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Table of Contents<\/h2>\n

1. Before Submission<\/a>
\n\u00a0 1.1 Publication ethics<\/a>
\n \u00a0 1.2 Submission charges<\/a>
\n\u00a0 1.3 Peer review<\/a>
\n\u00a0 1.4 Special issues and article collections<\/a>
\n\u00a0 1.5 Open access<\/a>
\n\u00a0 1.6 Manuscript requirements<\/a>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.6.1 Format and length
\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.6.2 Language<\/a>
\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.6.3 Structure of the manuscript
\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.6.4 Tables and figures<\/a>
\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.6.5 Cover page
\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.6.6 Equations<\/a>
\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.6.7 Abbreviations
\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.6.8 Footnotes<\/a>
\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.6.9 Appendices
\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.6.10 Citations<\/a>
\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.6.11 Reference list
\n<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.6.12 Declaration of conflict of interests<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Submission charges<\/a>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 2.1\u00a0Acceptance criteria<\/a>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 2.2 Desk rejection policy<\/a>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 2.3 Regular review process<\/a><\/p>\n

3. If your paper is accepted<\/a>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 3.1\u00a0Copyright<\/a>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 3.2 Plagiarism<\/a>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 3.3 Proof reading<\/a>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 3.4 Forthcoming articles<\/a><\/p>\n

1 Before submission<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1.1 Publication ethics<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Authors must submit original research papers that have not been published or submitted elsewhere. But this restriction does not apply to the publication of brief abstracts (of the articles submitted to Multinational Finance Journal<\/em>) in the proceedings of a conference or symposium.<\/p>\n

1.2 Submission charges<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Authors submitting their articles to the MFJ are required to pay a non-refundable submission fee of \u20ac50.00. Submissions will only be considered after payment of the submission fee at the time of submitting the article.<\/p>\n

The submission fee will be charged in order to provide a timely and efficient editorial service to submitting authors as well as to cover increased operational costs; according to which, submitted articles will normally receive an initial decision within two weeks (desk reject or sent out for review).<\/p>\n

There are no page charges.<\/p>\n

1.3 Peer review<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The MFJ follows a double-blind peer review process. Editors will initially assess suitability of all submissions for publication in the MFJ. Only submissions that will pass the initial \u2018suitability test\u2019 will be sent for peer review. Editors’ decisions are final and binding regarding the submitted articles.<\/p>\n

1.4 Special issues and article collections<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The peer review process for special issues and article collections is the same as that for regular submissions.<\/p>\n

1.5 Open access<\/strong><\/h3>\n

All the articles of the Multinational Finance Journal can be accessed and downloaded immediately from the date of publication. No fees will be charged for accessing or downloading the articles for scholarly use.<\/p>\n

The Multinational Finance Journal operates under the Creative Commons Licence CC-BY-NC. This allows for the reproduction of articles, free of charge, for non-commercial use only and with the appropriate citation information.<\/p>\n

All\u00a0work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1.6 Manuscript requirements<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1.6.1 Format and length<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Your manuscript should be submitted in Microsoft Word format. The length of the manuscript should not exceed 13,000 words that will include, for example, text, abstract, references, figures, tables and appendices.<\/p>\n

1.6.2 Language<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The language of the manuscript must be English (American or British but not a mixture of both). All accepted manuscripts must be checked for spelling and grammatical errors before online publication. It is also recommended that authors, whose native language is not English, have their manuscripts professionally edited (by a specialized editing service) before submission.<\/p>\n

1.6.3 Structure of the manuscript<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The manuscript should be divided into clearly defined and numbered structural parts. The suggested structure is:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Introduction <\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Literature review <\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Methodology <\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Results and Discussion<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Conclusions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The headings should be in bold and subsequent sub-headings should be in italics. The sub-sub-headings should also be in italics but without any number. For example,<\/p>\n

