Formatting and Structure

Here you can find a very detailed instructions manual on how to build up properly a classical research paper, and how to add the formatting according to the requirements of the Institute of World Economy from the cover page, through the main text, to the annexes.

The structure of the paper demands a healthy balance between the sections like Introduction – Conclusion, the theory and the practice parts of your research. Any imbalances should be justified by stating in the introduction or at the beginning of the concerned sections.

Upon reading the manual below, you can already set up and format the skeleton of your own research, and later you can add and modify the content within.

Research Settings: Cover Page

• Basic: Times New Roman 12; Spacing: 1.5, after12pt
• Title: TNR 24, before 24 pt, after 12 pt
• Subtitle:  TNR Italic18, after 24 pt
• Authors, affiliation:  TNR14, after 18 pt
• Abstract/Keywords/JEL Code: TNR Bold12, after12 pt (text in normal

Research Settings: Main Structure

• Page: A4 standing, 2,5 cm margins, spacing 1,5
• Footers: page no., closed to the right, TNR 12
• Headers: authors surname (year), closed to the right, TNR 12
• Heading, text: aligned j.
• 1st Heading:  TNR bold 18, before 48 pt, after 24 pt
• 2nd Heading: TNR bold14, before 48 pt, after24 pt
• 3rd or more Headings:  TNR12 bold, before 24 pt, after12 pt
• Text:  TNR normal12, after12 pt, (at new topic 24 pt)
• Numbering of chapters: decimal

 Research Settings: Figures and Tables

 Figures

• • Numbering follows chapters: decimal
• In-text:
  • Place the Figure in the middle
  • Give it a title and place below it: 1.2.3 Figure: title of it (24pt before, 12pt after)
• In list:
  • Indicate its place in the text by „Insert 1.2.3 Figure here” (TNR 12, spacing 1,5, 24pt before and after)
  • Place it on the list with title above: 1.2.3 Figure: title of it (normal settings)

Tables

• Numbering follows chapters: decimal
• In-text:
  • Place the Table in the middle
  • Give it a title and place above it: 1.2.3 Table: title of it (12pt before, 24pt after)
• In list:
  • Indicate its place in the text by „Insert 1.2.3 Table here” (TNR 12, spacing 1,5, 24pt before and after)
  • Place it on the list with a title: above 1.2.3 Table: title of it (normal settings)

Research Settings: Annexes

• Bibliography (Annexes, Figures, Tables, Table of Content): 1st Heading, TNR bold18,
  in the middle, before page break, after 24 pt
• Literature:  scientific in alphabetic order, without distinct heading, normal settings
• Online Sources/ Non-Scientific Sources:  2nd Heading TNR bold14, in the middle,  before 24 pt, after 12 pt

Editor A.S., 2018

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