Papers can be of any length, though the typical length will be about 10,000 words. Longer papers, explaining in a non-technical manner, theoretical developments in economics, and their application to philosophy and politics, are especially welcome. Two-part papers will also be considered. PPE encourages authors to place formal or technical analyses in appendices, as far as is possible. Papers should be doubled spaced, with endnotes containing all references, with left-hand justification only. Please include an abstract, biographical sketch and keywords. Examples of typical citations are given below. Either British or American spellings may be used. Punctuation should follow British conventions. Single quotation marks should be used, with double quotation marks reserved for quotes within quotes. Authors are encouraged to submit electronically. Word (PC version) and *.pdf (Adobe Acrobat) are the preferred formats for submissions. If accepted, the paper must be submitted in a Word file.
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The journal uses endnotes, not references within the text. The following are guidelines for the most common citations. Unless otherwise specified, the journal follows the Chicago Manual of Style.
Book, First mention: Geoffrey Brennan and James M. Buchanan, The Reason of Rules: Constitutional Political Economy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985), p. 50.
Book, Second and subsequent mentions if next note: Ibid., p. 76.
Second and subsequent mentions if not next note: Brennan and Buchanan, The Reason of Rules, p. 67.
Article in journal, First mention: Amartya Sen, 'On Weights and Measures: Informational Constraints in Social Welfare Analysis', Econometrica 45 (1977): 1540-1571, p. 1562.
Article in journal, Second and subsequent mentions if next note: Ibid., p. 1541.
Article in journal, Second and subsequent mentions if not next note: Sen, 'On Weights and Measures', p. 1545.
Essay in Edited Book: Russell Hardin, 'Social Capital', in Competition and Cooperation: Conversations with Nobelists about Economics and Political Science, edited by James Alt, Margaret Levi, and Elinor Ostrom (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1999): 170-189, p. 178.
Book in Collected Works: J. S. Mill, On Liberty, in Collected Works of J.S. Mill, edited by J.M. Robson (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977), XVIII: p. 220.
Second and subsequent mentions if not next note: Mill, On Liberty, p. 222.
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