Dr. Minsoo Lee
International Economics and Finance Journal (IEFJ)
School of Business and Management
American University of Sharjah
P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE
E-mail: iefj@aus.edu

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Hard-copy submissions should be sent in quadruplicate.

The cover page of the manuscript should contain:

(i) title
(ii) the name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s).

At the bottom of the page, provide the name, address, phone and fax numbers and e-mail address of the corresponding author. Include an abstract of not more than 100 words on a separate page. The first page of the text should not reveal the name(s) of the author(s). References to unpublished or forthcoming papers should be avoided.

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Papers in excess of 35 pages will not be considered for publication.

Manuscripts should be typewritten and double-spaced with standard margins. The size of type font used should be large enough to be easily read (not smaller than 12 point). All pages should be numbered consecutively.

Tables, references and legends for figures should be typed on separate pages. Titles and subtitles should be short.

The first page of the manuscript should contain the following information:

(i) Title.
(ii) Name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s).
(iii) An abstract of not more than 100 words.
(iv) A footnote on the same page should give the name, address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of the corresponding author (addresses for all authors are requested).
(v) Classification code: at least one classification code according to the Classification System for Journal Articles as used by the Journal of Economic Literature.
(v) Five key words should be supplied.
(vii) Acknowledgments and information on grants received can be given in a footnote on the first page of the manuscript.

Footnotes should be kept to a minimum and numbered consecutively throughout the text with superscript Arabic numerals. Footnotes should be single-spaced and not include formulae.

Tables should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals and typed on separate sheets. Do not include irrelevant tables.

The list of references should appear at the end of the main text (after any appendices, but before tables and legends for figures). It should be single-spaced and listed in alphabetical order by author's name. References should appear as follows:

For journal articles:
Cheung, Y.W. and Lai, K.S. (2000). On Cross-country Differences in the Persistence of Real Exchange Rates, Journal of International Economics, 50, 375-397.

For books:
Frenkel, J.A. and Razin, A. (1996). Fiscal Policies and Growth in the World Economy. 3rd Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.

For articles or chapters in edited books:
Montiel, P. J. (1999). The Long-Run Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate: Conceptual Issues and Empirical Research. In Lawrence Hinkle and Peter J. Montiel. (Eds.), Exchange Rate Misalignment: Concepts and Measurement for Developing Countries (pp. 219–263). A World Bank Research Publication, Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1999.

Note that journal titles should not be abbreviated.