1. All submissions should be made online at the New Zealand Economic Papers Manuscript Central site. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. When uploading files authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as “File not for review”.  There is no need to submit any hard copies. There is no submission fee. Final drafts of accepted papers must be in the form of Word files.

2. To ensure replicability of empirical results, any data used should be clearly documented and should normally be available to other researchers. Sufficient detail of the computations required to replicate results should be provided.

3. Submission of a paper will be held to imply that it is original work, that it has not already been published, that it is not being submitted for publication elsewhere, and that any necessary copyright clearances have been obtained.

4. Authors should include an introduction and conclusion, written for the non-specialist, indicating the nature of their enquiry, the principal findings and the economic significance of these findings.

5. An abstract, not exceeding 100 words, up to three relevant Journal of Economic Literature classification number(s) and up to five keywords should be included with the submission.

6. Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively and appear on separate sheets. Figures should be in camera-ready form. The approximate location of tables and figures should be flagged in the text.

7. The references section should include only the most relevant papers, be double-spaced and follow the style used in this issue. In the text, references should give the author's name, followed by the year of publication in brackets and, if relevant, page numbers; e.g., Okun (1981, p. 102).

8. Mathematical notation should be as simple as possible. Important equations should be identified by consecutive Arabic numbers in parentheses. Wherever possible, fractions should be written on the line, e.g., a/b.

9. Footnotes should be kept to a minimum, be numbered consecutively, be double-spaced and be typed on a separate page. An initial footnote containing any acknowledgments should be marked with an asterisk.

10. In lieu of reprints, authors will be provided with a PDF copy of their article in the exact same format in which it appears in the journal.