Instructions for Citations and References

This guide provides detailed information on in-text citations and the format to be followed in the references section for Ensayos Revista de Economía. Authors are encouraged to review this document before submitting an article for possible publication.

 

In-text citations

If the author’s last name appears in the text, only the date is included in parentheses.

  • There is a study by Del Razo (2003) that estimates…

 

If the work has more than two authors:

  • On the first mention, list all the last names.
    • Atal, Ñopo y Winder (2009) found that…
  • In subsequent mentions, only include the first author’s last name followed by “et al.”
    • Atal et al. (2009)
    •  

If the work has more than six authors, use “et al.” from the first time.

  • Hertz et al. (2008) realized…

 

If the author has more than two works, list the author’s last name and the years of the works separated by a comma.

  • The concept of informal work was introduced by Hart (1971, 1973)…

 

If the author is not included in the sentence, write the last name and date in parentheses:

  • (…) and in most cases, they succeed as entrepreneurs in small-scale family businesses (Cervantes, Gutiérrez y Palacios, 2008).

 

When there are more than two works and if the author is not mentioned in the text, separate the references with semicolons.

  • (…) which have failed to integrate into the legal and structured economic dynamics. (De Soto, 2000; Shneider, 2004).
  • (…) in the international context (Taylor, 1996; Marcouiller, De Castilla y Woodruff, 1997; Le, 1999; Charmes, 2000; Parker, 2004; Van Der Sluis, Van Praag y Vijverberg, 2004; Huesca, 2005, 2008; Cervantes et al., 2008).

 

If the works are from an institution, cite the institution’s acronym followed by the year.

  • (…) as well as by the International Labour Organization (ILO, 1972).

 

If AUTHOR A’s work is cited by AUTHOR B and you did not read the original work, list AUTHOR B’s reference in the reference section.

  • In the sense of AUTHOR A (cited in AUTHOR B, 2012)…

 

References section

A reference list includes only the sources that support the research and that were used in preparing the paper.

General considerations

  • The references are listed in alphabetical order based on the first letter of the reference.
  • The works by the same author are ordered chronologically.

Electronic documents

  • The database name where the article was found is not included, except for theses and e-books.
  • The date the article was retrieved is not included.
  • Do not write dot (.) after the Web address (URL).

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • Unique alphanumeric series assigned by the publisher to a document in electronic format.
  • Identifies content.
  • Provides a consistent link for locating it on the Internet.
  • Currently, not all documents have a DOI; but if available, it should be included as part of the reference.

 

Journal publications

Basic format: Printed publication

Last Name, A. A., Last Name, B. B., and Last Name, C. C. (year). “Title of the article”. Title of the Journal, Volume(issue), pages.

One author

  • Fields, G. (1975). “Rural-urban Migration, urban unemployment and underemployment, and job search activity in LDCs”. Journal of Development Economics, 2, 165-87.

More than one author

  • Becker, S., and Ichino, A. (2002). “Estimation of average treatment effects based on propensity scores”. The Stata Journal, 2(4), 358-377.
  • Cervantes, J., Gutiérrez, G., and Palacios, L. (2008). “El concepto de la economía informal y su aplicación en México: factibilidad, inconvenientes y propuestas”. Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos, 23(1), 21-54.

 

Working papers

  • Agénor, P. R., and Aizenman, J. (1994). “Macroeconomic Adjustment with Segmented Labor Markets”. NBER Working Paper No. 4769.
  • Domac, I., and Mendoza, A. (2004). “Is There Room for Foreign Exchange Interventions under an Inflation Targeting Framework? Evidence from Mexico and Turkey”. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3288.

 

Basic format: Newspaper article without an author

Alphabetize the work without an author by the first significant word in the title. In the text, use a title for the citation in parentheses (“Amaga Irán”, 2006), include the date in parentheses, italicize the name of the newspaper, and precede the page numbers for the newspaper articles with p. or pp., followed by the newspaper section.

  • The Iranian parliament threatened the UN Secretary-General yesterday. (2006, May 8). El Norte, p. A24.

 

Books

Basic formats: Complete books

Last Name, A. A. (Year). Title. City: Publisher.

Last Name, A. A. (Year). Title. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxx.xxx

Last Name, A. A. (Year). Title. DOI: xx.xxxxxxxx

Last Name, A. A. (Ed.). (Year). Title. City (or country): Publisher.

 

Book with one author

  • Hull, J. C. (2006). Options, Futures and Other Derivatives. 6th edition, Nueva Jersey, USA: Prentice Hall.

Book with more than two authors

  • Sarno, L., and Taylor, M. P. (2003). The Economics of Exchange Rates. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.

