Journal of Competition Law & Economics Style Guidelines
Title: 1The title should normally not exceed 10 words. In addition to the full title of the paper, authors
should also supply a running title of less than 40 characters.
Author’s name and bio: Author’s name should appear centered under the title. A footnote (asterisk for
the first author, dagger for the second) should indicate the author’s position, contact email, and (if
desired) brief acknowledgements. Please disclose any conflict of interest, e.g., your involvement in a case
you are commenting on. A short bio not exceeding one sentence may also be included however, please do
not mention degrees and qualifications or include a bibliography.
Sub-divisions: Please use headings and sub-divisions. Headings should not be declarative sentences. The
first paragraph after a heading or new sub-division should be flush to the margin. Subsequent paragraphs
should be indented. The main headings should be aligned on the left, in all caps, and numbered I, II, III,
and so on. Second-level headings should be aligned on the left, bolded, and lettered A, B, C, and so on.
Third-level headings should be aligned on the left, italicized, and numbered 1, 2, 3, and so on. Citations
should be avoided in headings.
Abstract: Articles should be accompanied by an abstract, which will appear, indented on both sides, in
the front of the main body of the text. It should be written in complete sentences and should summarize
the paper in less than 200 words. The abstract should be comprehensible to readers before they read the
paper, and abbreviations and citations should be avoided.
JEL Codes: JEL codes should be provided beneath the abstract.
Paragraph Spacing: Articles should be single spaced with no lines between the paragraphs. All text and
footnotes should be fully justified.
Figures and Tables: All figures and tables should be numbered and titled. The titling of figures should
not contain capitalized letters following the initial word. Table and figure titles should be in 9pt. Times
New Roman font. Table text should be in 9pt. Times New Roman font. In general, include only table top
and bottom and column heading bottom borders. See the example provided. Provide sources for the tables
and figures below the table or figure.
Citations: Footnotes should be used instead of endnotes; they should appear in numerical
follow any closing punctuation. There should be no in text citations and no citations in
footnotes. All citations should be footnotes in Harvard Bluebook format. Footnotes should
Times New Roman font. See the example provided. Journals and article titles in the text
italicized, not placed in quotes.
JCLE Standard Symbols: * † ‡ § ** †† ‡‡ §§
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order and
text, only
be in 8pt.
should be
TITLE (14 pt Times New Roman)
Author’s Name & Names† (11 pt Times New Roman)
ABSTRACT (10 pt Times New Roman)
Text (9 pt Times New Roman)
JEL: [JEL codes] (9 pt Times New Roman)
I.
INTRODUCTION (10 pt Times New Roman)
[First paragraph text] (10 pt Times New Roman)
[Indent following paragraphs]
A. Subtitle (10 pt Times New Roman)
[First paragraph text]
[Indent following paragraphs]
1.
Subtitle (10 pt Times New Roman)
[First paragraph text]
[Indent following paragraphs] Text text text2 text.
Table 1. Table title
Column Heading
Column Heading
Row Heading
Text
Text
Row Heading
Text
Text
Row Heading
Text
Text
Row Heading
Text
Text
Note: Figures in column 2 are adjusted for inflation.
Source: Source in Harvard Bluebook format.
 Professional Affiliation; Author Professional Affiliation. Email: authoremail@hotmail.com.
† Professional Affiliation; Author Professional Affiliation. Email: authoremail@hotmail.com.
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First Name Middle Initial. Last Name, Article or Paper Title, [Volume #] JOURNAL [First page number], 22-24 (1980). Any additional
explanatory text should line up with the first line of the citation on the left hand side, like this.