Author Instructions 

The review process of the Review of Behavioral Economics is designed to provide authors with timely decisions. Submissions are initially reviewed in-house to filter out manuscripts that are inappropriate for various reasons such as excessive length, falling outside the scope of the journal, or generally lacking the requisite quality to warrant demands on referees' time. The remaining manuscripts are peer-reviewed under the supervision of the editors. The review process is double-blind. Referee reports are considered advisory but not definitive in the editors' decisions. Revise and resubmits are used sparingly. 

Initial Submissions 

If you want to submit an article, please submit at Manuscript Manager. 

The Author(s) declares that the manuscript has not been previously published, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that its publication is approved by all co-authors, if any, and any other authorities at the corporation/institute/university where the work was done. Further, if accepted, the work will not be published elsewhere in similar form. 

Authors of empirical papers may be asked to supply a replication data set for editors or referees. Upon acceptance of a manuscript, authors will be required to submit a replication dataset/archive prior to publication. The dataset, documentation, command files, etc. will be reviewed in-house and made available at this site coincident with publication. Online appendices, if any, will be handled similarly. Authors of theory papers may be asked to provide an appendix with supplementary proofs for editors or referees. 

Instructions for Final Submissions 

Abstract 

Provide an abstract to the article with the structure below. It should describe what the paper reviews and for whom it is of interest. The abstract will appear both online and in the PDF of the article. 

Format of abstract 

Please structure your article’s abstract in the four fields below, these are essential elements to the abstract (100 word limit to each field): 

• Purpose
• Design/methodology/approach
• Findings
• Originality

If you wish to add other elements to your abstract, please format them within the headings below (100 word limit to each field): 

• Research limitations/implications
• Practical implications
• Social implications

References 

A list of references must be provided at the end of the paper. The reference style for the ASTP is Harvard. Please also ensure that every reference is cited in your text. It is very important that you supply as complete a reference as possible and that it is structured in the manner requested. Please see an example of the reference and citation style below: 

Emerald’s Harvard referencing style 

References to other publications in your text should be written as follows: 

Single author: (Adams, 2006) 

Two authors: (Adams and Brown, 2006) 

Three or more authors: (Adams et al., 2006) Please note, ‘et al' should always be written in italics. 

A few other style points. These apply to both the main body of text and your final list of references. 

When referring to pages in a publication, use ‘p.(page number)’ for a single page or ‘pp.(page numbers)’ to indicate a page range. 

Page numbers should always be written out in full, e.g. 175-179, not 175-9. 

Where a colon or dash appears in the title of an article or book chapter, the letter that follows that colon or dash should always be lower case. 

When citing a work with multiple editors, use the abbreviation ‘Ed.s’. 

At the end of your paper, please supply a reference list in alphabetical order using the style guidelines below. Where a DOI is available, this should be included at the end of the reference. 

Figures, Tables, and Captions List 

All graphics should be submitted as separate files, preferably in Encapsulated PostScript. By default we will use colour figures in the PDF files available online but print in black and white. When supplying colour figures or halftones (photos), ensure that there is sufficient contrast to enable clear black and white printing and please refrain from referring to specific colours in your text. Use either Times New Roman or Arial typefaces on all your figures. Do not put boxes around your figures to enclose them. Halftones should be supplied in 300 dpi resolution. 

Replication Data 

Authors of empirical papers are asked to supply a replication data set. Upon acceptance of a manuscript, authors can submit a replication dataset/archive prior to publication. The dataset, documentation, command files, etc. will be reviewed in-house and made available at this site coincident with publication. Online appendices, if any, will be handled similarly. Authors of theory papers may provide an appendix with supplementary proofs. The online appendix and supplemental files are not copyedited and are posted directly on the website as supplementary information to the article. Authors are required to send the final version of their supplemental files when submitting the final manuscript. 

Thank you for your interest in the Review of Behavioral Economics.