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Author Guidelines

Author’s Guidelines

      1. General guidelines

Manuscripts should have a 2.5 cm margins on all sides (Top/Bottom, Left/Right), with single spacing throughout, including the references. Tables should, also, be single. Paragraphs should be justified. Font Garamond, size 12.

2. Extension

The document will not exceed 8 500 words including notes, annexes and bibliographic references. Only works written in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish are accepted.

3. Format

The document must be presented in Microsoft Word format. Font Garamond.

4. Presentation sheet

All manuscripts must attach as a complementary file with a presentation sheet that clearly shows:

• Title of the manuscript: Concise and informative, (Size 16, Center text).
• Full name of the author (or authors): Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author, (Size 12, Center text).
• Institutional affiliation: Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and e-mail address of each author (Size 12, Center text).
• Corresponding author: Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.
• ORCID of the authors (in case of not having it yet, you must create it),
• Abstract in French and English,
• Keywords (minimum five) and the JEL classification.

5. Title

The title must be a short and informative title, describing the main conclusion of the article. Preferably, it should not exceed 15 words. It should not include little-known slang, acronyms, or abbreviations. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.

6. Abstract

The abstract should accurately reflect the content of the paper. Therefore, in a maximum of 180 words, the following shall be stated:

• The main objective of the study or research.
• Methodology, data collection, sampling, observation and analysis methods used.
• The most important results.
• The principal conclusions.

7. Keywords

A minimum of five (5) keywords must be included, avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of').

These keywords will be used for indexing purposes, they are a main resource for search and retrieval of articles, so the more precise they are, the more possibilities there are to improve the visibility indicators and citation of your article.

8. Structure

The article will start on the next page, preceded at the top only by the title and presenting the following structure (Bold font). Example:

–Introduction.

1. Literature review.
2. Methodology
3. Results
4. Discussion

- Conclusions.

-References.

The Introduction, Conclusions and References are not numbered. Second and third level titles are numbered (example: 1.1. ; 2.1; 3.1…).

9. Tables and graphs

• Please submit tables as editable text and not as images.
• Tables should be placed next to the relevant text in the article.
• Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance.
• The table title should be placed above the table; any explanatory notes should be placed below the table.
• You should include your sources of information at the bottom of each; if they are by authors, this information must also be specified.

10. Equations

The equations will be numbered consecutively in the right margin.

11. Quotations

Both direct and indirect citations should include the source from which the information was drawn. In the case of digital citations, the reference must indicate the page of the source consulted and the date.
When incorporating direct quotations of less than 50 words, it's essential to enclose them within quotation marks both at the beginning and end of the quoted segment. Any quotations surpassing this length should be formatted as a block quote, separated from the main text, and displayed in single spacing without quotation marks. Neglecting to adhere to this guideline could be interpreted as plagiarism.

12. Bibliographic references

You must list all and only the sources cited in the body of the work.

Your presentation should follow the standards of the American Psychological Association (APA) in its edition 7. We suggest the use of software such as that included in Microsoft Word, or that offered by Mendeley or EndNote.