Book with editor

  • Frankel, J. A., Galli, G., and Giovannini, A. (Eds.) (1996). The Microstructure of Foreign Exchange Markets. Chicago. USA: The University of Chicago Press-NBER.

Translation

  • Malhotra, N. K. (1997). Investigación de Mercados. Un enfoque práctico. (Trans. V. de Parres). Mexico City, Mexico: Prentice-Hall. (Original in English, 1996).

 

Basic format: Book without an author

Title. (Edition or reprint number) (Year of publication). Place of publication: Publisher.

  • Methods of Regional Analysis: An introduction of Regional Science. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The M.I.T. Press.

 

Basic format: Handbooks

Last Name, A. A., Last Name, B. B., and Last Name, C. C. (year). “Article Title”. Handbook Title, Volume, pages.

  • Montgomery, M. R., and Trussell, J. (1986). “Models of Marital Status and Childbearing”. Handbook of Labor Economics, 1, 205-271.

 

Basic formats: Book chapter or entry in a reference work

Last Name, A. A., and Last Name, B. B. (Year). Title of the chapter or entry. In Last Name, A. A. (Ed.), Book Title (pp. xx-xx). City (or country): Publisher.

Last Name, A. A., and Last Name, B. B. (Year). Title of the chapter or entry. In Last Name, A. A. (Ed.), Book Title (pp. xx-xx). City (or country): Publisher. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxx

Last Name, A. A., and Last Name, B. B. (Year). Title of the chapter or entry. Surname, A. A. (Ed.), Book Title (pp. xx-xx). City (or country): Publisher. DOI: xxxxxxxx.

 

Printed book chapter

  • Hashimoto, Y., and Ito, T. (2011). Market microstructure of the foreign exchange markets: Evidence from the electronic broking system. In Gregoriou, G. N. and Pascalau, R. (Eds.), Financial Econometrics Modeling: Market Microstructure, Factor Models and Financial Risk Measures (66-91). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

 

Theses

Basic format

Last Name, A. A. (Year). Title. (Unpublished master’s or doctoral thesis). Institution Name, Location.

Unpublished printed thesis

  • Muñoz Castillo, L. (2004). Determinación del conocimiento sobre inteligencia emocional que poseen los maestros y la importancia que le adscriben al concepto en el aprovechamiento de los estudiantes. (Unpublished master’s thesis). Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, P.R.

Thesis available in a database

  • Santini Rivera, M. (1998). The effects of various types of verbal feedback on the performance of selected motor development skills of adolescent males with Down syndrome. (Doctoral Thesis). Available in ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (AAT 9832765).

Web thesis

  • Aquino Ríos, A. (2008). Análisis en el desarrollo de los temas transversales en los currículos de español, matemáticas, ciencias y estudios sociales del Departamento de Educación. (Master 's thesis, Universidad Metropolitana). Retrieved from http://suagm.edu/umet/biblioteca/UMTESIS/Tesis_Educacion/ARAquinoRios1512.pdf

 

 

Government or international organization publications

Basic format

Last Name, A. A., Last Name, B. B., and Last Name, C. C. (year). “Article Title”. Institution, Series, and Publication Number. City (or country): Government of …

  • Del Razo, L. M. (2003). “Estudio de la brecha salarial entre hombres y mujeres en México (1994-2001)”. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social, Serie: documentos de investigación No. 4. México: Gobierno Federal.

 

Basic format: Institution Acronyms

INSTITUTION ACRONYMS (Year). “Paper Title”. Institution, Series, and Publication Number. City (or country): Government of …

  • BANXICO (2002). “Informe sobre Inflación Abril-Junio 2002”. Banco de México. México: Banco de México.

 

Encyclopedia or dictionary

Basic format

Name of the encyclopedia, dictionary, or index (Edition number, Vols. a-z). (Year). City (or country): Publisher.

  • The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians (6th ed., Vols. 1-20). (1980). London, England: McMillan.

 

Website or online document

Basic format

Last Name, First Initial of Author. (Year). Document Title. Available at: URL.

  • Oosterhaven, J. and Stelder, E. (2008). Syllabus. Regional and Interregional IO Analysis. Available at: <http://www.iioa.org/pdf/Teaching%20IO/Regional%20IO%20Analysis.pdf>.

 

Document on CD-ROM

Basic format

Last Name, First Initial of Author. (Year). Article Title. Publication Name. [CD-ROM]. Location: Publisher.

  • Thomann, G. (1996). Wind power. McGraw Hill encyclopedia of science and technology. [CD-ROM]. New York: McGraw Hill.

 

SOURCES: 

 Zavala, S. (2009). Guía a la redacción en el estilo APA, 6th edition.

APA (2012). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Available in: <http://www.apastyle.org/?apaSessionKey=FF211306D977C566E242CBC4A0798F94>