Online Submissions
Thank you for your interest in the RAND Journal of Economics. Please consult the following instructions for help in preparing your manuscript, and feel free to contact us with any questions.
Initial Submission or Invited Resubmission
The RAND Journal of Economics welcomes unsolicited manuscripts. Manuscripts should be double spaced, with full resolution figures and tables embedded within the text near the first reference of the figure or table. All manuscripts must include an abstract of no more than 100 words and the main text must be no more than 40 pages, exclusive of appendices or references. Appendices for publication and references combined should be no longer than 10 pages. The total number of pages per manuscript must be no more than 50. All files must be in Word or LaTeX format. For more information about submission guidelines, please visit the RAND Journal of Economics Style Guide
Supporting Information
Provision of supporting information (material that is not essential to the article but provides additional information such as tables, figures, proofs, datasets, etc.) is not encouraged as a general rule. This material can be submitted with your manuscript, and may appear online, without editing or typesetting. Please see these guidelines on how to prepare this material and which formats and files sizes are acceptable. Any supporting information may be assessed critically by reviewers and editors and may not be accepted.
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Online SubmissionEditorial Review and Acceptance
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Manuscripts are assigned to an Editor on the RAND Journal Board of Editors. The Editor first quickly reviews the manuscript. If the manuscript is screened out, it will be returned to the author along with the submission fee. Manuscripts that are not returned are sent for peer review by two anonymous referees and further reviewed by the Editor.
Manuscripts should be in a clear, concise and direct style. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of content, the editor and the publisher reserve the right to modify typescripts to eliminate ambiguity and repetition and improve communication between author and reader. If extensive alterations are required, the manuscript will be returned to the author for revision.
Committee on Publication Ethics
The RAND Journal of Economics is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Conflict of Interest
Authors must declare any financial support or relationships that may pose conflict of interest by disclosing at the time of submission any financial arrangements they have with a company whose product figures prominently in the submitted manuscript or with a company making a competing product. Such information will be held in confidence while the paper is under review and will not influence the editorial decision. If the article is accepted for publication, the editor will usually discuss with the authors the manner in which such information is to be communicated to the reader.
Accepted Papers
Accepted papers must follow the guidelines of the RAND Journal of Economics Style Guide, and the contact author must sign and return a signature form before the manuscript will be entered into the production queue.