Author guidelines

Manuscripts

Papers submitted for publication in RLEA must be original and unpublished elsewhere. The manuscript is the author’s own work. The manuscript does not contain anything that is defamatory, offensive, fraudulent, or illegal.

Submitting

Articles must be send electronically in two formats: PDF without author’s name and Word, including author’s name.

Publishing fees

RLEA does not charge for the submission or review of articles.

Languague

RLEA publishes original articles in both Spanish and English

Format

Articles should be as concise as possible and should not exceed 7000 words, including notes and references.

Articles should include an abstract of approximately 250 words and up to five keywords, both in English and Spanish.

The first page includes the title in English and Spanish (in capital letters), an abstract, and the authors' names.

Another page contains the author's current affiliation and contact information (email address and phone number), as well as the date of submission and acceptance.

Any words written in a foreign language should be in italics; avoid boldface.

Graphics and figures should be submitted separately in Excel or JPG format.

Direct quotation and references

Authors should follow the APA Seventh Edition citation system. Therefore, at the end of the article, list all references alphabetically by author.

Some basic references guidelines to be followed are:

Book with a single author: Knoepfel, P. (2007). Public policy analysis. The Policy Press.

Book with two authors or more: Fontana, M., Joekes, S., & Masika, R. (1998). Global trade expansion and liberalization: gender issues and impacts. Institute of Development Studies

Book with Organization as Author: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Trade, gender and development. Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities

Journal article: Bhagwati, J. N. (1984). Why are Services Cheaper in the Poor Countries? The Economic Journal, 94(374), 279–286. https://doi.org/10.2307/2232350

Chapter in an edited book: Palma, J. G. (2003). Latin America during the second half of the twentieth. In H.-J. Chang, Rethinking Development Economics (pp. 125–152). Anthem Press.