    III. Methodology<\/strong><\/p>\n

    A. Sample and data<\/em><\/p>\n

    Sample period<\/em><\/p>\n

    Text\u2026<\/p>\n

    Data source<\/em><\/p>\n

    Text\u2026<\/p>\n

    B. Variables<\/em><\/p>\n

    Text\u2026<\/p>\n

    1.6.4 Tables and figures<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

    Tables should have a brief title and should contain legends, where applicable. Tables should be typed and presented separately in a separate section of the manuscript immediately after the reference list. They must be editable and numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals (e.g., 1, 2, 3 etc.). Any footnotes to tables must be indicated by superscript lower-case letters and reported as a note beneath the table.<\/p>\n

    All figures (charts, diagrams, screenshots, photographs etc.) should have a brief title and be of clear quality and numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. Both color and black & white figures are accepted. All figures should contain legends, where applicable. Figures should be presented separately in a separate section of the manuscript immediately after the reference list. Figures should also be provided in an editable format (e.g., .jpg, .eps etc.).<\/p>\n

    Tables and figures must be informative enough to enable readers to fully understand them without referring back to the text of the manuscript.<\/p>\n

    In case the table\/figure used in the manuscript is not your (the author\u2019s(s\u2019)) property, please include in the caption of the table\/figure the necessary credit line, acknowledgement, or attribution if you have been given permission to use it. If the table\/figure is your (the author\u2019s(s\u2019)) property, you should indicate it as well in the caption.<\/p>\n

    1.6.5 Cover page<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

    The manuscript must contain a cover page that will contain:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • A concise and informative title.<\/li>\n
    • Name(s), email address(es) and institutional affiliation(s) of the author(s). The given name(s) and family name(s) of each author must be clearly indicated and accurately spelled. The author\u2019s(s\u2019) affiliation address(es) (where the actual work was done) and email address(es) should appear below the name(s).<\/li>\n
    • Name, postal address, phone number, and e-mail address of the corresponding author.<\/li>\n
    • ORCID ID of the corresponding author that should appear below the author\u2019s affiliation address and email address.<\/li>\n
    • An abstract that should not be more than 150-word long. The Abstract is a summary of the content of the manuscript that should contain information on the purpose, methodology, findings and originality of the paper. Under the abstract, please provide four to five keywords and the Journal of Economic Literature<\/em> (JEL) classification code for your article.<\/li>\n
    • An acknowledgement that recognizes the support provided by other researchers (who have not been included in the paper authorship as they have not been directly involved in the research but have provided services such as language and writing assistance) or organizations (that provided funding for conducting the research).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      1.6.6 Equations<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

      Any equations in the text should be numbered consecutively throughout the text with Arabic numerals and reported on a separate line. The number of each equation must be right-justified and enclosed in parentheses. Equations should be referred within the text as Eq. (1), Eq. (2) etc. In case a sentence begins with the reference to an equation, it must be spelled out, for example, \u2018\u2018Equation (1) indicates that\u2026\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n

      1.6.7 Abbreviations<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

      The full form of any abbreviations or acronyms should be provided at first mention and used consistently thereafter in the text. For example: “Greenhouse gases (GHG)”.<\/p>\n

      1.6.8 Footnotes<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

      Footnotes should be kept to a minimum. They should be double spaced and numbered consecutively throughout the text with superscript Arabic numerals. Please do not use footnotes in the abstract or the reference section of the article. Footnotes should not include any equations, formulae, tables or figures.<\/p>\n

      1.6.9 Appendices<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

      Appendices should appear at the end of the main text of the article (and before the reference list). There must be a mention of Appendices in the main text where information about the content of the appendices must be provided as well. If there is more than one appendix, they should be denoted with capital Roman letters, e.g., Appendix A, Appendix B etc. Equations, tables and figures in the appendix\/appendices should be denoted with separate numbering, e.g., Eq. (A.1), Table A.1, Figure A.1 etc., respectively.<\/p>\n

      1.6.10 Citations <\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

      Citations from published (e.g., journals, books etc.) or unpublished (e.g., conference papers, working papers etc.) work should be made clearly in the main text (and in the footnotes, when required). Each reference cited must also appear in the reference list.<\/p>\n

        \n
      • In case a single author\u2019s work is cited in the text, the citation(s) should be done as follows:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Example:<\/p>\n

        Jensen (1986) argues\u2026<\/p>\n

          \n
        • In the case of two authors, the citation(s) should be done as follows:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Example:<\/p>\n

