Journal of Institutional and
Theoretical Economics JITE
Founded as Zeitschrift für die gesamte Staatswissenschaft in 1844
Instructions to Authors
Please ensure that the final version of your manuscript conforms to the requirements listed below:
General Settings. Paper size: A4. Margins: top & bottom: 3.3cm, left & right: 3.5cm. Line spacing: single.
Title Page. Provide (1) the title, (2) an abstract of no more than 100 words,† (3) up to 5 keywords,† (4) the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classification code,† (5) a first footnote that is marked by an asterisk and includes the names of the institution(s) you are affiliated to, acknowledgments, and information on grants. Please indicate the corresponding author.
Footnotes. Footnotes should be kept to a minimum.
Mathematical Issues. (i) Please do not use bold-faced characters. Mathematical symbols should be in italics. (ii) When an equation in the text contains a fraction, use a solidus and clearly denote numerator and denominator with parentheses (example: (1c)/c). Extensive and complicated fractions should be displayed in an extra line. (iii) Number equations only if you refer to that number. (iv) Number theorems and the like only if there are at least two of the same kind in your paper.
Tables and Figures. Please, provide a title for each table/figure. Number tables and figures only if there are at least two tables and/or two figures. You are encouraged to use colored elements. Please ensure that those elements are clearly distinguishable when rendered as gray (for the print version).
Citations, Quotations, References. Use author–year citations. Quotations must correspond exactly to the original in wording, spelling, and punctuation. Pages must be given. Your changes must be indicated.
Example: Myerson stated that “[t]he importance of a democratic political system for promoting social welfare has been a fundamental axiom of American politics throughout the history of [their] republic, and the […] tenet of political philosophy in the world today” (Myerson, 2000, p. 3, emphasis added).
List the complete references in alphabetical order – names of authors and editors exactly as given in the title page of the source (so. dependent of the source, their names are either abbreviated or not):
Periodicals (Author (year), “Title,” Full Name of the Journal, volume(issue), first pagelast page.)
Shavell, Steven (2010), “Eminent Domain versus Government Purchase of Land Given Imperfect Information about Owners’ Valuations,” The Journal of Law & Economics, 53(1), 1–27.
Books (Author (year), Title, Publisher, City.)
North, Douglass C., John Joseph Wallis, and Barry R. Weingast (2009), Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History, Cambridge University Press, New York (NY).
Contributions to collective works (Author (year), “Title of the Article,” in: Editors (eds.), Title of the Book, Publisher, City, pp. first pagelast page.)
Oxley, Joanne E., and Brian S. Silverman (2008), “Inter-Firm Alliances: A New Institutional Economics Approach,” in: Éric Brousseau and Jean-Michel Glachant (eds.), New Institutional Economics: A Guidebook, Cambridge University Press, New York (NY), pp. 209–234.
Working papers (Author (year), “Title,” Kind of Paper #, Institution, City.)
Myerson, Roger B. (2000), “Economic Analysis of Constitutions,” Discussion Paper 1291, Northwestern University, Evanston (IL).
Last Page. Please provide the name, the full institutional address (main affiliation), and the e-mail address of each author at the end of your article.
† Please omit (2), (3), and (4) in Comments on articles (conference issue).
