Pacific Economic Review

The official publication of the Hong Kong Economic Association, including an October issue edited and published with sponsorship from College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University from 2007 and a December issue edited and published with sponsorship from Nihon University Graduate School of Business.

Edited by:
Kenneth S. Chan and Yin-Wong Cheung

Print ISSN: 1361-374X
Online ISSN: 1468-0106
Frequency: Five times a year
Current Volume: 15 / 2010
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 190/209 Economics
Impact Factor: 0.243

TopAuthor Guidelines

Authors must choose which of the editorial offices they would like their article to be considered by - Pacific Economic Review has editorial offices in the US, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. Authors who have no particular preferences of editorial offices can follow the following guidelines: Authors from Taiwan and Japan can send their papers to the National Taiwan University and to Nihon University editorial office respectively and authors from North America can submit their papers to the US editorial office. Authors from the rest of the world can submit their papers to the Hong Kong editorial office.For all submissions, authors should send four copies of their manuscript, including telephone and fax numbers, and an email address to the appropriate editor. Manuscripts should not exceed 40 pages.

Manuscripts should be original contributions and must not be submitted anywhere else while being considered for the Pacific Economic Review. There is a non-refundable submission fee of US$60 that reduces to US$30 for Hong Kong Economic Association members.

Pacific Economic Review (February, May and August issues of each volume)

Authors residing in North America should send their manuscripts to:

Yin-Wong Cheung
Department of Economics
University of California
Santa Cruz
California 95064
USA

and manuscripts from other parts of the world should be sent to:

Kenneth Chan
Department of Economics and Finance
City University of Hong Kong
Kowloon Tong
Hong Kong

Manuscripts for the Perspectives on Public Policy section should be sent to:

Lok Sang Ho
Department of Economics
Lingnan University
Tuau Man
Hong Kong

Manuscripts should be original contributions and must not be submitted anywhere else while being considered for Pacific Economic Review.

Pacific Economic Review (October issue of each volume)

The October 2009 issue, on labour and health economics, will be edited and published with the sponsorship of the National Taiwan University. Enquiries about this issue should be sent to Professor Hung-Jen Wang (Editor) via per4ntu@ntu.edu.tw

Pacific Economic Review (December issue of each volume)

Pacific Economic Review publishes a December issue each volume, which is edited and published with sponsorship from Nihon University Graduate School of Business. It is double-blind refereed and focuses on Asia Pacific business and economic research. This issue publishes research findings mainly in pure theory, applied theory, empirical studies, and policy and business application, particularly those related to Japan and other Asian areas.

Papers should be submitted by mail to: Dr Li Ke (Chief Editor), Graduate School of Business, Nihon University, 4-8-24, Kudan Minami, Chiyoda Ku, Tokyo 102-8275, Japan; or electronically in Microsoft Word or PDF format to li.ke@nihon-u.ac.jp. For other information please phone: +81 3 5275 9444 (Office); +81 3 5275 8277 (Secretary); fax: +81 3 5275 8327; or visit our websites at www.blackwellpublishing.com/per or http://www.gsb.nihon-u.ac.jp. Authors publishing in this issue of the Journal must download, read and agree to the conditions outlined in an Exclusive Licence Form, available here.

Author material archive policy

Authors who require the return of any submitted material that is accepted for publication should inform the Editorial Office after acceptance. If no indication is given that author material should be returned, Wiley-Blackwell will dispose of all hardcopy and electronic material two months after publication.

Copyright

Authors publishing in the Journal will be asked to sign an exclusive licence form. In signing the form it is assumed that authors have obtained permission to use any copyrighted or previously published material. All authors must read and agree to the conditions outlined in the form, and must sign the form or agree that the corresponding author can sign on their behalf. Articles cannot be published until a signed form has been received. Authors can download the form from here.

Authors must declare any financial support or relationships that may pose conflict of interest.