Notes To Contributors

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS
 
General Instructions
  1. All papers must be written in English.
  2. All papers must be submitted in MsWords (.docx) for review purpose via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=febs2024
  3. Papers should be formatted according to the Guideline.
  4. Allow top margins of 1.00”, bottom margin of 0.5”, left margin of 1.25” and right margin of 0.75”
  5. Type single-spaced text and allow for a single spacing between paragraphs.
  6. The paper should include: title, author’s name(s), affiliation and present address, acknowledge, abstract (200 words maximum), an introduction, contents, a conclusion, and a reference section.
  7. Acknowledgements and information on grant received should be given before the references. Important formulae (displayed), figures and tables should be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript.
  8. The length of the manuscript should not exceed 10 pages, inclusive of tables, illustrations and references.
 
Fonts
  1. Use font type Times New Roman.
  2. Use bold 12 point the title.
  3. Use 11 point for the author’s and affiliation names and addresses.
  4. Use 10 point for the text (abstract, body, references, and acknowledgement).
 
Headings
  1. Major headings should be aligned to the left-hand margin. Capitalise captions.
  2. Subheadings should be set in italics, bold and aligned to the left-hand margin of the column on a separate line.
 
Tables and Figures
  1. Use 10-point font.
  2. The charts and graphs must be centred and title should be at the top.
  3. Number all tables and figures with Arabic numerals g. 1,2,3 in the order in which the tables are first mentioned in text.
  4. The illustrations and photographs must be centred.
  5. Capitalise captions.
 
Footnotes
  1. Footnotes should be kept to minimum. Number all footnotes with Arabic numerals g. 1,2,3.
  2. Use single spacing and font size 9-point.
 
References
References should be complete and follow the APA Style. Examples:

For Periodicals
  • Mathews J.A. (1998). Fashioning a new Korean model out of the Crisis: The rebuilding of institutional capabilities. Cambridge Journal of Economics22(1), 747-759.
  • Fisher, M.E. & Seater, J.J. (1993). Long-run neutrality and superneutrality in an ARIMA framework. American Economic Review, 83, 402-415.

For Books/Monographs
  • Enders, W. (1995). Applied Econometric Time Series. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Bank Negara Malaysia. Monthly Statistical Bulletin, various issues. Kuala Lumpur: Bank Negara Malaysia.

For Contributions to Collective Works
  • MacKinnon, J. (1991). Critical values for cointegration tests. In R.F. Engle & C.W.J. Granger (Eds.), Long-run economic relationship: Readings in cointegration (pp. 267-276). New York: Oxford University Press.
 
For Unpublished Paper Presented at a Seminar/Conference
  • Stock, J.H. (1995). Cointegration, long-run comovements, and long-run horizon forecasting. Paper presented at the Seventh World Congress of the Econometric Society, Tokyo.
  • Chantasasawat, B., Fung, K. C., Iizaka, H. & Siu, A. (2004). FDI flows to Latin America, East and Southeast Asia and China: Substitutes or complement? Paper presented at the 2004 LAEBA Annual Conference, Beijing, China.
 
For Working Paper/Research Paper
  • Coughlin, C. & Segev, E. (1999). Foreign direct investment in China: A spatial econometric study. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Working Paper 1999-001A.
  • Chowdhury, A. & Mavrotas, G. (2005). FDI and growth: A causal relationship. World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) Research Paper, No. 2005/25.

For On-line Publication
  • Cordenillo, R.L. (2005). The economic benefits to ASEAN of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area. [On-line]. Available: http://www.aseansec.ogr/.
 
Appendices
All appendices should be after reference.


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