          Anderson and Danthine (1981) show that\u2026.
          \nFollowing Anderson and Danthine (1981), Cheung, and Wong (1996) developed\u2026<\/p>\n

            \n
          • In the case of more than two authors, the surname of the first author should be reported followed by \u201cet al.\u201d in italics and the year of publication in parentheses:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Example:<\/p>\n

            The procedure in Brennan et al.<\/em>\u2019s (1989) study\u2026
            \nAlong these lines, Medvec et al.<\/em> (1999) indicate that\u2026<\/p>\n

              \n
            • Single parenthetical citations should appear as follows:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Examples:<\/p>\n

              \u2026as it has been discussed (Brennan et al.<\/em>, 1989)
              \nThere is only one study (see, e.g., Anderson and Danthine, 1981)\u2026<\/p>\n

                \n
              • Multiple Parenthetical citations should be separated by semicolons as follows:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Example:<\/p>\n

                A number of studies in this area (Anderson and Danthine, 1981; Brennan et al., 1989)\u2026<\/p>\n

                  \n
                • In order to cite more than one study by the same author(s) published in different years:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Examples:<\/p>\n

                  Jensen (1990, 1994) finds that\u2026<\/p>\n

                  Jensen and Murphy (1990, 2004) show that\u2026<\/p>\n

                    \n
                  • If more than one study by the same author(s) published in the same year is cited in the text, then each of these studies should be denoted by different letters of the alphabet that should appear immediately after the year of publication.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    Example:<\/p>\n

                    A number of studies in this field (Griliches, 1998a; Griliches, 1998b; Solow, 1953)\u2026<\/p>\n

                    Griliches (1998a, 1998c) argues that\u2026<\/p>\n

                    1.6.11 Reference list<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

                    The reference list should appear after the end of the main text of the article. But if there is\/are any appendix\/appendices, the reference list should be placed after it\/them. References should be double spaced and should only include studies cited in the main text. The reference list should be sorted in alphabetical order according to the lead author\u2019s surname. In case more than one study by the same author is cited, the references should be sorted by lead author\u2019s surname first and by publication year second. The year of publication should always be reported after authors\u2019 names in parentheses. Standard reference examples for each case are given below:<\/p>\n

                    Journal Articles-Single Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                    Carr, P. (1998). Randomization and the American put. Review of Financial Studies<\/p>\n

                    \u00a0 11, 597-626.<\/p>\n

                    Journal Articles-Multiple Authors:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                    Brennan, M.J., and Schwartz, E.S. (1977). The valuation of American put options.<\/p>\n

                    Journal of Finance 32, 449-462.<\/p>\n

                    Carr, P., Ellis, K., and Gupta, V. (1998). Static hedging of exotic options. Joural<\/p>\n

                    of Finance 53, 1165-1190.<\/p>\n

                    Working Papers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                    Cheung, Y.W., and Wong, C.Y.P. (1996). Foreign exchange markets in Hong<\/p>\n

                    Kong, Japan, and Singapore. Unpublished working paper. University of<\/p>\n

                    California, Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n

                    Harvey, C. R. (1994). Predictable risk and returns in emerging markets. NBER<\/p>\n

                    working paper no. 4261. Cambridge, Mass., National Bureau of Economic<\/p>\n

                    Research.<\/p>\n

                    Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                    Williamson, O. (1986). Economic Organization: Firms, Markets and Policy Control.<\/p>\n

                    New York University Press, New York.<\/p>\n

                    Chapters in Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                    Dooley, M.P., and Shafer, J. (1983). Analysis of short-run exchange rate behavior.<\/p>\n

                    Chapter 3. In: Bigman, T., and Taya, T., (eds), Exchange Rate and Trade<\/p>\n

                    Instability. Cambridge, Mass., Ballinger Publishing.<\/p>\n

                    Articles in Edited Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                    Caselli, F. (2005). Accounting for cross-country income differences. In: Aghion, P.,<\/p>\n

                    and Durlauf, S. (eds), Handbook of economic growth, Elsevier, Amsterdam,<\/p>\n

                    pp. 679\u2013741.<\/p>\n

                    1.6.12 Declaration of conflict of interests<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

                    At the end of the manuscript, the author(s) should declare whether any conflict of interests exists or not. A conflict of interest situation may arise when a referee\u2019s or editor\u2019s judgment regarding the manuscript is directly or indirectly affected by financial or personal relationships with other individuals and\/or organizations.<\/p>\n

