as pictures). Data sources need to be included.

Equations

Equations must be uniformly formatted through paper. Equations should be created using the tools integrated in Word editor or in the MathType (Times New Roman, 10). Easy equations write as Word symbols, e.g. (β = α – 1). (how to write)

Figures, schemas, etc.

Figures, schemas, etc. are placed in Word with title, note and source only for orientation purpose (not editable). All Figures, etc. need to be enclosed in separate editable files (format of original programme (editable) – XLS, TIF, EPS; min. 300 dpi, 128 mm). Arial, 8. Figures in Word need to be identical to figures in separate editable files. Use dashed, dotted, etc. or marks ◼, ♦, ▲, •, etc. in Figures. Remember that the included coloured figures and graphs will be printed in black and white; consider whether they will not lose their lucidity.