International Journal of Economics and Finance
International Journal of Economics and Finance (IJEF) is a double-blind peer-reviewed international journal dedicated to promoting scholarly exchange among teachers and researchers in the field of economics, financial economics and finance. The journal is published monthly in both print and online versions by the Canadian Center of Science and Education.
The scope of IJEF includes the fields in the economics and finance. Authors are encouraged to submit complete, unpublished, original, and full-length articles that are not under review in any other journals. The online version of the journal is free access and download. If you want to order print copies, please visit: www.ccsenet.org/store
Statistics
2014 Q2: Articles Received: 128; Accepted: 85; Rejected: 44; Published: 71; Retracted: 0
2014 Q1: Articles Received: 166; Accepted: 87; Rejected: 74; Published: 71; Retracted: 0
2013: Articles Received: 548; Accepted: 253; Rejected: 292; Published: 187; Retracted: 1
2013 Q4: Articles Received: 172; Accepted: 88; Rejected: 91; Published: 50; Retracted: 1
2013 Q3: Articles Received: 139; Accepted: 53; Rejected: 74; Published: 40; Retracted: 0
2013 Q2: Articles Received: 112; Accepted: 46; Rejected: 70; Published: 44; Retracted: 0
2013 Q1: Articles Received: 125; Accepted: 66; Rejected: 57; Published: 53; Retracted: 0
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IJEF follows APA style.
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Author Guidelines
1. Authors must ensure that their papers are free of spelling and grammatical errors and typos.
2. Research papers should not exceed 8,000 words.
3. A separate title page of an article should contain the title of the paper, name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s).
4. The first page of an article should contain an abstract not exceeding 250 words and a maximum of eight keywords.
5. Equations in the text should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals within simple brackets and aligned against the right margin.
6. All appendices should be numbered consecutively using uppercase roman numerals and shown after the list of references.
7. References should be cited within the text as follows: According to Wickremasinghe (2005), foreign exchange market … These results are inconsistent with those of other studies (Perera, 1995; Silva, 2000)
8. List of references should show each citation in alphabetical order and follow the style of APA
9. Author should register with the journal before submitting manuscripts.
10. Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author. The corrected manuscripts should be submitted, and the publication fee should be paid within 10 working days.
11. The publication fee is 300USD.
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NOTE:
The publisher and journal have a policy of “Zero Tolerance on the Plagiarism”. We check the plagiarism issue through two methods: reviewer check and plagiarism prevention tool (ithenticate.com).
All submissions will be checked by iThenticate before being sent to reviewers.
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Index/List/Archive
Vol 6, No 8 (2014)
Table of Contents
Articles
| Modeling Corporate Default Rates | |
| Xiaoming Tong | p1 |
| Big Data and the Dot Com Bubble | |
| James Cicon | p15 |
| Minimax: Portfolio Choice Based on Pessimistic Decision Making | |
| Steffen Schaarschmidt, Peter Schanbacher | p23 |
| Assessing the Averch-Johnson-Wellisz Effect for Regulated Utilities | |
| Stephen M. Law | p41 |
| Challenges of Teaching Economics in International Exchange Programs | |
| Augustin Mbemba | p68 |
| Long-Run Elasticities of Electricity Consumption, FDI, Export and GDP in Malaysia | |
| Hussain Ali Bekhet, Nor Salwati bt Othman | p78 |
| Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth during Financial Liberalization Episodes | |
| Quang Ngoc Nguyen, Toan My Pham, Ramaprasad Bhar | p91 |
| The Calculation of Chinese Short-Term International Capital Flow: Based on BOP | |
| Gang Shi, Zee Lian | p103 |
| The Impacts of ASEAN Labour Migration to Thailand upon the Thai Economy | |
| Utis Sanglaoid, Sumalee Santipolvut, Laemthai Phuwanich | p118 |
| Determinants of Profit Variability among Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Zambia | |
| Yordanos Gebremeskel | p129 |
| External Debts Management Strategies in Developing Economies: An Impact Assessment on Selected Economic Indices of Nigeria (2002–2011) | |
| Uche Lucy Onyekwelu, Emma Okoye, Uche Boniface Ugwuanyi | p137 |
| The Performance Persistence of Equity and Blended Mutual Funds in Kenya | |
| Mohamed Shano Dawe, Ganesh P. Pokhariyal, Muroki F. Mwaura | p153 |
| Does Foreign Capital Crowd–Out Domestic Saving in Developing Countries? An Empirical Investigation of Ghana | |
| Barnabas Nartey Angmortey, Patrick Tandoh-Offin | p161 |
| Financial Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from Lebanon | |
| Wadad Saad | p173 |
| Econometric Analysis of the Effectiveness of Public Revenue in Economic Growth in Developing Countries: An Examination of Nigerian Economy | |
| Charles Ayodele Jegede | p187 |
| Ownership Structure and Dividend Policy: Evidence from China | |
| Yordying Thanatawee | p197 |
| Margin Call in Islamic Finance | |
| Ahmet Suayb Gundogdu | p205 |
| Macroeconomic Variables, Volatility and Stock Market Returns: A Case of Nairobi Securities Exchange, Kenya | |
| Evans Kirui, Nelson H. W. Wawire, Perez O. Onono | p214 |
| Determinants of Bank Failures in Multiple-Currency Regime in Zimbabwe (2009–2012) | |
| Dzingirai Canicio, Katuka Blessing | p229 |
| Workers’ Remittance Inflow, Financial Development and Economic Growth: A Study on Bangladesh | |
| Mahedi Masuduzzaman | p247 |
| Budget Deficit and External Debt in Jordan: Causality and Co-Integration Analysis | |
| Mohammed Issa Shahateet, Fedel Al-Habashneh, Khalid Ali Al-Majali | p268 |
| Banking Sector Development and Corporate Leverage: Empirical Evidence from South African Firms | |
| Oyebola Fatima Etudaiye-Muhtar, Rubi Ahmad | p278 |
| Mergers Improve Efficiency of Malaysian Commercial Banks | |
| Devinaga Rasiah, Tan Teck Ming, Abd Halim Bin Abd Hamid | p289 |
| Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 6, No. 8 | |
| Michael Zhang | p301 |
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