                    2 Post submission<\/strong><\/h2>\n

                    2.1 Acceptance criteria<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

                    The editorial policy is to accept for publication original research articles that conform to the generally accepted standards of scientific inquiry and provide pragmatic interpretations of findings. Recognizing the multinational origins of the submitted articles, the MFJ is open to research that reflects diversity in its methodological and theoretical underpinnings.<\/p>\n

                    Well-written articles which fall in the aims and scope of the MFJ and improve or reinforce the understanding of the subject under study are more likely to be accepted for publication in MFJ. The minimal criteria the articles should meet in order to be published in MFJ are the following:<\/p>\n

                    The writing style and standard of English in the article should be clear and coherent, with no errors of grammar or spelling. Both American and British spelling conventions are acceptable but not a mixture of the two.<\/p>\n

                    The article should present original scientific research that contributes to the advancement of existing knowledge on the financial or economic topic under study.<\/p>\n

                    The scientific methods used in the article should be correct, appropriate and sufficient.<\/p>\n

                    Authors\u2019 claims should be supported by the results.<\/p>\n

                    The article should encourage further research or debate on the subject under study.<\/p>\n

                    2.2 Desk rejection policy<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

                    The editorial team will decide whether to desk reject a manuscript. This decision is normally made within 14 days of submission and following payment of the appropriate fee. Desk rejection is not a common practice in MFJ but is applicable if manuscripts do not meet the minimum standards delineated above. Moreover, papers that do not fall into the aims and scope of MFJ or present a very poor writing style and\/or an insufficient standard of English are likely to be desk rejected. Moreover, poor quality manuscripts that use incorrect or inappropriate scientific methods or employ an analysis that does not fit the research questions investigated in the article may also be desk rejected. Excessive length of articles may also be a reason for desk rejection. Hence, authors are advised to submit concise manuscripts according to the manuscript preparation guidelines.<\/p>\n

                    2.3 Regular review process<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

                    After submission of a manuscript to MFJ, the Editors-in-Chief allocate the article to one of the Associate Editors to check for fit with the journal\u2019s aims and scope, to evaluate the paper\u2019s contribution and to nominate referees. Manuscripts that are not desk rejected are sent out for peer review. Once the referee reports are obtained, they are passed to the Editors-in-Chief to make the final decision (e.g., acceptance, rejection, major or minor revision) about the manuscript.<\/p>\n

                    3 If your paper is accepted<\/strong><\/h2>\n

                    3.1 Copyright<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

                    If your article is accepted for publication, you will be asked to fill in and sign the Copyright Agreement Form with which you assign the copyrights of the article to the Global Business Publication.<\/p>\n

                    3.2 Plagiarism<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

                    The author(s) shall abstain from committing all kinds of plagiarism (e.g., unauthorized or unacknowledged copying or replication of other\u2019s(s\u2019) work). In order to avoid plagiarism, the author(s) should fully cite all references throughout the manuscript and clearly document all source materials in the manuscript. If a manuscript is accepted, it will be checked using advanced plagiarism detector software and the acceptance may be revoked if plagiarism is detected.<\/p>\n

                    3.3 Proof reading<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

                    If the article is accepted for publication, the corresponding author will receive an e-mail containing a PDF file, which s\/he can use in order to check for typesetting, editing or conversion errors and the accuracy and completeness of the text, tables, figures, and references. The author(s) will require the editor\u2019s approval for making significant changes in the content of the article. The corresponding author should send back corrections electronically following the instructions provided in the initial e-mail. Please note that no further changes can be made once the article is published online.<\/p>\n

                    3.4 Forthcoming articles<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

                    Subsequent to completion of the proof-reading procedure, the accepted paper will be uploaded on the MFJ website constituting the first official electronic publication of the paper.<\/p>\n

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