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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 submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • When available, the URLs to access references online are provided, including those for open access versions of the reference. The URLs are ready to click (e.g., http://pkp.sfu.ca).
  • The text is double-spaced; uses a 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 text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review) have been followed.
  • An abstract of 100-150 words is provided.
  • The submission does not exceed 5000 words.

Author Guidelines

Submission of a manuscript to JPPAL requires that the manuscript is not under consideration by other journals and that the contents of it have not been published anywhere else. Manuscripts should be no longer than 5000 words (including tables, appendices, and references and notes). An abstract of 100-150 words is required. The entire manuscript (all text, references, and endnotes) must be double-spaced, in Times New Roman font, 12 point size. Please consult Canadian Public Policy (http://economics.ca/cpp/en/authors.php) for specific examples and directions for author-date system of documentation (parenthetical in-text citations, endnotes and a reference list).

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