Author Guidelines
General guidelines:
We accept research articles on topics related to economic sciences at a theoretical or empirical level, qualitative or quantitative, micro or macro, retrospective or prospective. While not excluding other types of studies, priority is given to those focused on problems of economic development in countries.
Manuscripts must be original and unpublished: they must not have been previously published or be under review by another journal or publication.
Articles in Spanish or English are accepted. In all cases, the title, abstract, and keywords must be submitted in both languages.
All research articles are evaluated through a double-blind, external peer-review process.
Articles must comply with all formatting criteria. To do so, authors can paste their article text into the template, which already includes the formatting (the names and number of sections 2, 3, and 4 may vary as needed). This template can be downloaded here.
Text structure:
The title of each article should be clear and informative and should not exceed 25 words. It must be in both Spanish and English, accurately reflecting the content and focus of the study.
There must be an "Abstract" of no more than 250 words, followed by no more than 5 "Keywords," each separated by a comma. For empirical articles, an abstract that clearly states the objective, spatio-temporal context, methodology, and main results is recommended. Below this, the same information should be provided in English: an "Abstract" and the corresponding "Keywords." Then, one to three "JEL Codes" corresponding to the article's topic(s) should also be included (the list of codes can be found here).
Every article must have an "Introduction," followed by one or more development sections (for example, "Theoretical Framework," "Literature Review," "Methodology," and "Results," or equivalent, depending on the type of study), and finally a "Conclusions" section. Next should be the "Authorship Credits" section, followed by the "References" section with details of all cited documents. Optionally, "Appendices" with supplementary materials can be added.
Author information:
In addition to their name, authors must indicate their primary institutional affiliation (university, research center, public or private organization, network, or project), including the city and country where their institution is located. A hierarchical order should be followed. For universities, the suggested format is: University, Faculty, Department, City, Country.
All authors must register and provide their ORCID ID. Those who do not yet have one should create it at https://orcid.org/ before submitting the article.
Each author must provide their email address.
For communication purposes during the editorial process and after publication, the corresponding author will be indicated by a footnote following their name.
Text format:
The document must be written in Word format on A4 paper with 2.5 cm top and bottom margins and 3 cm left and right margins.
Articles must be between 4,000 and 10,000 words (including References and Appendices).
The font must be Times New Roman, size 12 for the body text and size 10 for table and figure titles, as well as footnotes.
Paragraphs should be 1.5 line spacing with 6 points of spacing before and after. A paragraph break should be used at the end of each section.
A 1 cm indent should be used at the beginning of each paragraph, with the exception of the first paragraph of each section or subsection.
Include only necessary footnotes.
Pages should not be numbered.
The subheadings for each section should be written in bold and all capital letters (for example, “INTRODUCTION”). If there are subsections, they should be written in lowercase and italics (for example, “Econometric Model”).
For mathematical formulas, please use the Equation Editor in Word.
Decimals should be separated by commas.
When including direct quotations of more than 40 words, they should be placed in a separate paragraph, without quotation marks, and indented 1 cm.
Tables and figures:
All tables and figures should be inserted within the body of the article as close as possible to where they are first mentioned.
Each table or figure should be identified with a consecutive Arabic numeral in bold (e.g., Table 1, Figure 1) and, on the following line, a brief, informative title in italics, centered, size 10. Every table or figure must include a caption immediately below it, in justified text, size 10, beginning with “Note:” followed by the source and any other necessary explanatory details.
Tables must be in editable format (not as images). If they contain decimal values, all decimal places must be the same, without exceeding four decimal places.
Figures must be clear images in JPG or another high-resolution format (minimum 300 dpi), with appropriate proportions. They should preferably be in editable format. Only use the colors necessary to communicate the message (prefer grayscale if it is sufficient), clearly indicate the units of measurement and name all axes and legends.
Research materials:
Authors must identify and cite all databases, repositories, and information sources used so that any reader can accurately locate the data origin. When possible, a permanent link (DOI, handle, or other persistent identifier) should be provided to datasets hosted in open access repositories.
If programming code (Stata, R, Python, or other software) was used, the original source of the code must be cited.
In studies employing surveys or other primary data collection instruments, a blank questionnaire form should be included as an appendix. When ethical and legal conditions permit, authors are encouraged to make anonymized data and the corresponding methodological documentation available.
Authorship credits:
The journal adopts the Authorship Credit Statement, which considers the following 14 roles: 1) conceptualization, 2) methodology, 3) software, 4) validation, 5) data analysis, 6) research, 7) resources, 8) data curation, 9) writing – first draft preparation, 10) writing – revision and editing, 11) visualization, 12) supervision, 13) project management, and 14) fundraising.
All listed authors must have made a substantial contribution to the work. The journal does not accept honorary or ghost authors.
At the end of the article, before the References section, an “Authorship Credits” section will be included with each author’s name, indicating which of the 14 roles they fulfilled.
References:
All documents cited in the body of the article must appear in the References section, and vice versa.
References should be listed alphabetically by the first author's last name, with a hanging indent of 1 cm starting from the second line.
When a source has a DOI, it must always be included at the end of the reference in active URL format. For online resources without a DOI, the complete and stable URL of the document should be included.
The APA 7th edition (2020) style must be strictly followed when citing documents in the body of the article and also when listing cited documents in the References section. For more details, please review the following guide: https://libguides.ulima.edu.pe/citas_referencias. Therefore, quotations longer than 40 words should be set off in a separate paragraph with a 1 cm indent. Likewise, in-text citations (direct or indirect) should follow the corresponding styles, such as: “Pérez (2018) argues that…”, “Huang et al. (2020) find that…”, “…the dynamics of the model (King & Baxter, 2008)”, “…as shown by various studies (see Jaramillo, 2010; Obanto, 2017; Zubieta, 2020)”. Below are some examples of referencing (section “References”) for the most common document types (note all the details regarding capitalization, periods, commas, italics, etc.):
Journal Article
Knutsen, C. H., Kotsadam, A., Olsen, E. H., & Wig, T. (2017). Mining and local corruption in Africa. American Journal of Political Science, 61(2), 320-334. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12290
Book
Huntington, S. (1968). Political order in changing societies. Yale University Press.
Edited Book Chapter
Gupta, S., Davoodi, H., & Tiongson, E. (2001). Corruption and the provision of health care and education services. In A. Jain (Ed.), The political economy of corruption (pp. 123-153). Routledge.
Working Paper
Hamilton, A., & Hammer, C. (2018). Can we measure the power of the grabbing hand? (Policy Research Working Paper No. 8299). World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8299
Thesis
Salazar García, M. L. S. (2007). Fiscal data mart as support for decision-making at the Ministry of Economy and Finance [Master's thesis, University of Lima]. Institutional Repository, University of Lima.
Database
Central Reserve Bank of Peru. (2021). Gross domestic product by type of expenditure (millions of S/2007) GDP [Database]. https://estadisticas.bcrp.gob.pe/estadisticas/series/trimestrales/resultados/PN02538AQ/html
Programming code
StataCorp. (2021). Rologit [Reference Manual]. StataCorp LLC. https://www.stata.com/manuals/rologit.pdf
