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Documentatieblad
- Bulletin de Documentation
Call
for papers
Pdf-version
of the Call for papers (20k)
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The
« Documentatieblad - Bulletin de Documentation » is a
quarterly publication of the Research and Documentation Department of the
Federal Public Service Finance (FPS Finance), the Belgian federal Ministry
of Finance. |
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In
its journal, FPS Finance aims at publishing articles with good informative
qualities, emphasising on all aspects of public finance and economic
policy, within a general macroeconomic, social and financial framework. |
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The
editors seek policy oriented manuscripts of high technical quality on the
theory and practice of public finance.
The articles can be written in Dutch, in French or in English.
They will not be translated.
The journal will publish full-length articles (maximum 60 pages)
and shorter articles or “notes”.
Comments on previously published work (with authors replies) are
welcomed insofar they contribute to the clarification of a problem.
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The
public, the editors of the journal want to address, are specialists of the
government sector and of the private sector. The articles shall be
accessible to a wide range of specialists, avoiding high-tech mathematics. |
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The
manuscripts may be submitted to a review by a referee.
In the interest of avoiding unnecessary delays, the board of
editors retains the option to decide, after a quick screen procedure,
whether a submitted paper is appropriate for publication in the « Documentatieblad
- Bulletin de Documentation ». “Appropriateness” may the fitting
of the manuscript with the journal’s objectives, the assessment of
quality or originality and other factors. |
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By submitting an
article to the editorial board of the “Documentatieblad – Bulletin de
Documentation”, the author authorises the publication of the said article,
partially or entirely, in the “Documentatieblad – Bulletin de Documentation”
and on the website of the FPS Finance, without any financial contribution.
The author must undertake to ensure that the article published in the
“Documentatieblad – Bulletin de Documentation” has not been published
elsewhere. Any entire or partial reproduction of the article published in
the “Documentatieblad – Bulletin de Documentation” is prohibited without
prior approval from the editorial board. |
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Manuscripts
have to be submitted according the “guidelines for authors”. More
information with regard to this call for papers can be obtained from Jozef
Kortleven, Chief editor, FPS Finance, Research and Documentation
Department, North Galaxy, Avenue King Albert II nr. 33, box 73,
B-1030 Brussels, tel. +32
2 576 39 60, e-mail
bdocb@minfin.fed.be. |
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Once
an article is accepted for publication, the editors can put directly an abstract on
the website
www.docufin.fgov.be.
Pending the printed version of the article being available, an electronic
version can be put on the same website. |
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Guidelines
for authors
Pdf-version
of the guidelines for authors (26k)
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Articles
for publication must be sent to :
Jozef KORTLEVEN
FOD Financiën
North Galaxy
Koning
Albert II-laan
nr
33,
bus 73
B-1030 BRUSSEL
BELGIUM
E-mail:
bdocb@minfin.fed.be |
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By submitting an article to the editorial board of the
“Documentatieblad – Bulletin de Documentation”, the author authorises the
publication of the said article, partially or entirely, in the
“Documentatieblad – Bulletin de Documentation” and on the website of the FPS
Finance, without any financial contribution. The author must undertake to
ensure that the article published in the “Documentatieblad – Bulletin de
Documentation” has not been published elsewhere. Any entire or partial
reproduction of the article published in the “Documentatieblad – Bulletin de
Documentation” is prohibited without prior approval from the editorial
board. The editorial board may appoint a referee to assess each article
submitted. Contacts on this matter will proceed via the editorial
secretariat. |
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Texts
which have been definitively accepted for publication must be presented in
accordance with the guidelines issued by the editorial secretariat, and
must be submitted as follows:
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The
text must clearly show the author’s name and contact details so
that all particulars can be published correctly; |
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Articles
must be submitted in a format which can be processed in MS Word; |
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One
printed version must be included (printed one side only); |
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Figures
and tables should be printed on separate sheets, with the title of
the figure or table at the top and details of the article (name of
author and title) on the reverse of each sheet; |
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The
text may be submitted by e-mail to :
bdocb@minfin.fed.be. |
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Every
article must contain a full introduction and conclusion with summary, so
that the essence and relevance of the subject matter, as well as the
contributions made by the authors, can be conveyed to the reader clearly,
digestibly and concisely. An
abstract of a maximum of 150 words written in English, should also be
included. The authors shall
identify their articles by significant keywords and the
JEL classification
code. |
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Appendices
are grouped together at the end of the text. |
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Notes
should be kept to a minimum and should be numbered consecutively.
They are published at the bottom of the page. |
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The
list of References is compiled alphabetically and placed at the end of the
text (after any notes). The conventions for References are the same as
those which apply for the “European Economic Review”.
References in the text should be shown as in the following
examples:
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“As
argued by Goldfeld and Quandt (1973)...” or “These decision
tables (see Verhelst (1980))...” |
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For
books:
Verhelst, M., 1980, De praktijk van beslissingstabellen (Kluwer,
Deventer, Antwerp). [use
any book title in English] |
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For
periodicals: Goldfeld,
S. and Quandt, R.E., 1973, A Markov Model for Switching Regressions,
Journal of Econometrics 1, 3-15. |
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For
collected works: Taylor,
B., 1970, Financing Tables and the Future, in Taylor, B. ed.,
Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (St. Martin’s Press,
New York), 378-386. |
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The editorial board reserves
the right to make corrections in the article sent, without prior approval
from the author, provided that they are purely factual, grammatical or
editorial. |
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Any
article not meeting the above instructions will be returned for reworking. |
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