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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The research paper does not contain AI-generated text.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word document format.
  • The text is double-spaced; uses a Times New Roman 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The author has reviewed the Publication Agreement.

Author Guidelines

Economics Student Inquiry (ESI) accepts original research conducted as part of a 300-level or higher course at the University of Alberta that has not been previously published elsewhere.

We welcome submissions from 300- and 400-level undergraduate courses, papers based on 500- and 600-level graduate courses, and papers from ECON 999. Authors must be undergraduate or graduate students when submitting their research.

To ensure consistent high-quality economic writing across all issues, ESI only accepts papers with a minimum grade of A-. If the paper received a percentage grade instead of a letter grade, authors are required to submit their course outline for verification that their percentage grade equates to a probable A- or above.

Authors are limited to one article per issue.

All submissions must align with ESI's aims and scope to be considered for publication. Authors must include the following elements in their papers: title, abstract, keywords, introduction, main text, conclusion, and references. Formatting requirements include Times New Roman, 12pt font, and double-spacing.

Authors are strongly encouraged to verify their word count before submitting their papers. All relevant information—including author details, in-text citations, charts, tables, and references—must adhere to the Canadian Journal of Economics Style Guide.

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All authors published in ESI retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under an International Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC-BY-NC 4.0), which means that anyone may share, copy, and adapt the material for non-commercial purposes, as long as they credit the author and this journal.

For more information, please see the Publication Agreement.

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