International Journal of Economics
Aims
The International Journal of Economics (IJE) is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal
devoted to publishing high-quality theoretical and empirical papers in economics. The
interaction between empirical work and economic policy is an important feature of the
journal. The Journal however, will also consider other types of papers provided they are of
extremely high quality.
Editorial Information
Editor
Constantinos Alexiou
Aristotle University - Polytechnic School
Department of Urban-Regional Planning and Development Engineering,
Thessaloniki, Greece,
email: alexiou1967@gmail.com
Associate Editor
Lefteris Tsoulfidis
University of Macedonia
Department of Economics
Egnatia Street 156 P.O. BOX 1591
Thessaloniki
Greece
e-mail: lnt@uom.gr
Editorial Board
Paul Alagidede: University of Stirling, Scotland
George Anastasiadis: ACT, Greece
Georgios Argitis: University of Athens, Greece
Theodora Asimakou: London Metropolitan University, UK
Ilhan Ozturk, Cag University, Turkey
Kyriakos Chourdakis: De Putron Fund Management, London, UK
Menelaos Karanasos: Brunel University, UK
Michail Koubouros, University of Liverpool, UK
Frederic Lee: University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA
Valerio Lintner: London Metropolitan University, UK
Theodoros Panagiotidis: University of Macedonia, Greece
Andrew. B. Trigg: Open University, UK
Persefoni Tsaliki: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Andrew. B. Tylecote: University of Sheffield, UK
Instructions to Contributors
Submission of Manuscripts
 Papers must be written in English.
 To expedite the reviewing process, papers are encouraged to be submitted
electronically in Word format, to the following e-mail address: alexio07@otenet.gr.
For those who prefer hard-copy submissions papers should be sent in triplicate to:
Constantinos Alexiou
Assistant Professor,
Department of Urban-Regional Planning and Development Engineering,
Polytechnic School, Aristotle University,
Thessaloniki, Greece,
email: alexio07@otenet.gr.
The cover page of the manuscript should contain:
(i) The title,
(ii) the name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s).
(iii) Correspondence details i.e. address, phone and fax numbers and e-mail address of the
author(s) should be provided at the bottom of the page.
Papers submitted to IJE should be original, unpublished work that has not been submitted for
publication elsewhere.
Paper Format:
 Papers should not exceed the 8000 world limit.
 Manuscripts should be typewritten and double-spaced (font size: 12 points), and all
pages should be numbered consecutively.
The first page of the manuscript should contain the following information:
(i) The title,
(ii) The name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s).
(iii) An abstract of not more that 100 words, followed by the respective JEL classification
numbers
(iv) Correspondence details i.e. address, phone and fax numbers and e-mail address of the
author(s) should be provided at the bottom of the page.
(v) Acknowledgments may be given in a footnote on the first page of the manuscript.
 Footnotes/endnotes should be kept to a minimum and numbered consecutively
throughout the text
 Tables, graphs, and figures should appear on different pages indicating the exact place
in the text. Titles and subtitles should be short.
 The list of references in alphabetical order should appear at the end of the main text
(before any appendices, Tables, etc).
References:
Journal articles: Buiter, W. (1999) Alice in Euroland, Journal of Common Market Studies,
37(2), 181-209.
Books: Cowling, K. and Sugden, R. (1992) Current Issues in Industrial Economic Strategy,
Manchester, Manchester University Press.
Articles or chapters in edited book: Boltho, A. (1998) Should Unemployment Convergence
Precede Monetary Union?, in Forder, J. & Menon, A. (eds.) The European Union and
Macroeconomic Policy, Routledge, London and New York.
"Articles published in this journal are classified by the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)
published by American Economic Association"
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